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 – Thoughts on Ho-Sang, Bracco, Galchenyuk, Honka, the Leafs and more (Nov 02)

By Dobber|2020-11-02T11:28:51-05:00November 2nd, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is out and ready for download! Also – the Draft List too! A few errors reported to me, mostly minor stuff, that I fixed and re-posted the Guide Sunday. The biggest one was probably when I manually moved Guentzel and Zucker back and forth on different lines – and [...]

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Ramblings: Top Frozen Tools Searches – Brown, Danault, Bertuzzi, Mantha (Nov 1)

By Ian Gooding|2020-11-01T00:53:22-04:00November 1st, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Now that the NHL postseason, draft, and the thick of free agency have all come and gone, are you looking for something to fill the hockey void? You don’t have to wait any longer. The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is now available! Tons of articles as well as projections, both team-by-team and on a [...]

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Ramblings: Draft Guide Is Here! Goalies to Watch – One Year Later (Oct 31)

By Ian Gooding|2020-10-31T00:06:19-04:00October 31st, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Now that the NHL postseason, draft, and the thick of free agency have all come and gone, are you looking for something to fill the hockey void? You don't have to wait any longer. The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide is now available! Tons of articles as well as projections, both team-by-team and on a [...]

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Ramblings: Olofsson, Niku, Lightning Vets Sign; Seguin Sidelined; Coyotes Bail on Controversial Pick (Oct 30)

By Ian Gooding|2020-10-30T00:48:04-04:00October 30th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Now that the NHL postseason, draft, and the thick of free agency have all come and gone, are you looking for something to fill the hockey void? You won’t have to wait much longer. The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide will be available today! Tons of articles as well as projections, both team-by-team and on [...]

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Ramblings: Rossi overseas; Galchenyuk to Ottawa; OHL and AHL plans; McAvoy; Skinner; Lindholm – October 29

By Michael Clifford|2020-10-28T15:54:08-04:00October 29th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Marco Rossi is heading to Switzerland with the blessing of the Minnesota Wild. He is expected to be in the lineup for the ZSC Lions, according to Mr. Russo, by this weekend. At the risk of reading far too much into this, Rossi starting up his hockey season overseas at a point in time where [...]

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Ramblings: Wallstedt and the Rise of Young Goaltenders, Seider is Coming, Toews, Bertuzzi, & Ho-Sang (Oct. 28)

By Cam Robinson|2020-10-28T00:53:23-04:00October 28th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

We had a few signings take place on Tuesday. First up was Josh Ho-Sang settling with a two-way contract worth $750K in the bigs and $250K in the minors. It was a tumultuous 2019-20 season for the 24-year-old - more so than the rest of us. After failing to make the Isles out of camp, [...]

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Ramblings: Tierney back with Ottawa; World Juniors; Cousins; Stephenson; Dubois; Voracek – October 27

By Michael Clifford|2020-10-26T18:02:57-04:00October 27th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Chris Tierney has signed a two-year deal with the Sens carrying an AAV of $3.5M. It is noteworthy because the team could be going into the season with an unproven Colin White as their 1C. It is far from a lock that White is the top-line centre all year. We saw what J-G Pageau did [...]

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Ramblings: Sam Reinhart, remaining UFAs, slow drafts, defensemen scoring, and more (Oct. 26)

By Alexander MacLean|2020-10-25T23:35:25-04:00October 26th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that Dobber is currently working hard on the 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide, and it will be available in just under a week! From then, it will be updated regularly until a few weeks after the season starts (which is sounding more and more like [...]

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Ramblings: Leivo Signs with Flames, Opportunity for Virtanen, Ranking Wingers (Oct 25)

By Ian Gooding|2020-10-25T01:58:42-04:00October 25th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Now that the NHL postseason, draft, and the thick of free agency have all come and gone, are you looking for something to fill the hockey void? You won’t have to wait much longer. The 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide will be available in just under a week! Tons of articles as well as projections, [...]

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Ramblings: 2020-21 Season (Non) Update, Top 100 Wait List – Tuch, Bjorkstrand, Fox (Oct 24)

By Ian Gooding|2020-10-24T00:23:05-04:00October 24th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

We continue to be in the dark as to when the 2020-21 season will start and what exactly it will look like. Elliotte Friedman posted a thread on Friday on what is known and what is still being worked on. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1319718256580722688 https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1319718971789266945 For what it’s worth, the NBA is targeting a pre-Christmas (December 22) start [...]