Teams in the Wild West were under-represented this year with only seven squads in the playoffs and now it is down to three remaining after the first round. Winnipeg, Colorado and Vegas remain in their quest for the Stanley Cup but only two of those can get through to the next round. Colorado can’t win [...]
Your fantasy hockey team is the same as an NHL team. While you need your elite players to perform, it’s your late-round draft picks that will win you the championship. There are players you can draft in the later rounds that produce better than a third-round pick. Trading for a player because you have a [...]
Carolina hung in there, but in the end the Tampa team is just too strong. But the Lightning seriously shortened the bench. In fact, just four forwards saw more than 16:10 of ice time: Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn, Brayden Point and Barclay Goodrow. Steven Stamkos was seventh in ice time, as Coach Jon Cooper tried [...]
Every Sunday, we'll 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. Remember when the Golden Knights were believed to be shopping Marc-Andre Fleury, thinking the veteran goalie was past his prime and that [...]
With the NHL playoffs in full swing, and with all of the first round series having been determined with the exception of the Leafs/Habs series, I thought this would be as good a time as any to do a little recap of the first round and highlight some of the players who stood out over [...]
Leafs Nation is sweating bullets right now, hoping that “it was 3-1” doesn’t become the new “it was 4-1.” Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored with just under five minutes left in the first overtime period to send Montreal to a Game 7 in Toronto on Monday. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1398835628742254592 The first two periods of this game provided no goals. [...]
UPDATED VERSION: June 1, 2021 This is an updated version of the article that originally ran on May 30, when the Montreal/Toronto series had still not been decided. With Game 7 of that series now in the books, this version now includes the playoff predictions for all four quarterfinal matchups, including the Montreal/Winnipeg series. Overall, [...]
Welcome back to The Journey. If there is anything positive to take out of this season’s extraordinary timeline, it’s the off-season waiting times. As a hockey/fantasy maniac, the off-season can be long and grueling, especially once we get towards the dog days of August. However, things are slightly different this time around. With the NHL [...]
The first Game 7 of the 2021 playoffs was played on Friday, with one team’s leading goal scorer making his series debut in the nick of time. Max Pacioretty returned to the Vegas lineup for his first game since May 1. He scored the eventual game-winning goal while skating 16:28 in his usual spot on [...]
Last week we started our “Most Valuable’ series by taking a look at the performance of our centremen during the 2021 season. We compared draft data to their end of year stats to get an idea of how well they had lived up to their average draft ranking (ADP). To be a valuable player in [...]
