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

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August 16, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-16T05:55:14-04:00August 16th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Rick Rypien was found dead in his Alberta home yesterday. The bottom line for him, as a hockey player is this – he wasn’t drafted, and yet he scratched and clawed his way into the NHL by the time he was 21. How many of us can say that? And were it not for [...]

August 15, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-15T04:51:03-04:00August 15th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

I would have lowish expectations on this one - but Fabian Brunnstrom has agreed to a tryout with the Red Wings. He would have to nudge some homegrown talent to get there, but I think a likely scenario is that he impresses enough to play for Grand Rapids and then gets his share of [...]

August 14, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-14T14:14:09-04:00August 14th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Greetings, from London, Ontario! Definitely need to backtrack on my Florida statement, see comments below. Just needed time to digest it and really think about it. As I said, it was just off the top of my head. Kind of shocked, knee-jerk reaction. But they really have come along. Those of you trying [...]

August 13, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-13T04:14:52-04:00August 13th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

The 2012 DobberHockey Fantasy Guide is out and updated often. Pick up a copy today! Every goal scored by Mason Raymond last season – I was surprised at how many he scored without Ryan Kesler. A good read on Stefan Elliott – even if he has a strong camp, he’ll need some [...]

August 12, 2011

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:12:53-04:00August 12th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

My latest piece on Keith Ballard - let me know what you think. I chatted with Thomas from the Canucks Army on Wednesday evening. Our conversation can be found here (warning: lots of Canuck talk – Lack, Hodgson, Kesler, Ballard, potential trade targets, and more). Some bounce back players for next year [...]

August 11, 2011

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:12:58-04:00August 11th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Filatov has been promised a top six spot? I think/hope something was lost in translation... The big news in the hockey world yesterday was Viktor Tihkonov agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract with the Coyotes. Needless to say this is the dog days of summer. Today's ramblings will cover some odds and ends [...]

August 10, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-10T14:41:03-04:00August 10th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

DobberSports.com has now launched! The hub of the Dobber Sports Network, you can get the latest DSN info summarized there, as well as Dobber Nation, and coming soon - the shop will be there, with mix n' match deals on all of the products sold in the DSN. User Seadawg has some great [...]

August 09, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-09T12:46:42-04:00August 9th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Interesting stuff in the kurtenblog, including some Crosby/Penguin facts: Crosby had a 25-game scoring streak from Nov. 5 to Dec. 28 in which he recorded 50 points. 26 goals, 24 assists. Fifty freaking points. The next longest streak was Ilya Kovalchuk's (14 points in 12 games) and the next highest output was Corey [...]

August 08, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-08T12:38:21-04:00August 8th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

These ramblings have been brought to you by – Twitter. But first, to bring to light columnist Ryan Ma’s comment yesterday on the Coyotes, in which he was spot on – the ‘Yotes not only lost Bryzgalov, but they lost Belanger and Fiddler, taking with them an excellent faceoff proficiency. And that’s huge. [...]

August 07, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-08-07T15:33:07-04:00August 7th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Problems opening the Adobe guide? 1) You are using a certain version of Firefox. For some reason, some Firefox browsers on some computers are not opening this. Try Explorer. 2) Your Adobe is not up to date. For those of you who reaaaaally like to go nutty with the analysis, here is a [...]