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 [...]
The first significant move new Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager John Chayka made was trading bruising defenceman Simon Benoit to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for young puck-moving blue liner Emil Andrae. That was a clear indicator of where Toronto's new management group thinks the team had to improve. It comes as little surprise that [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have tapped Jim Hiller as the successful candidate in their search for a new Head Coach. Hiller previously coached with the LA Kings as an assistant from July 2022 to February of 2024, when he was promoted to the interim head coach role. He was fired by the Kings in March [...]
For the last 22 years (12 with The Hockey News), Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy hockey standpoint and graded them. The 23rd 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 [...]
As Dobber has mentioned on social media, the work has begun in earnest on the 2025-26 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide. He is taking care of projections and a lot of other work, while the writers and editors are contributing to areas like multi-category targets, rising stars, falling values, team-by-team analysis, and a whole lot more. [...]
The Stanley Cup Final may still be raging, but for 15 teams in the Eastern Conference, the offseason has already begun. This won’t be your typical summer of tweaks, fine-tuning and depth signings. What we are already witnessing across the East is a series of philosophical shifts - eras ending, long-held team-building models shattering and [...]
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 (East here and West here). This week we are going to take a look at teams who were eliminated in the second round. This means Toronto, [...]
The 2025 Dobber Prospects Report is now available in the Dobber Store! With the Entry Draft just a few weeks away and the Memorial Cup behind us, now is the time to brush up on the names fantasy owners will hear called later this month. It also covers a bevy of prospects currently in the pipeline [...]
Finding obituary articles about the Leafs – particularly the Core 4 – was not particularly difficult to do following their Game 5 no-show. Yet for everyone who was ready to stick a fork into the Leafs, they still had one more game to play. And in that game, they were able to receive a stay [...]
Florida 5, Toronto 4 (Leafs lead series 2-1) Brad Marchand scored the game-winning goal at 15:27 of the first overtime to give the Panthers a 5-4 win over Toronto in Game 3. The puck appeared to float off Morgan Rielly past Joseph Woll. https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1921031965353885826 Marchand has now scored goals in back-to-back games, and he is [...]
