*** I can't stress this enough - TRAINING CAMP LINES AND PERFORMANCE DON"T MATTER. How many times have we been sucked into a terrible fantasy pick because they lined up next to McDavid or Crosby for a few days in training camp or pre-season? Too many. Take everything with several grains of salt... [...]
My introduction to the world of fantasy hockey came in the Fall after I had begun my first “real-world” job in 2013. It came in the form of a Weekend Winners pool branded Shotty’s Picks, so named after the headmaster of the weekend focused pool. I think this type of an introduction is [...]
*** After being off the grid for 8 days, I'm back at home and catching up on everything that I missed in the world of hockey. Admittedly, I did get lucky considering that the biggest dominoes remain standing, but here's my quick thoughts on the action that did happen this last week: The [...]
Here we are. School is back in session. Euro leagues are firing up regular season and intra-divisional tournaments. Hell, even NHL Prospect Camps have opened. It's hockey season! And while I don't have many coherent, well-thought-out words for you today, I do have something. Below are some of my notes from the most [...]
Image courtesy of NHL.com *** There's a few logical reasons to think a rookie player might have an edge to start the campaign. They are fighting for roster spots and have more to prove than many established teammates. They have age on their side, and in many cases have an easier time returning to [...]
Welcome again to the Thursday prospect ramblings. Well it is the end of August and it has fully hit the “nothing really going on” portion of fantasy hockey. There are no big trades, no big *cough* RFAs *cough* signings, no training camp, and no rosters gaining shape. There are a few moves [...]
Welcome back to my bi-weekly ramblings. The previous edition of the "Bubble Roster Prospects" was received well and I was asked to do another edition. So again, we are taking a look at some of the players that are on the roster bubble and their likelihood of making the NHL roster out of training camp. [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Ramblings. This week I will go over a few team’s prospects who have to battle with one of the greatest nemeses’ towards starting a professional career: The dreaded Roster Spot! There are prospects I feel can make their respective teams, but they have to either battle another prospect [...]
*** For those of you who follow us regularly, you may have heard of the DPFHL - the fantasy league that many of the team writers here at DobberProspects take part in. Yesterday was our annual summer draft and I want to share the results to give readers a bit of insight into the [...]
*** In November 2018, I took a look at the (then) recent trend of rookies making their teams out of camp. I found (at the time) that in the two previous seasons, there were more rookies on average per team in the Eastern Conference than in the West. I also found that as of November [...]
