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Welcome back, and thanks for stopping by! If you're new to the article, each Saturday I'll pick 6 winners, with a confidence level match. I'll try to add some fantasy relevant information here and there, but for the most part, I'm just looking to help you out in whatever way I can.

If you were with me last year, I ended up with a personal record of 190-107 (64%) and a Dobber Record of 48-30 (62%). Not fantastic, but a decent go for my first (half) year on the site. I haven't gotten off to a great start this year going 3-4 (43%), but I'm hoping Saturday will turn that around.

As it's the beginning of the season, teams are still trying to find their identities. I don't think any of us could have predicted the flurry of hat tricks we've seen thus far. I'll leave the game analysis for now and should have a better idea of what we're dealing with next week. For now, here are today's picks:

Personal Record: 3-4 (43%)

Dobber Record: 0-0

New York @ Toronto (7:00 PM EST)

Pick: Toronto – Home Team Victory – H

Confidence Level: 4/5

Tampa Bay @ Florida (7:00 PM EST)

Pick: Tampa Bay – Visitor Team Victory – V

Confidence Level: 3/5

Dallas @ St. Louis (8:00 PM EST)

Pick: St. Louis – Home Team Victory – H

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Confidence Level: 3.5/5

Las Vegas @ Arizona (9:00 PM EST)

Pick: Arizona – Home Team Victory – V

Confidence Level: 3/5

Philadelphia @ Anaheim (10:00 PM EST)

Pick: Anaheim – Home Team Victory – H

Confidence Level: 3/5

Edmonton @ Vancouver (10:00 PM EST)

Pick: Edmonton – Visitor Team Victory – V

Confidence Level: 5/5

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

	Players	Team
	RYAN LEONARD	WSH
	NAZEM KADRI	COL
	OWEN TIPPETT	PHI
	ROOPE HINTZ	DAL
	SAM BENNETT	FLA

Top Goalie Profile Views

	Players	Team
	JAKUB DOBES	MTL
	JET GREAVES	CBJ
	KAREL VEJMELKA	UTA
	LINUS ULLMARK	OTT
	JESPER WALLSTEDT	MIN

LINE COMBOS

	Frequency	BOS Players
	19.9	CASEY MITTELSTADT ELIAS LINDHOLM MORGAN GEEKIE
	17.4	PAVEL ZACHA DAVID PASTRNAK MARAT KHUSNUTDINOV
	17.2	ALEX STEEVES FRASER MINTEN MICHAEL EYSSIMONT

DobberHockey Podcasts

Keeping Karlsson: The 2026-27 Keeping Karlsson Breakfast Club

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Don’t you forget about them! Elan and Brian remind you of at least one player on each NHL team whose name you might forget to consider at the draft table.

Fantasy Hockey Life: Tampa Bay Lightning with Erik Erlendsson

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Erik Erlendsson joins the program to discuss the Tampa Bay Lightning. Jesse and Victor ask about pros Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel, Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, Ilya Mikheyev, Gage Goncalves, Conor Geekie, Benjamin Rautiainen, John Carlson, Victor Hedman, Charle-Edouard D’Astous, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Jonas Johansson, and Dennis Hildeby. In Cat’s instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal […]

Fantasy Hockey Life: New York Rangers with Colin Stephenson

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Colin Stephenson joins the program to discuss the New York Rangers.

Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer Schedule Deep Dive

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Elan is joined by the Keeping Karlsson Accountability Czar Trev to take a deep dive into the NHL schedule for next season and how it should affect our drafting decisions.

Fantasy Hockey Life: Carolina Hurricanes with Ryan Henkel

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Ryan Henkel joins the program to discuss the Carolina Hurricanes. Jesse and Victor ask about pros Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, Andrei Svechnikov, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jackson Blake, Logan Stankoven, Jordan Staal, Bradly Nadeau, Felix Unger Sorum, Shayne Gostisbehere, K’Andre Miller, Alexander Nikishin, Sean Walker, Brandon Bussi, and Pyotr Kochetkov. In Cat’s instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal […]

Saturday Picks – October 7

Adam Mark

2017-10-07