This week's analysis covers the last 10 seasons, 2016-17 to 2025-26, and one question. After seven games, which signals identify a waiver pickup who will be a fantasy starter the rest of the way? The answer is the first power-play unit. Forwards who were not fantasy starters the year before but were on PP1 after [...]
Bubble Keeper Week rolls on here at Dobber Hockey. On Monday, Puneet’s Ramblings covered options like Mavrik Bourque, Marco Rossi, Philip Broberg, and Braeden Bowman. In my Ramblings on Tuesday, we had some head-to-head analyses between Jason Robertson vs. Rasmus Dahlin, Jordan Kyrou vs. Logan Stankoven, and Bowen Byram vs. John Carlson (with a little [...]
Be sure to grab a copy of the 2026 Dobber Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report, now available in the Dobber Shop! Not only does it cover all the 2026 draftees fantasy managers need to know for their keeper, dynasty, or even one-year leagues, but it has a thorough breakdown of each team’s prospect pool, when these [...]
Gabriel Vilardi turned in another strong outing with two points (1G,1A) in the Jets win over the Rangers. Meanwhile on the other end, the New York Rangers continue to pile up the losses. Mika Zibanejad found the back of the net and continues to drive the offense. His goal also moved him further up the [...]
Marco Rossi was out for the Minnesota Wild on Monday night as the team was in Philadelphia. It doesn’t seem too serious but something to monitor. The Wild have one game left on their road trip – Wednesday in New Jersey – before they head home for a back-to-back on the weekend. Minnesota would go [...]
It is the players who build quiet momentum and carve out bigger roles as coaches start leaning on them more that can move the needle on your fantasy roster. Those types of players who can sneak onto your roster and provide meaningful late-season value, even if they do not jump off the scoresheet at first [...]
For the last 22 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 23rd 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 the realm of [...]
You may be wondering why you’re seeing a poll for a second week in a row when the normal format of Roos Lets Loose is a rotating set of four columns. Well, it’s because of the now annual tradition of Bubble Keeper Week at DobberHockey; and rather than devoting a special edition of Goldipucks and [...]
This week, we will examine each team in the West to assess the overall quality of their offensive production. Teams that have five or six players who score 20 goals or more would be considered deep, in my opinion. Teams that rely on two or three players run the risk of having their offense dry [...]
This week we are returning to our division reviews and identifying candidates to bounce back and candidates to avoid on draft day. We have already reviewed the Pacific Division, so today we move on to the Central. As a reminder here is a little context setting from the original article. In order to make this [...]
