Kaiden Guhle was back at practice for Montreal on Monday. He was in a non-contact jersey but has over a week to get up to speed so it seems he may be ready for the start of the regular season. Guhle had 22 points, 56 PIMs, and 294 hits+blocks in 70 games last season, so [...]
Despite the Toronto Maple Leafs icing a mostly-NHL lineup on Thursday night, Auston Matthews was not in the lineup. He left practice a couple of days ago but it was not considered a serious issue. As always, the hope with things like this is the team is just being very cautious with a key player, [...]
We will start today with some injury news. There have been nervous fantasy managers around the league as far as goaltending is concerned. Thatcher Demko’s season out in Vancouver is still very muddled, Jeremy Swayman has yet to sign with Boston, and now another quick update on New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin: https://twitter.com/stefen_rosner/status/1838964384464327075 Sorokin [...]
Anthony Duclair was still on the New York Islanders’ top PP unit in practice yesterday. Projections will be discussed later but having L1/PP1 status matters a lot to Duclair’s 2024-25 fantasy outlook. * Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin was skating before Buffalo’s practice as he had been injured very, very early in training camp: https://twitter.com/engelheather/status/1838210339076296809 [...]
Be sure to pick up a copy of the 2024-25 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide! It is available for purchase in the Dobber Shop right now, and includes projections, depth charts, prospects to watch, and many articles worth consuming. Training camps are starting, and because this is an online-only edition, it allows Dobber to update constantly [...]
It is full-on fantasy hockey draft season now. NHL rookie camps are in the rearview mirror and regular training camps start later this week. There are fewer than three weeks left until the season starts with the Stars and Panthers kicking things off in Europe on October 4th. Anyone looking to brush up on the [...]
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 [...]
Max Pacioretty has agreed to a professional tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Achilles problems have led to Pacioretty playing just 52 games across the last two seasons, and he produced just seven goals in that time. It will be interesting to see how he looks in camp, but he turns 36 years old in [...]
My last few Ramblings have covered one training camp or preseason question looming over each of the 32 NHL teams. We have already covered the Atlantic Division, Metro Division, and Pacific Division. Today, we will finish the league by looking through the Central. Dallas Stars: What is Wyatt Johnston’s Role? Joe Pavelski retired in the [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
