Welcome back for another edition of the Calder Power Rankings. January’s been a great month to follow most of the NHL’s top rookies and a comparatively sad one for others. While the likes of Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes continue to assert their two-way dominance, former contenders such as Victor Olofsson and Ilya [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings, this week I want to take a look back at the 2016 draft, highlight some players that are not yet NHL established, have been slightly cast-off, and try to predict their future outcomes. It should be a blast (from the past!) so buckle up. But first, [...]
Welcome to the first 2020 NHL Draft Report! This monthly column will take an in-depth look at the prospects eligible for the 2020 NHL Draft. Each month we will have a feature story, prospect spotlight and a "Team of the Month". If there is any prospect you'd like to hear a bit more about, [...]
The Mock Draft episode is here! DobberProspects writers and draft experts Jokke Nevalainen, Tony Ferrari and Josh Tessler join Peter to mock draft live to podcast the first round of the draft. Follow the fantasy style draft as the boys take turns picking for NHL teams through the first round. Who makes the top ten [...]
I'm sorry. Sometimes in life, we get it wrong. In prospect evaluations and draft rankings, we get it wrong all the time. Every year there are players that we may be lower on than others and we question how others see those players in such high regard. Six months later we realize that we [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Holloway, Quinn and Perfetti Shift Work For this Sunday’s Prospect Ramblings, I’ve decided to look at a couple of shifts for three draft-eligible prospects. I asked my followers for who they wanted to see featured and I made selections based on their responses. Dylan Holloway Let’s kick things [...]
It’s going to be easy to get lost in the mix of defenseman drafted in the mid to late first round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. With upwards of eight blueliners potentially being selected from picks 15 through 31, recognizing the nuances of each of their playing styles will be one of the [...]
If you need to rebuild your fantasy hockey team, this episode is about the strategy options you want to use. 1. Scorched Earth: (2-3 years) - Your team is a dumpster fire! You have no quality long term assets, sell everything for draft picks, prospects and futures * Owning your own draft picks is essential [...]
Welcome back to the Thursday prospect ramblings. For the start of 2020, I need a formidable opponent to ask me some prospect questions and what do you know I just happen to have the perfect person at my disposal who is extremely smart. So, get ready for another of my non-scheduled but always entertaining [...]
Tim Stützle, Lukas Reichel and John-Jason Peterka are three 2002-born prospects who are eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and playing in Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the top league in Germany. Stützle seems like a lock for top 10 at this point, and depending on who you ask, Reichel and Peterka are [...]
