As we approach the halfway mark of the 2017-18 season, OHL teams start to get a better idea of what kind of team they are, if they will be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline and where they could fall in the standings. In the month of November, two teams benefitted [...]
Last month, we examined the very earliest history of statistics in professional hockey. From goals to goals against average to penalty minutes to the radical idea of the assist, hockey statistics tracking quickly evolved to encompass not only those who can score, but those who help others score, and those who can stop a [...]
Adam Gaudette, Kirill Kaprizov and Nick Suzuki We’re back again for another riveting edition of the DobberProspect Fantasy Mailbag. This month we’re taking a gander at the notion of waiting on long-term prospects; high-flying defensemen; some of the top net minder prospects and more! ** Question: “Do you think both Glass and [...]
By Steve Kournianos The under-20 world junior hockey championships, which take place in Buffalo next month, is one of the premier prospect events in all of sports. The scope and scale of the tournament certainly has grown in recent years, and the magnitude of fan interest forced organizers to vaulted the WJC's to a place [...]
We are nearing the end of November and a third of the games have been played in the Liiga. The usual suspects Oulu Kärpät and Tampere Tappara lead the way in the standings, with Turku TPS only one point behind. In the other end of the spectrum Otto Koivula’s Tampere Ilves is having one [...]
*** Just over a third of the way into the season things are, for the most part, still pretty tight standings wise for the most part. The Vaxjo Lakers and Farjestad have created a little bit of separation sitting in first and second, respectively with 44 and 39 points. After that it’s a log [...]
The NHL’s “Players to Watch” prospect list came out earlier this week and among the 54 current USHL players selected five were given “A” ratings, considered as first round candidates. Along with 14 “B” and 35 “C” prospects, four Team USA and one Sioux City Musketeer 2018 draft-eligible players top the list. Joel Farrabe, LW [...]
The AHL is an ever-changing environment. A difficult league with a mixed bag of player types and constant moving parts. Throughout the last couple weeks of October we we’ve been pestered with the seasonal chatter of the entry-level-slide limit of nine games played. While several NHL teams have offered their rookies spot-starts throughout the month, they’ve apparently also been [...]
Filip Zadina is off to a quick start with the Mooseheads Last we left off, potential top-five pick Filip Zadina had already recorded eight points in his first five games of the season. He then proceeded to put up another 16 in the next 12 games played en route to earning QMJHL [...]
With the month of October ending and being only a few days into the month of November, it is time to reflect upon the WHL in the past month. The western league announced their roster for the annual Canada - Russian series games, with both games taking place earlier this week. Kailer Yamamoto returns [...]
