The 31-in-31 Offseason Series is an annual event here at DobberProspects! Every day in December we will be bringing you a complete breakdown of a team’s prospect depth chart, riser & fallers, and top prospect ranking. *** With yet another shiny new top-two selection coming into the fold in Manhattan, the Rangers’ are poised to [...]
The blessings of two consecutive lottery results have accelerated the New York Rangers’ retooling phase significantly. On the heels of a second-overall selection debuting with promise, as well as the breakout of one MVP free-agent signee, the Blueshirts are on the cusp of once again developing a roster required for perennial success - although [...]
Much of the recent discussion around the 2020 NHL draft has been related to the teams who hold multiple first round picks in the draft's first round. In particular, the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators have received a particularly high amount of attention, most related to the rumor of a 3+5 for 1 [...]
Ever since writing about the outlook of the 2019 draft class last week and what we might expect from them in the upcoming season, I've been tingling with a bit of excitement at the thought of digging into those numbers a little deeper. The fact that only a mere three or four rookies have [...]
Wisconsin's Alex Turcotte during an NCAA hockey game against the Boston College on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson) To date, seven of the two-hundred and seventeen players selected in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft have earned time in the big league. Of the seven, [...]
This week the NHL announced that Phase 2 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery will be held on Monday August 6th. So far, the New York Rangers are the sole team to be eliminated from the playoff Qualifying round, but they will soon be joined by seven others, each with an equal 12.5% chance [...]
With the NHL's Phase IV of the Return to Play agenda underway, and now being only a day away from critical hockey games, there is one category of decisions that still seems to be uncertain for several teams in the league - goaltending. Under the constraints of the bubble hub city format, any lack of goaltending depth [...]
While normally this time of year, NHL clubs would be cracking open their checkbooks to some of their new draftees, the month of July 2020 has been somewhat engaging in the world of prospect contract signings as several teams have made previously rumored deals official. I touched on a few of the significant deals [...]
Hey Folks! Only another two weeks until meaningful hockey is back on our screens. Keep calm and tune into some old fashioned ramblings right here on Dobber Prospects for your prospect fix as we await the return of NHL hockey! *** The New York Islanders have signed Russian goaltending prospect Ilya Sorokin [...]
In the era that we live in, most people are aware of the pro's and con's that we are subject to as a result of the vast social media presence in our lives. The endless spectrum of information that we are bombarded with on a daily basis is overwhelming to say the very least. [...]
