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, Brennan Des, and Dobber — 1. Move over, Wayne Gretzky. You've got company. Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 893 and 894 on Friday, tying Gretzky for [...]
Jacob Markstrom earned a 26-save shutout of the Rangers in a Saturday matinee game. Markstrom now has four consecutive wins and three consecutive quality starts after a rough patch in March that saw him go 1-4-1 with a 4.33 GAA and .830 SV% with three really bad starts. Markstrom has four shutouts this season, with [...]
Move over, Wayne Gretzky. You’ve got company. Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 893 and 894 on Friday, tying Gretzky for the all-time goal lead. Here’s the record-tying goal from Ovechkin, scored against Spencer Knight: https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1908330325085659569 I have to admit that when a Capitals fan presented the idea to me about five years ago that Ovechkin [...]
Who will be the better per-game goal scorer once Alex Ovechkin’s NHL career is finished? https://twitter.com/DavidAmber/status/1907613539184824641 As far as the Ovechkin watch goes, the Capitals are back in action tonight (Friday) against the Blackhawks, then Sunday against the Islanders. The Capitals play seven more games this season, which means that he could easily break the [...]
Welcome to the Injury Ward. My name is Chad Simpson and for the next few weeks I’ll be your Injury Ward information guru as we look at new and old injuries and the latest information that can be gleaned from them. For those of you who don't know me, I recently filled in a couple [...]
As many of you likely figured when reading last month’s poll to choose the five most overrated players in fantasy, this month we’d look at the other side of the coin, namely those who are the most underrated. Right at the outset I’ll say landing on 20 players was no easy task, and I think [...]
Fantasy playoffs are in full swing, and I know because I’m still trying to regulate my breathing after managing through two tight matches on Sunday. One league I lost by a couple of blocks and a power play point, the other league I won because I added David Rittich three weeks ago with eyes on [...]
Not including rookies or players who missed significant time in 2023-24 or 2024-25, I wanted to list the skaters who have improved and declined the most from their 2023-24 campaigns. I will be relying a little on my player-game ratings as they give me a simple number to compare against. An average player rating for [...]
As a huge fan of westerns, I have been dying to use the title for an article, and this feels like the perfect opportunity. This week, we are going into some of the most intriguing team statistics of the season, the best, the worst, the downright ugly, and even a few surprises. From unexpected leaders [...]
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, Brennan Des, and Dobber — 1. There are always young players who kind of turn things around in the second half of a season and that [...]
