We should look at each team in the Western Conference and see what players have been, or could be, an injury risk in 2024-25. This is such a contact sport that any player can be injured at any time, but these players seem to have either bad luck or a style that leads to more [...]
Fantasy hockey draft season has arrived. Say goodbye to the loved ones and household chores and hello to long hours in the basement poring over line combos and projections to get a leg up on the competition. Speaking of which, our latest top-10 rundown lands on the left wing, taking a look at the best [...]
In today’s Ramblings, I’ll share five tips to consider in your upcoming fantasy drafts. Let’s get right into it! 1) Maximizing Games Played - Light Nights ‘Light nights’ refer to days when there aren’t many games scheduled. For our purposes, we’ll use a threshold of eight games – meaning 16 or fewer NHL teams in [...]
Every Sunday, we 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, Brennan Des and Dobber — The 2024-25 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is available in the Dobber Shop! The nice thing is that because it is digital-only, [...]
For the September edition of the Roto Rankings, we are pleased that Bangers Fantasy Hockey has returned with its pre-draft rankings for a second season! As a result, you will notice some major adjustments to our rankings from last month. Since Bangers Fantasy Hockey provides its rankings with or without penalty minutes, we have opted [...]
The September update for the Roto Rankings will appear later today. I’m happy to say that Bangers Fantasy Hockey will be back providing the preseason rankings again this season. In fact, if you would like to view the rankings before then, you can head over to the Bangers website and become a subscriber, then download [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** This week, I’m diving into the world of goaltending prospects, focusing on those primed to make a splash in the upcoming NHL season. These young netminders have already demonstrated their potential value [...]
Some news items to start. Ilya Sorokin is dealing with an upper-body injury from offseason training. GM Lou Lamoriello is unsure whether Sorokin will be ready for training camp but says he should be ready for the start of the season. This doesn’t sound like cause to drop Sorokin down your rankings (yet), but the [...]
This week we are finishing our little mini-series on multi-cat players. Last week we looked at at forwards, and today we turn our attention to defensemen. For the purposes of this article we are mainly going to be focusing on hits, blocks, and shots (sorry no penalty minutes). I have pulled all the data for [...]
The New Jersey Devils said yesterday that defenceman Luke Hughes suffered an offseason shoulder injury but does not require surgery. However, he is still expected to miss 6-8 weeks with the injury. That timeline of 6-8 weeks means he’s going to miss the start of the season and may not return until November. In fantasy [...]
