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Fantasy Hockey Ramblings: Daily Strategic Briefings & Expert Analysis
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Tampa Bay Signs Tanguay – August 30, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-29T13:30:29-04:00August 29th, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

You can support this free website and buy the famous DobberHockey Fantasy Guide here. RDS is reporting that Tampa Bay has signed Alex Tanguay to a one-year deal, details to be announced next week. Worst kept secret in hockey. $2.6 million - man he should have fired his agent on July 2nd. Vancouver [...]

Jason…Allison? August 29, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-28T13:38:17-04:00August 28th, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy Guide here. James Mirtle is tweeting that Matt Lashoff has signed a two-year deal with the bolts today. No word on one-way, or two-way. I am also hearing that prospect Radek Smolenak has been waived by his KHL team. That is from Erik Erlendsson of the Tribune Shocking news - the Leafs [...]

August 27, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-27T14:23:48-04:00August 27th, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy Guide can be found here. HUGE announcement from Jason Arbuthnot in our Frozen Pool section (just click "Fantasy Tools" in the Nav on the left or in the tab up top). He has put together FANTASY MANAGER tool in which you enter in the roster of your team and it immediately spits out [...]

August 26, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-26T12:27:54-04:00August 26th, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy Guide can be found here. Il y a un petit problème pour le téléchargement des documents - le tout va être réglé ce soir ou demain. With the ongoing effort to beef up site security (should be all set in a few days), I lost the ability to upload any updated documents. [...]

August 25, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-25T13:26:28-04:00August 25th, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy Guide, updated through yesterday, found here. As promised below - here is the Puck Daddy article on - you guessed it - Nikita Filatov. Chris Johnston and Darren Dreger are both Tweeting that Gagne is done for camp. Again - shocking. As good as he is, does Canada really want a guy [...]

August 24, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-24T13:14:54-04:00August 24th, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

The Fantasy Guide, available here, will have its next update this afternoon (probably late) - including an in-depth look at the KHL and NHL. I offer four categories of players who are at risk to flee to Russia and offer up candidates to keep an eye on for next summer - and why. As well, [...]

NHL Restricted Free Agents – August 23, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-23T15:03:56-04:00August 23rd, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

The Fantasy Guide, available here, will have its next update tomorrow - including an in-depth look at the KHL and NHL. I offer four categories of players who are at risk to flee to Russia and offer up candidates to keep an eye on for next summer - and why. As well, I'll have roster [...]

August 22, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-22T13:18:50-04:00August 22nd, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy Guide can be found here. Next Fantasy Guide update - Monday. Included in the update - a full analysis of the KHL/NHL situation as well as some players to "red flag" as possible candidates to flee in the summer of 2010. That, some new "lowdowns" and of course the usual roster updates. Update [...]

August 21, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-21T14:35:59-04:00August 21st, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy Guide can be found here. Forums are undergoing more tweaks. As such, there may be problems logging in. You can either a) wait a few minutes for the problems to be solved and then login or if you don't want to wait then b) click "forgot password" and follow the emailed instructions (takes [...]

Comrie to the Wild? August 20, 2009

By Dobber Sports|2009-08-20T13:41:01-04:00August 20th, 2009|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy Guide can be found here. I had a look at the two guides on newsstands that I contributed to (Hockey News and Forecaster) and looked at two players that predicted 40 or more points for - Shirokov on Vancouver and Stoa in Colorado. They didn't have them, that I could find. Just two examples [...]