Hockey Rambling

Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, Alex MacLean and Brennan DeSouza take turns providing daily ramblings. They cover a wide range of topics including the latest hockey developments as well as some deeper thoughts to help you with your fantasy hockey teams. You can be assured that when you wake up in the morning there will be a new rambling on the main page ready for you to indulge.

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Ramblings: Who’s up for some overtime hockey? (April 18)

By Neil Parker|2017-04-18T08:05:47-04:00April 18th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

I ran a list of all the forwards with at least 40 games this season ranked by high-danger scoring chances per 60 minutes at five-on-five. Sidney Crosby and his most frequent wingers, Connor McDavid and his two wingers and Auston Matthews, Zach Hyman and William Nylander weren't shocks to see among the leaders. I [...]

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Ramblings: Rookies who may go back to the AHL next year; Sid and the Kids – and much more (Apr. 17)

By Dobber|2017-04-17T00:34:16-04:00April 17th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: Rookies who may go back to the AHL next year; Sid and the Kids – and much more (Apr. 17) *** Occasionally an NHL organization will deem one of its 18- or 19-year-old prospects too good for junior hockey but not eligible to play in the AHL because of their agreement with the CHL. [...]

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Ramblings: Backs to the Wall Blackhawks (Apr 16)

By Ian Gooding|2017-04-16T09:48:23-04:00April 16th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Backs to the wall Blackhawks, Pietrangelo, Kassian, plus more […]

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Ramblings: Habs win Game 2, Oilers dominate Sharks and a look at aging players (April 15)

By Neil Parker|2017-04-15T06:06:29-04:00April 15th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Habs win Game 2, Oilers dominate Sharks and a look at aging players … […]

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Ramblings: Looking at Second-Half Performances, Questioning #FancyStats and Playoff Talk (April 14)

By Neil Parker|2017-04-14T07:39:16-04:00April 14th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Looking at Second-Half Performances, Questioning #FancyStats and Playoff Talk … […]

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Ramblings: Oodles of Playoff talk and a look at Elias Lindholm (April 13)

By Neil Parker|2017-04-13T00:07:12-04:00April 13th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Even though we're already a game deep in five of the eight first-round matchups, I wanted to share a few of my notes about each series that popped up during my research. […]

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Ramblings: The Underrated Slavin, Awards voting, injury updates and more (Apr. 12)

By Dobber|2017-04-12T00:17:44-04:00April 12th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: The Underrated Slavin, Awards voting, injury updates and more (Apr. 12) *** My 11th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List is fully updated through Tuesday and available for immediate download. Get it here * I set up two free playoff DobberHockey contests. One is the NHL Bracket Challenge. The other is the second annual Dobbernomics [...]

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Ramblings: Sutter and Lombardi Fired, Playoff Performers, and More – April 11

By Michael Clifford|2017-04-10T23:10:02-04:00April 10th, 2017|Hockey home, Hockey Rambling|

Sutter and Lombardi fired; Recent playoff performers; Seasonal stats **** The Kings laid waste to the non-roster side of things on Monday night. That means gone are general manager Dean Lombardi and coach Darryl Sutter. Rob Blake has been named the new GM with Luc Robitaille as the new president. Alrighty then. Dobber's take can [...]

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Ramblings: Reflecting on some Red Wings, top D scorers, Point, Kane, Lee, Couturier, McDavid and more (Apr.10)

By Dobber|2017-04-10T00:13:35-04:00April 10th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: Reflecting on some Red Wings, top D scorers, Point, Kane, Lee, Couturier, McDavid and more (Apr.10) *** My 11th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List is fully updated and available for immediate download. Get it here * I’ll be setting up two DobberHockey contests. One is the NHL Bracket Challenge. The other is the second [...]