Ramblings: Bedard Returns, Sourdif Scores Again, Reimer Signs PTO with Ottawa (Jan 10)
Dobber’s 2026 Midseason Guide is now available! It is a downloadable PDF and Excel spreadsheet built to help you turn your fantasy hockey season around with second‑half projections, advanced‑stat insights, prospect evaluations, and strategic schedule [...]
Analytics Advantage: Doan’s Broad Fantasy Appeal; Buium’s Role Reliance; Coleman’s Stability, and More
This week’s group is built around players whose fantasy value is being driven by real, repeatable usage rather than short-term scoring spikes. Some are benefiting from expanded power-play roles, others from stable top-six minutes, and [...]
Keeping Karlsson: Cole, There’s No Time!
Elan and Brian cover all the action from the first week of the NHL season, and identify our earliest must-adds, can-drops, sell highs and buy lows in your fantasy hockey leagues.
Looking Ahead: Leonard’s New Role; Carlsson’s Declining Value; Buffalo’s Favourable Schedule, and More
Whether you are scanning the waiver wire for possible additions or scouring the trade market to improve your team, ‘Looking Ahead’ has the information you need. We are looking at Brandon Bussi’s new-found value, whether [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Evaluating Production from Pending Free Agents, Including Raddysh, Malkin, Grzelcyk, and More
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to dive into upcoming UFAs. We won’t specifically be tackling which players might be moving at the deadline, though there certainly could be some overlap in [...]
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
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| COLE PERFETTI |
 WPG | |
| LUCA CAGNONI |
 S.J | |
| IGOR CHERNYSHOV |
S.J | |
| TOMMY NOVAK |
 PIT | |
| TRISTAN LUNEAU |
 ANA
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Top Goalie Profile Views
| Players | Team | |
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| DAN VLADAR |
 PHI | |
| JOSEPH WOLL |
PHI | |
| SEBASTIAN COSSA |
 UTA | |
| JAKUB DOBES |
 MTL | |
| ADIN HILL |
 VGK
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LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
 VAN Players
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| 14.8 | MARCO ROSSI ELIAS PETTERSSON LINUS KARLSSON | |
| 12.9 | LIAM OHGREN PAUL COTTER BROCK BOESER | |
| 11.0 | MAX SASSON DREW O'CONNOR ARSHDEEP BAINS | |
Ramblings: Comparing Scorers on Good/Bad Offenses, Power-Play Changes, Players That Could Improve with More Icetime (Jul 21)
Since I couldn’t think of what to write about today, I reached out to you on X for topics or questions. Thank you to all who replied. I didn’t write responses to everyone due to [...]
Fantasy Take: Sprong Has Sprung in Vancouver
The Vancouver Canucks have signed winger Daniel Sprong to a one-year contract worth $975,000. At age 27, Sprong already fits the definition of a journeyman, as the Canucks will be his sixth NHL team. Sprong [...]
The Journey: Players Who Can Benefit From Better Deployment
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** This week, we’re diving into players who have shown they can thrive [...]
Ramblings: Veleno Signs, Star Player With Contracts Expiring Next Summer (Jul 20)
Light news day today, as it has been since after July 1. According to Elliotte Friedman, the Red Wings and Joe Veleno have settled, agreeing on a two-year contract worth $2.275 million per season. In [...]
Analytics Advantage: Individual Points Percentage and Hyman, Miller, and Matheson
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week we are going to be focusing on analyzing changes in Individual Points Percentage (IPP) for NHL players. We'll highlight some players who had impressive 23/24 [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Analyzing Playoff Trends from the Final Four
After a hiatus for a couple of weeks due to vacation I am returning this week to finish off the playoff coverage. In the previous articles we covered teams that were eliminated in the first [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: Cole, There’s No Time!
Elan and Brian cover all the action from the first week of the NHL season, and identify our earliest must-adds, can-drops, sell highs and buy lows in your fantasy hockey leagues.
Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer 2026/27 Week 2
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.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Tidy Takes Part 1
TiDy Admiral Ryan Downey and Victor Nuno break down recent trades in the FHL Tiered Dynasty’s top division, the Lord Stanley division. Tune in to consider trades between some of the best dynasty sharks we know, including patron polls on the trades and Victor’s analysis. Have a listen! Our show is part of the Dobber […]
Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – I Tried to be Like Parker Kelly
Elan is joined by Ryan Downey for the premiere of season 8 of Short Shifts! — KKUPFL late registration is ongoing! We’re still filling new divisions in the world’s greatest fantasy hockey league. Details at https://www.kkupfl.com/. Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get access to all our perks all year round, including KKUPFL […]
Keeping Karlsson: Shabanov Ranks
Elan and Brian fly through the final preseason lines for every NHL team ahead of opening night, and share their guys to watch– or look away from– in your fantasy hockey leagues.