Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean and Dobber --- 1. A stat you didn't expect: The Oilers have scored just 17 goals in seven games. Maybe they wouldn't have been shut out [...]
In 2017, I successfully battled leukemia thanks to a world donor and a stem cell transplant. Unfortunately, the cancer has returned for a rematch. https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1715022525904609534 Those who follow me on X and Facebook would already know about this news, and here are more details. I need another stem cell transplant. There are profound differences in [...]
Connor McDavid’s original timeline was 1-2 weeks for his upper-body injury, but he skated on Saturday and could play in the Heritage Classic today. You shouldn’t need us to tell you to make sure he’s in your lineup, although this could be a true game-time decision. Hopefully he’s not being rushed back to play in [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** I can’t figure out where I went wrong in my assessment with Peyton Krebs (BUF). A few years ago when I zeroed in on prospects and keepers/dynasties in particular, he [...]
Happy Halloween! And apparently, it’s time to take a few masks off - it’s still October, and some hockey writers are prematurely out there awarding trophies. Jack Hughes for the Hart! Connor Bedard for the Calder! (Of course, that one was “settled” pre-season, maybe even before the draft lottery - Bedard actually HAS the trophy [...]
Andrei Svechnikov made his season debut on Friday, playing his first game since injuring his ACL in March. He did not record any points, but he was credited with three hits and four shots in 13:40 on a line with Stefan Noesen and Jack Drury. Not exactly the Canes’ top line, and he didn’t play [...]
Welcome back all! I feel like as this is primarily an article about all things NHL schedule life and love we need to go over thoughts on the Frozen Frenzy Tuesday night and what fantasy implications it might have. First off, I really liked it and thought that ESPN did a good job presenting it [...]
In last week’s article we touched on players who were off to hot starts, but more specifically were looking at goal scoring and shooting percentage. This week we are going to flip the script a little bit. Fantasy circles are full of concerns these days for players off to slow starts. Timo Meier, Alex Ovechkin, [...]
The big news from Thursday was that Ottawa forward Shane Pinto will be suspended for half the regular season – 41 games – for a violation related to gambling but unrelated to gambling on the NHL. We will have to see what happens over the next few days (he said he’s not appealing but I’ll [...]
Welcome back. I hope everyone had an amazing experience watching frozen frenzy; it’s good to see ESPN capitalizing on the uber-popular NFL Redzone. As the NHL season gains momentum, so should your fantasy strategies. This week, we're diving into two intriguing metrics that could be game changers for your team: Takeaways vs. Giveaways and iCF [...]
