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.

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Ramblings: Potentially Fantasy Relevant Players on PTOs & Rookie Camp Standouts (Sept 18)

By Alexander MacLean|2024-09-17T16:28:10-04:00September 18th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Let’s take a quick look at the list of PTOs, and note anyone who could have some fantasy relevance this upcoming season if signed. Tyson Barrie, CGY Barrie is the only one here who would be a presence on a team's top power play unit. He didn't fit at all in Nashville, but otherwise has [...]

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Ramblings: Crosby and Raymond Sign; Duclair’s Role; Even Strength Goal Scoring and Rantanen, Aho, Byfield, Knies, and More – September 17

By Michael Clifford|2024-09-16T18:56:23-04:00September 17th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

It is full-on fantasy hockey draft season now. NHL rookie camps are in the rearview mirror and regular training camps start later this week. There are fewer than three weeks left until the season starts with the Stars and Panthers kicking things off in Europe on October 4th. Anyone looking to brush up on the [...]

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Ramblings: 5 Tips For Your Fantasy Draft (Sep 16)

By Brennan Des|2024-09-15T18:05:53-04:00September 16th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

In today’s Ramblings, I’ll share five tips to consider in your upcoming fantasy drafts. Let’s get right into it! 1) Maximizing Games Played - Light Nights ‘Light nights’ refer to days when there aren’t many games scheduled. For our purposes, we’ll use a threshold of eight games – meaning 16 or fewer NHL teams in [...]

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Ramblings: Potential Drops in Value for Penguins, Oilers, and Jets Players (Sep 14)

By Ian Gooding|2024-09-14T23:29:06-04:00September 15th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

The September update for the Roto Rankings will appear later today. I’m happy to say that Bangers Fantasy Hockey will be back providing the preseason rankings again this season. In fact, if you would like to view the rankings before then, you can head over to the Bangers website and become a subscriber, then download [...]

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Ramblings: Impact of Hughes Injury, Potential Gains for Wild and Habs Players (Sep 14)

By Ian Gooding|2024-09-13T23:18:30-04:00September 14th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Some news items to start. Ilya Sorokin is dealing with an upper-body injury from offseason training. GM Lou Lamoriello is unsure whether Sorokin will be ready for training camp but says he should be ready for the start of the season. This doesn’t sound like cause to drop Sorokin down your rankings (yet), but the [...]

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Ramblings: Hughes Injury; The Case For, and Against, Drafting Eichel, Schenn, Hagel, Bjorkstrand, and Others – September 13

By Michael Clifford|2024-09-12T13:06:24-04:00September 13th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

The New Jersey Devils said yesterday that defenceman Luke Hughes suffered an offseason shoulder injury but does not require surgery. However, he is still expected to miss 6-8 weeks with the injury. That timeline of 6-8 weeks means he’s going to miss the start of the season and may not return until November. In fantasy [...]

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Ramblings: The Case For, and Against, Drafting Hughes, Dobson, Faber, and Harley – September 12

By Michael Clifford|2024-09-11T11:07:52-04:00September 12th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Max Pacioretty has agreed to a professional tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Achilles problems have led to Pacioretty playing just 52 games across the last two seasons, and he produced just seven goals in that time. It will be interesting to see how he looks in camp, but he turns 36 years old in [...]

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Ramblings: Notes on the Top-25 Players by ADP Plus Some Favourites (Sept 11)

By Alexander MacLean|2024-09-08T12:17:49-04:00September 11th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

What I’ve done in past years around this time is writing a quick note on each of the top 100 players by ADP, and it has generally received positive feedback. However, as I am now a dad of three girls, two of them newborns, I don’t have as much time to put together a Rambling [...]

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Ramblings: Training Camp Questions in the Central Division, Including Johnston, Cooley, Faulk, and More – September 10

By Michael Clifford|2024-09-07T09:57:07-04:00September 10th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

My last few Ramblings have covered one training camp or preseason question looming over each of the 32 NHL teams. We have already covered the Atlantic Division, Metro Division, and Pacific Division. Today, we will finish the league by looking through the Central. Dallas Stars: What is Wyatt Johnston’s Role? Joe Pavelski retired in the [...]

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Ramblings: Thoughts on Each of Last Year’s Top-15 Scorers (Sep 9)

By Brennan Des|2024-09-08T22:35:52-04:00September 9th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

In today’s Ramblings, we’ll discuss each of last year’s top-15 scorers and set expectations for them in the upcoming campaign. Nikita Kucherov – The Russian superstar posted a ludicrous 144 points to lead the league in scoring last year. He also led all skaters in power-play production as 53 of those points came with the [...]