Photo courtesy of Leijonat.fi Finland has now held two under-20 training camps – one in July in Vierumäki and the other one in August in Imatra. They played two games during each camp, and I was fortunate enough to attend all four games live. They played intrasquad games in Vierumäki but they [...]
Much of the recent discussion around the 2020 NHL draft has been related to the teams who hold multiple first round picks in the draft's first round. In particular, the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators have received a particularly high amount of attention, most related to the rumor of a 3+5 for 1 [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings! Now that my Decade of Drafting series is over, I better get back to talking about fantasy prospects. With everyone’s eyes focused on the upcoming draft I decided to take a look on Fantrax and look for some players owned under 25% that could be on a [...]
Kasperi Kapanen at the 2014 Draft. He will reunite with Jim Rutherford, the GM that drafted him in Pittsburgh. Photo courtesy of Bruce Bennett The Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins hooked up for a trade that sent Kasperi Kapanen back to the team that drafted him at 22nd overall in 2014. [...]
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Ever since writing about the outlook of the 2019 draft class last week and what we might expect from them in the upcoming season, I've been tingling with a bit of excitement at the thought of digging into those numbers a little deeper. The fact that only a mere three or four rookies have [...]
Welcome to the new KHL Report! Seemingly against all odds, the 2020-21 KHL season is due to start on September 2nd. The 23 teams will play 60 games each, with the regular season running until February 27th. Playoffs will then commence on March 2nd and are scheduled to finish by April 30th. [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect Ramblings which is the last in my series looking at drafting over the past decade out of certain leagues. I will wrap up looking at Finland, and let me tell you I swear I saw more players drafted out of this league but was wrong so the success [...]
In Episode 4 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen review DobberProspects' Preliminary 2021 NHL Draft Rankings and then finish the episode by answering 2021 NHL Draft related questions. Follow us on Twitter: @DobberDraftCast, @theTonyFerrari, @JokkeNevalainen. Timestamps: 0:15 Quick news and notes (CHL start dates & plans, NLA & Allsvenskan [...]
Welcome to the weekend ramblings, sorry I could not get this out earlier work fun came up. This week I will look at the total players drafted out of the leagues in Sweden from 2008 to 2018. I can also add the success rate percentage here, as it is not as inflated as [...]
