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: Update on Rantanen; injury to Tatar; Brown called up; slow starts – October 24

By Michael Clifford|2019-10-23T22:06:27-04:00October 24th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

The update on Mikko Rantanen was about as good as Colorado fans and Rantanen fantasy owners could reasonably hope for. Right now, the timeline for return is 4-6 weeks and he’s being considered week-to-week, but the team said they won’t know the full extent of the injury for a few days yet. We’ll know [...]

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Ramblings: Selling High on Carlson, Power Play Regression, Goaltending Duos, Markstrom & Forsberg (Oct 23)

By Cam Robinson|2019-10-22T23:06:12-04:00October 22nd, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

Vancouver visited Detroit in the final match of their four-game road trip. Jacob Markstrom started his second consecutive game after missing three while away to deal with personal matters. Over that span, rookie, Thatcher Demko stood tall. The 23-year-old won two while posting a 0.944 save percentage. Demko has a lot of motivation [...]

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Ramblings: Rantanen injured; Josh Anderson returns; Philly flys; random facts – October 22

By Michael Clifford|2019-10-21T21:00:45-04:00October 22nd, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

The big news for Monday was that the Flyers had called up Joel Farabee, one of their top prospects. He slotted on the third line with Kevin Hayes and Scott Laughton, while finding himself on the top power-play unit. What’s more is that he was immediately slotted into the bumper role on the top [...]

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Ramblings: Thoughts on a couple of organizational goalie battles, and some waiver wire recommendations (Oct 21)

By Dobber|2019-10-20T22:52:56-04:00October 20th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: Thoughts on a couple of organizational goalie battles, and some waiver wire recommendations (Oct 21) *** Only three goalies that have played at least three games have 100% for Quality Starts: Tuukka Rask (four starts, four QS), Darcy Kuemper (five starts, five QS) and Thatcher Demko (three and three). In the case of [...]

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Ramblings: Jack Wins Hughes Battle But Quinn On PP1, Floundering Flyers (Oct 20)

By Ian Gooding|2019-10-20T01:07:43-04:00October 20th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

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Ramblings: Hischier Gets His Deal, Neal’s Market Value, Slumping Stars (Oct 19)

By Ian Gooding|2019-10-19T01:15:06-04:00October 19th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

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Ramblings: Tavares Out Two Weeks; Firsts For J. Hughes, Subban, Kessel (Oct 18)

By Ian Gooding|2019-10-18T00:59:25-04:00October 18th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

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Ramblings: Early team reviews; injury updates; Gustav Nyquist – October 17

By Michael Clifford|2019-10-17T08:52:31-04:00October 17th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

One of the fun things about following sports is the conversations with other fans. Whether it’s comparing stars, teams, prospects, whatever, the conversations are what keep it fun. For years, we’ve been wondering when someone would come along to take the mantle from Sidney Crosby. It looks like that the mantle belongs to Connor [...]

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Ramblings: Power Forwards are the Worst, Gusev, Hughes Bros, Rielly & J.T. Miller (Oct. 16)

By Cam Robinson|2019-10-16T09:41:23-04:00October 15th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

Jack Hughes has had a difficult start to his NHL career. We’re six games in and he’s failed to record a point. Even more concerning is his extremely cushy deployment hasn't been helping matters. Three of his 16 total minutes per night have come on the man-advantage and he’s seen a very healthy 76 percent offensive [...]

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Ramblings: Demko’s cage; Philly’s second line; Hjalmarsson and Hischier injured; recaps – October 15

By Michael Clifford|2019-10-14T19:04:06-04:00October 15th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

Jacob Markstrom was granted a leave of absence by the team in order to attend to a family matter. Best wishes to Markstrom and his family He is expected to rejoin the team later this week. The Canucks have four games this week including a back-to-back this weekend. Now, if Markstrom does rejoin the [...]