Dobbernomics is back, with some adjustments based on your great feedback! If you haven’t tried this fun game yet, now is the time. If you tried it a few years ago and found that there were too many bugs – now is the time to dive back in. Before we dive in – this is [...]
With the regular season starting on October 7th, we could look at each team in the Western Conference and focus on players who might make the big clubs in the first week who were not NHL regulars in 2024-25 (50 games or more). There are still some salary cap maneuvers to be made, so some [...]
Drafting goaltenders is one of the trickiest parts of fantasy hockey. While stellar goaltending is necessary for fantasy hockey success, goaltenders are notoriously volatile, making it difficult to determine who’s worthy of an investment on draft day. Given such unpredictability, fantasy managers are increasingly embracing the ‘Zero G’ strategy, which involves stockpiling reliable skaters in [...]
With the season opening on October 7 and preseason wrapping up Saturday, most rosters are basically locked in. A few rookies will get the usual nine-game look before teams decide whether to keep them and burn a year of their ELC or send them to the AHL for more seasoning. Nothing is finalized, once the [...]
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, Puneet Sharma, and Dobber — The 2025-26 Fantasy Guide is available for download! Projections by team and by point totals, sleepers, drafted players, rookies, goalies, advanced [...]
Hello everyone, and welcome to another season of Dobber content. My name is Chad Simpson and you may remember me from a few guest appearances last year covering Frozen Tool Forensics. This year I will be taking on Geek of the Week full time. For my first piece, I want to focus on drafting fantasy [...]
The Minnesota Wild are taking care of business for next season before the start of this season. Just days after Kirill Kaprizov signed the largest contract in NHL history (eight years, $136 million), the Wild have locked up goalie Filip Gustavsson to a five-year extension with a $6.8 million cap hit. Gustavsson receives a raise [...]
Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - October edition! But first, OUT NOW and UPDATED today: The 20th edition - Dobber's Fantasy Hockey Guide! Buy it on its own here, or package it with the Prospects Report here. As always, players between +/- 5.0 rating points should be [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Injuries are one of the most frustrating hurdles for prospects trying to carve out a place in the NHL. Missing time during critical development years not only delays growth, it often [...]
Let’s start with some contract news from the last couple days. The Predators and Luke Evangelista have finally agreed to a contract, which is a two-year deal with a $3 million AAV. Evangelista was the last remaining unsigned RFA after Mason McTavish and Luke Hughes were recently signed, so no RFAs will be missing to [...]
