The panel was correct on six out of the eight playoff series in Round 1, only missing on perhaps the two toughest series of the first round. Florida and Dallas were the two teams that won despite being picked by the minority of writers, but they may have been picked by the majority with different [...]
This week, I’m going to look at teams in the Western Conference and review players set to become free agents on July 1st or at the end of 2025-26. We will also see how much cap space each team has with the salary cap increasing to $95.5 million in 2025-26. We will attempt to look [...]
This week’s focus is on under-the-radar power-play drivers. These are not the usual suspects like McDavid, Kucherov, MacKinnon, Marner or Makar. Instead, these are players who quietly impact the man advantage through smart puck movement, high shot volume, or consistent decision-making. A power-play driver is not always the one finishing the play, they are also [...]
1.6 seconds (later changed to 2.2). That’s all that stood between the Jets and heartbreak at home in Game 7. Fortunately, Winnipeg is one of Canada’s coldest cities, so a few Jets had ice in their veins on Sunday night. Captain Adam Lowry lifted his team to Round 2 with the game-winning goal in double [...]
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. It is all up to Connor Hellebuyck to shake his playoff demons in Game 7 of the Jets-Blues series. On [...]
One Game 7 delivered in terms of entertainment value. Let’s hope the other one does the same before we start Round 2. Dallas 4, Colorado 2 (Stars win series 4-3) When the Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen, they wouldn’t have envisioned him facing them in their upcoming first-round series. Yet in a strange twist that [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Every NHL season brings in new rookies, but the 2024-25 class has hit differently. Macklin Celebrini and Matvei Michkov grabbed early headlines and rightfully so, but it has not just been about [...]
Hockey fans will receive two Game 7s this weekend: Colorado and Dallas on Saturday night, and now St. Louis and Winnipeg on Sunday. St. Louis 5, Winnipeg 2 (series tied 3-3) If you placed a bet on the outcome of this game, hopefully you took into account the Blues’ home winning streak. With the 5-2 [...]
This week we are continuing our MVP series with right wings. I have included a small snippet from last week’s article below that outlines the process we are using in this series. ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is going to be completely dependent on the league specific context. For the purposes of this [...]
Thursday featured tons of exciting playoff pucks with seasons on the line for four different teams. Three of those teams saw their 2025 Stanley Cup hopes end, while the other has forced a winner-take-all Game 7. To summarize what the second round looks like, the Eastern Conference is all set with Florida facing Toronto, and [...]
