Just when it feels like summer signings have slowed down, we get two significant extensions for young players, both carrying fantasy implications for the present and well into the future. Not only that, but we also could be seeing a former Ranger on the move back east. Never a dull afternoon! Fraser Minten (22, C/LW) [...]
Patrick Johnston joins the program to discuss the Vancouver Canucks.
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! 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 throughout. At the [...]
Emil Lilleberg has been deemed week-to-week, per Erik Erlendsson. Ryan McDonagh and Victor Hedman may be returning shortly – still TBD on that – but this now means that the Lightning are missing four defencemen from the lineup. It is amazing that they went into Monday night’s game against Florida top in the division with [...]
Sunday had a little extra juice on the schedule, and the Devils–Canucks matchup was one of the more interesting games to dig into. The headline going in was the debut of Zeev Buium and Marco Rossi with Vancouver, both fresh off being acquired from Minnesota in the blockbuster deal that sent Quinn Hughes the other [...]
This week, we are going to look at the rookies in the Western Conference and check out how they are doing. Are they playing well, getting regular minutes, getting power play time or are they in over their heads, playing on the fourth line with under 10 minutes per game? We are only going to [...]
The opening week of the season always brings opportunity. Injuries, new line combos, and early experimentation have pushed several players into premium roles — some temporary, others potentially season-shifting. These 10 low-rostered names have landed in fantasy-friendly spots to start 2025–26. Some will stick. Some will fade. But this is when savvy managers get ahead [...]
Welcome back to another year of fantasy hockey with Dobber! With the NHL preseason winding down, fantasy managers are now in the process of drafting and preparing for their leagues season. The NHL campaign officially kicks off Tuesday, October 7th. Whether you have already drafted your team and are scanning the waiver wire for possible [...]
For the last 22 years (13 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 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 [...]
If you need offensive production from your defenders in a fantasy league, you’re targeting blueliners skating on the top power-play unit. The problem is that most power-play quarterbacks across the league are established. Everyone knows about them, so you have to pay a premium to get them on your team. The exception here is with [...]
