Hockey Rambling

The Midseason Guide will be available in just over a month’s time, on January 16! The plan is no different from previous seasons, where you’ll receive second-half projections, insider tips, goaltending, peripheral stats, trade block, fantasy prospects, and plenty of analytics. It’s all there for you again.   https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1867647298786013260 The Dobber team will be working [...]

There was a bevy of crucial injury updates that came down on Thursday so let’s start with those. The Anaheim Ducks announced that forward Trevor Zegras will miss at least six weeks after surgery to repair a torn meniscus. When the injury first happened, it certainly seemed as if things would be a lot worse [...]

Rasmus Dahlin suffered an injury in training camp, missed some time, but was back in the lineup when Buffalo played their games in Europe. He managed to play every game right up until December 3rd, but the game on Wednesday night was his fourth straight out of action. It always gets a bit nerve-wracking when [...]

Thatcher Demko made his long-awaited return from his "unique" lower body injury. It's great to see him back and I hope he has a long career moving forward, but I don't think that injury is something I am going to take my chances with, so I doubt he ends up on any of my fantasy [...]

The Vancouver Canucks have been on a nice little run of late, going 5-3-1 in their last nine games and that has been good enough to push them into third place in the Pacific. All those games have been without centre JT Miller as he’s been on a leave of absence from the team. The [...]

Sincerest sympathies to anyone who trusted the usually reliable Jonathan Quick for a spot start on Sunday. After allowing just four goals across his first five outings, Quick has allowed 15 in his last three. Igor Shesterkin didn’t dress for the game because his wife was in labour, but I imagine he’ll be available for [...]

Michael Kesselring was a player that you probably didn’t know much about before the season, but he seems to be doing all right for himself. On Saturday, Kesselring registered the first-ever Gordie Howe hat trick in Utah Hockey Club history. He is now up to 14 points in 26 games, trailing only Mikhail Sergachev in [...]

As has been rumored since the summer, Jacob Trouba was finally moved out of New York. Trouba was traded to Anaheim for Urho Vaakanainen and a conditional 2025 fourth-round pick. Read the Fantasy Take here. That wasn’t it for Rangers transactions on Friday, as they signed Igor Shesterkin to an eight-year extension worth $11.5 million [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks fired head coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, replacing him with Anders Sorensen as interim coach for the remainder of the season. Expected to improve at least slightly this season, the Blackhawks currently hold both the league’s lowest point total (18) and the league’s lowest winning percentage (.346) with an 8-16-2 record. The [...]

The Dallas Stars went into Wednesday night with a 16-8 record, so it has been a great start. However, it seems as if they need another top-6 winger to round out their top-9 forwards, and now may need two such wingers. The team announced on Wednesday that forward Tyler Seguin will likely miss the rest [...]