Happy Halloween hockey fans and welcome to the October 28, 2026 edition of Injury Ward! With All Hallows’ Eve just around the corner, fantasy managers must be mindful of curses, hexes, and all manner of macabre maladies affecting your fantasy stars. Goalies, in particular, are quite susceptible to voodoo. Savvy fantasy GM’s should check their [...]
After being spoiled with the staggered start times of the Frozen Frenzy last week, we had 11 games last night with all but two starting right at the top of the hour. That means a lot of downtime in between periods. One thing that did come up from the panelists between periods was that Dylan [...]
The Ottawa Senators got some good injury news and some bad injury news on Thursday. On a positive note, they welcomed back defenceman Artem Zub, who hadn’t played yet this season due to a knee injury. It also seems like as if defenceman Jake Sanderson is nearing return, as Bruce Garrioch reported that he may [...]
Welcome back to another season of fantasy hockey at Dobber! With the season now underway, it’s time to begin our 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 ahead [...]
Hello everyone and Happy New Year’s! The NHL season is finally back but this crazy offseason went out with one last bang as we had a major trade right before Opening Night. The Toronto Maple Leafs acquire Kirill Marchenko, Elvis Merzlikins (18% salary retention) and Miles Wood from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Matthew Knies, [...]
Happy Tuesday y’all… and opening night!!! We made it through the summer, and Monday truly felt like Christmas Eve because we had a pretty big trade go down that kind of came out of nowhere. The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Matt Knies, Emil Andrae, Steven Lorentz, and a draft pick to Columbus for Kirill Marchenko, [...]
Well, on the eve of the NHL season, we have a trade between the Toronto Maple Leaf’s and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Here is the breakdown of the trade as posted from Pierre Lebrun below on X: https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/2104681505117131044?s=20 What Toronto Gets: Kirill Marchenko is the obvious fantasy headliner for Toronto. The 26-year-old has quietly established [...]
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber and his team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in [...]
Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch joins the program to discuss the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Columbus Blue Jackets hired Rick Bowness on January 12, 2026, and one of the players who benefited from the new coach was center Charlie Coyle: His points per game increased significantly from 0.58 (26 points in 45 games) to 0.86 (32 points in 37 games). Before Bowness came on as coach, Coyle was only [...]
