It’s flu season in the NHL, just as it is at your workplace and your kid's school. For fantasy hockey, that means preparing your rosters for all of the last minute scratches, battling throughs, and gutting it outs that you will inevitably read over the coming weeks. Recently, Vancouver’s Marco Rossi, New Jersey’s Anthony Mantha, [...]
We got an update on New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal as Stefen Rosner reports that Barzal may still be ready for the first game of the regular season. It still isn’t a great sign that a player with Barzal’s injury history is missing training camp, but the news certainly could be a lot worse. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dobber's 2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Guide is available now for purchase in the Dobber Shop! This includes player projections, team-by-team breakdowns, offseason changes, rookie and call-ups to monitor, and a whole lot more. It is also updated right through to the start of the regular season to ensure fantasy managers have up-to-date information and projections. Get [...]
The Los Angeles Kings officially ended their coaching search by hiring former New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette. He steps in after a year away from coaching following his stint with the Rangers. From a fantasy hockey perspective, this should be viewed as a net positive for most of the Kings’ key offensive pieces. [...]
We’re starting to hit those lighter nights on the NHL schedule where there’s just not much to cover, and tonight is one of them. With no games on tap, I decided to take a deeper dive into a few players for one reason or another, didn’t fully take that next step. In a lot of [...]
Every year there seems to be a few breakout stars in the postseason that we hope can continue the magic going into the next season. Sometimes circumstances change, they will fade, or they just shine brightest under the most pressure. Here are a few players that have found a groove in the playoffs thus far. [...]
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are focusing on short-term production. If your team is still alive you are likely looking for the extra push to get through this playoff round. What matters most is not if a player is likely to be good down the stretch, but if they can help you now. [...]
