Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Welcome back to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday I will be chauffeuring you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. I’ll do my best to offer useful analysis and opinion as it relates to fantasy throughout. As always I'd like [...]
With the rush of fantasy hockey draft season quickly coming to a close, the regular-season marathon is now suddenly upon us. It’s crucial to draft a strong team, but too many managers fall in love with their lineups and sit back after draft day. In reality, winning hockey pools takes much more than stellar drafting; [...]
Opening night is here, and it was glorious! We actually had a 5pm EST start to the day, with two games following at 8pm and 10:30. At least they spaced out the game starts on day one, because they don’t for the rest of the year. Hopefully you got your lineups set, and hopefully you’re [...]
With the regular season starting on October 7th, we could look at each team in the Western Conference and focus on players who might make the big clubs in the first week who were not NHL regulars in 2024-25 (50 games or more). There are still some salary cap maneuvers to be made, so some [...]
Drafting goaltenders is one of the trickiest parts of fantasy hockey. While stellar goaltending is necessary for fantasy hockey success, goaltenders are notoriously volatile, making it difficult to determine who’s worthy of an investment on draft day. Given such unpredictability, fantasy managers are increasingly embracing the ‘Zero G’ strategy, which involves stockpiling reliable skaters in [...]
With the season opening on October 7 and preseason wrapping up Saturday, most rosters are basically locked in. A few rookies will get the usual nine-game look before teams decide whether to keep them and burn a year of their ELC or send them to the AHL for more seasoning. Nothing is finalized, once the [...]
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 — The 2025-26 Fantasy Guide is available for download! Projections by team and by point totals, sleepers, drafted players, rookies, goalies, advanced [...]
Usually this is the time of year when I run a poll on which goalie battles will end up with one goalie emerging as their team’s clear starter. The issue is there are far fewer teams this season where the goalie picture is cloudy. Instead, I’m opting for a poll where you’ll vote on which [...]
Kirill Kaprizov is resetting the contract landscape in the NHL. Leon Draisaitl’s $14 million price tag already looks like a bargain, Nathan MacKinnon again is on a bargain deal for years to come, and Sidney Crosby is still being paid $8.7 million. Now, next year’s free agent pool with Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, and so [...]
This week we are on to Part Three of our Core Four with Seattle, St. Louis, Utah, Vancouver, Vegas and Winnipeg. The Core should be players from each roster who are the foundation for their team’s roster over the next three to five years. Ideally, players should be between the ages of 22 and 27 [...]
