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 these decisions through the lens of both salary cap management and overall fantasy production. I'll also mention that I'm in [...]
For a number of years during bubble keeper week I did a Goldipucks column. However, since that only covered three players, once again I’m doing a more encompassing poll instead. This time it’s a simple topic: which forwards will score 60+ points for the first time in 2026-27. Why did I pick 60 points? Because [...]
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 the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in [...]
Fantasy playoff weeks are about floor, not ceiling. You're not chasing breakout candidates anymore; you're looking for guys whose roles guarantee them enough ice time and situation-specific usage to move the needle across a 4-game week. That means power-play exposure you can count on, peripheral categories that accumulate even when the scoresheet is blank, and [...]
