The New York Islanders gave Mathew Barzal an ‘injured non-roster’ designation on Monday, per Andrew Gross. He currently has a knee injury and remember that he had knee surgery in February of 2025. His designation means he did not pass his physical at training camp, so this is clearly a lingering knee issue, which is [...]
The countdown to the top of the Metropolitan division started with the non-playoff teams that were discussed in Part 1. The final predictions for the rest of the division standings are revealed here. There are still roster shake ups possible as star players like Quinn Hughes and Connor Hellebuyck have been rumoured to go to [...]
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber and his team have 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 [...]
In yesterday’s Ramblings, we went over stats that are, or are not, useful when searching for future goal and point production among forwards. There were some surprising results, particularly when it came to the types of stats that were useful, so to get a foundation on these Ramblings, go read that first. Today, we’ll move [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets hired Rick Bowness on January 12, 2026, and one of the players who benefited from the new coach was center Charlie Coyle: His points per game increased significantly from 0.58 (26 points in 45 games) to 0.86 (32 points in 37 games). Before Bowness came on as coach, Coyle was only [...]
We are just a few days 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, rookies and call-ups to monitor, and a whole lot more. It is also regularly updated right through to the start of [...]
I was thrilled at the response to last month’s poll where I asked you to vote for the five most overrated skaters in fantasy. This month, not surprisingly, it’s a 180, as we shift our focus to those who are most underrated in fantasy. It was much more difficult to choose 20 skaters who I [...]
During the Olympic break, I wrote about how Tampa Bay forward Dominic James has some pretty good scoring chance numbers for the Lightning, and that was without often playing with their top stars. He was having a solid rookie season, which is why it was brutal to see he’s going to miss 8-10 weeks with [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week is Part Two of a three-part series where we’ll take a look at the Eastern Conference’s top-10 defensemen - Olympic Edition. So, without further delay, here are the East’s top-10 defensemen currently participating in this year’s Olympic Winter Games along with their respective [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, and happy new year’s eve everyone. Welcome back to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday and Sunday I will be taking you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. I’ll do my best to offer useful analysis and opinion as it relates to fantasy [...]
