The 2024 NHL draft is still well over nine months away, but it is never too early to start looking at standout players. While most of the standouts in this years' draft are hovering around six feet, Russian dman Anton Silayev quite literally STANDS OUT from the crowd. At 17 years old, Silayev stands [...]
Well.. it's been a hot minute since I've done a prospect ramblings, but what better time to resume these bad boys than now -- Early September -- Prime hockey season. The KHL kicked off a few days ago, and I've been having a great time watching top Matvei Michkov get... absolutely 0 gameplay. My [...]
*** Welcome to the August edition of the DobberProspects 32-in-32 Series. This month, we are diving into the depth of each organization, looking at their recent graduates, risers, fallers and top-20 prospects. *** Just over two years ago, the Canadiens were three games away from bringing Lord Stanley back to Montreal (and to Canada) for [...]
The Calgary Flames are looking to have a bounce-back season after finishing two points back of a wild-card spot in the western conference. The Flames have moved on from General Manager Brad Treliving and have decided to let go of head coach Darryl Sutter. Both roles have been filled now as The Flames announced the [...]
From a regular season standpoint, 2022-23 left a lot to be desired for the Winnipeg Jets. They stayed in mediocrity for a majority of the season, barely squeaked into the playoffs, and left nearly as fast as they got there. With that, the Winnipeg Jets could very possibly be the busiest team in the [...]
The off-season is certainly off to quite the start for the Canadiens, who are now concretely in year two of their rebuild. Not active in free agency, management has focused their energy on retaining their RFA's, and building through the draft. The 2023 Draft I was lucky enough to represent Dobber at the 2023 [...]
I'm writing this post with about 20 minutes left in the memorial cup final, and it appears that Patrick Roy will coach his Quebec Remparts to a championship win. While the excitement of the Memorial Cup won't wear off for a while, it is definitely time to be thinking about next season. The Seattle [...]
In 33 days I'll be on a flight to the beautiful city of Nashville Tennessee. As a country music fan as well, this is sure to be the trip of a lifetime. As a Canadiens fan, it might also be a nightmare - but I don't really want to address that until I absolutely [...]
We're getting to the really good pools here. These are the teams that are part of the best of the best, and the ones that every team aspires to be like. 6. Detroit Red Wings - 84.0 Harling – 86 Quinn – 85 High – 76 Rines – 83 Gehrels – 90 Nuno – [...]
26. New York Rangers - 62.5 Harling – 69 High – 56.5 Quinn – 67 Rines – 68 Gehrels – 59 Nuno – 67 Itovitch – 51 When it comes to the New York Rangers prospect pool, it must be remembered that most of their 'prospects' have graduated. With Alexis Lafreniere and Kappo Kakko [...]
