17-year-old forward Roni Hirvonen is a rookie in the Finnish Liiga and a potential first round pick for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Although, at 5-foot-8 and 159 pounds, Hirvonen is definitely undersized by NHL standards which means he could end up being more of a second round pick. As a 16-year-old, Hirvonen [...]
Anton Lundell is one of the top players available for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and definitely the best out of Finland. Despite his young age, he has already impressed at the professional level in Finland as well as internationally, having won two gold medals already. Here’s my Deep Dive on him. Player [...]
The 2019 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup is now over. Russia won, Canada finished second, and Sweden finished third. Here are my thoughts of the most interesting prospects who played in this tournament. Team Russia As mentioned, Russia won the tournament, and the one player who was mostly responsible for their win was their superstar [...]
The 2019 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup starts on August 5th which is tomorrow! For many, this is the start of the scouting season because most of the world’s top prospects eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft will be playing in this event. The games will be played on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and then [...]
Welcome to DobberProspects' first ever NHL Draft Ranking of European prospects. This ranking was put together before the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup to provide a list of the most interesting European prospects to follow in that tournament that starts on August 5th. Players eligible for this ranking were those who are potential top 100 picks [...]
Thoughts about Anton Lundell, Ville Heinola, Lassi Thomson, Patrik Puistola, Michal Teply, Mikko Kokkonen, Lenni Killinen, Antti Saarela, Matias Maccelli, Veeti Miettinen, Valentin Nussbaumer, and many others... The 2019-2020 scouting season officially started for me on Monday when I went to Vierumäki for a short U20 level tournament. The tournament included teams from [...]
Since I live in Finland and follow the Finnish prospects more closely than any others, I decided to publish my top 25 ranking of Finnish prospects for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. If you want a complete ranking including all nationalities, here’s the latest from our managing editor Cam Robinson: Cam Robinson’s 2019 [...]
Mock drafts are always fun, so I figured I’d do one. I decided to limit this to the first round for now, and obviously the order of the final two picks is yet to be decided but I assumed the Bruins will win the Stanley Cup for the purpose of this exercise. Without further [...]
Playoffs are now over in major European leagues like the KHL, SHL and Liiga. We’ve seen many drafted prospects sign their entry level contracts lately. Some free agents have been signed out of Europe as well. Many more free agents are still deciding who to sign with. Here are my thoughts on those players. [...]
The U18 Worlds are now over. Sweden won their first ever gold medal at the under-18 level, and doing it while hosting the tournament must feel extra special. Here’s the second part of my tournament review where I go through all the teams from Group B. In case you missed the first part where [...]
