Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
The Panthers jumped out ahead of the Hurricanes with a 5-2 win last night in game one of the Eastern Conference final. Carter Verhaeghe led the way with the opening goal and an assist. Fredrerik Andersen had his worst night of the playoffs, allowing five goals on 20 shots (only the second time this post-season [...]
Today we’ll continue our Eastern Edge offseason series by tackling the next quartet of teams in alphabetical order – those that punched their playoff tickets only to bow out in Round 1: the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning. After dissecting the eight clubs that never made it to April, [...]
Toronto lost Game 7 to Florida and there is already a lot of chatter about what should happen this summer. With John Tavares and Mitch Marner as free agents, there are clearly a couple of critical topics to cover. One thing worth mentioning is the blue line. Writing about fantasy hockey year after year helps [...]
The panel picked three out of the four second-round series correctly, only missing on the Oilers defeating the Golden Knights. The panel’s lifetime record is now 150-93 when it comes to postseason predictions. Congratulations to Brennan DeSouza, Chad Simpson, Flip Livingstone, and Puneet Sharma, who correctly picked all four series in the second round! Here [...]
This week, we will examine Dallas, Edmonton, Vegas, and Winnipeg, looking at the players who will become free agents on July 1st or at the end of 2025-26. We had looked at part one and part two in the weeks prior. We will also see how much salary cap space each team has with the [...]
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are where reputations are forged and legacies take shape. Each year, a handful of players rise to the moment—elevating their play, shifting narratives, and forcing fans, analysts, and fantasy managers to take notice. Whether it is a breakout performance from an emerging star, a role player stepping into the spotlight, or [...]
Florida 6, Toronto 1, (Panthers win series 4-3) The Panthers punched their ticket to Round 3 with a dominant 6-1 victory over the Leafs on Sunday night. Although Toronto showed resilience on a small scale as they survived an early barrage from Florida and put together a solid first period, the Leafs weren’t able to [...]
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. The Top 100 Roto Rankings have been updated for May. Thank you to those who left comments on social media. [...]
Dallas 2, Winnipeg 1, OT (Stars win series 4-2) Thomas Harley scored a power-play winner just 1:33 into overtime of Game 6 to send the Dallas Stars to the Western Conference Final and a rematch with the Edmonton Oilers. https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1923938134200324487 Our condolences go out to Mark Scheifele, who suited up for Game 6 even though [...]
