Hockey Rambling

The Fantasy Guide will be ready in a few days (August 5), but in the meantime you can now download the Draft List spreadsheet! Inside you can find projections for numerous categories beyond goals and assists, giving you a head start in planning your fantasy hockey season. Download yours today if you’ve already made your [...]

John Klingberg finally found a home, although it may only be short-term. In case you missed it, Klingberg has signed a one-year contract with Anaheim for $7 million. I already broke it down in the Fantasy Take, so you can read all about it there. Now we just wait for what happens with Nazem Kadri.  [...]

Kaapo Kakko has signed a two-year extension with the Rangers with an average annual value of $2.1 million. Kakko finished the 2021-22 season with 18 points in 43 games, which would have been a 34-point pace over 82 games. He played the majority of his even-strength minutes on scoring lines last season, yet he hasn’t [...]

The Sophomore Slump is something we’re all familiar with. That a young player might struggle in their second year in a pro sports league is a notion that intuitively makes sense – teams and players have had time to adjust to a new (likely superlative) talent and now the talent has to respond. It is [...]

Goalies can be so tough to manage and predict year to year. It has gotten to the point that I will not invest heavily in a goaltender, because the ones like Andrei Vasilevskiy and Igor Shesterkin are too expensive to acquire, and anyone after that is too inconsistent to trust, be it Connor Hellebuyck, Robin [...]

One of the most impactful trades of in recent NHL history occurred over the weekend as the long-rumoured movement of former Flames winger Matthew Tkachuk came to fruition. He was dished to Florida in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, prospect Cole Schwindt, and a first-round pick. Dobber wrote about the trade impact back on [...]

It seemed like just a couple of weeks ago when the Fantasy Prospects Report was last updated. Oh wait! It was! But now it’s time to turn our focus to the upcoming Fantasy Hockey Guide, which is released on August 5th. I note in the shop that this will be a “partial release” but that [...]

It remains to be seen where Matthew Tkachuk slots in to the Florida Panthers lineup, but I think it’s safe to say his offensive numbers are going to take somewhat of a hit. He scored 100 of his 104 points while playing Johnny Gaudreau last season and maybe the only Panthers player he could’ve played [...]

Things are looking up for Elias Lindholm. Despite losing 2/3s of arguably the best line in hockey last year, getting Jonathan Huberdeau and his 85 assists from a season ago as a consolation prize isn’t too bad. A top unit of Huberdeau/Lindholm/Tyler Toffoli should still be very fruitful for the Calgary Flames and there’s a [...]

Between Dobber covering for me on free-agency opening day, and swapping days with Cliffy this week, it has been a while since I got to share some thoughts here. I’ll start with the draft, and though I am no prospect expert (I defer to the DobberProspects group on that one) I do find myself often [...]