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.

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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.

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We transform raw box scores into a strategic roadmap, ensuring you never miss a shift in the NHL landscape:

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May 08, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2012-05-08T05:16:39-04:00May 8th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Claude Giroux is suspended for Game 5 – an elimination game. Not surprised, in fact that’s what I said he’d get. Flyers fans hate Shanahan, but let’s face it the hit was late. And if you have a rule - “you can’t use the ‘well Player X got away with it last week, [...]

April 28, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2012-04-28T06:50:47-04:00April 28th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Mikkel Boedker – is this a fluke, a hot streak, or a sign of things to come? As Bob McKenzie said last night, this could be the “blossoming of a 22-year-old.” I have a piece I am working on regarding the subject of development. Essentially, the majority of players take a nonlinear path to [...]

April 27, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2012-04-27T02:21:14-04:00April 27th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Forum will be offline briefly. The big "forum merge" is about to go down. Zidlicky and Andy Greene were the only Devils over 30 minutes (the game went to double OT). Adam Henrique scored his first two goals of the series, including the winner. Florida absolutely crushed New Jersey on faceoffs, [...]

March 19, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2012-03-19T03:32:37-04:00March 19th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

BREAKING: Alexander Radulov has reportedly reached an agreement (note - link updated again at 9am ET) with his KHL club to be released from the contract there. Barry Trotz: “I don’t expect him to play against the Edmonton Oilers (Tuesday) but I’d like to him in Pittsburgh (Thursday).” I’m going to break down the [...]

March 18, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2012-03-18T03:25:33-04:00March 18th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Through eight March games, Jeff Carter has a point-per-game average with the Kings. Dustin Penner had a couple of points this evening against the Preds, but has just 16 this season. 16. Pavel Datsyuk returned for the Wings and scored, although his team still fell 3-2 to the Sharks in overtime. Valtteri [...]

St. Patrick’s Day

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T09:01:11-04:00March 17th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Happy early St. Patrick's Day to all those real Irish people out there (as well as the rest of you). May your beers be cold and never ending! Ramblings up early on Friday evening - will update throughout Saturday morning from last night's action. Wish I was in Winnipeg last night (you don't [...]

March 16, 2012

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T09:01:15-04:00March 16th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Calgary rookie Sven Baertschi has scored his third goal in four games. Tremendous upside and he'll have a lot more confidence next season knowing he can produce at the NHL level. Iginla has goals in six straight games. He's doing all he can to get a Calgary team that has battled the injury [...]

March 15, 2012

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T09:01:26-04:00March 15th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Kris Letang is back tonight too - Pittsburgh is getting their best forward and best defenseman back in the same game. Scrap what I wrote earlier - he will be playing the PP1 point with Crosby. Sullivan gets bumped off. Wrote a piece on Justin Schultz for the CanucksArmy today - chatted with [...]

March 14, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2012-03-14T14:06:08-04:00March 14th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Evgeni Kuznetsov has told KHL TV that he will be staying in the KHL next year. Probably saw the playing style that the Caps have been implementing these last two years... Nicklas Lidstrom has suffered a setback with his ankle. It sounds like he will shut it down for a week. If I [...]

March 13, 2012

By Dobber Sports|2012-03-13T04:24:24-04:00March 13th, 2012|Hockey Rambling|

Alright... something is wrong with the auto-mailer over at the Hockey News. Which might explain why I needed more letters this week. But if you submitted your question through THN.com I did not get it. So if you have one today, please email it to me and I'll get them that way. This issue [...]