Welcome to the May edition of the SHL Report. This time, I’ll focus on the SHL Awards, NHL free agents, prospects who have signed their entry level contracts, and the upcoming 2018 NHL Entry Draft. If you want to read about SHL Playoffs, check out my April Report. SHL Awards To the surprise [...]
Question: “After Svechnikov and Zadina, who is the next best forward for points only?” Answer: Just last week I broke down the consensus third and fourth forward from this class in Brady Tkachuk and Oliver Wahlstrom. My findings, that coincide with my long-held belief, was that Wahlstrom possesses the higher upside. If [...]
Brayden Olafson breaks out the math in this month' AHL Report *** We're quickly nearing the end of the hockey season - playoffs in most leagues are still going strong, but if you're anything like me, you're already starting to get anxious about drafting again. As I mentioned above, this month, I really brought out [...]
Analytics and the Draft Over the last few months, we’ve explored the history of analytics and how they should be applied to the game of hockey. Now that the season has ended for 23 of the league’s 31 teams, the draft is the next thing to look forward to for most fans in [...]
Welcome to the playoff edition of the Liiga Report. If you want to know what happened during the regular season, check out my March report. If you want to know more about draft-eligible Finnish prospects, check out my U18 World Championship Preview. And if you want to see highlight clips of these players, [...]
Question: “Who are your top 10 players for the 2019 NHL Draft?” Answer: I won’t be focusing on the 2019 crop until mid-summer so it's too soon for a definitive ranking yet. That said, there are a handful of players who have the early markers of a top 10 selection. Anytime [...]
Welcome to the playoff edition of the SHL Report. If you want to know how your favourite SHL prospect did during the regular season, I suggest checking my March report. If you want to know more about draft-eligible Swedish prospects, I suggest you check my U18 World Championship Preview. And if you want [...]
We continue our dive into the upcoming World U18 Hockey Championships. This is the last major scouting event for most 2000-born draft eligible prospects and features some prominent names and some others looking to improve their position leading up to the June Entry Draft. Earlier this week our lead European scout, Jokke [...]
The 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship tournament (or U18 Worlds for short) will be played in Russia in the Chelyabinsk area which is near the Ural Mountains. The tournament starts on April 19th and ends on the 29th. There are a total of 10 teams in the tournament, and they’re [...]
After starting to scout and write for the DobberProspects group around a year and a half ago, I was given the opportunity to take over these monthly AHL editorials for the site in the fall of my second season here. Its been a learning and growing experience for me as I hope it has [...]
