Ramblings: Kreider Leaving Anaheim; Deeper Draft Targets Among Defencemen, Including McCabe, Guhle, Roy, Durzi, Severson, and More – September 10
It was reported by Elliotte Friedman that the Anaheim Ducks and winger Chris Kreider have reached an agreement for him to be put on waivers and have his contract terminated. In effect, this would make [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Uncertain Starting Goalie Timeshares
After not occurring in the 2025 offseason due to what were perceived as too few uncertainties in terms of starting goalies, my annual poll on goalie battles returns for 2026, as the landscape suggests there [...]
Keeping Karlsson: The 2026-27 Keeping Karlsson Breakfast Club
Don’t you forget about them! Elan and Brian remind you of at least one player on each NHL team whose name you might forget to consider at the draft table.
Ramblings: Bruins Lock Up Minten; Recent Contract Notes & Undervalued Teams To Target (Sept 9)
Fraser Minten signed a seven-year deal with a $7.2 Million cap hit yesterday, which feels like it was a bit of a surprise, but considering the recent growth in salaries it might end up looking [...]
Lining Up: How Offseason Changes in the Metro Division Affects Line Combinations
Last week, we reviewed some of the offseason transactions from clubs in the Atlantic Division, so today we will look at the Metropolitan. Carolina Hurricanes: Why change anything when you win the Stanley Cup? The [...]
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
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| RYAN LEONARD |
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| NAZEM KADRI |
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| OWEN TIPPETT |
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| ROOPE HINTZ |
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| SAM BENNETT |
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Top Goalie Profile Views
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| JAKUB DOBES |
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| JET GREAVES |
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| KAREL VEJMELKA |
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| LINUS ULLMARK |
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| JESPER WALLSTEDT |
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LINE COMBOS
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| 26.2 | MIKA ZIBANEJAD GABE PERREAULT ALEXIS LAFRENIERE | |
| 20.7 | VINCENT TROCHECK WILL CUYLLE JAROSLAV CHMELAR | |
| 18.4 | CONOR SHEARY J.T. MILLER TYE KARTYE | |
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Columbus Blue Jackets
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber and his team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout [...]
Analytics Advantage: The Plus/Minus Effect on Fantasy Value and the Impact of Players Changing Teams
MacKenzie Weegar finished last season at minus-33, and 9-cat drafters are pricing it: his ADP sits at 123 as August closes. That minus-33 was worn on a Calgary team that finished with the league's third-worst [...]
Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – September 2026
Here are the top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - September edition! Not much has happened over the past month, but there have been a few tweaks. Before we get [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Bubble Keeper Week and Lafrenière, Doan, Holloway, Granlund, and Stankoven
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are joining in on Bubble Week. To set some parameters for the article today, I am going to focus on data that came from a home league I [...]
Ramblings: Bubble Keeper Week and Michkov vs. Jarvis, Raddysh vs. Thompson, Marchand vs. Stamkos, and Marner vs. Holloway – August 28
Bubble Keeper Week continues here at Dobber Hockey. We have been reviewing those end-of-the-roster decisions that fantasy manager agonize over when making their keeper decisions. On Tuesday, my Ramblings covered choices between Jason Robertson and [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Detroit Red Wings
For the last 23 years (12 with The Hockey News), Dobber and his team have reviewed each team from a fantasy hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on Dobber [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: The 2026-27 Keeping Karlsson Breakfast Club
Don’t you forget about them! Elan and Brian remind you of at least one player on each NHL team whose name you might forget to consider at the draft table.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Tampa Bay Lightning with Erik Erlendsson
Erik Erlendsson joins the program to discuss the Tampa Bay Lightning. Jesse and Victor ask about pros Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel, Brandon Hagel, Brayden Point, Anthony Cirelli, Ilya Mikheyev, Gage Goncalves, Conor Geekie, Benjamin Rautiainen, John Carlson, Victor Hedman, Charle-Edouard D’Astous, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Jonas Johansson, and Dennis Hildeby. In Cat’s instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: New York Rangers with Colin Stephenson
Colin Stephenson joins the program to discuss the New York Rangers.
Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer Schedule Deep Dive
Elan is joined by the Keeping Karlsson Accountability Czar Trev to take a deep dive into the NHL schedule for next season and how it should affect our drafting decisions.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Carolina Hurricanes with Ryan Henkel
Ryan Henkel joins the program to discuss the Carolina Hurricanes. Jesse and Victor ask about pros Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis, Andrei Svechnikov, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jackson Blake, Logan Stankoven, Jordan Staal, Bradly Nadeau, Felix Unger Sorum, Shayne Gostisbehere, K’Andre Miller, Alexander Nikishin, Sean Walker, Brandon Bussi, and Pyotr Kochetkov. In Cat’s instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal […]