James Hagens had six goals through two games (including all four of his team’s markers in a 4-3 OT win on Sunday), and is making a real push to immediately knock the $50M man Fraser Minten down to third-line center. He might not be able to put up big numbers right away against actual NHL [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Puneet Sharma, and Dobber ___ DobberHockey's 2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Guide is now available in the Dobber Shop! Team-by-team overviews updated through to the start of the [...]
It didn’t take Chris Kreider long to find a new home. After his contract was terminated by the Anaheim Ducks, Kreider signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens. I wrote the Fantasy Take on this one. Prior to today, Kreider was not well-liked by Habs fans for this incident during the 2014 Eastern Conference [...]
The Detroit Red Wings and Dylan Larkin released a joint statement on Friday announcing that Larkin will report to training camp next week, but he will no longer serve as the team’s captain. The Red Wings also addressed Larkin’s trade request by saying they will deal with his situation once a new GM is hired. [...]
Fraser Minten signed a seven-year deal with a $7.2 Million cap hit yesterday, which feels like it was a bit of a surprise, but considering the recent growth in salaries it might end up looking like a smart bet by Boston. Last year the number might have been a five-year deal at $5 Million per [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Puneet Sharma, and Dobber ___ DobberHockey's 2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Guide is now available in the Dobber Shop! Team-by-team overviews updated through to the start of the [...]
Not much happening in the news today, so I’m going to jump into another mock draft that I recently completed. After my last mock draft, the area that I identified that I needed improvement on was how I draft defensemen. That is why I spend considerable time discussing them in the first few rounds of [...]
Today’s focus will be on news and notes from the past week. Included are injury updates, contract news, and player transactions. The Canucks are betting big on Zeev Buium being the real deal, signing the 20-year-old defenseman to an eight-year contract with a cap hit of $9.38 million ($75.04 million total). Buium finished with 12 [...]
The calendar flipped to September and all of a sudden we had actual NHL moves to discuss. First, the Rangers signed Eeli Tolvanen to a one year $1.5 Million contract, and then the New Jersey Devils traded for Luke Evangelista, sending a first and a second round pick back to Nashville. The Tolvanen deal is [...]
Can you believe that the NHL season starts one month from now? No, not preseason games. No, not early games from another continent. Actual regular-season games on North American soil. Yes, the regular season now starts in late September as opposed to early October. That begs another question: Where did the summer go? With Yahoo [...]
