Ramblings: Dach and Boldy Injuries; Oilers and Bruins Shuffle Lines; Phillips Douses Flames; Detroit Dominates – October 17
The biggest hope and goal for Montreal this 2023-24 regular season was to see progress from its bevy of young players. To do that, the young players would need to stay healthy as the team [...]
Wild West – Early Power Play Deployment by Team
It is very early in the 2023-24 season, but we can see which players from each team have been given opportunities on the first or second unit of the power play. Some teams split 50/50, [...]
Top 10 Way-Too-Early Power-Play Takeaways
The NHL season is less than a week old, but that won't stop fantasy general managers from jumping to conclusions, ready to drop studs off to a slow start for hot third- and fourth-line players. [...]
Ramblings: Early Thoughts on Samoskevich, Minten, Vatrano, the Flyers’ Kids, Brady and More… (Oct 16)
Do you have a late draft? Pick up my 18th annual Fantasy Guide here. The last update was October 12, so a couple of days into the regular season. * And now that the season [...]
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Ramblings: Miller Extension Announced, Players You Might Draft If You Autopick (Sept 3)
The Vancouver Canucks have decided not to trade J.T. Miller after all, instead signing him to a seven-year extension worth $8 million per season. Cap leaguers should consider the new contract a very reasonable cap [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Players on the Breakout Threshold
As with the faceoff article posted a few weeks ago, I like to occasionally check in on stats, and therefore players, that are a bit more on the peripheral (see what I did there?) Categories [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: Tampa Bay Lightning
The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of fantasy hockey [...]
Ramblings: Oettinger Signs, Draisaitl vs. Matthews, Drafting D-Men Early (Sept 2)
Anyone relying on Jake Oettinger this season no longer needs to worry about his contract status. The Stars signed Oettinger to a three-year extension worth $4 million per season. This amount certainly seems affordable given [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: St. Louis Blues
For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This [...]
Dobber Ramblings: Deep Dive on Tage Thompson and His New Contract; Thoughts on Tuch and Quinn – September 1
The big news from the last couple of days is surely the huge extension from Sabres centre Tage Thompson. He signed a seven-year, $7-million AAV contract with Buffalo, a deal that will take him through [...]