Ramblings: Updates on D’Astous, Montembeault, and Dickinson; Connor Scores Twice; Early Shot Trends for Blake, McMann, Cuylle, and More – October 8
An interesting note from Tampa Bay’s practice on Wednesday as reported by Diandra Loux. Defenceman Charles-Edouard D’Astous was slotted on the top PP unit alongside John Carlson with Brandon Hagel being sent to the second [...]
Injury Ward: Barkov Update, Recent Injuries to Marchand, Sergachev, Demidov & More
Welcome to the October 7, 2026 edition of Injury Ward! We are just over one week into the 2026-27 NHL season and the injuries have already begun piling up. Bad luck, wounded superstars, goalie carousels [...]
Keeping Karlsson: Farabee Sharp
Elan and Brian talk through unhappy players (and the players they’ll eventually leave behind), Calgary’s surprising success, top tier power-play performances, sell high opportunities and buy-low mirages.
Ramblings: McKenna’s First Goal; Larkin Returns: Early Season Goalie Struggles & More (Oct 7)
The Philadelphia Flyers announced yesterday that they signed free agent winger Michael Bunting to a one-year, $1.2 Million contract. Wing is the position where the Flyers need the least help right now, but it’s all [...]
Roos Lets Loose 10 Mistakes to Avoid Making in Fantasy – 2026
Being barely a week into the 2026-27 season, it’s too early for a normal Roos Lets Loose column. So instead, with a stick tap to Caleb Desjardins and his must read weekly Top Ten List [...]
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| 23.4 | EMMITT FINNIE ALEX DEBRINCAT VIKTOR ARVIDSSON | |
| 13.3 | LUCAS RAYMOND ANDREW COPP MICHAEL BRANDSEGG-NYGARD | |
| 9.9 | MICHAEL RASMUSSEN JOHN LEONARD J.T. COMPHER | |
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – St. Louis Blues
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) DobberHockey has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This [...]
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 [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: Farabee Sharp
Elan and Brian talk through unhappy players (and the players they’ll eventually leave behind), Calgary’s surprising success, top tier power-play performances, sell high opportunities and buy-low mirages.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Capitals and Ducks Prospects
This week Victor and Jesse check in on some prominent prospects for the Washington Capitals and the Anaheim Ducks. We cover Cole Hutson, Ilya Protas, Lynden Lakovic, Andrew Cristall, Terik Parascak, Ryan Chesley, Damian Clara, Roger McQueen, Stian Solberg, Herman Träff, Lucas Pettersson, and Maxim Massé. Have a listen! Our show is part of the […]
Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer 2026/27 Week 6
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.
Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – Hellebuyck’s Debut, Larkin Fall Out, and Much More
Elan covers all the big news since last Sunday’s mega-show including Hellbuyck’s first game, Larkin’s absence and much more in this week’s episode of Short Shifts.
Keeping Karlsson: Down Across the Helle-ware
On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian dissect the implications of the Connor Hellebuyck trade, injury returns in Carolina and Washington, hot streaks in Philadelphia and Seattle, crease contenders in Calgary and San Jose, a must-add in Tampa Bay and a sell-high in Colorado for your fantasy hockey league.