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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July 15, 2010

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:37:57-04:00July 15th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Pavol Demitra has signed a one-year deal to play in the KHL next season. Jack Skille has a smart agent. He signed a one-year deal worth $600k today with Chicago. His qualifying offer was for over $1 million, but it would have been a two-way deal had he accepted it. Now he [...]

July 14, 2010

By Dobber Sports|2010-07-14T11:46:55-04:00July 14th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Kyle Beach fights fellow prospect Mathis Olimb and takes him out of camp. Footage below. The Sens have signed Roman Wick to a one-year, two-way contract and Bryan Murray insists that he will get a very long look in training camp. Upside for this year is Peter Regin. Dallas has signed prospect [...]

July 13, 2010

By Dobber Sports|2010-07-13T04:30:43-04:00July 13th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Angus here - working away on my contributions for the 2010-11 DobberHockey Fantasy Guide. Released August 1st - get excited! This thing gets bigger and better each year. Saw this interesting quote from last year's guide: "Now that he is back to having a stable role with a team, Jussi Jokinen will rebound [...]

July 12, 2010

By Dobber Sports|2010-07-12T11:56:54-04:00July 12th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

The Hawks have announced that they will match the offer sheet to Niklas Hjalmarsson. Just looking at older filed emails and I see that the date that I registered DobberHockey.com was October 7, 2005. At the time, it was just a simple web page provided by my IP. On November 5 I launched [...]

July 11, 2010

By Dobber|2015-07-24T10:38:18-04:00July 11th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Angus here - it's time for another fantasy hockey mailbag. Dekanich insight to support Dobber's rambling below coming soon. Weiman's a total steal for the Canucks. Not only did they find a perfect workhorse for Manitoba, they signed him for cheap from a Division rival. Terrible management by the Avs to let him walk for zero [...]

July 10, 2010

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:38:21-04:00July 10th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

I am going to be on the TEAM 1040 in Vancouver tomorrow morning (around 9:30am PST) with Iain McLetchie to talk fantasy hockey. Any players/teams/topics you want me to cover? Defensive prospect Ivan Vishnevskiy will have a great shot at cracking Chicago's roster this fall, especially if Hjalmarsson's offer sheet isn't matched. Chicago [...]

July 09, 2010

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:38:31-04:00July 9th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Look at the toe hook on Zherdev's stick curve in the picture. Wow! Nice to see the Oilers adding a lot of talent to their farm team. They have signed Alexandre Giroux, Brad Moran, and Ben Ondrus over the past few days. The Ducks and Rangers have swapped depth players. Steve Eminger [...]

July 08, 2010

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:38:39-04:00July 8th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Just got in from the heat, some news tidbits: Gagne-for-Quick rumor. Bit of a gamble by the Kings going with the untested (at the NHL level) Bernier. Gagne would be a huge upgrade on the left side, as they have nothing past Ryan Smyth. Quick had a great season but was worn [...]

July 07, 2010

By Dobber Sports|2010-07-07T13:43:08-04:00July 7th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Brandon Yip has agreed to a 2-year, $1.45 million contract The Denver Post has learned. Look for a season in the 40-point range for the energy player. Dmitry Chesnokov says that Nik Zherdev to the Flyers is a done deal. I'll put up an analysis on that shortly. Joe Corvo has signed [...]

July 06, 2010

By Dobber Sports|2010-07-06T04:57:07-04:00July 6th, 2010|Hockey Rambling|

Wanted to explain "The Current State..." feature real quick. Every week, School of Block is dedicated to a team's goalie depth chart. I post a poll in the forums and you guys pick the team. Once chosen, you all leave questions related to the goalies in the team's system. Check out the current thread on [...]