Some very good news for Chicago Blackhawks fans and fantasy managers alike as Connor Bedard was skating on the top line and top power-play unit for Chicago’s practice on Monday, per Charlie Roumeliotis. His top line included Roman Kantserov and Patrick Kane, both of whom were on the top PP unit as well. Anton Frondell [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Honored to be getting the chance to share fantasy hockey insights here. I'm a long time DobberHockey reader, so getting the call up to the big leagues is very exciting for me. In grade 2, I got in trouble with Mrs. Hirsch because the only topic I ever wrote about in my journal entries was [...]
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 [...]
This is week three of our MVP series. Today we will be covering left wings. As a reminder, here is a quick intro to the work from week one. ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is going to be completely dependent on the league specific context. For the purposes of this article, we are [...]
After an incredibly busy night last night, I’m sure you’re tired of hearing about (and dealing with) how this week’s NHL schedule is so unbalanced. Next week it gets a bit better, and if you’re in a position to get a jump on schedule management there, then target the five-game week from the Penguins. Now, [...]
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
