Hockey Rambling

Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, Alex MacLean and Brennan DeSouza take turns providing daily ramblings. They cover a wide range of topics including the latest hockey developments as well as some deeper thoughts to help you with your fantasy hockey teams. You can be assured that when you wake up in the morning there will be a new rambling on the main page ready for you to indulge.

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Ramblings: Voronkov Signs Extension; High and Low Primary Assist Percentages (Jul 6)

By Ian Gooding|2025-07-05T23:30:18-04:00July 6th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Blue Jackets have signed Dmitri Voronkov to a two-year extension worth $8.35 million ($4.175 million AAV). Voronkov, who was an RFA, has signed a bridge deal instead of a long-term extension. However, Voronkov will still be an RFA when the contract expires, as his UFA year isn’t until 2028. In his second NHL season, [...]

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Ramblings: Remaining Free Agents – Roslovic, Grzelcyk, Olofsson, Skinner, and more…

By Ian Gooding|2025-07-05T00:03:48-04:00July 5th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

With the salary cap rising this offseason, this season’s free agency period seemed more understated and even anticlimactic. With more cap room, more teams were able to re-sign their pending unrestricted free agents (nice bit of work, Florida) or they were able to take care of their business before the starting bell (Vegas and Mitch [...]

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Ramblings: Ehlers in Carolina; Stankoven’s Fantasy Value; Burns Signs in Colorado; Nyquist to Winnipeg – July 4

By Michael Clifford|2025-07-03T16:24:07-04:00July 4th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

One signing I missed during free agent frenzy was Logan Stankoven being extended by Carolina for eight years with an average annual value of $6M. Stankoven has 136 career NHL games including playoffs and has 28 goals and 40 assists in those games. He is going into his age-22 season and this contract doesn’t kick [...]

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Ramblings: Mantha Signs in Pittsburgh; Mangiapane to Edmonton; Soderblom Stays in Detroit; Marner’s Fantasy Value in Vegas – July 3

By Michael Clifford|2025-07-02T13:29:06-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

While this may not have been the most impactful offseason of the last 10 years, there was one of the most impactful trades of the last decade with Mitch Marner heading to Vegas in a sign-and-trade from Toronto. At the time of the trade, Brennan had his thoughts on the deal here. Today, I want [...]

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Ramblings: Sharks Rebuild Plan; Demko Re-Ups in Vancouver & Some Fantasy Notes from Draft Weekend (July 1)

By Alexander MacLean|2025-07-01T21:26:47-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

It’s a little strange doing Ramblings for the day after free agency opens, as all of the news is pretty well covered in other fantasy take articles (which you can find here). Cliffy did an awesome job basically covering the whole day himself, so stick taps to him. It's also a little too early to [...]

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Ramblings: Marner, Maccelli, and Tarasenko Traded; Florida Signs Marchand and Ekblad, Romanov and Provorov Extend Their Stay; Thoughts on Knies, Quinn, and More – July 1

By Michael Clifford|2025-07-01T00:14:58-04:00July 1st, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

There was a lot of movement and signings made the day before free agency so let’s get to it. There was a lot of movement and signings made the day before free agency so let’s get to it. The big news of the day was that the rumoured sign-and-trade between Toronto and Vegas involving Mitch [...]

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Ramblings: Giroux, Knies & Geekie Re-Sign; Pietrangelo Injury; Veleno Buyout (Jun 30)

By Brennan Des|2025-07-05T13:21:16-04:00June 30th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

While the past couple of days featured players joining new teams, Sunday’s theme was about players staying put. We got a flurry of re-signings, but also an injury update, buyout, and contract termination. Let’s get right into it! Claude’s Commitment On Sunday, Claude Giroux signed a one-year extension with the Senators, avoiding free-agency. The deal [...]

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Ramblings: Vegas Kicking Tires on Marner? Day 2 of Draft; Gibson, Spence Trades (Jun 28)

By Ian Gooding|2025-06-28T23:45:29-04:00June 29th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Let’s not waste any time and start with the juicy stuff, shall we? According to multiple sources, Toronto and Vegas have been in conversation about a Mitch Marner sign-and-trade, although the deal has not been completed at the time of writing. A sign-and-trade would allow the Golden Knights to sign Marner to a maximum eight-year [...]

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Ramblings: Isles Pick Schaefer 1st Overall, Dobson Traded to Habs, Bennett and Tavares Re-sign (Jun 28)

By Ian Gooding|2025-06-28T00:59:08-04:00June 28th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Winners of the draft lottery, the New York Islanders selected defenseman Matthew Schaefer of the OHL’s Erie Otters with the first overall pick. Schaefer has all of the tools to be a star NHL defenseman, including skating, scoring upside, ability to control play, defensive acumen, character, and leadership. He has also dealt with adversity, having [...]

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Ramblings: Draft Day is Here with Thoughts on Misa, Martin, Bear, Mrtka, and More – June 27

By Michael Clifford|2025-06-27T05:38:17-04:00June 27th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The NHL Entry Draft takes place this weekend in Los Angeles and to get prepared for the draft, be sure to grab a copy of the 2025 Dobber Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report! It has a breakdown of this year’s crop of draftees, an in-depth look at each NHL team’s prospect pool, and a whole lot [...]