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 – Rossi, Yandle concerns, Devils’ goaltending, waiver thoughts, drafting and more (Jan 11)

By Dobber|2021-01-11T01:02:18-05:00January 11th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is out and ready for download! Draft List too! Updated up to today. Thank you everyone for your support. It’s been a tough year with sales of course being down. Tremendous, tremendous support from the community over the past week – sales in such a short window have been [...]

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Ramblings: Crawford Retires, Barzal Signs, Players Who Could Disappoint… But Still Provide Significant Value (Jan 10)

By Ian Gooding|2021-01-10T00:29:14-05:00January 10th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

A day after news broke that he would be taking a leave of absence from the Devils, Corey Crawford has announced his retirement after ten NHL seasons. Despite signing with New Jersey in the offseason, Crawford will finish his career having played for only the Blackhawks. Crawford will be best known as having backstopped the [...]

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Ramblings: Stars Stuck To Start Season, Crawford Leave of Absence, Players Who Could Rebound (Jan 9)

By Ian Gooding|2021-01-09T00:42:32-05:00January 9th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

The season is only a handful of days away and COVID-19 is already doing its thing. Not long after the Stars suddenly cancelled Friday’s practice, the NHL issued the following statement about the Stars situation: https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1347601895624495104 Breaking this down, at least three Dallas games will be postponed: Thursday’s and Friday’s games against Florida, and Sunday’s [...]

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Ramblings: Buffalo PP; Tkachuk/Dadonov; Matthews on the PK; Rantanen, Huberdeau, and more – January 8

By Michael Clifford|2021-01-07T13:18:43-05:00January 8th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

What the Sabres will do with their power play is going to determine the fantasy value for a lot of key players. It is all well and good that Jeff Skinner can now play with Eric Staal, but without prime PP minutes, it’s fair to wonder how much upside there is. We got some clarity [...]

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Ramblings: Power plays for Florida, Montreal, Winnipeg; contracts for Bjorkstrand, Kunin – January 7

By Michael Clifford|2021-01-06T18:59:43-05:00January 7th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

While talking with Steve Laidlaw a couple months ago, he mused that Aaron Ekblad may be ready for PP1 minutes. I told him I thought Alex Wennberg would get PP1 minutes to help replace Dadonov’s playmaking. Well: With special teams work kicking off today at #FlaPanthers camp, here's one interesting power play unit they've [...]

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Ramblings: Dahlin’s Breakout, Mining the Wire, Trading Hellebuyck, Cozens & Schmidt (Jan 6)

By Cam Robinson|2021-01-05T23:34:40-05:00January 5th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

Things are certainly cooking now. We’re a couple of days into all 31 teams’ training camps. Everyone and their dog is either in the best shape of their life or stuck in some sort of quarantine purgatory. Either way, it's exciting for all involved. Okay, maybe not for the guys stuck in their hotel room, [...]

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Ramblings: Early camp line combinations; taxi squads; best ball leagues – January 5

By Michael Clifford|2021-01-05T01:51:12-05:00January 5th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

It was more or less confirmed by Arpon Basu of The Athletic that teams will be able to send their CHL prospects to the AHL to start the year. That means guys on the bubble like Dylan Cozens or Bowen Byram have a place to play when the season starts and teams aren’t forced to [...]

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Ramblings – Thoughts on the Taxi Squad impact, the WJC, camp no-shows and more (Jan 04)

By Dobber|2021-01-04T00:25:33-05:00January 4th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

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Ramblings: Zibanejad to Miss Start of Camp, WJC Quarterfinals, Players Drafted Too Low on Yahoo (Jan 3)

By Ian Gooding|2021-01-03T01:25:44-05:00January 3rd, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

Mika Zibanejad is not expected to be on the ice when Rangers training camp opens, according to GM Jeff Gorton. Zibanejad is coming off a career season where he scored 75 points in just 57 games, but he has experienced injury issues in the past, including last season. This is obviously concerning for his fantasy [...]

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Ramblings: Eichel Misses Day 1 of Camp, Players Drafted Too High on Yahoo (Jan 2)

By Ian Gooding|2021-01-01T23:46:20-05:00January 2nd, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

The seven teams that did not make the 2019-20 postseason all returned to the ice for the first time since March. And with that came some news out of Buffalo that Jack Eichel missed Friday’s practice because of an upper-body injury from off-ice training. The Sabres have listed him as day-to-day, while coach Ralph Krueger [...]