July 31-in-31: Calgary Flames Draft picks! The Flames have a pick in the first round! This territory is unusual for the club. Last season saw zero picks until the fourth round and the season before that, only one pick in the top [...]
The WHL playoffs are upon us! --------------------- The time of the year where the best of the best go head to head and out pops the diamonds from the coal. Teams have the ability to focus on star players and see if they can contain them. The trade deadline proves whether a team who bolstered for a [...]
WHL Report - March 2019 It's getting close to the end of the WHL season which means some of the draft eligible prospects are taking their spots on draft lists! You can check out Cam Robinson's top 100 draft list here if you missed it. (if you're on Dobberprospects.. I doubt you did) I've charted [...]
There were few crazy stories in the WHL for the month of January. I'll be blunt. It's tough to get excited over many things when it kind of was business as usual for the league and the strongest teams. But here's what I can give you! Lets go! ----------- Top 2018 draft picks Ty Smith (NJ), [...]
The WHL is full of draft-eligible talent in 2018-19 but especially with five particular defensemen. 2018 saw four defensemen selected in the top two rounds… Ty Smith (17th - Spokane) - Devils Alexander Alexeyev (31st - Red Deer) - Capitals Jett Woo - (37th Moose Jaw) - Canucks Calen Addison - (53rd - Lethbridge) [...]
Matthew Phillips - Stockton Heat - AHL When I added the profile for Matthew Phillips to DobberProspects for the first time, I watched closely many of his games for the Victoria Royals and gave my opinion as to how he could be successful at the pro level (you can read it here). After going [...]
Hello again! As far as fantasy-available prospects are concerned, many can be found in the recent proclamation of World Junior team announcements. With only a few big omissions that you should be potentially targeting in fantasy leagues (Trey Fix-Wolansky , Jett Woo, etc), the focus can be given towards the Holiday Tournament gift to every [...]
WHL OCTOBER 2018 First things first. Hello. I’m Joel. I enjoy watching hockey and eating mini donuts at the rink. This picture is not me. This is Kirby Dach. I'll mention him later. I live in Regina, Saskatchewan and got a front row seat for the Memorial Cup in 2018. I’ve been covered the Calgary [...]
*** Thanks for joining us for our August 31-in-31 series! Every day this month we will be taking a look at each team and diving into their prospect depth charts, risers and fallers, graduating prospects, and top ten prospects in the system. *** Offseason Moves As everyone knows, the Calgary Flames have been [...]
July 31 in 31: Calgary Flames Draft Review: I can't imagine what it was like for scouts who diligently put in deep analysis all year to wonder if Calgary was going to trade back into the top three rounds of the draft. Their 2018 first and second round pick were used to acquire [...]
