Frozen Tools Forensics: Searching for 200-Game Breakout Candidates
Historically in this column prior to the start of the season, we have looked at the 4th year breakout candidates, but over the last few seasons we have transitioned to a more games-played approach for [...]
Ramblings: Merzļikins Injured; Projected Goal and Shot Increases for Quinn Hughes, Fox, Forsling, Broberg, Chabot, and Liljegren – August 21
We don’t get a lot of important fantasy hockey news in the middle of August, but Aaron Portzline reported that Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins underwent shoulder surgery. The team said he’ll be re-evaluated [...]
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Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – Top Fantasy News to Know
Elan covers all the big fantasy news since last Sunday’s mega-show in a compact sub-30 minute Short Shift.
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Nashville Predators
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 [...]
Capped: The Contract Situations of Cutter Gauthier and Quinn Hughes
Did my league determine our draft order by pulling names from a Yeti cooler on a flooded golf course Sunday? Yes, it did. Has the fantasy hockey season snuck up on anyone else this year? [...]
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
VGK
NYI
T.B
NSHTop Goalie Profile Views
| Players | Team | |
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| JOEL HOFER |
 STL | |
| JACOB FOWLER |
 MTL | |
| DYLAN GARAND |
 NYR | |
| STUART SKINNER |
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| KAREL VEJMELKA |
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LINE COMBOS
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 CGY Players
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| 22.9 | JOEL FARABEE MATT CORONATO MIKAEL BACKLUND | |
| 17.7 | RYAN STROME MARTIN POSPISIL MATVEI GRIDIN | |
| 14.4 | BRENNAN OTHMANN ADAM KLAPKA JONATHAN CASTAGNA | |
Top 100 Keeper League Goaltenders – February 2026
Here are the top 100 goalies to own in your points-only dynasty leagues. As always, I have the full list over at Goalie Post if you want to see beyond the four tiers I provide [...]
Analytics Advantage: Detailing Players Returning from Injury & on the Trade Block
This week is a batch of players who are set to return from injury, so I wanted to highlight them and put them on your radar while we’re in the break. It’s also a good [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Checking in on Summer 2025 Breakout Candidates
Back in August we used this article posted on June 30th, 2022 to identify a few potential breakout candidates for 2025-26. The summary is that there tends to be a game count by which players [...]
Ramblings: Reviewing Early-Season Turning Points from the Hughes Trade, Blue Jackets Coaching Change, Streaks for the Sabres and Blues & More (Feb 13)
Happy Friday the 13th, it’s Alex MacLean here covering for Cliffy who has earned a well deserved weekend off. * Day two of the men’s Olympic Ice Hockey saw Canada and the United States make [...]
Ramblings: Shot and Expected Goal Changes for Andersson, Byram, DeAngelo, Brodin, Forsling, and More – February 12
In yesterday’s Ramblings, we covered changes in market share of shots and expected goals among forwards. To get everyone up to speed, the term ‘market share’ refers to the percentage of a team’s shots or [...]
Forum Buzz: Slafkovský, Marchenko, Svechnikov, Suzuki vs. Johnston vs. Raymond, Chernyshov, Trade Analyses & More
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – Top Fantasy News to Know
Elan covers all the big fantasy news since last Sunday’s mega-show in a compact sub-30 minute Short Shift.
Keeping Karlsson: The Life D’Astous
Elan and Brian visit a cluster of NHL creases, highlight hot and cold power play units, and offer several sell-high opportunities around the league.
Fantasy Hockey Life: New York Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks Prospects
Today, Victor and Jesse talk prospects from the Islanders and Blackhawks. Discussed are: Dmitri Gamzin, Kashawn Aitcheson, Victor Eklund, Cole Eiserman, Kamil Bednarik, Quinn Finley, Anton Frondell, Roman Kantserov, Vaclav Nestrasil, Marek Vanacker, Sascha Boisvert, and Nathan Béhm. Have a listen! Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by Fantrax.com. Email […]
Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer 2026/27 Week 7
Elan takes a look at the schedule for the upcoming weeks of NHL action and recommends players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.
Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – Big Fantasy News
Elan covers all the big fantasy news since last Sunday’s mega-show in a tight sub-30 minute Short Shift.