I always like to look back and see how some of my articles pan out over time, especially if there is some sort of ranking or goal. Before the 2023-2024 season, I ranked the 16 Western Conference teams in order with the following tiers: (here and here) Out of the playoffsOn the bubbleIn the playoffsContenders [...]
Panthers 3, Lightning 2 (Panthers lead series 1-0) During Sunday’s playoff opener, captain Steven Stamkos led the Lightning with a goal and an assist. Stamkos had an outstanding final quarter of the regular season, amassing 30 points in his final 20 appearances to sit top-10 in scoring during that stretch. Early indications suggest he’s carried [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Brennan Des and Dobber — 1. The NHL Playoffs are here! For those with playoff drafts, there’s still time to grab a copy of the 2024 [...]
After being away from the Ramblings for over a week, I’m back today. Big thanks to Brennan, Alex, and Mike for each taking on a day in my absence. What I’ve been up to during this time: Interactive Playoff Draft List: A fully customizable spreadsheet where you can fill out your own bracket and the [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Now that the regular season has concluded and we are all waiting impatiently for playoff hockey to begin, it is time to revisit my Calder Trophy predictions from back in [...]
The NHL Playoffs are here! We have two games today with the New York Islanders in Carolina at 5PM ET and then Toronto is in Boston at 8PM ET. Tomorrow is a four-day game when things really get rolling. What a wonderful time of year. Before we get to the playoff stuff, I just want [...]
The puck is about to drop on the Stanley Cup Playoffs! As is the case every season, the panel is weighing in with predictions for each of the eight playoff series, the Stanley Cup finalists and winner, and Conn Smythe Trophy winner. The panel will also return for more predictions at the start of every [...]
Now that the regular season has ended, the entire Analytics Advantage style is going to be revamped for the playoffs. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who took a moment of their time to read my column and an even bigger thanks to the people who have sent me a message or gave a [...]
Back in August we spent some time digging into players that might have been positioned to break out based on their 2022-23 seasons. Now that NHL action is essentially wrapped (writing this on Thursday, April 18th), it is time to look in the rear view mirror and see how that list of players performed. As [...]
As an Eastern time zone dweller, the playoff seeding in the West being decided by the last two games of the season which are 10pm and 10:30pm starts is not ideal. I wanted to go through a couple of quick thoughts on each series here, and I will update this section sometime Friday morning. Carolina [...]
