Fantasy Hockey Life: Ep 478 – 2026 Draft Reflections
In the 4th and final NHL Draft episode, Jesse and Victor talk about Victor's fantasy rookie ranks, especially those that differed from NHL draft position and pre-draft expert consensus.
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Under the Radar Risers and Fallers; Michkov; Chychrun; C. Hutson; Miller vs. Montour vs. Hronek & More
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
Eastern Edge: Power-Play Problems for Marchand, Verhaeghe, Knies, and DeAngelo; Goaltending Competition in New Jersey and Pittsburgh
Honored to be getting the chance to share fantasy hockey insights here. I'm a long time DobberHockey reader, so getting the call up to the big leagues is very exciting for me. In grade 2, I got in trouble with Mrs. Hirsch because the only topic I ever wrote about in my journal entries was [...]
The Wild West: Offer Sheets, Free Agency, and More
Happy Monday y’all! We may not have had a ton of the big names in this free agency class, but let’s start with the two most fun words in the offseason, offer sheet! We had two this past week: Barrett Hayton and Leo Carlsson. Reportedly there was a trade sending Hayton to the New Jersey [...]
Keeping Karlsson: Offseason Action, Pt. 1: ANA-DET
Description: In the first of a four-part series, Elan and Brian share takeaways from massive movement this NHL offseason, beginning with Anaheim and up to Detroit.
Top 10 Impact Fantasy Draftees
*Note: Stats courtesy of ESPN Fantasy Hockey With the NHL Draft now behind us, we can now analyze the potential outlook for prospects with their new clubs. Which prospects can have an immediate fantasy impact? Let’s take a look at some of the top NHL draftees that we could see with their big clubs sooner [...]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Victor Nuno at the Draft, Part 3
Victor records from the 2026 NHL Draft. Listen for interviews with Russ Cohen, Brock Otten, and Cam Robinson. Discussed are prospects Daxon Rudolph, Wyatt Cullen, Maddox Degenais, JP Hurlbert, Caleb Malhotra, Chase Reid, Nikita Klepov, Ethan Belchet, Jaxon Cover, Ryan Roobroeck, Ryder Federov, Wyatt Cullen, Viggo Bjorck, Liam and Marcus Ruck, Xiavier Villeneuve, Marcus Nordmark, [...]
21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
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, Puneet Sharma, and Dobber ___ 1. If you were looking for drama this offseason, you've got it. Not one, but two offer sheets! Two days after [...]
The Journey: Lessons Learned from the 2026 NHL Draft
A week has passed since the 2026 NHL Draft, giving us time to move beyond the immediate reactions and begin evaluating the broader themes that emerged. The first round generated most of the headlines, but history has repeatedly shown that some of the most important selections occur on Day Two. Every year NHL teams uncover [...]
The Offer Sheet War: Four Strategies to Entice an NHL Team to Part with a Young Talent
Introduction The restricted free agent (RFA) offer sheet market has been the NHL’s Cold War of sorts. The NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) essentially handed every general manager the nuclear codes - but GMs seldom push the button. Since the dawn of the salary cap era in 2005, only 12 offer sheets have been tendered, [...]