There was a lot of good injury news from Wednesday so let’s start with Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary. He was on the ice for an optional practice on Wednesday and given the team’s changes/injuries elsewhere, they need him. It still doesn’t mean an imminent return, but certainly trending in the right direction. * It [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, there are a lot of thoughts here covering players in new situations, be it new teams, or with new roles as a result of recent additions/subtractions. Let’s start with the big fish. Jake Guentzel played his first game with the Hurricanes, lining up alongside Evgeny Kuznetsov, and [...]
Welcome inside the latest edition of Eastern Edge, a weekly fantasy hockey column at Dobber Hockey analyzing the top trending fantasy news impacting your fantasy hockey squad on a week-to-week basis. With the NHL’s trade deadline firmly in the rearview, fantasy hockey GMs can focus on the most important chunk of the schedule: fantasy playoffs. [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! Following the trade deadline last Friday, this week we will take a look at how some of the recent acquisitions have been lining up with their new teams. Let’s dive in. Tyler Toffoli After the trade deadline ended Friday, it took until last night for fantasy owners [...]
With Jack Roslovic traded to New York before the deadline, there was an open spot on Columbus’s top line next to Boone Jenner and Johnny Gaudreau. There were a number of candidates to take the role but Yegor Chinakhov ended up on that line. Part of that may be the injury suffered by Justin Danforth, [...]
Minnesota Wild – Slight Seller In: Will Butcher - D Luke Toporowski - F Dmitri Ovchinnikov - F Turner Elson - F 2026 - 3rd round pick - Colorado 2026 - 4th round pick - Toronto 2026 - 6th round pick - Boston (only moved if Maroon plays one game these playoffs) Out: Connor Dewar [...]
This week I will review every team in the Western Conference and grade how they did either buying or selling leading up to and on trade deadline day. For a cutoff, I’m going to use January 1, 2024 forward. Anaheim Ducks – Seller In: Cutter Gauthier - F Jan Mysak - F Ben Meyers - [...]
Now that the NHL trade deadline is over, so too are the deadlines in most fantasy leagues. I'm in two keeper leagues. One trade deadline was on Friday, but I made no moves in that league. In my other league, the deadline was on Sunday night. I made a bevy of moves in that points-only [...]
Hey, it’s Ian again today, filling in for Brennan. Now that the Penguins’ playoff odds are in the single digits as per MoneyPuck, the rest of the season is starting to feel like a death march for Sidney Crosby and friends. The Pens just finished the three-games-in-four-days schedule that is beneficial for fantasy teams, but [...]
