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.

April 5, 2015

By Ian Gooding|2015-09-01T16:08:37-04:00April 5th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

There seems to be a ton of discussion right now about whether the NHL should abolish the so-called loser point and reconstructed how many points are issued per game. I can remember the overtime point idea first being brought up during the 1980s. As a Vancouver Canucks fan, I was all in favor of the [...]

April 4, 2015

By steve laidlaw|2015-09-01T16:08:34-04:00April 4th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Lehtonen's shocking fantasy value, Calcutta auction as a way to spice up your office playoff pool and more... * Yesterday’s discussion of the loser point led to an interesting suggestion from a reader: make all overtime/shootout wins worth one point and overtime/shootout losses worth none. That certainly would certainly incentivize teams to go [...]

April 3, 2015

By steve laidlaw|2015-09-01T16:02:12-04:00April 3rd, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Bobrovsky with another late-season run, Carlson threatening the top five, Mark Stone's Calder push and more... * Sergei Bobrovsky is making a great late-season push for the third straight season. His numbers since returning from injury in early March: 11-2-0 – 2.44 GAA – .924 Save% Not quite as gaudy as [...]

April 2, 2015

By steve laidlaw|2015-09-01T16:02:10-04:00April 2nd, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Malkin and Kesler sit out, Brayden Schenn's outlook, why Penguins might fall in playoff pools and more... * No Malkin for the Penguins last night as he was a late scratch due to an undisclosed injury. Things are really going off the rails for Pittsburgh on the injury front. No Letang or [...]

April 1 2015

By Dobber|2015-07-24T07:38:02-04:00April 1st, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Big Suspension for Big Buff? Thoughts on Kuznetsov, Namestnikov and more ... *** Hope you enjoyed my dummy Ramblings posted in celebration of April Fool's Day. If you missed them, you can find them here. Bonus points for you if you found the real Ramblings through a link in the dummy Ramblings. And if you [...]

April 1 2015

By Dobber|2015-07-24T07:38:00-04:00April 1st, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

March 31, 2015

By steve laidlaw|2015-09-01T16:02:04-04:00March 31st, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

The Flames have the best line in hockey, Hedman and Tarasenko hurt, Galchenyuk's woes, and more... * No Tyler Johnson for the Lightning last night, no problem. Ben Bishop stepped up with two assists. If your league doesn’t score goalie assists (and if you use Yahoo! it certainly doesn’t) then you aren’t getting the [...]

March 30 2015

By Dobber|2015-09-01T16:01:58-04:00March 30th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Mrazek misses big opportunity; Green hurting poolies; Huberdeau on fire; and more ... *** With just six or seven games left in the regular season, there are three players with 40 goals and just one player with 41 goals. Last year it was the same thing. And even before the lockout there was Stamkos with [...]

March 29, 2015

By Ian Gooding|2015-09-01T16:01:52-04:00March 29th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

On Saturday, Henrik Lundqvist made his first start since taking a puck to his neck seven weeks ago. Unfortunately, he allowed four goals on 30 shots in the Rangers’ 4-2 loss to the Bruins. Cam Talbot, who will start the second of back-to-backs Sunday (GoaliePost), has had a nice little run filling in for Lundqvist. [...]

March 28 2015

By Dobber|2015-09-01T15:51:26-04:00March 28th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Howard, Crawford in trouble? Don't get too worked up about Patrick Kane; and more ... *** Baseball draft this weekend like me? These Cheat Sheets ($3.99) are updated and put together by a true expert in the field. For the cost of chump change. * After his hat trick last night, Cam Atkinson has 20 [...]