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 — The 2025-26 Fantasy Guide is now available for download! Projections by team and by point totals, sleepers, drafted players, rookies, goalies, [...]
For the last 22 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 23rd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Today is the start of Bubble Keeper Week. This week, our writers will focus on players “on the bubble” when it comes to keeper league decisions. No elite players will be covered here – just very good ones at best. The idea is to share our own knowledge and decision-making process to help you with [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** With most of the elite free agents now signed, we can start to get a general idea of what lineups might look like for the upcoming NHL season. With that, I thought [...]
For the last 22 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 23rd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Let’s start with a Matthew Tkachuk update. According to Greg Wyshynski of ESPN, Tkachuk said he is undecided about undergoing surgery for a torn adductor muscle before the season, but confirmed that he’ll miss the first 2-3 months of the season if he chooses the surgery. This indecision puts fantasy leaguers drafting early in a [...]
Now that August is officially here, we are going to be transitioning from our roundup-related articles (like the MVP and playoff series’) to some more specifically forward looking content. This week we are going to return to the idea of potential breakout players. Historically in this column we review the 4th year breakout candidates, but [...]
Just a heads up that next week is Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey. It is that time of year where we discuss those end-of-the-roster keeper questions that keeper league fantasy hockey owners make every year. We aren’t interested in ‘Do I keep Jason Robertson or Seth Jarvis?’ and more interested in decisions like [...]
This week I put together a new set of visuals using data from MoneyPuck to get a better read on how teams, lines, and goalies performed across the 2024–25 season. Each worksheet focuses on a different part of the game: shot efficiency, expected goals, rebound control, line performance, and filters for game situation like 5-on-5, [...]
Ryan Henkel of the Hockey News is here to report on the Carolina Hurricanes.
