Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings, on a Saturday, where I am back after a brief hiatus from rambling writing. What better way to return than to offer up some prospects that really should be owned in your keeper leagues. I am using Fantrax as I do not use CBS, ESPN and Yahoo [...]
Powered by InStat Hockey Welcome to another edition of DP Draft Reports! This week, the team dives into the tape on Logan Cooley, Kevin Korchinski, Calle Odelius, Jagger Firkus, and Mattias Hävelid. Cooley is a center for the USNTDP U18 team who has been one of the biggest risers in the 2022 draft class through [...]
Welcome to my ramblings, where I’ll be writing down my thoughts on NHL and draft-eligible prospects once a week. I’ll be using the ramblings to keep you posted on the week's events, or let you in on some questions I ask myself often regarding prospects, amateur scouting and player development. First and foremost, an early [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaDPfgeHGf0&ab_channel=Dobber%27sDraftCast Host Kyle Watson talks to Chicago Steel Head Coach, Brock Sheahan, about his time coaching 2021 first-overall pick, Owen Power. Sheahan also discusses Owen's incredible international career for a 19-year-old: he has already played for Canada at the Men's World Championship, the World Juniors and now the Olympics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC3pHKtlE68 Host Kyle Watson is joined by our Head of European Scouting, Eetu Siltanen to discuss Finnish phenom Brad Lambert's up and down draft year. Our 13th ranked prospect for the 2022 NHL Draft recently terminated his contract with JYP and returned to Pelicans, the team he played for from 2017-19 at the junior level. [...]
Welcome to my ramblings, where I’ll be writing down my thoughts on NHL and draft-eligible prospects once a week. I’ll be using the ramblings to keep you posted on the week's events, or let you in on some questions I ask myself often regarding prospects, amateur scouting and player development. This time around, I wanted [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnO8s7C9-o0 Junior Editor Kyle Watson sits down with Brock Sheahan, head coach of the Chicago Steel, to discuss his superstar forward, Adam Fantilli. The Canadian center currently leads the USHL in goals despite not being NHL draft-eligible until 2023. Last season, he was named Clark Cup MVP at just 16-years-old. Sheahan is a firm believer [...]
Powered by InStat Hockey Welcome to the first DP Draft Reports of 2022! This week's edition features reports on Denton Mateychuk, Matthew Poitras, Simon Forsmark, Rutger McGroarty, and Vladimir Grudinin. Mateychuk, a defenceman with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the WHL, was the DP Scouting Team's top-ranked Canadian blueliner in our midseason rankings, coming in [...]
2021 was a roller coaster of a year for Jesper Wallstedt. It began with him sitting on the bench watching Team Sweden bow out of the 2021 World Juniors in a 3-2 quarterfinal loss to the rival Fins. Despite being led by fellow 2002-born prodigies Lucas Raymond and Alexander Holtz, the Tre Kronor managed to [...]
Here are some quick hits on the top NHL prospects currently playing in the KHL: how they’re producing, when their contracts expire, when they might hit the NHL, and which players their career trajectories resemble at this point. This month, forwards will be highlighted. Besides Matvei Michkov (2023 eligible), there don’t appear to be any [...]
