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.

Ramblings: Why You Should Draft Defensemen Early (September 24)

By steve laidlaw|2016-09-23T23:45:46-04:00September 23rd, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Draft Strategy: Why drafting defensemen early is in your best interests. […]

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Ramblings: World Cup of Hockey Thoughts, Orlov Contract, Lupul Injury (September 23)

By Michael Clifford|2016-09-22T23:09:25-04:00September 22nd, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: Some World Cup fantasy thoughts, Orlov’s signing, and Lupul’s Injury **** The semi-finals are set, and granted this is a small tournament, but it’s nonetheless important to take at least some things away for fantasy. I managed to watch every game save for the Czech Republic/USA, and here are some things that stood out [...]

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Ramblings: Strome Signs, Nichushkin Leaves, Changing Draft Strategy, and More (September 22)

By Michael Clifford|2016-09-21T23:02:00-04:00September 21st, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: Strome signs, Nichushkin Leaves, Defencemen in abundance, and more **** It’s inevitable that the restricted free agent dominoes start to fall, and one notable re-signing this week was Ryan Strome. The official deal comes in at two years with an average annual value of $2.5-million. The bridge deal. Classic. Strome’s contract is comparable to [...]

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Ramblings: Sobotka, Strome, Stralman and… Sterling? (Sept 21)

By Dobber|2016-09-21T07:06:51-04:00September 20th, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Rambling about Nichushkin, Sobotka, Strome, Stralman…Brett Sterling? And more … *** Last Fantasy Guide update was Tuesday. I also updated the Draft List. Updates are starting to come fast and furious. I think you can safely download every two days now and it will have an update or three. Soon, updates will be pretty much [...]

Ramblings: Valeri Nichushkin, Aaron Ekblad, Canucks goaltending and more (Sept. 20)

By Neil Parker|2016-09-19T19:57:52-04:00September 20th, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Rambling about Valeri Nichushkin, Aaron Ekblad, Canucks goaltending, Vladimir Sobotka, Zach Werenski, Radek Faksa, the Boston blue line and more … […]

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Ramblings: What you need to know about LH shot vs. RH shot (Sep 19)

By Dobber|2016-09-18T23:00:29-04:00September 18th, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Rambling about the NHL’s left-hand vs. right-hand shots, Rantanen, draft prep and more … *** Last Fantasy Guide update was Saturday. I also updated the Draft List. Updates start coming fast and furious (daily or even multiple times per day) when camp opens and there are lots of changes. * So I’m thrilled about the [...]

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Ramblings: WCH, Seguin, This Year’s Stempniak? (Sept 18)

By Ian Gooding|2016-09-18T00:31:21-04:00September 18th, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

World Cup of Hockey recap, Tyler Seguin, this year’s Lee Stempniak? […]

Ramblings: Joffrey Lupul, Duncan Keith, Vladislav Kamenev, Trade Talks and more (Sept. 17)

By Neil Parker|2016-09-16T20:36:04-04:00September 17th, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Rambling about Joffrey Lupul, Duncan Keith, Trade Talks, Montreal defense rumors, Mikhail Grabovski, Timo Meier, Vladislav Kamenev and more … […]

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Ramblings: Tatar and Nyquist, Andersen, Reimer, Schwartz, and More (September 16)

By Michael Clifford|2016-09-15T23:00:26-04:00September 15th, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: Buying a pair of Wings, Andersen, Reimer, Schwartz, and More **** The Colorado Avalanche will probably be one of the more interesting teams this year – new (better?) coach, talented roster, new stats hires – but perhaps one of the more compelling teams to watch this year is the Detroit Red Wings. Not compelling [...]

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Ramblings: Rising Average Draft Positions Across The League (September 15)

By Michael Clifford|2016-09-14T23:00:17-04:00September 14th, 2016|Hockey Rambling|

Ramblings: Keeping an eye on the rising average draft position of some players. **** Not long ago in a Ramblings here on Dobber, the focus was on discrepancies in average draft position across the major sites. The reason for this is simply for savvy fantasy owners to look for value opportunities by identifying players that [...]