Analytics Advantage: Analyzing Rookie Impacts for 2026-27 and Beyond, Including McKenna, Stenberg, Hagens, Eklund, and More
The arriving class Bubble keeper decisions lock this week, and the hardest slots are the ones a rookie is asking for. The board below covers the 15 drafted skaters with fewer than 40 career NHL [...]
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 [...]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Nashville Predators with Emma Lingan
Emma Lingan joins the program to discuss the Nashville Predators
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 [...]
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 [...]
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Fantasy Take: Chicago Blackhawks Acquire Bowen Byram
It was quite the Tuesday as we saw the Edmonton Oilers finally hire Mike Babcock to be their next Head Coach, and a slew of significant trades with Simon Nemec being shipped to the Calgary [...]
Ramblings: My Own Top-25 Fantasy Ranking of the 2026 Draft Class; Projecting Samoskevich’s Seattle Breakout & More (Jun 24)
Well what a crazy day that was yesterday in the NHL world. Give NHL GMs cap space, a weaker draft class, a barren free agent group, and it turns out that making a trade isn’t [...]
Fantasy Take: Washington Swing Kyrou Swap With St. Louis
For what feels like 3-4 years now, St. Louis Blues winger Jordan Kyrou has had his name in the trade rumour mill, and coming off a down year this past season, that sentiment got stronger. [...]
Fantasy Take: Senators Acquire William Eklund
A couple of days after trading away winger Brady Tkachuk, the Ottawa Senators filled the need for a top-6 winger by acquiring William Eklund from the San Jose Sharks. According to PuckPedia, Eklund is signed [...]
Fantasy Take: New Jersey Trades Nemec to Calgary for Draft Picks
It had been rumoured for months, but the New Jersey Devils finally took the plunge as they traded defenceman Simon Nemec to the Calgary Flames. The entire deal, as reported by Pat Steinberg, is Nemec [...]
Eastern Edge: Tkachuks Unite in Florida; Raddysh Brings New Element to Maple Leafs
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll take a closer look at Florida Panthers GM Bill Zito and his recent moves to reposition the franchise for several other runs [...]
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.