For the last 23 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them.The 24th annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Bubble Keeper Week continues here at Dobber Hockey. We have been reviewing those end-of-the-roster decisions that fantasy manager agonize over when making their keeper decisions. On Tuesday, my Ramblings covered choices between Jason Robertson and Rasmus Dahlin, Jordan Kyrou and Logan Stankoven, and Lucas Raymond vs. John Carlson. Yesterday’s Ramblings went over Peyton Krebs vs. [...]
We are less than a week away from the release of Dobber’s 2026-27 Fantasy Hockey Guide, which is available for pre-order now 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 constantly updated right through to the start of [...]
Mike Augello joins the program to discuss the Buffalo Sabres.
This week we are returning with part three of our playoff series review. In the last two articles we covered the teams that were eliminated in the first round. This week we are going to look at teams who were eliminated in the second round: the Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, and Philadelphia Flyers. [...]
Round 2 starts with even less margin for error than Round 1. Three of the four series are only one or two games old. The fourth — Carolina-Philadelphia — is already 3-0. The trick at this stage of the second round is harder than it sounds: separating what is actually structural from what is a [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll be taking a look at round two of the Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoffs. Let’s get to it! Carolina Hurricanes / Philadelphia Flyers (CAR leads series 2-0) The Carolina Hurricanes entered their second round series against the Philadelphia Flyers the same way [...]
The Boston Bruins signed prospect James Hagens to his three-year entry-level contract. Hagens had signed a tryout contract to go play with Providence in the AHL, but after six games, he’s getting the call up. There is no information yet about when he’ll make his debut, but this is something that is important to track [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! Welcome back to the Injury Ward. Injury news was quite scarce with the majority of the league on a break, and things are finally getting back to full steam with the recent end of the Olympics. Quite a few players are battling illness as well. My name is [...]
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 [...]
