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.

September 09, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2013-09-09T06:03:43-04:00September 9th, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

The Fantasy Guide can be picked up online in pdf form for $9.99 - it comes with an updated spreadsheet - free. Updates are all free, download as often as you'd like. Last update was Sept.5. * A few moves over the weekend that are of fantasy interest, and it's been a month since I've [...]

September 08, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2013-09-08T02:52:48-04:00September 8th, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

The Calgary Flames were in the news quite a bit last week for a number of different reasons. The most prominent being the hiring of the walking sound bite himself, Brian Burke. The Flames named Burke their new President of Hockey Operations in what should make for an interesting season with Calgary in rebuild mode. [...]

September 07, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2013-09-07T03:11:31-04:00September 7th, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

As any good poolie knows, drafting someone that has dual-position eligibility can be a great asset throughout the season. After perusing through Yahoo’s rankings yesterday, there seems to be more players than usual that are labelled with that distinction. Some notable names are: Evgeni Malkin (C,RW), Patrick Kane (C,RW), Claude Giroux (C,RW), James Neal [...]

Friday September 6, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2013-09-06T01:43:08-04:00September 6th, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

Greetings loyal DobberHockey readers, and welcome to my first ever Ramblings! This might be just a one-time guest gig for me, so I’ll try to make it count. By now every poolie with a pulse and functioning brain cells should’ve already bought a copy of the Fantasy Guide. But if for some [...]

September 5, 2013

By Mike Schmidt|2015-07-24T08:51:44-04:00September 5th, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

Now is the time to purchase the 2013-14 Fantasy Guide. The fantasy articles are as great as always, but I’ve really immersed myself in the team-by-team projections. There is a ton of valuable information available there that you just won’t get anywhere else. New Jersey Devils coach Peter DeBoer echoed previous statements [...]

September 04, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2013-09-04T03:50:58-04:00September 4th, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

The Fantasy Guide can be picked up online in pdf form for $9.99 - it comes with an updated spreadsheet - free. Updates are all free, download as often as you'd like. Last update was Wednesday night, Sept.4. * Ah September, a time when agents start to panic and accept training camp tryout invites on [...]

September 03, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2013-09-03T06:27:40-04:00September 3rd, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

The Blackhawks locked up Corey Crawford with a six-year extension worth $36M. When writing that piece for Puck Daddy last week about placing goaltenders in tiers, Crawford was the guy I struggled with the most. I had him slated in the second tier, but he could easily be a first tier guy. His numbers were [...]

September 02, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2013-09-02T04:15:02-04:00September 2nd, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

The big news - even bigger than the Fantasy Guide (for today, anyway) is the new site 'Dobbernomics'. When it's ready to launch, the headline will be splashed across the home page. The site is pretty much ready, but just ironing out the registration and how the site will talk to my other sites. My [...]

August 31, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2015-09-01T18:51:12-04:00September 1st, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

I want to take an opportunity to introduce myself to those of you unfamiliar with my work in the past. I’ve spent the better part of the past two years writing for DobberBaseball and filling in from time to time on DobberHockey. Dobber has asked me to take care of the Ramblings for a couple [...]

November 3rd, 2013

By Dobber Sports|2015-09-01T18:51:21-04:00September 1st, 2013|Hockey Rambling|

Welcome to this Sunday's special Daily Savings Time edition of the Dobber Hockey Ramblings. It has been an absurd week of hockey news, one of the oddest in recent memory. We'll break down some of what's unfolded recently, before moving on to recap Saturday night's action. * In case you spent your [...]