I have a theory that while poolies prefer potential breakout candidates over bounce-back candidates they are unwise to do so. It is better to go with the bounce-back than the breakout. This theory is based on my participation in hockey pools for decades. In fact, my first year in a pool was when a rookie [...]
The Twitter-verse has been awash in early line combinations and premature impressions during each team’s first few days of training camp and preseason games. * * * DobberHockey's 16th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is out now, fully updated and ready for download. Pick it up here! * * * This week I wanted to look [...]
The Fantasy Guide updates are now in full swing, so you know that we’re in the heart of fantasy draft season. It’s been six days in row now where I’ve uploaded two updates in the same day – yes, it’s been that frantic. And even the tiniest details matter. You’re draft is coming up – [...]
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, and Dobber ___ 1. I get why Adam Fox is going as a top-3 or top-5 defenceman in fantasy leagues. He's coming off the Norris win, [...]
The St. Louis Blues have traded Zach Sanford to the Ottawa Senators for 2016 first-round pick Logan Brown. If Brown plays 30 games for the Blues this season, the Senators will also receive a 2022 fourth-round pick. Sanford gives the Senators a more proven option than Brown, who was one of many young players that [...]
As we inch closer to the start of another full season of NHL hockey, I continue to preview numerous players of interest who have found themselves in new homes over the summer break. Whether it be a trade or by their own will via free agency, there was a bevy of offseason movement, and that [...]
Here are the top 62 goalies to own in your salary cap league – September 26th, 2021 edition. The September version is out just in time for your fantasy drafts this year, so who might it be worth focusing on. Well, this is the last year of bargain contracts for Jack Campbell, Vitek Vanecek, and [...]
If the Leafs elect not to sign Josh Ho-Sang to a contract, they can’t say that he wasn’t at least given an opportunity. During the morning skate and during Saturday’s preseason game, Ho-Sang was used on a line with John Tavares and Michael Bunting, and he was also given first-unit power-play time. The talent has [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing Fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we will complete the first half of the 2022 NHL Draft preliminary top-30 and evaluate the talent available outside of the top-5. Even after last week’s article outlining the [...]
In this month’s cap league skater rankings, the 2020 draft class continues to dominate the top-10 with their remaining term at a bargain price. New contracts to Anthony DeAngelo (although still a risky option), Eeli Tolvanen, Nolan Patrick, and Kailer Yamamoto, sees them as the biggest risers. Also re-signed to a fair contract was Rasmus [...]
