Welcome back to another season of fantasy hockey at Dobber! With the NHL season in full swing, it’s time for another weekly fantasy dive. In this column, whether you are scanning the waiver wire for possible adds or scouring the trade market to improve your team, we have the information you need. Managers, let's look [...]
Happy Tuesday y’all! Today is a special day because it is the NHL Frozen Frenzy, which means every organization is in action. Beginning at 6 PM ET, we get staggered start times every 15 minutes, so we should have at least one game constantly in action. Days like this are when I wish we had [...]
The New York Islanders gave Mathew Barzal an ‘injured non-roster’ designation on Monday, per Andrew Gross. He currently has a knee injury and remember that he had knee surgery in February of 2025. His designation means he did not pass his physical at training camp, so this is clearly a lingering knee issue, which is [...]
Happy Tuesday y’all! I hope you had a great week. This week we will go over some moves made by Central Division teams and some sleepers/undervalued players that go along with them. This column has previously covered changes in the Atlantic Division and the Metropolitan Division. Chicago Blackhawks: The Blackhawks made moves this summer to [...]
We have reached September and the NHL regular season starts in four weeks. Rookie camps start next week, training camps shortly after that, and then we’re ready to rock for an 84-game campaign. Fantasy hockey draft season is truly here. It is time to look ahead to the season and start our fantasy valuations. I [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about some of the stats that correlate well to future production both among forwards and among defencemen. The next three Ramblings after that focused on forwards whose tracking data improvements portend point production improvements, forwards whose tracking data has declined, and which forwards showed playmaking increases. Today, we’ll [...]
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. [...]
And then there were two. On Wednesday night, the Vegas Golden Knights will face off against the Colorado Avalanche in a heavy weight bout between the Western Conference’s 2 division winners. The Golden Knights are led by last off-season’s prize acquisition Mitch Marner, whose 18 points (7 Goals, 11 Assists) currently lead all players this [...]
We are (almost) entirely into the second round of the postseason as we wait for the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens series to get going. The Carolina Hurricanes already hold a 2-0 series lead over the Philadelphia Flyers while the Colorado Avalanche and the Vegas Golden Knights took Game 1 in their respective matchups. We’ll [...]
The Islanders made a major shakeup, letting Patrick Roy go and bringing in Pete DeBoer as their new head coach. This move could completely reshape the team’s direction. For a deeper dive and fantasy perspective, check out Ian Goodings’ take here. - Kirill Kaprizov led the way with his sixth career hat trick, sealing it [...]
