Hockey Rambling

Happy New Year, and let’s hope 2021 is… waaaaay better. Usually we’d be excited about watching the upcoming Winter Classic, but you shouldn’t need me to explain why it isn’t on. We will probably need to wait a while before we see any real improvements and a return to normal, but at least there’s a [...]

Ryan Callahan has announced his retirement. He didn’t play in 2019-20 due to injury and had been in and out of Tampa’s lineup for a few years before that, so it did seem his time was winding down. At his best, back with the Rangers, the guy was a multi-cat monster in fantasy. It is [...]

A couple of big items of news came out over the last couple of days. Both involving the Chicago Blackhawks. First, it was announced that Team Canada captain, Kirby Dach had successful wrist surgery and will be out 4-5 months. That's a big old yikes. The Hawks took a risk sending him to the WJC [...]

The Kings added Andreas Athanasiou to the roster yesterday, signing him for a year at $1.2-million. This is an intriguing landing spot for AA because this team has been devoid of true depth scoring for many years and he is not far removed from a 30-goal season. At the same time, the top line seems [...]

The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is out and ready for download! Draft List too! Updated up to the Derek Stepan trade – and the latest update has the full NHL schedule analysis and how you can use it to get an edge. Plus, Soderberg, Hoffman and more! (More on Mike Hoffman below) Thank you [...]

Take Carl Soderberg’s name off the list of remaining free agents. Because of the injuries to Kirby Dach and Alex Nylander, the Blackhawks had a need for a center who could also play some wing. Soderberg should fit in as a middle-six forward who can also play some wing, which makes him a possible waiver-wire [...]

Hello, hope you had a Merry Christmas, even if it was a scaled-down COVID version. As someone who has had his fill on large holiday gatherings and all the responsibilities leading up to them, I’ve enjoyed this less-stressful Christmas, but still managed to reach out to many family and friends. In a normal season there’d [...]

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and happy holidays to everyone. We want to thank all the Dobberheads for their continued readership and support. This has been a very tough year for everyone so we hope that at some point, we were able to provide some healthy distraction about the sport we love. Yesterday, these [...]

Christmas Eve! Happy holidays to everyone out there and for those who observe Christmas, that day is almost here. As is tradition, I’m going to do a wish list for today’s and tomorrow’s Ramblings. I typically do this every year but given the unique situation we’re in, I thought it’d be worth a little change [...]

The news came down on Monday that Oscar Klefbom would miss the entire 2021 campaign. For reference, I’m no longer calling it the 2020-21 season because I believe in semantics. This is, obviously, a massive hit to a blueline that could ill afford to take such a punch. If there was ever any question regarding [...]