I realized this past week that it has been over 10 years writing at Dobber (September 2016 was my first appearance as a columnist). I started writing about hockey on the DobberHockey forums, posting in every thread I could find, both making a name for myself and having intelligent conversations about players and fantasy hockey [...]
After being spoiled with the staggered start times of the Frozen Frenzy last week, we had 11 games last night with all but two starting right at the top of the hour. That means a lot of downtime in between periods. One thing that did come up from the panelists between periods was that Dylan [...]
We had our first Frozen Frenzy of the season last night, with all 32 teams in action, and all 16 games starting on offset times. That’s enough with the preamble, onto the action! * The evening kicked off with the New Jersey Devils (playing the second of back to back games), being hosted by the [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers announced yesterday that they signed free agent winger Michael Bunting to a one-year, $1.2 Million contract. Wing is the position where the Flyers need the least help right now, but it’s all that’s left available on the free agent market, and with there being no quick-fix call up options at the key [...]
Welcome to the 2026-27 NHL season! We now have stats stories and highlights to work with, which we will get to in a minute. There are also still a lot of roster info to parse through from the roster submission deadline on Monday and a few opening day lineups yesterday. Puneet covered T.J. Hughes and [...]
Very little movement here, though we did have a big drop from Scott Wedgewood, whose career history as a backup and outlook this season with some reduced volume shifts him down below the main starters and slightly better backup bargains. He’s being drafted as though he’s not a career backup in his mid-30s, but instead [...]
Matthew Schaefer deservingly cracks the top-five, though his extension in two years is going to be a back-breaker for fantasy managers. Ryan Leonard dropped as a result of his extension coming in higher than expected, and a crowded forward core that may also delay the breakout a little. But first - if you haven't already [...]
It’s pre-season, so we don’t get boxscore data from many of the matchups, but we do have a few we can parse through. First up, Michael Rasmussen showed well in Monday’s preseason game, leading the Wings with five of the team’s 18 shots in the game, playing on a line with J.T. Compher and Keegar [...]
James Hagens had six goals through two games (including all four of his team’s markers in a 4-3 OT win on Sunday), and is making a real push to immediately knock the $50M man Fraser Minten down to third-line center. He might not be able to put up big numbers right away against actual NHL [...]
Fraser Minten signed a seven-year deal with a $7.2 Million cap hit yesterday, which feels like it was a bit of a surprise, but considering the recent growth in salaries it might end up looking like a smart bet by Boston. Last year the number might have been a five-year deal at $5 Million per [...]
