Dobber returns from vacation and has 10 days of fantasy hockey gold stored up that he’s dying to share…

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I’m back after dragging the family down to Florida for a Disney vacation – that’s four days of driving and five days there. My two princesses got to see and meet the Disney princesses. But I’m back in the saddle and now you have me for three of the next five days – so buckle up.

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It was Andrej Sekera’s third point in 12 games with Los Angeles when he scored last night, but he’s been logging a ton of power-play time and if the Kings can ever get that going he’ll chip in plenty of secondary assists. But that’s of no help to those of you in the playoffs of your fantasy league – by the time he proves himself to warrant a pickup, you’ll already be in your final week.

Kings’ forward Mike Richards played 11:41 in his NHL return and was minus-1. He was left off of special teams. No surprise though. He’s not the player he was (but this summer a GM will still believe that he is and he will sign elsewhere if he’s bought out).

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Adam Larsson is pointless in four but he’s still being given rope by the coaching staff. This wouldn’t have happened in prior seasons. It would seem that he has finally become an NHL regular. His ice time was second on the team among defensemen ahead of Merrill, Severson, Fraser and Gelinas. But he’s not yet the go-to PP guy, which is the next step I’d like to see.

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Do you ever feel like if you’re not watching over your fantasy team closely, they all collapse? I was first, second (and closing) and fifth (and closing) in my three leagues. I go on vacation and ignore looking at the standings, and the one league where I needed to set my roster I did so in advance. I return and see that I’m second, second (and fading) and fifth (and fading). The first two days I’m back, I start gaining ground again.