*** After being off the grid for 8 days, I'm back at home and catching up on everything that I missed in the world of hockey. Admittedly, I did get lucky considering that the biggest dominoes remain standing, but here's my quick thoughts on the action that did happen this last week: The [...]
Image courtesy of NHL.com *** There's a few logical reasons to think a rookie player might have an edge to start the campaign. They are fighting for roster spots and have more to prove than many established teammates. They have age on their side, and in many cases have an easier time returning to [...]
*** Welcome to the August 2019 edition of the DobberProspects 31-in-31 Series! This month, we will be diving into the depth of each organization, looking at their Top 20 prospects, risers, fallers, and recent graduates. Let’s dive in! *** Graduating players We were 99% certain they would graduate last year, and they did. [...]
*** For those of you who follow us regularly, you may have heard of the DPFHL - the fantasy league that many of the team writers here at DobberProspects take part in. Yesterday was our annual summer draft and I want to share the results to give readers a bit of insight into the [...]
*** In November 2018, I took a look at the (then) recent trend of rookies making their teams out of camp. I found (at the time) that in the two previous seasons, there were more rookies on average per team in the Eastern Conference than in the West. I also found that as of November [...]
*** Welcome to the August 2019 edition of the DobberProspects 31-in-31 Series! This month, we will be diving into the depth of each organization, looking at their Top 20 prospects, risers, fallers, and recent graduates. Let’s dive in! *** Graduating players In the last year, outsourced prospect Sam Girard became a mainstay on [...]
*** If you frequent this site, you're probably a bit of a prospect nerd. We're here for you, we understand you. As prospect geeks ourselves, we know it can be tempting to brush off the pool guides that come out from certain unnamed sources - the ones that have no problem telling you McDavid will surpass [...]
*** Welcome to our annual 31-in-31 Summer Series here at DobberProspects! Every day in July we will be bringing you a complete breakdown of a team’s draft, notes from their development camp, and insights into their off-season moves so far. Following this up, the August 31-in-31 Series will dive into every team’s prospect depth [...]
*** In my weekly Ramblings, my favorite content is featuring the first NHL goals of players achieving their hockey dreams. Now that we've hit the summer, I took the opportunity to look back over the 2018-19 season and pick out my top ten first goals of the year. I don't have an official rating [...]
*** After all the excitement of draft day and free agency, a few persisting trade rumours have not yet come to fruition. Maybe this means that the prospects involved will remain with the organizations for another campaign, or maybe the summer still has some excitement left for us. Today I'm looking at a few [...]
