Hockey Rambling

If there’s a time of year where fantasy team managers are the most hyper-focused, this is the one. I see a lot of questions like the following: “What do you think of my team?” My stock answer: It looks great, but you’ll probably want to make waiver-wire moves throughout the season. No fantasy team is [...]

The last of the big-name RFAs has officially signed on the dotted line. Brady Tkachuk has agreed to a seven-year contract worth $57.5 million, which means Senators fans and fantasy managers won’t be subjected to a lengthy holdout. The signing should also dispel rumors that he only wanted a bridge deal because he doesn’t want [...]

Hendrix Lapierre was one of the big stories of the preseason. While the injury to Nicklas Backstrom likely helped matters, Lapierre went into camp basically as an extra and played his way onto the team. Not a lot of rookies do that in the NHL, maybe a handful every year. He even had to beat [...]

I have the pleasure of kicking off the recaps on the first Ramblings covering games from the 2021-22 season. Last night we saw four teams in action, including the debut of the 32nd team, the Seattle Kraken. They’re the most interesting team on the list, as we had very little knowledge of what to expect [...]

Every year, the Dobber team puts together its preseason predictions in a Panel format. We go over, individual trophies, conference champions, the Cup winner, and more. We do this not only to get our thoughts out into the universe one last time before the season starts, but to help the reader. Aggregate opinions are almost [...]

I hope you enjoyed the Fantasy Guide this year. Tons of updates once again, and I’ll keep going through today and Tuesday. And if something major happens during the games Tuesday night or Wednesday, I will go in and give bonus updates! Grab it here. I stayed up late Sunday doing a lot of updates, [...]

James Neal has made good on his professional tryout. The veteran winger has signed in St. Louis for one year at $750,000. Neal helped his cause by scoring a hat trick in one of his games and scoring a team-leading four goals in five games. Out of the expensive contract he signed with Calgary and [...]

Aleksander Barkov hit the jackpot on Friday, signing a contract extension for eight years at $10 million per season. Barkov was entering the final year of his current contract at $5.9 million. This may not be an ideal contract for cap leagues, particularly if Barkov shows regression in the back half of it. But this [...]

Montreal was in tough to begin the season, knowing they’d be without Shea Weber and Carey Price. News got worse recently as Joel Edmundson revealed an injury and he’ll be out for a few weeks. The news kept rolling on Thursday as there was a surprise announcement from the team and Price that he would [...]

Hockey fans around the world are starting to rejoice at the same time as the countdown to the season winds down. We’re five days from the start of the season, and it sure seems preseason goes faster than we remember? At least it did for me. Anyway, this weekend is a big weekend for fantasy [...]