Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Buffalo Sabres
For the last 23 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them.The 24th annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Boston Bruins
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. [...]
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.
Capped: Makar’s New Contract and the Impact on Salary Cap Leagues
It seems like there’s never a dull day this offseason when it comes to signings and off-ice news, as in the past week we saw a massive contract extension for one of the league’s best [...]
Ramblings: Good ADP Values for Sebastian Aho, Vincent Trocheck, Lucas Raymond, Matty Beniers, and Nazem Kadri – September 3
In Tuesday’s Ramblings, I started going over my fantasy hockey projections for the 2026-27 season. Those Ramblings covered some players comparisons that stood out for one reason or another, like Kiefer Sherwood vs. Jesper Bratt, [...]
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| RYAN LEONARD |
 WSH | |
| NAZEM KADRI |
 COL | |
| OWEN TIPPETT |
 PHI | |
| ROOPE HINTZ |
 DAL | |
| ALEX LAFERRIERE |
 L.A
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Top Goalie Profile Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| JAKUB DOBES |
 MTL | |
| JET GREAVES |
 CBJ | |
| KAREL VEJMELKA |
 UTA | |
| LINUS ULLMARK |
 OTT | |
| JESPER WALLSTEDT |
 MIN
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LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
 DET Players
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|---|---|---|
| 11.7 | JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK MARCO KASPER MICHAEL BRANDSEGG-NYGARD | |
| 10.0 | PATRICK KANE ALEX DEBRINCAT ANDREW COPP | |
| 6.1 | LUCAS RAYMOND CARTER MAZUR EMMITT FINNIE | |
Eastern Edge: Unsustainable Second Lines Including Zacha, Mittelstadt, Newhook, and Kapanen
Today’s focus will be on two Atlantic division line combinations that significantly outperformed their baseline. All six of these players enjoyed a disproportionate level of success due to elevated luck-based metrics. We start in Boston [...]
Ramblings: Signs of Production Upswings for Slafkovský, Kane, Vilardi, Eklund, and Mittelstadt – August 11
In a pair of Ramblings last week, I looked at which forward stats correlated well to future goal and point production at 5-on-5, then I repeated the same thing for defencemen stats. Go read those [...]
The Wild West: Expansion Draft – Central Division
Happy Monday y’all! Pretty slow news week and I am not into pouring fuel on rumors, but on Twitter last week, NHL player agent Allan Walsh posted that “NHL expansion is coming. Houston and Atlanta.” [...]
Top 100 Keeper League Goalies – August 2026
Here are the top goaltenders to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - August edition! As I do every year, the August edition is the one that is fully audited. Each goalie's tier and upside [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Tampa Bay Lightning
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 [...]
Top 10 Future NHL Captains
*Note: Stats courtesy of Frozen Tools This week, we will be doing things a bit differently and having some fun with the Top 10. Conveniently, there are exactly ten vacant captaincies across the NHL, and [...]
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 […]