Happy Tuesday y’all! I hope you had a great week. This week we will go over some moves made by Central Division teams and some sleepers/undervalued players that go along with them. This column has previously covered changes in the Atlantic Division and the Metropolitan Division. Chicago Blackhawks: The Blackhawks made moves this summer to [...]
It is Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey! For anyone new to the site, every offseason we dedicate an entire week to those end-of-the-roster decisions that managers in keeper leagues have to make. They can be agonizing decisions because we know that one wrong choice can mean the difference between being a perennial contender [...]
Last week we did a quick survey around the league to take stock of the impacts of all of the player movement we have seen this summer. We focused on players who potentially saw their fortunes dip. This week we are taking a look at players who hopefully saw theirs increase. The research for this [...]
Leo Carlsson will not be a Philadelphia Flyer as Elliotte Friedman reported that the Anaheim Ducks matched the 5-year, $18-million AAV contract on Thursday. This contract makes him the highest paid player on a per-season basis, and will carry him right until free agency. This is a pretty brutal deal for cap league fantasy managers [...]
Last week was very busy as we saw a handful of significant trades, plus we had free agent frenzy. To catch up on any major move you may have missed, be sure to check out the fantasy hockey analysis in our ‘Fantasy Take’ section. Those contributions come from all of the Dobber editors, not just [...]
Welcome back, everyone! Free Agent Frenzy has arrived, which means two things: happy Canada Day to all my friends up north, and more of course, free agent signings! If your league chat is anything like mine, you knew we were headed for a chaotic July 1st. This week, we’re focusing on the big names — [...]
Yesterday was a busy day across the league, even if there weren’t many big free agents available. Let’s go through some of them. To start us off, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded winger Nick Robertson to Pittsburgh for a fourth-round pick. Over the last three years, he’s scored 1.09 goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5, [...]
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 Flames (wrote about that here), the Ottawa Senators replacing Brady Tkachuk with William Eklund (wrote about there here), and the [...]
With the 2026 NHL Entry Draft just 10 days away, now is the perfect time to get a headstart on the names fantasy managers need to know by ordering a copy of Dobber’s 2026 Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report! It covers all the relevant prospects for managers in keeper, dynasty, and even one-year leagues, as well [...]
The NHL announced the three finalists for the Norris Trophy and they are Rasmus Dahlin, Zach Werenski, and Cale Makar. This is Dahlin’s first time as a finalist, Werenski’s second time after a second-place finish last season, and Makar’s six straight season as a finalist after winning in both 2021-22 and 2024-25. There were a [...]
