Hockey Rambling

That’s a wrap on the 2021-22 NHL season! * Now released – my 16th annual playoff draft list. This spreadsheet has the ability to pick the winners each round, and adjust the projected games accordingly. I have set projected points-per-game average based on this season and prior playoff performance for relevant playoff players, as well [...]

If you haven’t already, you’ll want to purchase your Playoff Draft List at the Dobber Store. It’s a fully customizable spreadsheet so that you can enter your teams to win and determine playoff pool rankings. Or if you’re not sure, you can use Dobber’s picks. Get yours at the Dobber Sports store before your playoff [...]

With the exception of the Seattle/Winnipeg makeup game on Sunday, the regular season has ended. Here are your playoff matchups: Florida vs. Washington Carolina vs. Boston NY Rangers vs. Pittsburgh Toronto vs. Tampa Bay Colorado vs. Nashville Calgary vs. Dallas Minnesota vs. St. Louis Edmonton vs. Los Angeles https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1520276250736140289 The fun starts on Monday. I’ll [...]

Since all 16 playoff teams have been decided with the playoffs set to start on Monday, you can now officially start preparing for your playoff pool. As is the case every year, you can grab the Interactive Playoff Draft List to help you plan your team. Set your own bracket to organize, or use Dobber’s [...]

Resting players is a tried and true tradition across any sport where teams have their postseason trip locked. That held true on Wednesday night as the Rangers sat Artemi Panarin, Andrew Copp, and a slew of other regulars on the second night of a back-to-back. The Florida Panthers called up a handful of players on [...]

As this is my last Ramblings before the end of the regular season, I want to touch a little on championship matches, NHL playoff races, and playoff pools. Best of luck to those of you who still have matches to be decided, and also thank you to all you readers who read, interacted, and bought [...]

There has been a lot of reports and rumouring around the health of Robin Lehner for several days now, and the team finally acknowledged what was first reported by Emily Kaplan at ESPN: he is going to be having some surgery and is done for the season: https://twitter.com/JesseGranger_/status/1518703600926568448 It does seem as if Vegas’s season [...]

Now released – my 16th annual playoff draft list. Back in 2006, the very first product I released was this one. Just put it out there to see what it could do. I had been writing “Ramblings” and posting Rankings for about five months at this point and figured I would see how I would [...]

With Frederik Andersen injured and the Hurricanes playing the first of back-to-backs, Pyotr Kochetkov made his NHL debut. Kochetkov stopped 17 of 19 shots he faced to help the Hurricanes to a 3-2 overtime win over the Devils. The Canes were playing their first of back-to-backs, so Antti Raanta will likely start today (Sunday) against [...]

With playoff pools slowly starting to form, Dobber’s 2022 Interactive Playoff Draft List is now ready! It’s fully customizable – or just go with Dobber’s picks! You can set the teams you think will reach the final and sort your draft list based on Dobber’s analysis and formula, or just go with his own personal [...]