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: Keller, Kiviranta, Miller/Pettersson, Consistency by Game (Dec 23)

By Grant Campbell|2024-12-23T01:59:04-05:00December 23rd, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

I am pinch-hitting in the Ramblings today for Brennan DeSouza who is on a well-deserved holiday break. It is a busy time of year, but the NHL will be taking a break with no games from December 24th through December 26th. Sunday Review Clayton Keller led all skaters on Sunday with four points in Utah’s [...]

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Ramblings: Matthews Out on Saturday, Bedard’s Upside, Tough Times for Pettersson (Dec 22)

By Ian Gooding|2024-12-22T02:20:31-05:00December 22nd, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Auston Matthews missed Saturday’s game after being reinjured during Friday’s game. According to Craig Berube, Matthews took a cross-check late in the third period on the power play and re-aggravated the upper-body injury that forced him to miss time earlier this season. Matthews should be considered very questionable for Monday’s game against Winnipeg, but it [...]

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Ramblings: Murray Returns, UPL and Sabres Slumping, Laine Scores Again (Dec 21)

By Ian Gooding|2024-12-21T01:12:51-05:00December 21st, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

After being called up from the AHL recently, Matt Murray made his season debut on Friday, stopping 24 of 27 shots in the Leafs’ 6-3 win in Buffalo. Murray last played in an NHL game in April 2023, missing time due to bilateral hip surgery and then starting this season in the AHL. Regardless of [...]

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Ramblings: Miller/Pettersson, Blackwood/Georgiev, Kakko’s Kraken Debut (Dec 20)

By Ian Gooding|2024-12-20T01:59:24-05:00December 20th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

The holiday trade freeze has now begun and will be lifted on December 28. That means there won’t be any new trades to discuss for about a week. No worries. There’s enough to discuss from a busy Thursday night, including the fallout of a couple of recent deals. - With two assists on Thursday, Nikita [...]

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Ramblings: Kakko Traded; Update on Chinakhov; Preseason Projections For Crosby, Tippett, Verhaeghe, and Heiskanen – December 19

By Michael Clifford|2024-12-19T06:56:37-05:00December 19th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Columbus forward Yegor Chinakhov has missed three weeks with an upper-body injury. It is unfortunate for him, but also because Kent Johnson has missed 14 games and Dmitri Voronkov has missed nine. In fact, the team has only had those three, and Kirill Marchenko, in the lineup for 3/32 games this season. It is a [...]

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Ramblings: Hat-Trick Laine; Bichsel; Christmas Schedule Look-ahead; My Top & Bottom-Five Draft Picks This Year (Dec 18)

By Alexander MacLean|2024-12-17T23:56:26-05:00December 18th, 2024|Hockey Rambling, Latest|

Patrik Laine scored his first hat trick in 23 months against the Sabres last night as part of a six-goal onslaught but the Habs. That ups him to six goals in seven games. He won't keep that pace up as his shooting percentage normalizes, but the assists will click up a bit too to balance. [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Pettersson, Jones, and Arvidsson; Preseason Projections for Tavares, Guenther, Walman, and Others – December 17

By Michael Clifford|2024-12-17T05:26:03-05:00December 17th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Edmonton winger Viktor Arvidsson was at the team’s morning skate before the game Monday night at home against Florida. Arvidsson has been out over a month with an undisclosed injury, though he seems to be on the mend. Edmonton has three games later this week, including a back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday. We will see [...]

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Ramblings: Barzal Returns; Horvat, Panarin & Gustavsson Injured; Rangers & Sabres Sliding (Dec 16)

By Brennan Des|2024-12-16T01:15:26-05:00December 16th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Mathew Barzal returned to the lineup after missing six weeks with an upper-body injury. There was certainly rust to shake off as some of his passes lacked the quality we’ve come to expect from him. Through roughly 21 minutes of action, Barzal posted two shots, two hits, four faceoff wins and was a minus-2. He [...]

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Ramblings: Subpar Saturday for Shesterkin, Fowler Makes Blues Debut, Four Points for Pasta (Dec 15)

By Ian Gooding|2024-12-15T01:44:08-05:00December 15th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

I forgot to add Igor Shesterkin to my starting lineup today. I discovered that he wasn’t there about five minutes after the game started, which happened to be an early game (10 am where I live). That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as Shesterkin was hit with a really bad start of [...]

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Ramblings: Midseason Guide, Sens Shut Out Canes, Saturday Streams and Pickups (Dec 14)

By Ian Gooding|2024-12-14T00:26:57-05:00December 14th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

The Midseason Guide will be available in just over a month’s time, on January 16! The plan is no different from previous seasons, where you’ll receive second-half projections, insider tips, goaltending, peripheral stats, trade block, fantasy prospects, and plenty of analytics. It’s all there for you again. https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1867647298786013260 The Dobber team will be working [...]