The DobberProspects writers are pleased to introduce to you our inaugural awards feature, the Prospect Fantasy Hockey Awards. The Awards are broken down into two categories, one for all amateur prospects and one for pro prospects. The Amateur prospects are all players playing in the CHL such as the OHL, QMJHL, WHL or in NCAA. [...]
On Wednesday night, 40 of the CHL’s best NHL draft-eligible prospects gathered in Guelph, ON for an ultimate showdown. The two teams were broken up and played under hockey legends, Don Cherry and Eric Lindros - who was filling in for Bobby Orr. In a game that attracted entire NHL scouting staffs, Team Cherry [...]
*** Join us monthly for 2018 Draft Content courtesy of prospect expert Steve Kournianos (aka @TheDraftAnalyst)! *** 1. Jakub Skarek (Jihavla, Czech Extraliga | 6’3, 196): Nightmarish world juniors notwithstanding, Skarek remains the draft’s top goalie prospect. Blessed with size, cat-like quickness and a superior radar for puck movement, Skarek has held him own as [...]
*** With the All-Star break upon us and the second half of the season ahead, we enter the dog days of the season where many players off to promising starts begin to slow down. What I wonder is: Does a rookie's previous league (CHL, NCAA, AHL) affect their season first-half/second-half splits? My hypothesis going into [...]
The modern advent of public data and websites providing new sports metrics to evaluate players has become somewhat of a double-edged sword. On one hand, the democratization of sports statistic analysis has resulted in a whole new area of the business teams are building out, and on the other, it has polarized fans [...]
The big news of Thursday evening was the CHL Top Prospects Game. The top 2018 draft eligible players from around the Canadian Hockey League have descended upon Guelph, Ontario to strut their stuff. In the days leading up to the event, the players were put through their paces both on and off [...]
Is it really Thursday again? Why yes it is. You get to read what I write, yay! This week’s PQ’s rambling will be on a Kostin (who I traded for in a keeper pool), a possibly forgotten Bruins prospect, Lias Andersson’s debut, and the AHL All-Star roster update! Music for the read [...]
Miro Heiskanen is named to Finland's Olympic roster. We’re back for another riveting installment of the DobberProspects’ Fantasy Mailbag. I’ve coerced questions from various locations and have assembled a nice array of [...]
This weeks Ramblings will have a heavy focus on the draft as NHL Central Scouting released their Midseason rankings and here at DobberProspects we released our Fantasy Rankings. First let’s look at our Fantasy Rankings. This is an annual list I put together with contributions from some senior writers and in addition I get some [...]
Mathew Barzal, Ty Smith and Oliver Wahlstrom As we finally start getting used to writing 2018, players are also adapting back to life after the World Junior Championships. Not only are the returnees adjusting, but those players who were left behind to fill in on the top roles are now back in their usual [...]
