Welcome to the Prospect Ramblings or welcome back. Today I am going over some winners and losers for the NHL Draft, and the draft day(s) in general. I wanted to keep it more in the black and white winners and losers’ categories, despite me wanting to put a bunch of teams in some middle-ish cop-out [...]
While Austin joined our scouting team mid-way through the season, he's had a lot to add since becoming a part of our group. Below you'll find Austin's top 100 for the 2025 NHL Draft, one of the deepest lists among our team. As ever, if you enjoyed these rankings, make sure to follow Austin on [...]
Even though my work this season at Dobber has focused mainly on skaters playing in the USA and Finland (big sigh), I’ve put together a final ranking that reflects my opinion on the top players from the Class of 2025. While this isn’t the deepest class by any means, there’s some unique talent available in [...]
Whittaker Heart began the year as our North American Crossover Scout and, as a result, has spent a long time pondering over a breadth of Draft-Eligible prospects this season. Below, you'll find his top 64, updated post-Scouting Combine. For his full writeups, make sure to check out Whittaker's Substack Page. Enjoy! If these rankings resonated [...]
Welcome back everyone! This one’s been a very long time coming and I cannot begin to emphasize how much relief this draft year’s conclusion has brought me (more on that later) but as I look back at the year in this final write-up I find myself with a lot to be thankful for. New friends, [...]
As the 2025 NHL Draft approaches, some of the brightest young talents from around the world are stepping into the spotlight. I spoke with six top draft-eligible players to learn who they model their game after, what they plan to improve upon, and more. Representing a wide range of teams and leagues, the group includes [...]
While we fill out plenty of scouting reports, formulate rankings, and endlessly discuss and dissect players amongst ourselves, I feel like our opportunities to discuss the draft as a whole are far fewer. Especially as Director—as our rankings are done as a team—I feel I don’t often have the chance to give a sweeping, personal [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzEvthEaso If you've finished looking over our team's full top 96 and are looking for some more insight into our process, you've come to the right place. In the below video, our whole draft team will be sitting down to discuss and debate the entire first round, giving you a peak behind-the-scenes. As always, links [...]
After a long wait, it's finally here: the Dobber Prospects Draft Team’s Final Ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft. While in previous updates we’ve kept our rankings slimmer, this time around, we went through the long process of fleshing out our entire top 96. While a lot has been made about the strength of this [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1GlkcUKGCQ Welcome back! In our first video of the year, our scouting team will be sitting down to discuss some of the top names to come out of the United States this season. Namely, we'll be looking at James Hagens, Cullen Potter, Logan Hensler, Sascha Boumedienne, Ryker Lee, Ben Kevan, Carter Amico, Vaclav Nestrasil, Shane [...]
