Welcome to part four of our four part skater series. We have already reviewed centermen, left wings, and right wings. Our goal is to figure out which players gave the most value to their fantasy teams. To do this we are essentially comparing player draft data to their end of year stats to get an [...]
Vegas and Colorado went back and forth in Game 6 like Forrest Griffin and Stephen Bonner in the UFC cage all those years ago, but unlike that fight, this game had a decisive winner as the Golden Knights took a 6-3 win, and 4-2 series victory. Philipp Grubauer had a rough start to the game [...]
With John Tortorella gone, the Blue Jackets had been on the search for their next head coach for about a month now. The team didn’t have to go very far as they simply promoted assistant coach Brad Larsen to head-coaching duties. This kind of seemed fast as maybe there’d be more coaches available in a [...]
Every year we set expectations on players and predict final season totals. Every year there are players that come out of nowhere and surprise us. There are those players that perform almost point for point as expected, those ‘plug and play’ performers. And then there are those players we set high expectations on that disappoint [...]
Taking a step back from the playoffs for a second, the ongoing Jack Eichel saga is one of great interest. Not only is it only for the regular hockey fans, but the fantasy hockey fans are already putting together dream packages to get Eichel to their preferred destination for their dynasty teams. Admit it. I [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
Last night we had two games between what I consider to be the top-four cup contenders. Unfortunately, only two of them can move on, in the early game last year’s champs found a way to win, and in the late game, Vegas pulled out the OT thriller. * Down 3-1 in the series entering last [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss playoff power plays and their influence on fantasy value. In particular, we’ll focus on David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy in Boston, as well as Cole Caufield and Erik Gustafsson in Montreal. I apologize for the Habs-centered discussion in recent weeks. Next week I promise to give Carolina, Tampa [...]
I wanted to talk about the Colorado Avalanche a bit, because their recent stretch of three games is one we have not seen from them in recent memory and certainly no time in the 2021 regular season. They have been getting absolutely ran out of the building almost every night and despite blowing the doors [...]
Wild West: Colorado Avalanche - Built by Analytics? By Grant Campbell on June 7th, 2021 There has been a lot of murmuring online about the old analytics/eye test argument once the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated. Some would like to point out that the Leafs losing is a failure of the analytics movement and there [...]
