October 2018 NHL Entry Draft Rankings With the 2017-18 NHL season beginning it is time for my initial 2018 NHL Draft rankings. The Ivan Hlinka opened up the scouting season and most of the leagues are under way giving us some viewings and games to report on. It is well documented this is a strong [...]
Olli Juolevi of the London Knights. Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images It’s that time of the year, teams are making some cuts and some tough choices as rosters trim down. There are a lot of factors that go into the decisions as to what players are assigned to what teams; performance is a key [...]
Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters. Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images This time of year all the fantasy hockey drafts are quickly approaching and poolies are scrambling to stay up to date on what’s happening at training camps across the league and what prospects may make the jump into the NHL. To help answer [...]
Training camps are in full swing, pre-season games have happened and that means I actually have some news to ramble about, so let’s ramble…More Sens news, Ottawa signed Parker Kelly to a ELC contract today. Kelly was undrafted in his first year of eligibility in 2017 and was ranked 166th by HockeyProspect and 192 in [...]
Welcome to the inaugural season of the DPR Fantasy League (DPRFL) The CHL season begins September 21st with games in the OHL and QMJHL and this is the best (and only) CHL fantasy league. The League is open to Patron Late Round Sleeper+ members only, the more the merrier so help spread the word and [...]
Rookie Tournaments are all done or wrapping up as I write this up tonight, so let’s take a look at some of the noteworthy performances. While many of these games were streamed live I was limited in my ability to see a lot of any of the tournaments but tried to see as much as [...]
Toronto hosted their annual Rookie Tournament again this year with the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens participating in a three game mini-tournament. Our Minnesota Wild writer Will Scouching was able to take in the games and here are his notes as to who played well and who did not. Toronto Maple Leafs Dmytro Timashov: [...]
2017 Organizational Prospects Rankings The long overdue DobberProspects Organizational Rankings has returned! Ranking prospects is a pretty subjective exercise; one person may have a very high opinion of a player, while another may have a rather low opinion of the same player. Everyone has their biases of course so in order to produce the most [...]
Starting with the big news over the weekend in the announcement that Hobey Baker winner Will Butcher has signed with the New Jersey Devils. By signing with the Devils, Butcher instantly becomes their top defensive prospect and should even be given an extended opportunity to make the NHL roster to start the year. What is [...]
Last year the Leafs had a massive influx of rookie talent that had a profound positive impact on the roster, but at the same time depleted the reserves significantly as well. That being said the cupboards are far from empty and the Leafs Management team has done an admirable job of feeding the beast this [...]
