Thursday, May 22nd It’s been a pleasure hanging out at the 2014 CHL MasterCard Memorial Cup this past week in London, Ontario as four of Canada’s top junior teams vie for the coveted trophy. Round robin action wrapped up as the OHL Champions, Guelph Storm, routed the host London Knights 7-2, eliminating [...]
Tuesday, May 6th Better late than never….right? Here’s what is trending in the prospect world as we draw closer to the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. * I’ve been knee deep in writing prospect profiles for the upcoming DobberHockey Prospect Guide and after seeing a sneak peak of some of the [...]
Thursday, April 3rd Happy belated (April 2nd) birthday to the boss man, Dobber, himself! * The following are a just a few prospects who have inked their entry level contracts: Justin Kea, BUF Carter Verhaeghe, TOR Jake McCabe, BUF Madison Bowey, WAS TJ Tynan, CBJ Connor Brickley, FLA [...]
Tuesday, March 20th,2014 Brendan Ross checking in here with some must-read prospect ramblings… * The biggest piece of prospect news today is that the world’s top prospect (outside of Jonathan Drouin) not playing in the NHL is slated to make his NHL debut tonight for the Chicago Blackhawks. As I mentioned on twitter [...]
Monday, March 10th Jumping on to give our readers a quick update on some prospects trending in the hockey world. * Biggest news in the prospect world today, the long awaited wait for Washington Capitals’ prospect Evgeny Kuznetsov’s debut has arrived. He will play versus the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday [...]
Friday, March 7th Beginning outside of the prospect world, I just wanted to touch on one thing….Joe Louis Arena looks complete now with Niklas Lidstrom’s #5 hanging from the rafters. Lidstrom epitomizes everything hockey should be. * Considering you’re reading this, one would assume that you are a fan of hockey [...]
Thursday, February 6th It’s been a great year for the NHL’s youth. I shouldn’t be but I continue to be tremendously surprised with the Jacob Trouba’s quick emergence. I knew he’d be a stud when he was drafted but he’s developed so quickly and become the Jet’s most consistent defenseman (besides Dustin Byfuglien [...]
Wednesday, January 24th With the Subway Super Series, World Junior Championships, CHL/NHL Top Prospects game behind us and teams nearing the end of their respective junior and collegiate season, NHL Draft season is revving up. All season long I have been posting my thoughts on the OHLers eligible for the 2014 draft [...]
Thursday, December 19th
One week countdown to the 2014 World Junior Championships begins today and I am coming at you guys with a quick twitter-focused update so let's get right to it....
Monday, December 16th, 2013 World Junior camps are underway, a top Russian prospect gets booed by hometown KHL team, the CHL/NHL Top Prospects rosters are announced and the December edition of Youngblood is released are all highlighted in Monday's ramblings! * Before I dive into the meat and potatoes of this rambling, [...]