Continuing on from my last weeks article covering the Metropolitan Division. We are now moving on to the Western Conference in the Central Division. Lets get right into it! Chicago Blackhawks – Anton Fondell The expectation is that Anton Frondell will take on a significant role down the middle although playing on the wing is [...]
Welcome to the September 13, 2026 edition of the Injury Ward! With just over two weeks until the start of the 2026-2027 season, we over here at the Injury Ward are excited to kick off this new-look 84-game schedule. It goes without saying we wish all players a safe and healthy year on the ice, [...]
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 ___ DobberHockey's 2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Guide is now available in the Dobber Shop! Team-by-team overviews updated through to the start of the [...]
It didn’t take Chris Kreider long to find a new home. After his contract was terminated by the Anaheim Ducks, Kreider signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens. I wrote the Fantasy Take on this one. Prior to today, Kreider was not well-liked by Habs fans for this incident during the 2014 Eastern Conference [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Chris Kreider to a one-year contract worth $2.15 million. Kreider and the Anaheim Ducks recently agreed to terminate the final year of his contract. This agreement was made to clear cap space for the Ducks, who will need that space to sign restricted free agent Cutter Gauthier. Kreider should [...]
The Detroit Red Wings and Dylan Larkin released a joint statement on Friday announcing that Larkin will report to training camp next week, but he will no longer serve as the team’s captain. The Red Wings also addressed Larkin’s trade request by saying they will deal with his situation once a new GM is hired. [...]
Noah Dobson and Shea Theodore are going three picks apart in Fantrax drafts this month. Dobson is the 24th defenseman off the board at an ADP of 94; Theodore is the 25th at 97. Both spent last season on their team's second power-play unit, Dobson behind Lane Hutson in Montreal, Theodore behind the five-forward top [...]
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to continue our review of players who are contributing across multiple potential fantasy categories. For this week it is time for defense. To gather the data for this review I ran the Multi-Category report on the Dobber Reports page. This report gives us basic scoring information [...]
The Los Angeles Kings announced that winger Kevin Fiala underwent another surgery related to the initial surgery for the broken femur he suffered back in February at the Olympics. He is going to start the beginning of training camp, but there is no word on the recent procedure or when he’ll return. For fantasy purposes, [...]
Just when it feels like summer signings have slowed down, we get two significant extensions for young players, both carrying fantasy implications for the present and well into the future. Not only that, but we also could be seeing a former Ranger on the move back east. Never a dull afternoon! Fraser Minten (22, C/LW) [...]
