Hockey Rambling

Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, Alex MacLean and Brennan DeSouza take turns providing daily ramblings. They cover a wide range of topics including the latest hockey developments as well as some deeper thoughts to help you with your fantasy hockey teams. You can be assured that when you wake up in the morning there will be a new rambling on the main page ready for you to indulge.

Ramblings: Oilers Take Game 1; Nelson Re-Signs in Colorado; Fantasy MVPs Among Goalies, Including Kuemper, Gustavsson, Stolarz, and More – June 5

By |2025-06-04T23:57:04-04:00June 5th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The 2025 Dobber Prospects Report is now available in the Dobber Store! With the Entry Draft just a few weeks away and the Memorial Cup behind us, now is the time to brush up on the names fantasy owners will hear called later this month. It also covers a bevy of prospects currently in the pipeline [...]

Ramblings: Is Jackson Lacombe a Sell-High? Memorial Cup Graduates Next Year & More (Jun 4)

By |2025-06-04T06:13:17-04:00June 4th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Memorial Cup finished up on Sunday night, and with the incredibly long gap between round three and four of the NHL playoffs, that was the most entertaining hockey on this weekend (AHL playoffs are going on too, but I haven’t found myself able to stay focused on them). Having gone to school in London [...]

Ramblings: Prospects Report; Gourde Extension; Fantasy MVPs Among Defencemen, Including Hutson, Werenski, Weegar, Walman, and More – June 3

By |2025-06-03T10:01:50-04:00June 3rd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The 2025 Dobber Prospects Report is now available in the Dobber Store! With the Entry Draft just a few weeks away and the Memorial Cup behind us, now is the time to brush up on the names fantasy owners will hear called later this month. It also covers a bevy of prospects currently in the [...]

Top 10 Fantasy Band-Aid Boys

By |2025-06-01T22:17:17-04:00June 2nd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

There are plenty of players who fall into this category, whether they are long-time card-carrying members of the Band-Aid Boy club, recent additions, or sitting right on the edge of earning that label. Owning one in fantasy can be frustrating, any more is just heartbreaking, but it does happen. If you draft them, you need [...]

Ramblings: A Closer Look at the Rangers’ and Hurricanes’ Regular Season Power Play Struggles (June 2)

By |2025-06-02T14:08:26-04:00June 2nd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Dobber's 19th annual Fantasy Prospects Report is now available! Pick up your copy at Dobber Sports and get a head start on fantasy hockey glory this season. ~ How the mighty have fallen. In today’s Ramblings, we’ll look at two teams that struggled on the power play this past regular season after excelling with the [...]

Ramblings: Oettinger and Hintz Speak, Next Season’s Outlook for Strong Playoff Performers (June 1)

By |2025-05-31T23:36:20-04:00June 1st, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Dallas Stars had their year-end press conference on Saturday. As expected, Pete DeBoer’s replacement of Jake Oettinger in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final was brought up. Both DeBoer and Oettinger said all the right things about their relationship, but another comment that DeBoer made was interesting. DeBoer revealed that the team discussed [...]

Ramblings: Palmieri Signs Extension, Jarvis, Burns, AHL Playoff Standouts (May 31)

By |2025-05-30T22:51:14-04:00May 31st, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Two days after their elimination at the hands of the Panthers, the Hurricanes held their year-end press conferences. Some takeaways from the interviews: Seth Jarvis said he had re-injured his shoulder early in the season after rehabilitation in the offseason. He plans to rehab his shoulder again without surgery. Jarvis could be playing for Canada [...]

Ramblings: Oilers Clinch Rematch With Panthers, Lambert New Kraken Coach, Toews Planning Comeback (May 30)

By |2025-05-30T09:29:16-04:00May 30th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Edmonton Oilers are returning to the Stanley Cup Final. This time, they hope to finish the job against the Florida Panthers. Could be quite the series. Edmonton 6, Dallas 3 (Oilers win series 4-1) The Oilers scored three goals in the first eight minutes of Game 5. From there, they let the Stars get [...]

Ramblings: Florida Advances to Cup Final; Hyman Surgery; Most Valuable Fantasy Forwards Including Rakell, Wilson, Scheifele, Sherwood, and More – May 29

By |2025-05-28T23:02:58-04:00May 29th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Florida Panthers are heading to their third straight Stanley Cup Final appearance thanks to a 5-3 win over Carolina in Game 5 on Wednesday night. The Hurricanes had their chances to extend the series, taking a 2-0 lead in the first period and having a 3-3 game with eight minutes left in the contest, [...]

Ramblings: Nuge Leads Oil in Game 4 Win; Memorial Cup Update; Columbus’ D-Core; Marner’s New Home & More (May 28)

By |2025-05-28T11:38:15-04:00May 28th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is throwing his hat into the ring for the Conn Smythe Trophy, with his two primary assists in game four to bring him to nine points in the four-game series against the Stars. Corey Perry also hit the scoresheet twice with a goal and an assist.  Skinner stopped 28 of 29 shots in [...]

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