Hockey Rambling

Fantasy Hockey Ramblings: Daily Strategic Briefings & Expert Analysis
Welcome to the DobberHockey Ramblings, the industry’s most trusted daily source for fantasy hockey intelligence. For over 20 years—365 days a year—our elite team of analysts has provided the essential “morning read” for competitive managers. This is where the previous 24 hours of NHL action are decoded into actionable strategy.

Led by the Industry’s Premier Experts
The Ramblings are powered by the collective insight of the most respected names in fantasy hockey. Our daily coverage is curated by:

Dobber (Founder): The pioneer of fantasy hockey rankings and long-term dynasty strategy.

Ian Gooding: Lead editor and master of daily news synthesis and roster impact.

Mike Clifford: Specialist in player deployment, shot metrics, and micro-trend analysis.

Alex MacLean: Expert in salary cap navigation and deep-league value optimization.

Puneet Sharma: Prospects expert and long-time fantasy hockey enthusiast adept at capturing player trends.

Your Daily Competitive Edge
We transform raw box scores into a strategic roadmap, ensuring you never miss a shift in the NHL landscape:

The 24-Hour Review: Expert reactions to last night’s games, distinguishing sustainable breakthroughs from one-off flukes.

Deployment Alerts: Real-time analysis of coaching changes, power-play experiments, and line-shuffling.

Market Intelligence: Identifying “Buy-Low” and “Sell-High” opportunities before your league-mates catch on.

The Data Connection: Every Rambling is backed by Frozen Tools metrics, providing the “why” behind every player’s performance.

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Ramblings: Bubble Keepers Toffoli, Kylington, McCann, Perron, Johansen (Aug 20)

By Ian Gooding|2022-08-19T23:18:22-04:00August 20th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

Last week I listed several bubble keeper players that I have to decide on by the end of the month. You can read more about these players here. I have the option as to whether to keep those players because they fell under a certain number of league points and were on the final year [...]

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Ramblings: Kadri Lands in Calgary, Bubble Keeper Week Player Comparisons (Aug 19)

By Ian Gooding|2022-08-19T00:22:07-04:00August 19th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

As we all expected, Nazem Kadri finally picked his team during Bubble Keeper Week! The free agent center has reportedly signed a seven-year contract worth $49 million total with the Calgary Flames. The scoring fit in Calgary was easy to spot with the offseason departures of Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk. However, I didn’t think [...]

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Ramblings: Bubble Keeper Week Covering Kakko, Monahan, Wilson, Kubalik, and More – August 18

By Michael Clifford|2022-08-18T18:20:35-04:00August 18th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

It is Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey and we’re spending the entire week helping readers make their tough keep-or-cut decisions. All four of us editors at this site have had a Ramblings touching on these situations: Ian covered guys like Jake DeBrusk, Antti Raanta, and Sean Durzi; Dobber had questions including Tristan Jarry, [...]

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Ramblings: Bubble Keeper Choices – Depth Cap Options; Blues Skaters vs Kopitar; Pulock vs Petry & More (Aug 17)

By Alexander MacLean|2022-08-16T21:47:59-04:00August 17th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

It’s time for another set of Bubble Keeper Week ramblings. I play in a few keeper leagues of varying depth, and I’ll talk about a few of the decisions here first. In my one cap league, it’s a deep setup where 24 teams keep 30 players each, split between our pro and minors. I’m in [...]

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Ramblings: Bubble Keeper Week Continues, Discussing Bjorkstrand, Farabee, Ty Smith, Höglander, and Others – August 16

By Michael Clifford|2022-08-15T14:30:38-04:00August 16th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

It is Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey! This started years ago for a number of reasons but there are two that stick out, specifically. First is that this is (normally) a dead zone for hockey information. Free agency is mostly over and we’re just waiting for training camps to start (though the World [...]

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Ramblings – Bubble Keeper Week 2022! Your Questions Answered… (Aug 15)

By Dobber|2022-08-15T01:06:55-04:00August 15th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

OUT NOW! I released the Fantasy Guide on August 4, but guess what? On Sunday the 14th I re-uploaded it with updates for the ninth time. That’s right – nine updates already. I don’t like having a single thing wrong in this Guide. The best person to have putting together and updating a Guide is [...]

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Ramblings: Bubble Keeper Week – DeBrusk, Durzi, Raanta, Reimer (Aug 14)

By Ian Gooding|2022-08-13T23:56:18-04:00August 14th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

Before I drop the puck on Bubble Keeper Week… The August edition of the Top 100 Roto Rankings will be posted shortly. In the meantime, please leave any feedback on the rankings. Some of you might be using them for drafts come September, so any input you can provide or even questions about the rankings [...]

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Ramblings: Thompson a Potential Starter, Kurashev Signs, World Junior Situation (Aug 13)

By Ian Gooding|2022-08-13T00:19:03-04:00August 13th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

In case you missed it, Robin Lehner is expected to miss the entire 2022-23 season, as he will require hip surgery. His status for the upcoming season was already uncertain. It’s worth mentioning that he already underwent shoulder surgery earlier this offseason along with battling a separate leg/knee injury. Lehner is already a Band-Aid Boy [...]

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Ramblings: Best Ball Leagues; Lehner Injury; Krejci’s Fantasy Value; Tomasino’s Rise – August 12

By Michael Clifford|2022-08-11T13:39:39-04:00August 12th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

The 2022-23 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is now available in the Dobber Shop! Dobber, our team of programmers and editors, as well as our wonderful writers, have all put work in to help this site have the best fantasy hockey guide in the market. It has projections, line combinations, player upside, articles, and a whole [...]

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Ramblings: Walman Avoids Arbitration; Impact of Pacioretty’s Injury; Necas’s Scoring Problem – August 11

By Michael Clifford|2022-08-10T11:48:31-04:00August 11th, 2022|Hockey Rambling|

The 2022-23 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide was released last week! Head on over to the Dobber Shop to procure your copy. It has projections, upside, advanced metrics, line combinations, player breakdowns, and a whole lot more. It will also be updated until the starts of the NHL season in October, so don’t worry about getting [...]