If you spent Sunday celebrating Father's Day with your kids or your dad, you may have missed what turned into a surprisingly busy day around the NHL. With the season now over and the hockey world counting down the days until the NHL Draft, things have been “relatively” quiet, but that appears to be changing [...]
As reported by multiple sources, the Ottawa Senators have traded Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers for two 2026 first-round picks (#9 and #25), a 2027 second-round pick, and a 2029 conditional first-round pick. Wow. The initial reaction is that the Tkachuk brothers are being reunited. The Florida Panthers are going to be a major [...]
The Seattle Kraken have acquired Mackie Samoskevich from Florida on Sunday in exchange for the 25th overall pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft and a conditional 2027 second-round selection. Samoskevich finished the 2025-26 season with 32 points in 77 games, which was very similar to the 31 points in 72 games he attained in [...]
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 ___ The Fantasy Prospects Report is now available!If you don't have yours yet, get it at the Dobber Sports Store. ___ 1. [...]
From the trades and coaching hires from the past week, let’s evaluate the fantasy stock of certain impacted players. One caveat: It might be better to wait until the dust settles on activity to completely evaluate offseason moves. In my experience, if a team makes a real head-scratching move or one that leaves more questions [...]
After a trade with the Flyers earlier in the week, new Toronto Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka was busy again on Friday, acquiring Darren Raddysh from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2026 fifth-round pick. Raddysh also agreed to terms on an eight-year contract with an $8.5 million AAV with the Leafs. Mike Clifford [...]
Last week, this column left the Final as a natural experiment: the Carolina Hurricanes’ 14-scorer committee against the Vegas Golden Knights’ two-man star vehicle, the goaltending dead even, and Game 6 set up as a referendum on which build wins. Carolina closed it out in six and won the Stanley Cup with its backup. Frederik [...]
The first significant move new Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager John Chayka made was trading bruising defenceman Simon Benoit to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for young puck-moving blue liner Emil Andrae. That was a clear indicator of where Toronto's new management group thinks the team had to improve. It comes as little surprise that [...]
This week we are returning with part three of our playoff series review. In the last two articles we covered the teams that were eliminated in the first round. This week we are going to look at teams who were eliminated in the second round: the Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, and Philadelphia Flyers. [...]
The 2026 NHL Entry Draft is next Friday, and any fantasy manager looking to read up on the prospects they need to know should grab a copy of Dobber’s 2026 Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report! Not only does it cover this year’s group of future stars, but it also dives into each team’s prospect pool to [...]
