Welcome back to the beginning of another NHL Draft cycle with the Dobber Prospects Draft Team. This year comes with a swath of changes to our group, bringing some exciting infusions of new blood into our ranks. Among the people we’ve added—whose info you can locate below—you’ll find a group of highly motivated and knowledgeable [...]
While we fill out plenty of scouting reports, formulate rankings, and endlessly discuss and dissect players amongst ourselves, I feel like our opportunities to discuss the draft as a whole are far fewer. Especially as Director—as our rankings are done as a team—I feel I don’t often have the chance to give a sweeping, personal [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzEvthEaso If you've finished looking over our team's full top 96 and are looking for some more insight into our process, you've come to the right place. In the below video, our whole draft team will be sitting down to discuss and debate the entire first round, giving you a peak behind-the-scenes. As always, links [...]
After a long wait, it's finally here: the Dobber Prospects Draft Team’s Final Ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft. While in previous updates we’ve kept our rankings slimmer, this time around, we went through the long process of fleshing out our entire top 96. While a lot has been made about the strength of this [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1GlkcUKGCQ Welcome back! In our first video of the year, our scouting team will be sitting down to discuss some of the top names to come out of the United States this season. Namely, we'll be looking at James Hagens, Cullen Potter, Logan Hensler, Sascha Boumedienne, Ryker Lee, Ben Kevan, Carter Amico, Vaclav Nestrasil, Shane [...]
By: Luke Sweeney & Kareem Ramadan Earlier this year, many of our staff were (rightfully) kicking ourselves for a glaring omission from our preliminary rankings: Jake O’Brien. After an exceptional D-1 where he won the OHL’s rookie of the year, O’Brien fell a bit flat in the opening months in the season, enough for us [...]
We’re back! As regular seasons draw to a close around the hockey world, the Dobber Prospects’ team is taking our chance to get one last word in before playoffs start. With so much time between rankings, we certainly saw a lot of movement. Those changes start at the top, with our top four flip-flopping and [...]
Luke Sweeney—Just under five months removed from the 2024 NHL Draft, and after many long days and nights spent poring over tape, we at the Dobber Prospects scouting team are ready to share our initial Top 32 ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft. Though viewed by many as an especially weak class, that perception [...]
