Reviewing the results of a prospect draft run by prospect specialists in the Sunday Ramblings... *** The DobberProspects Fantasy Hockey League (DPFHL) started earlier this summer with a roster player draft. Only players with 41 games or more of NHL experience were eligible, as well as goalies with more than 21 games. Now its time [...]
Reviewing our scouts' rising prospect picks from each team in our 30-in-30 series in this Sunday Ramblings... *** If you've been following our August 30-in-30 series so far (click here for a full list of articles), you'll have noticed that most scouts included a list of rising prospects in their respective organizations. Given that we [...]
*** The mantra of players and management in Colorado this season: This is the year. This is the year the Avalanche will either take a step forward with a better supporting cast than they've had in years, or fail once again to compete amongst the Western Conference elite, signalling the need for bigger changes. [...]
How many budget entry-level contracts does a team need on their NHL roster to be afford to be competitve? I take a look in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** Its no secret that many teams hancuff themselves when it comes to the salary cap. You can't be competitive without top talent (which doesn't come cheap), so [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning spent more time this offseason keeping current players on the roster than they did bringing new ones in. The biggest re-signing being Steven Stamkos eight-year extension. Add Victor Hedman and Alex Killorn to that list and the 2016-2017 Tampa Bay Lightning look a lot similar to the 2015-2016 Tampa Bay Lightning. [...]
Looking at whether the success of a propect's team has an effect on his future draft position in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Every year in the Canadian junior hockey leagues there are standout teams and outright dominant ones. These successes are often due to the prescence of elite prospects playing on the team at hand, [...]
Looking at the remaining RFAs around the league in this Sunday Ramblings... Its that time of year again, when players and organizations battling for better contracts have to choose whether to give in, stand ground, or go through the arbitration process. This is a stressful process for players (who feel underappreciated), organizations (who feel pressured [...]
| Calvin Pickard, G | ||
| Catches: L | Height: 6 - 1 | Weight: 198 |
| Born: 1992-04-15 | Hometown: Winnipeg, MB, CAN | Drafted: 2010 Round 2, 49th Overall by Colorado Avalanche |
Looking at new bench bosses around the AHL in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** If you check out our home page you'll see that DobberProspects has been very busy pounding out quality team content this month with the 30-in-30 series. Between those team-specific updates and your regular Ramblings rotation I think everyone should be as up-to-date [...]
*** The Colorado Avalanche have been an interesting team to follow over the last few years. Once a team with a promising young core who appeared to take a big step under a new coach, they are now often viewed as underachievers from the ice, to the coaching staff, to upper mangement. Their foundation young [...]
