Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer 2026/27 Week 4
Elan takes a look at the schedule for the upcoming weeks of NHL action and recommends players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.
The Journey: Swedish Prospects Turning Heads with Hot Starts
Sweden continues to be one of hockey's most reliable development pipelines, with the SHL, HockeyAllsvenskan, and J20 Nationell offering young players different opportunities to develop before reaching North America. Several Swedish prospects have opened the 2026–27 season with impressive production. Some are establishing themselves against professional competition, while others are dominating at the junior level. [...]
Analytics Advantage: Early Top Power Play Usage Tells Us Which Players are Worth Rostering
This week's analysis covers the last 10 seasons, 2016-17 to 2025-26, and one question. After seven games, which signals identify a waiver pickup who will be a fantasy starter the rest of the way? The answer is the first power-play unit. Forwards who were not fantasy starters the year before but were on PP1 after [...]
Looking Ahead: Hot Starts for McTavish, Perfetti, and Kantserov; Good Schedules for Carolina and San Jose, and More
Welcome back to another season of fantasy hockey at Dobber! It is time for another weekly fantasy dive. In this column, whether you are scanning the waiver wire for possible adds or scouring the trade market to improve your team, we have the information you need. Managers, let's look ahead at the upcoming weeks in [...]
Frozen Tools Forencis: Unsustainable Early Production from Podkolzin, Perfetti, Schwartz, Minten, McMichael, Power, and Johnson
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are looking at players who are putting up some unexpected production. Every year there are players who do surprising things, and if we can catch them early, they can be season MVPs for managers. Importantly though we have to determine if there is any reason to believe the [...]
Puck Picks: DeBrincat’s Payday Spot; Podkolzin’s Superstar Line; Florida’s Power Play, and More
Welcome back to Puck Picks! Each Thursday, I break down some of my favorite NHL bets, explain the reasoning behind them, and track performance transparently. The goal of this column isn’t just to share picks, but to help you recognize why certain spots have value so you can identify them throughout the season. I’ll be [...]
DFS Thursday: Maple Leafs Home Cooking; Florida’s Smash Spot; Seattle’s Defencemen, and More
Good day, all! I hope everyone fared well on Tuesday's slate. I finished right around break-even, which I'll gladly take on any NHL slate. We've got a fun 11-game slate tonight, so let's dive in. Slate PreviewToronto Maple LeafsThe Maple Leafs welcome the Buffalo Sabres to Scotiabank Arena tonight, and while this rivalry has intensified [...]
Capped: Evaluating Contract Extensions for Alex DeBrincat and William Karlsson
Hello everyone, and welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed the Frozen Frenzy on Tuesday night. I'm curious, how many games did everyone manage to watch? Back in the way back, my friends and I would break out every spare TV, laptop, and tablet, on loaded slates to get as many games on at once. [...]
Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – NHL Frozen Frenzy Recap
Elan and Lewis recap the Frozen Frenzy as well as two big returns and more!
Injury Ward: Bedard Returns; New Timelines for Dahlin, Dubois, Duchene & More
Twice a week, we will be providing injury news and updates throughout the season on all of you favorite fantasy hockey players, as well as, the annoyingly injury prone players you painstakingly roster anyway. We’re halfway through October and we’ve got injuries, illnesses, and even some recoveries to report, so let’s dive in on the [...]