Hockey Rambling

The 2023-24 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is set to release on Monday, so we are just a few days away from the big drop! The Guide is available for pre-order now in the Dobber Shop, so head on over there to reserve your copy now. Because it’s all-digital, the Guide will be updated through to [...]

On Monday, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced that they had hired Dean Evason as their new Head Coach. He has one of the winningest records among active head coaches, and was very well regarded from his time in Minnesota. While he was there, the team was managing the earlier stages of the Zach Parise and [...]

It is now less than a week until the 2024-25 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is released! All the research is in, the articles have been written, and now the editing and graphics side are doing their thing. Help support what we do and pre-order your copy here. This is a digital-only guide and the upside [...]

It's that time of year again! Dobber's 2024-25 Fantasy Guide is just a week away. In it you’ll find everything you need to secure a fantasy championship for the upcoming campaign. Player projections, sleeper candidates, advanced stat breakdowns and so much more! Order your copy here and cruise your way to victory. In today’s Ramblings, [...]

Since I couldn’t think of what to write about today, I reached out to you on X for topics or questions. Thank you to all who replied. I didn’t write responses to everyone due to lack of time and the amount of research on my part. I’m still finishing my portion of the Fantasy Guide [...]

Light news day today, as it has been since after July 1. According to Elliotte Friedman, the Red Wings and Joe Veleno have settled, agreeing on a two-year contract worth $2.275 million per season. In his third full NHL season, Veleno finished with a career-high 28 points in 80 games. He has mainly been a [...]

The Top 100 Roto Rankings have been updated for July following the free agent signings. We’re finally getting an idea of how rosters are shaping up for the upcoming season. As always, you can leave your feedback on the rankings to help make them more accurate for everyone. I’ll take the time to evaluate a [...]

In Tuesday’s Ramblings, I offered some guesses at players that I think will be undervalued when it comes draft time in September. They were more high-end options like Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, Columbus’s Kirill Marchenko, and Calgary’s Mackenzie Weegar. Today we’re going to dig deeper and look for values further down the list. As always, data [...]

Some quick news bits from the last few days. First, Evgeni Kuznetsov is in the process of having his contract with the Carolina Hurricanes terminated – quick article here on the background of that, assuming it does get finalized. Whether the actual legal part of the contract termination is a mutual termination or a buyout, [...]

Quinton Byfield has signed a five-year extension with Los Angeles, totalling $31.25M over those seasons. The $6.25M cap hit makes it very palatable for cap league purposes as he’s just starting to scratch the surface of what he can produce in the fantasy game. It would not be the least bit shocking to see a [...]