The Los Angeles Kings announced that winger Kevin Fiala underwent another surgery related to the initial surgery for the broken femur he suffered back in February at the Olympics. He is going to start the beginning of training camp, but there is no word on the recent procedure or when he’ll return. For fantasy purposes, [...]
The Metropolitan Division is home to the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes who led the Eastern Conference with 113 points. Other than Carolina, no one else finished above 98 points. The pair of Pennsylvania teams out played their expectations, claiming the remaining playoff spots. Making projections difficult is that the 21 points separating 2nd place [...]
The arriving class Bubble keeper decisions lock this week, and the hardest slots are the ones a rookie is asking for. The board below covers the 15 drafted skaters with fewer than 40 career NHL games and a serious claim on 2026-27 minutes. Players who already banked a full NHL season like Macklin Celebrini and [...]
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) DobberHockey has 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 the realm of [...]
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 [...]
Honestly, it's a surprise to most people that either of these teams even made the playoffs, let alone both. This matchup wasn't circled in August or even in December — it came together late, and now it's the Pennsylvania rivalry we didn't see coming. The City of Brotherly Love versus the Steel City. A Metropolitan [...]
Scott McLaughlin was at Boston’s practice on Thursday and reported that rookie James Hagens was lined up with a bottom-6 jersey, not a red fifth-line jersey, and was skating next to Fraser Minten and Marat Khusnutdinov. This indicates that Hagens will be in the lineup for Game 1 against Buffalo. * The Montreal Canadiens [...]
Welcome back to the final regular season edition of ‘Looking Ahead’ for the 2025-26 fantasy season with Dobber Hockey! With teams in the final push of their fantasy hockey league playoffs, it’s an important time for managers. We have the information you need for anyone still scouring the waiver wire for those last additions to [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll be taking a look at the Philadelphia Flyers late season surge, the New York Islanders slide since the Olympic break and a nice bounce back season for New York Rangers blueliner Adam Fox. Let’s get to it! The Philadelphia Flyers sure are [...]
Adam Sykora found the net again for the New York Rangers, making that goals in back-to-back games. Adam Fox chipped in with a goal and an assist himself, while Conor Sheary added a shorthanded marker. J.T. Miller posted an assist as well. If you started Miller in your lineups this week, he would have given [...]
