I did my first projection of Team Finland for the World Juniors about a month ago (link). But because we got some new information from the U20 Four Nations tournament that was played in Helsinki about a week ago, I figured I’d share my updated projection now. This time, I also included my projection [...]
17-year-old Finnish defenseman Eemil Viro is an interesting prospect for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He has average size (6’0”, 168 lbs) and he hasn’t produced a ton of points in the junior league but he’s already played a few games against men at the Liiga level. Some rankings even have him as a [...]
In this article, I will go through the most interesting prospects from Team Sweden and Team Czech Republic who played at the U20 Four Nations tournament this past weekend. In case you missed the first part where I covered Team Finland and Team Russia, click here: https://dobberprospects.com/tournament-review-u20-four-nations-november-2019-part-1/ Sweden Team Sweden won the [...]
This past weekend, Helsinki hosted a U20 Four Nations tournament. Since it’s only a four-hour trip for me, I decided to hop on a train and spend my weekend there. Well, at least most of it. I watched the Friday games on video and then watched the Saturday and Sunday games live. This [...]
Here is DobberProspects’ second ranking of European prospects for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. This ranking was put together on November 2nd because from November 6th onwards, there will be a U18 Five Nations tournament and a U20 Four Nations tournament, and big international events like those could cause unwanted recency bias. Players [...]
Projected top ten pick Anton Lundell had a bit of a slow start to his second Liiga season but he has been heating up lately, scoring six points in his last five games. Today, he scored a power play goal and added a primary assist to the overtime winner, so I decided to interview him [...]
The 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship tournament will be played in Czech Republic. It starts on December 26th, 2019 and the gold medals will be handed to the champions on January 5th, 2020. Here is my early projection of what Team Finland – the reigning champions – could look like in that tournament. [...]
The World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is the premier event for those who want to look beyond the upcoming draft class and get an early look at most of the top prospects eligible for the 2021 NHL Draft and some of the top prospects for the 2022 NHL Draft as well. The tournament runs [...]
This past weekend, I made a four-hour trip to the city of Lappeenranta because their organization SaiPa was hosting a tournament where 10 Jr. A SM-liiga teams were playing against each other in two arenas that were very near each other. Well, it was a tournament-like event but they were playing regular season games, [...]
Here are some of my thoughts about 20+ European prospects that I’ve been watching lately. When I wrote the Deep Dive of Anton Lundell (2020), he was stuck on HIFK’s third line. Since then, he’s been promoted to the top line and he’s been one of the best players on the team. Things [...]
