Ramblings: Bubble Keeper Week and Michkov vs. Jarvis, Raddysh vs. Thompson, Marchand vs. Stamkos, and Marner vs. Holloway – August 28
Bubble Keeper Week continues here at Dobber Hockey. We have been reviewing those end-of-the-roster decisions that fantasy manager agonize over when making their keeper decisions. On Tuesday, my Ramblings covered choices between Jason Robertson and [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Detroit Red Wings
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 [...]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Nashville Predators with Emma Lingan
Emma Lingan joins the program to discuss the Nashville Predators
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Dallas Stars
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. [...]
Capped: Keeper Decisions on Anthony Cirelli, Victor Hedman, and Elias Pettersson
Hello and Happy Bubble Keeper Week to all those who celebrate! Some of the names we'll cover here have already appeared in other Dobber articles this week, and for good reason. For Capped, I'm approaching [...]
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The Journey: 2026 First-Rounders Better In Real Life Than Fantasy
Every year, dynasty managers fall into the same trap. We evaluate prospects almost exclusively through a fantasy lens. Goals, assists, power-play deployment, and point projections dominate the conversation. Those things matter for our leagues, but [...]
Ramblings: Implications of Ducks Matching Carlsson Offer Sheet and Bedard Injury (Jul 11)
The focus today will be on two major news stories from the past week and what they could mean in fantasy leagues going forward. Fantasy Hockey Implications of the Ducks Matching Leo Carlsson’s Offer Sheet [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: New Roles for Veterans Like Hedman, Trocheck, Zuccarello, and Skinner
This week we are going to do a quick survey around the league to take stock of the impacts of all the player movement we have seen this summer. With a slim free agent class, [...]
Analytics Advantage: Production Aging Curves Among Forwards, Defensemen, and Goalies
Picture two 31-year-olds, both coming off 55-point seasons, both available at the same keeper price. One is a winger and one is a defenseman. A dataset of every NHL season since 1917 says that choice [...]
Ramblings: Anaheim Matches Carlsson’s Offer Sheet; Evaluating Fantasy Value Improvements from Faber, Hronek, Samuelsson, Miller, and Byram – July 10
Leo Carlsson will not be a Philadelphia Flyer as Elliotte Friedman reported that the Anaheim Ducks matched the 5-year, $18-million AAV contract on Thursday. This contract makes him the highest paid player on a per-season [...]
Capped: Implications of Leo Carlsson’s Offer Sheet and Jason Robertson’s Arbitration
Welcome back, everyone! I hope that all my buddies up north had an enjoyable and safe Canada Day and same goes for everyone here with me in the States for the Fourth of July. Last [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Fantasy Hockey Life: Nashville Predators with Emma Lingan
Emma Lingan joins the program to discuss the Nashville Predators
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.