Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** The moment we've been eagerly waiting for is almost here—the NHL 2024 Draft is just around the corner. With the excitement building, I thought it would be a great time to dive [...]
There are a couple of more playoff related topics that we are going to hit in this column, but they need to wait until the finals have wrapped up. In the meantime, let’s return to the 2023-24 season as there are some additional ways we can look at the season, and some interesting reports we [...]
Old friend Ryan Szporer of the Hockey Writers joins the show to talk Montreal Canadiens.
Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking on Pierre-Luc Dubois to rebound, meanwhile the Kings fix their hole in net while shedding immediate salary, but also adding [...]
The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return to the Calgary Flames was Kevin Bahl and a top-10 protected 2025 1st Round Pick. https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1803465819923366258 This furthers Calgary’s rebuild/reset with [...]
It’s time for another of my annual offseason polls. This one focuses on players who have seen their scoring pace rise for three or more consecutive seasons, or who’ve played a total of only three seasons but scored at a higher pace in each one thus far. To stress how difficult this is, of the [...]
Much like last week’s Eastern Edge power ranking of the Metro Division, the team at the top of the table is a no-brainer: The Florida Panthers are the best team in the East and are one win away from cementing themselves as the best in either conference. However, heading into next season the rest of [...]
Last week, we looked at the impending UFA forwards and their possible valuations and this week we will look at the most intriguing defensemen. Here is the full list of 2023-2024 Defense valuations. Remember that this value is based on what each player did in the 2023-24 regular season, not on future performance or what [...]
Sometimes, all you need in life is a fresh start. Turning the page. Searching for a different approach. Beginning anew. All worthy mantras to adhere to that also hold true in the NHL and fantasy hockey world. For varying reasons, players fall out of favour, lose opportunity, and end up not fitting in with their [...]
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, Brennan Des and Dobber — 1. It's been nearly a week since news surfaced that CapFriendly is being bought by the Washington Capitals and would go [...]
