Anticipating Line Combinations, Columbus Goaltending, Giordano, and More **** As the NHL preseason approaches (is it September already?), there are things beyond studying an individual player’s numbers that need some inspecting. One aspect that requires some attention is that of line mates. I bring this up because of something that was brought to my attention [...]
Injury Report: Running down all the injuries impacting the players in the World Cup of Hockey... Hey Poolies! Welcome back to the most depressing column of the season! As we get the ball rolling there’s not exactly a wealth of injured player information. That being said, we’ve already had a few drop out of the [...]
Jakob Silfverberg a better fantasy own than Nazem Kadri? Rick Roos says "yes" - and here's why... This week’s match came to me as I was preparing the recent Breakout Forwards Tournament. It features two players – Nazem Kadri and Jakob Silfverberg – who enter 2016-17 as fantasy question marks. Does either have what [...]
Rambling player tryouts, Phil Kessel, Taylor Hall and Team North America … *** The Fantasy Guide’s last update is with the Pirri signing. I have a few more small updates in there not yet posted, but I’m hoping to have my Calder picks article in there and then post. I still have some studying of [...]
Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades - New Jersey Devils For the last 13 years (12 with The Hockey News) I have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. My 14th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on [...]
Every year there are a number of rookies that make their mark in the NHL. There is an incredible amount of risk in relying on them for success in fantasy leagues due to their lack of track record and experience. […]
Looking at some early rankings from Yahoo, and more fantasy hockey talk … […]
The top rookies in the Western Conference, 2016-17 edition... Top Western Conference Rookies The players featured this week have all played fewer than 30 NHL games in their career. These are players who have a good shot of not only making their team but also playing enough to make a fantasy contribution. For instance [...]
Fantasy Hockey Podcast: Players who no longer deserve the honor of an early-round pick... On last week's edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian chatted about players on the verge of becoming must-pick guys in the first couple rounds of your draft. This week, they have a look at the [...]
The top 10 Yahoo! projections that are too low As always, Yahoo's release of their fantasy hockey platform was met with lots of excitement and some WTFs. Poolies pored over the data immediately. Many people have been consumed by the rankings (Connor McDavid at #297th?). Or by the elimination of dual positions for many players. [...]
