Hockey Rambling

Amid all the playoff baseball and preseason NHL games still taking place, the NHL regular season officially started on Friday in Prague. The Predators, led by a goal and an assist from Kiefer Sherwood, skated to a 4-1 win over the Sharks. I had wondered why up-and-comer Philip Tomasino wasn’t in the lineup while fringe [...]

This is my final Ramblings before the beginning of the 2022-23 season and it still feels hard to believe we’re approaching the first puck drop in mere hours. Doesn’t feel like it was very long ago we were watching a dominant Colorado roster steamroll the playoffs before dethroning the twice-defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay [...]

The NHL season starts this weekend with the Sharks and Predators in Prague for a pair of regular season games. It is crunch time for drafting and for anyone that has left their prep until the last minute, picking up a copy of the 2022-23 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is a great way to get [...]

We’re two days away from actual regular season games, your draft has probably happened already, or you may have one last one tonight (like me). Regardless, best of luck this upcoming year, and stay tuned around here for everything to get you through the year in the best position possible.   * I put in [...]

It is hard to believe we’re just a week away from the regular season but training camp is truly getting short on runway. There are a couple games in Europe this weekend before the rest of the league gets going, but I think most fans have October 11th circled on the calendar. It is a [...]

The last update for the Fantasy Guide was Sunday. Seven times. That’s right. The news is coming fast and furious now, from the Taylor Hall injury (week to week – upper body), to camp cuts (Ryan Merkley) to camp standouts (Connor Zary) – I’ve had to adjust my projections, put them into the Guide and [...]

Jake Allen has signed a two-year extension with a $3.85 AAV, which is set to kick in next season. That’s a slight raise on his $2.875 million cap hit, if you are in a cap league. With Carey Price’s career very much in doubt, Allen seems like the number one goalie for the Canadiens for [...]

According to Sam Carchidi of PHI Hockey Now, Carter Hart says he’ll be ready for the Flyers’ opening-night game on October 13. Hart has been taking shots at practice, but he has still not been cleared for contact drills. Hart’s injury has not been stated, although it’s worth mentioning that he was shut down with [...]

Rasmus Sandin and the Leafs have finally agreed on a contract, a two-year deal with a $1.4 million cap hit. Injuries on defense may have expedited the signing (more on that in a bit). In the end, Sandin has signed a contract with the same cap hit and term as fellow young d-man Timothy Liljegren. [...]

My last few Ramblings have discussed projections I’ve made for the 2022-23 fantasy hockey season and we’re continuing that trend today. On Tuesday, we went over some players that I wrote of often throughout the summer and how they fared in my projections. Today will be more of the same but we’re going to focus [...]