The opening stretch of the season is where opportunity hides in plain sight. Ice-time bumps, new linemates, and early coaching tweaks can swing fantasy value fast — especially for players who’ve stepped into bigger roles right out of camp. These eight names have turned heads with sustainable usage or production through mid-October. Some will stick. [...]
Brady Tkachuk will be out six to eight weeks due to surgery on his thumb, according to Bruce Garrioch. If that timeline holds, it looks like he’ll be out until December. Including Wednesday and Thursday night’s games, if Tkachuk returns on December 2nd, that would mean 22 games missed, or a quarter of the season. [...]
Welcome back to Puck Picks! Each Thursday, I’ll be breaking down some of my favorite NHL bets. The goal isn’t just to share picks, but to explain the why behind them, helping you recognize similar value spots on your own throughout the season. I’ll be tracking every pick transparently in this column, logging units won [...]
Good morning DFS crew! I gotta say, I love this slate, and typically that’s not the case with 11 gamers, but tonight I like this board and think there are some spots that are worth drawing attention to that might be overlooked.Slate PreviewNew York RangersThis may raise some eyebrows out there but hear me out: [...]
Welcome back, everyone to the world’s #1 salary cap fantasy hockey article. That’s depending on who you talk to though. At the very least, I think I’m probably in the top five. Anywho, last week we covered all things Edmonton Oilers and the Jack Eichel signing, so this week we have to go back and [...]
With the start of the season, we have seen a lot of top draft picks get into games and given some opportunities to succeed before management makes decisions on the player’s rest of season development. Here are some names that have been active from the 2025 draft class. Pittsburgh Penguins - Ben Kindel (11th overall) [...]
The Detroit Red Wings announced that winger Lucas Raymond was day-to-day after leaving their game against Toronto on Monday with an injury. He did not play on Wednesday night, though it seems as if this will be a short-term thing. Even without Raymond in the lineup, Detroit was able to post its third win in [...]
After some major adjustments to the September version thanks to Bangers Fantasy Hockey, we are only making minor tweaks to the rankings for October. More significant changes should appear in November once a larger sample of games has been played. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings as of September are as follows: Goals, Assists, [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site [...]
It has been a fun start to the season thus far. The Leafs are causing panic, the Sabres are patrolling the basement, and the Avs and Panthers lead the way in the standings after the first week. Teams are also dealing with things in their usual ways. The Leafs are asking for more out of [...]
