Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
A few weeks ago I promised breakout candidates from each NHL team as part of a write-in question that I didn’t get to. Well, after a few distractions, I’m bringing the 32 breakout candidates this week. I have the players loosely sorted by how deep of a league you will have to be in to [...]
In this week's Eastern Edge, we'll divide Eastern Conference goaltenders into tiers based on their fantasy hockey value. Keep in mind, there's a fair bit of subjectivity that goes into these tiers, so think of them more as a guide for your own thinking than rigid rankings that you should stick to. For Western Conference [...]
As training camps get underway later this week, there will be a lot of quotes from players, coaches, staff, and media covering a variety of topics. Most of them will be completely useless from a fantasy hockey perspective so knowing what to filter out and what to internalize becomes a useful skill. For example, a [...]
Last year we had some confusion, so just to be clear we will only be listing goalies from the Western Conference below. Last year I didn’t have one goalie in the West who I deemed to be in the 1A Tier and only had one (Juuse Saros) in the 1B tier. These tiers are a [...]
Scoring 50 goals is a tough benchmark to hit, but we've been seeing it more in the past couple of years. The last two seasons have seen nine 50-goal seasons, with Leon Draisaitl as the only player to hit the mark twice. The last time we had this many 50-goal scorers within a two-season timeframe [...]
The 18th annual Fantasy Guide is available for immediate download in the shop. Last week I updated this Guide for Tomas Tatar in Colorado, four or five injury notes and adjustments, as well as the latest tryouts. Business is about to pick up in the NHL – and those updates will come flying at you [...]
Mike Babcock has resigned as the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, with associate coach Pascal Vincent being promoted to head coach. Babcock was officially hired on July 1 and had not yet coached a game for the team. However, he ran into hot water when reports surfaced that he had viewed players’ private [...]
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 *** Always updated, the Fantasy Guide is available for download. Purchase yours here today! Ditto for the French version! Get your copy here. Both [...]
Hello everyone and welcome back to Geek of the Week! My name is Ryan Brudner and I will be the new contributor for this weekly column, where I will highlight a few interesting players to keep an eye on for your multi category leagues. These may include streamer-level players, waiver pickups, trade targets, or just [...]
