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.

Ramblings: Byfield’s Extension; Looking for Undervalued Options in Fantasy Drafts – July 16

By |2024-07-15T19:42:46-04:00July 16th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Quinton Byfield has signed a five-year extension with Los Angeles, totalling $31.25M over those seasons. The $6.25M cap hit makes it very palatable for cap league purposes as he’s just starting to scratch the surface of what he can produce in the fantasy game. It would not be the least bit shocking to see a [...]

Ramblings: Avoiding Guentzel, Miller and Stamkos in Upcoming Fantasy Drafts (July 15)

By |2024-07-14T23:29:04-04:00July 15th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

It’s that time of year again! We’re hard at work on Dobber’s 2024-25 Fantasy Guide, which includes everything you need to secure a fantasy championship for the upcoming campaign. Player projections, sleeper candidates, advanced stat breakdowns and so much more! Order your copy here and cruise your way to victory. In today’s Ramblings, I’ll explain [...]

Ramblings: Thoughts on Moves from Nashville, Boston, Washington, Utah, New Jersey, and San Jose – July 12

By |2024-07-11T11:42:38-04:00July 12th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

We have now reached the slow portion of the NHL offseason and while there are still a few interesting players waiting to be signed – Alex Nylander and Oliver Kylington come to mind – and almost certainly a significant trade or two to come – looking at you, Martin Necas – the rosters that we [...]

Ramblings: CapFriendly; Boqvist in Florida; Anaheim’s Forward Depth; Mercer in New Jersey – July 11

By |2024-07-10T11:01:20-04:00July 11th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Just want to give a shout out to the CapFriendly team for all their work over the last decade. The site went dark yesterday after being bought by the Washington Capitals. It was such an invaluable resource for all of us here at Dobber Hockey that it’s one of those things you don’t notice how [...]

Ramblings: Crosby’s New Contract; Unger-Sorum; Boqvists in Florida; RFAs up for Arbitration & More (Jul 10)

By |2024-07-10T08:24:25-04:00July 10th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

We may have a Sidney Crosby extension announced very soon. With his next contract, Crosby would have a chance to pass Nicklas Lindstrom for the most games played with one single franchise (he’s about four seasons back of that title). He’s also chasing down Mario Lemieux’s franchise record for points. Even now we can say [...]

Ramblings: Signings of Roslovic, Tolvanen, Zamula, Levshunov; Buffalo’s Offseason – July 9

By |2024-07-09T10:06:36-04:00July 9th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

There wasn’t a lot for significant signings made over the last few days but there were a handful that are worth noting for those in deeper types of fantasy leagues. Let’s go through some of those signings to see what we can glean from them. We will still be using CapFriendly for their cap information [...]

Ramblings: Fantasy Value Increases for Lindholm, Monahan & Gustafsson; Decreases for Stamkos, Talbot & Montour (July 8)

By |2024-07-08T00:40:33-04:00July 8th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

After a busy week of transactions in the NHL, Sunday’s calm gave us a chance to catch our breath and collect our thoughts. With this opportunity, I thought it’d be worthwhile to evaluate how certain players have seen their fantasy outlooks upgraded/downgraded after signing with new teams. Here are my thoughts on a few players: [...]

Ramblings: Celebrini Signs Entry-Level Contract, Roto Rankings Risers and Fallers (Jul 7)

By |2024-07-07T00:08:59-04:00July 7th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Macklin Celebrini has signed his three-year, entry-level contract with the Sharks. As you probably know by now, Celebrini was the first overall pick in the recent 2024 entry draft. I’ve already seen questions about where to rank Celebrini. Well, you have an answer already, as he was included in Dobber’s Top 300 Keeper League Skaters. [...]

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