Hockey Rambling

On Sunday – with roughly a day left before they respond to St. Louis’ offer sheets for Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway – the Oilers made separate, but possibly related deals. Edmonton sent a 2025 fourth-round draft (originally Ottawa’s) to Vancouver in exchange for Vasily Podkolzin. Drafted 10th overall in 2019, Podkolzin hasn’t made much [...]

According to Tom Gulitti of NHL.com, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar has said that Gabriel Landeskog could return near the start of the season, although he appears to be unlikely to be ready for opening night. That does kind of seem like good news, although Landeskog's absence may now extend to a third season. He has [...]

Continuing with Bubble Keeper Week, I’m going to turn toward some players that have recently experienced changes of value in salary cap leagues due to new contracts. Salary increases can create tough decisions in terms of who to keep, yet they may be earned due to a player getting better. Salary decreases can justify a [...]

Some news items trickled in on Thursday: Jakub Vrana has agreed to a professional tryout with the Washington Capitals, his former team. The chances of a player making a team after a PTO are usually quite low, but the Capitals and coach Spencer Carbery at least have some familiarity with Vrana. If Vrana has put [...]

Bubble keeper week rolls on here at Dobber Hockey. We are helping readers get to the bottom of their keeper decisions at the end of their roster. These are the decisions that can make or break fantasy seasons because it’s getting the 8th-round value performing as a top-30 fantasy option that helps put rosters over [...]

Does anyone remember the three-way trade a few years ago between Nashville, Vegas, and Philadelphia, where former second and sixth overall picks were moved, along with a top pair defenceman on an eight-year deal and another six-foot-five right shot defenceman?  Well, Cody Glass is the last one of them remaining in the NHL, and yesterday [...]

Welcome everyone to Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey! Every offseason, we like to take a week to focus solely on the keepers at the end of the roster. They are the decisions that can drive any fantasy hockey owner up the wall because we know there’s a chance that we are letting go [...]

It’s Bubble Keeper Week here at DobberHockey! Across the website, our authors will be discussing players that you may be on the fence about keeping in your fantasy league. The players involved in such decisions will obviously vary based on the depth of your league and how many keepers each team gets. Regardless, the goal [...]

Bubble Keeper Week starts today! In case you’re not familiar with it, our writers will share players that are on their bubble to be kept on their various keeper teams. Rules in each league will vary, but many keeper leagues operate on either a) keeping a fixed number of players, or b) keeping as many [...]

The DobberHockey Fantasy Guide is now available for download! It’s the same guide that you’ve come to know and love every year, which includes player projections for scoring and peripheral categories in PDF form by team and by Excel list. Included are sleepers, draft review, Calder nominees, stock drops, goalies, and much more. In addition, [...]