About Nick Richard

Nick is the Director of North American Scouting for DobberProspects. He also covers the Maple Leafs at TheLeafsNation.com and co-hosts the Lamenting the Leafs podcast. Follow Nick on twitter @_NickRichard
Nick Richard

DP Draft Reports: Eduard Sale, Lukas Dragicevic, Mathieu Cataford, Noel Nordh, Arttu Kärki

By |2022-11-19T11:48:17-05:00November 19th, 2022|Feature Story, Staff|

Powered by InStat Hockey Welcome to another edition of DP Draft Reports! Today, we take a look at Eduard Sale, Lukas Dragicevic, Mathieu Cataford, Noel Nordh, and Arttu Kärki. Sale is playing professionally in the top-tier Czech men's league and has been climbing further into the top-10, and possibly even top-five, conversation for the 2023 [...]

DP Draft Reports: Matvei Michkov, Will Smith, Ethan Gauthier, Ondrej Molnár, Lenni Hämeenaho

By |2022-10-21T08:13:06-04:00October 21st, 2022|Feature Story|

Powered by InStat Hockey Welcome to this week's edition of DP Draft Reports! This week features snapshots of Matvei Michkov, Will Smith, Ethan Gauthier, Ondrej Molnár, and Lenni Hämeenaho. Even the most casual observers have probably heard plenty about Russian phenom Matvei Michkov. Coming into the season, he was considered the clear number two prospect [...]

September 32-in-32: Toronto Maple Leafs

By |2022-09-29T20:48:53-04:00September 30th, 2022|32-in-32 Series|

Welcome to the September 2022 edition of the DobberProspects 32-in-32 Series. This month, we are diving into the depth of each organization, looking at their recent graduates, risers, fallers and top-20 prospects.  The result of some poor drafting by the previous regime combined with the current regime trading away some high picks has led to [...]

August 32-in-32: Toronto Maple Leafs

By |2022-08-26T17:53:30-04:00August 27th, 2022|32-in-32 Series|

The 32-in-32 Series is an annual event here at DobberProspects! Every day in August we will be bringing you a complete breakdown of a team’s Draft, and insights into their off-season movements thus far. Following this up in September, we will dive into every team’s prospect depth charts with fantasy insights and implications for the [...]

DP Scouting Team’s Final Rankings for the 2022 NHL Draft

By |2022-06-18T11:20:39-04:00June 18th, 2022|Feature Story, NHL Draft Rankings, Staff|

Powered by InStat Hockey We have reached the conclusion of what has been another long draft cycle but this one felt far more normal than the last couple of years did. For the most part, leagues around the world returned to their regular schedules, providing draft-eligible players with ample opportunity to improve their draft stocks [...]

DP Draft Reports: Owen Pickering, Danny Zhilkin, Alexander Suzdalev, Beau Jelsma, Ludwig Persson

By |2022-04-18T21:53:01-04:00April 19th, 2022|Feature Story|

Powered by InStat Hockey Welcome back for another edition of DP Draft Reports! This week features game reports on Owen Pickering, Danny Zhilkin, Alexander Suzdalev, Beau Jelsma, and Ludwig Persson. Be sure to check out the DP Scouting Team's April rankings for the 2022 NHL Draft to see which of these players landed in our [...]

DP Scouting Team’s April Rankings for the 2022 NHL Draft

By |2022-04-08T08:58:03-04:00April 8th, 2022|Feature Story, NHL Draft Rankings, Staff|

Powered by InStat Hockey Leagues all over the world are into their stretch drives, with some already onto the postseason, and there have been notable changes on our board since we published our last rankings in December. Our team of scouts has been hard at work watching game tape, logging live viewings, and writing reports [...]

DP Draft Reports: Isaac Howard, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Lane Hutson, Jordan Gustafson, Miko Matikka

By |2022-03-11T09:50:37-05:00March 11th, 2022|Feature Story|

Powered by InStat Hockey Welcome to another edition of DPDR! This week features game reports on Isaac Howard, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Lane Hutson, Jordan Gustafson, and Miko Matikka. Howard is one of the top offensive players on a stacked NTDP U18 squad, utilizing his blend of high-end skills to lead his team in scoring [...]

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