Hockey Rambling

The 2024 Dobber Hockey Midseason Fantasy Guide is set to release later this week! It has second-half projections, prospect updates, prospects that could make an appearance down the stretch, players on the trading block, and a whole lot more. Help support what we do by pre-ordering a copy right here. * Toronto locked up one [...]

Minnesota called up Jesper Wallstedt from the AHL on Sunday. The 20-year-old netminder – drafted 20th overall in 2021 – has been solid for the Iowa Wild this year. Through 20 games, he holds a .917 save percentage and 2.54 GAA. With Filip Gustavsson injured and Minnesota playing a back-to-back against Philadelphia and Arizona this [...]

Connor Bedard has been placed on IR with a fractured jaw. Although one report suggested he would be out four to six weeks, Chicago coach Luke Richardson said there’s no timeline for Bedard’s return. I wrote about what the Blackhawks would look like without Bedard in yesterday’s Ramblings. (Spoiler: Like an AHL team, but you [...]

If Connor Bedard is on your keeper team, I’m sure you’d love to bubble wrap him to protect him from the dangers of a full-contact sport. Regardless, starring in hockey means risking an injury at any point. Unfortunately, there's a real possibility that Bedard will miss his first game after he left Friday’s game with [...]

We haven’t had a big goalie moved mid-season in a while now, and I’m curious if we see one this year. Between Jacob Markstrom, Juuse Saros, John Gibson, Karel Vejmelka, Jake Allen, Anton Forsberg, and one of Washington’s duo possibly being available among others, there’s supply to match the demand that can be seen across [...]

There were some notes from Columbus that fantasy owners may want to keep an eye on. First, Jack Roslovic worked his way to the top line with Adam Fantilli and Johnny Gaudreau at practice on Wednesday. With the injuries up front, Roslovic has a chance to gain some fantasy value if he can stick there, [...]

Now that we’re past the Christmas break, the schedule doesn’t have too many quirks until we arrive at the All-Star break and the “bye weeks” that no one mentions anymore which are really just a few extra days on one end of the All-Star break for each team. It’s not worth looking into those yet [...]

The Professional Women’s Hockey League launched their inaugural season yesterday. Through all the ups and downs of the professional women’s hockey leagues over the last five-ish years, all the top players now have one league to play in. I will not profess to know the details of the behind-the-scenes machinations to get this done, so [...]

In both life and fantasy hockey, perspectives shape information. The way you look at something influences what you take away from it, and how you feel about it. Usually, when we analyze a player’s production, we look at performance in a season – from October to April. However, shifting our lens gives us new perspective [...]

Saturday’s loss to the Jets was a costly one for the Wild, as both Kirill Kaprizov and Filip Gustavsson left the game with injuries. Kaprizov was cross-checked to the back twice, while Gustavsson left with a lower-body injury. After a poor start, Gustavsson was finding his game under new coach John Hynes with an 8-2 [...]