Anton Rodin, RW Shoots: L Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Born: 1990-11-21 Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden Drafted: 2nd round 2009 (53rd overall) Observations: June 2017 – What a tough year for the talented winger. After suffering a devastating knee injury in 2015-16, Rodin battled lingering effects from it all last season, resulting in just six games [...]
DobberProspects’ Fantasy Mailbag: May Edition Yakkity Yak Yak… It’s the fantasy hockey offseason, the draft is inching closer each day, and most people have gone from knowing very little about this upcoming crop of draft-eligible players to being immeasurably intelligent experts in the span of a few short weeks. Now’s the time to [...]
DobberProspect’s Fantasy Mailbag April Edition Another regular season complete and another fantasy season in the books. Maybe you won, maybe you didn’t, but that won’t change your insatiable thirst to get a leg up on your competitors. Now is the time to start digging into the coming pool of draft eligibles, and scouring the [...]
As the season slowly winds to a close and teams are quickly eliminated from their fantasy playoffs, the urge to consider next season is natural and enticing. After months of diligent work, you’re left with a, ‘better luck next year’ and a kick in the ass. Now begins the work for 2017-18 and with it, [...]
Troy Stecher, D Shoots: R Height: 5-11 Weight: 192 Born: 1994-04-07 Hometown: Richmond, BC, CAN Drafted: Signed as undrafted free agent Observations: March 2017 - Stecher has continued to put up positive first year numbers. Seeing just shy of three minutes a night on the Canucks top power play unit and [...]
It seems like every night, there is an NHL game or two featuring some 19-year-old putting on a show. Now more than ever, an astute fantasy hockey GM needs to have a firm grasp of the upcoming talent pool. And to assist with that never-ending mountain of homework, each month I will [...]
We’re back again for another round of fantasy prospect related Q&A. With the increased responsibility being put on young players on their entry level contracts, now more than ever an astute fantasy hockey GM must have a firm grasp on the youth movement coming forward and can dig a little deeper to find those diamonds [...]
Back again for another rousing look at some fantasy upsides, comparisons and deeper dives in the world of prospects! Thank you to all who contributed questions and if you didn’t make the cut this month, keep on sending them my way as I do my best to answer as many as possible. *** Question: [...]
As NHL team photos continue to look more and more like junior high class pictures compared to the bearded, veteran-laden photos from years’ past, a keen fantasy GM must keep up with the times. In the name of continuing education, each month we’ll set up a thread in the prospect section of the DobberHockey [...]
In just another example of how youth has served notice, this season, 22 teenagers have begun the season with their parent clubs. Now, more than ever an astute fantasy hockey manager needs to have a firm grasp on the skills and potential of an increasingly wide array of prospects. To assist with that never-end [...]
