We have reached the final week of August and that means training camps are right around the corner. If anyone hasn’t picked up their copy of the 2025-26 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide, now is a great time to do it! This guide has projections, team-by-team reviews, category-specific articles, a schedule breakdown, and a whole lot [...]
For the last 22 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have 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 [...]
10. John Gibson – Detroit Red Wings John Gibson finally gets a fresh start, landing in Detroit after years of trade rumors. The Red Wings desperately needed stability in net after cycling through five goalies last season, and Gibson brings experience and pedigree to the crease. The upside is still there, as when healthy, Gibson [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to the latest offseason edition of Eastern Edge! I’m Eli Feldman. In the wake of the NHL’s annual Free Agent Frenzy, let’s revisit some of the most notable fantasy-relevant signings (and re-signings) across the Eastern Conference over the past week. Contract information is going to be from PuckPedia. Ryan McLeod Last [...]
One of the worst-kept secrets of the free agency period thus far was the landing spot for Nikolaj Ehlers. While there had been a few teams rumoured to be in the running to sign the winger, it was evident that the Carolina Hurricanes would flex their oodles of cap space and Stanley Cup-contention status to [...]
With the 2025 entry draft taking place this past Friday and Saturday, I thought we could look back at how Western Teams have fared from 2009 through 2024. I chose 2009 as the cutoff, as there are still quite a few players from that draft year playing significant roles on teams today. We are going [...]
In today’s Ramblings we’ll review a couple of playoff storylines before discussing the fantasy outlook of some pending UFAs. Let’s get right into it! Big PP Nick Which player enjoyed the highest share of his team’s power-play time this postseason? Historically, the safe answer to that question would be Alex Ovechkin, but this year, it [...]
With the second round wrapped, this edition of Analytics Advantage walks through all five Tableau views defining what each quadrant represents, then highlighting who stood out and why. Expected Goals Against (xGA) vs Save Percentage (SV%) Here we split the ice into four zones by league-average xGA (horizontal) and SV% (vertical): Top-Left (“Stingy”): below-average danger [...]
This week, we will examine Dallas, Edmonton, Vegas, and Winnipeg, looking at the players who will become free agents on July 1st or at the end of 2025-26. We had looked at part one and part two in the weeks prior. We will also see how much salary cap space each team has with the [...]
Nikolaj Ehlers was not back in the lineup for the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night after missing Saturday’s game in Utah. The good news for the Jets is he was a game-time decision and was at morning skate, so it seems as if he's very close to returning, at any rate. A positive sign for [...]
