We will have NHL hockey in 2021!* *probably. Reports from all over the insider’s web indicate that the NHL and the Union have agreed not to fiddle with the financial aspect of the return to play. This was always going to be the major potential roadblock. Players, unsurprisingly, want what they negotiated in the CBA. [...]
As the 2020-21 season approaches – we may not have a start date but by definition, we’re one day closer to the season starting – it’s worth thinking about what a shortened season will bring. We are lucky in that we had a shortened season seven years ago to refer to, at any rate. One [...]
This week we will look at Dallas, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Minnesota and Nashville and look at the players that have an NMC, NTC or M-NTC and see how this might influence each team moving forward. Dallas Tyler Seguin – Has an NMC with seven years remaining at $9.85 million AAV. If Seguin can get back [...]
For those yearning for the start of fantasy hockey, Yahoo has now opened their platform for mock drafts, with regular drafts starting this Thursday. This is awesome news. I know many have been anxious for the start of fantasy hockey, and mock drafts can help you get a sense of what fantasy general managers are [...]
The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is out and ready for download! Draft List too! Updated up to the Johnny Boychuk news. To my knowledge, this is the only fantasy hockey guide available right now. So if you’re hankerin’ for a fantasy guide and haven’t tried mine yet, I guess now is as good a [...]
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, Cam Robinson, and Dobber […]
When I posted the tweet below, I didn’t realize it would get as much attention as it did. I guess so many of my Twitter followers can relate to this. https://twitter.com/Ian_Gooding/status/1334992241027235841 A few people have reached out to me, curious to find out why I said this and what exactly happened. Since the issue has [...]
Welcome back to The Journey. As promised from last week, I will be offering updated rankings for each position. If you missed it, I covered the goalies in last week’s installment and will be moving towards defenders this week. I will be honest, the Prospect Defenders Rankings has not seen much movement, which comes as [...]
A positive anything is always better than a negative nothing. That’s why hockey fans should welcome the news that the NHL and NHLPA have discussed a mid-January start with either a 52-game or 56-game schedule. Training camps would start in early January, although the teams that didn’t play in the postseason would be able to [...]
This week we are going to take a second look at the data set from last week and dive into a few more players and specific categories. As a refresher, last week we used The Frozen Tool’s report Home/Away and examine trends in categories that happen more often in home games than in away games. [...]
