Hockey Rambling

Hope you are enjoying your break from your fantasy team(s). But maybe you’re not, and that’s why you’re here. It wasn’t exactly a light news day, or week for that matter, so that’s what the focus will be on today. The Jets followed Western Conference rival Vancouver in adding to their scoring, acquiring Sean Monahan [...]

It is the midst of the All-Star break, and this is the perfect time to look ahead to the rest of the season. For a more in-depth look at the second half, be sure to grab a copy of the 2024 Dobber Hockey Midseason Fantasy Guide! It has projections, prospects to watch for, advanced stats [...]

Carolina provided an update Frederik Andersen and they said he suffered pulmonary embolisms that occurred back in November. He has been taking medication to help with the issue and working with doctors to try and get him back on the ice without further problems. That he’s back skating at all is a great sign, and [...]

Over the last week I’ve published the Cap League Rankings lists for both goalies and skaters, and also released the salary projections for the top-100 free agents. The fun part about updating the charts/tables, and then writing up and releasing the lists, is it puts my focus onto a different group of players from the [...]

One thing I agree with is that as far as deployment, usage, and roles are concerned, NHL coaches make the right choice like 90% of the time. I have seen that sentiment made over the last 4-5 years as newer stats become prevalent, and it does seem to ring true. However, if the vast majority [...]

Before we get into Sunday’s news, a quick reminder that due to the All-Star Break, this is a double week in most fantasy formats – running from January 29th to February 11th. As a result of the break, there are a lot of teams that only play twice over the next 14 days. Fortunately, there [...]

Hope you enjoyed this busy day/night of action. The next time at least 20 teams play will be (flips calendar) February 10, which is two weeks away. - With Carter Hart’s very indefinite leave of absence, Samuel Ersson is now the starter in Philly. He has earned it with some solid play during the first [...]

The Avalanche have signed Zach Parise to a one-year contract worth $825,000. Parise should provide Colorado with scoring depth, which should help a team that seems to deal with more than its share of injuries (currently without Gabriel Landeskog and Valeri Nichushkin). A point-per-game scorer early in his career with the Devils and a fairly [...]

The injuries have piled up for New Jersey and despite getting back Timo Meier recently, and Ondrej Palat last night, they remain without Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton, Jonas Siegenthaler, and now Michael McLeod. All the injuries have forced a lot of line shuffling and their game last night saw Dawson Mercer start as the second-line [...]

Key players missing from any lineup is something that can really derail the season of any team (look at New Jersey, goaltending aside). That had been happening to Colorado as Gabriel Landeskog is out for the season, Sam Girard went into the Player Assistance Program, as did Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen has been out for [...]