The AHL schedule kicked off this past weekend with a handful of teams getting into action around the league. After most prospects spent some time with their respective NHL affiliations, many were reassigned day-by-day to the AHL. There were many early cuts from each team’s respective training camp, but some prospects were able to stick [...]
In this season's inaugural edition of the QMJHL Report we'll be taking a look at four pairs of rookie teammates to keep an eye on for the next few years. Alexis Lafreniere, the highly touted first overall pick from this summer's Midget Entry Draft is off to a solid start with two goals and [...]
With the WHL well under way, already a couple weeks into their regular season action. Team rosters seem quite wide open, with players returned from NHL camps and a couple not returning for an extended amount of time. It really opens up the standings and early season statistics without those high calibre players returning yet. [...]
It's the beginning of October and the 2017-18 OHL season is already well underway. Some teams are playing with incomplete rosters as key players continue to complete for spots at their respective NHL training camps. The Windsor Spitfires and London Knights are feeling this the most with 4 and 5 players who could be on [...]
Dobber Prospects’ Fantasy Mailbag: The time has finally come! The most commonly selected draft date is the Saturday before puck drop and that is this Saturday! Congrats on surviving another grueling offseason filled with sun, BBQs, friends and family. Tough times. With a new season and an upcoming draft comes loads of [...]
Toronto hosted their annual Rookie Tournament again this year with the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens participating in a three game mini-tournament. Our Minnesota Wild writer Will Scouching was able to take in the games and here are his notes as to who played well and who did not. Toronto Maple Leafs Dmytro Timashov: [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning rookie tournament that was originally scheduled to be held in Estero, Florida at the home of the Florida Everblades was cancelled due to concerns with Hurricane Irma. The arena was converted to a hurricane shelter. The Lightning scheduled a three-game mini-tournament with the Nashville Predators in Antioch, Tennessee at the Ford [...]
Jamie Barber For the last seven years the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, and Winnipeg Jets have met in Penticton for the annual Young Start Tournament. Players who have played less than 100 pro games in each organization are eligible to attend. This leads to large age differences, and thus differences in expectations between [...]
Pilfering Nolan Patrick in the 2017 entry draft is just one of the many reasons the Philadelphia Flyers are No. 1 in Dobber's rankings of the 31 NHL teams' prospect pools. Fans love lists. In fact, the only thing they love more than reading lists is picking holes in them because all fans are [...]
The Winnipeg Jets failed to reach the playoffs for the second straight year and there were a lot of moving parts in and out of the lineup last season. However, the Jets front office managed to stock the prospects cupboard full and once again continued to target the blue line through the draft. For [...]
