21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
Every Sunday, we’ll share 21 Fantasy Rambles – the original 20 Fantasy Thoughts – from our editors at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week’s ‘Daily Ramblings’. […]
Top 100 Roto Rankings – February 2020
Injury issues factor into the February Roto Rankings, with a half-dozen mainstays falling out of the rankings because of injuries that will cost them either the entire rest of season or a significant portion of it. That has resulted in several new entries into the top 100, in particular three new goalies. The goalie position [...]
Ramblings: E. Karlsson Out For Season, E. Kane Suspended, Toffoli Outdoor Hat Trick (Feb 16)
Another day, another injury. Erik Karlsson will miss the rest of the regular season with a broken thumb that will require surgery. Karlsson’s season ends at 57 games, which means that this is the second consecutive season in which he has failed to reach 60 games. Signed to a long-term deal by the Sharks this [...]
The Journey: Fastest Rising Prospect Forwards
After a year of toying with a couple of different formats of the ever-popular Fastest Rising Prospects segment, I’ve come to realize that the information which is craved by most of you readers is the straight-forward, to-the-point type of format. Back in January, we released the retro look Fastest Rising Prospect defensemen which turned out [...]
Saturday’s NHL Picks: Seeing Stars
The past few days in the NHL have been a little strange. The Zack Kassian incident, Bruce Boudreau’s somewhat stunning dismissal in Minny, hey, even the San Jose Sharks got a win. At the end of the day you never really know what you’re going to get when it comes to pro hockey. With that [...]
Daily Fantasy Saturday: Backlund a Hot Flame
All eyes are on the NHL this weekend with the NBA celebrating their All-Star weekend and football now two weeks into their off-season. This is good news for us daily fantasy hockey players as the sites have jacked up the contests and prize pools as compared to a typical Saturday, in the hopes some of [...]
Ramblings: Boudreau Fired, Kassian Suspended Seven Games, Zucker Impressing in Pittsburgh (Feb 15)
First time posting on the new-and-improved site. Let's see how it goes. Another day, another coach firing. This time, the axe fell on Bruce Boudreau as coach of the Minnesota Wild, who replaced him with assistant Dean Evason. Mike Clifford filled you in on the Fantasy Take. I’m with Mike and a whole lot [...]
Fantasy Take: Bruce Boudreau fired by Minnesota
In a surprise move on Friday morning, the Minnesota Wild fired coach Bruce Boudreau, who was in his fourth year with the team. During his tenure, the Wild failed to reach the second round of the playoffs, missed the postseason last year, and currently sit three points out of wild card spot this year. Assistant [...]
Looking Ahead: February 14-26
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations [...]
Ramblings: Injured Lightning; Radulov to the IR; van Riemsdyk keeps scoring – February 14
All of Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, and Anthony Cirelli (more on him later) were out of the lineup for Tampa Bay on Thursday night. Coach Jon Cooper said that all Kucherov and Cirelli will be joining Stamkos on the day-to-day list. Let’s hope this doesn’t last too long because that’s a lot of talent to [...]