As the 2025 NHL Draft approaches, some of the brightest young talents from around the world are stepping into the spotlight. I spoke with six top draft-eligible players to learn who they model their game after, what they plan to improve upon, and more. Representing a wide range of teams and leagues, the group includes [...]
While we fill out plenty of scouting reports, formulate rankings, and endlessly discuss and dissect players amongst ourselves, I feel like our opportunities to discuss the draft as a whole are far fewer. Especially as Director—as our rankings are done as a team—I feel I don’t often have the chance to give a sweeping, personal [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzEvthEaso If you've finished looking over our team's full top 96 and are looking for some more insight into our process, you've come to the right place. In the below video, our whole draft team will be sitting down to discuss and debate the entire first round, giving you a peak behind-the-scenes. As always, links [...]
After a long wait, it's finally here: the Dobber Prospects Draft Team’s Final Ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft. While in previous updates we’ve kept our rankings slimmer, this time around, we went through the long process of fleshing out our entire top 96. While a lot has been made about the strength of this [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1GlkcUKGCQ Welcome back! In our first video of the year, our scouting team will be sitting down to discuss some of the top names to come out of the United States this season. Namely, we'll be looking at James Hagens, Cullen Potter, Logan Hensler, Sascha Boumedienne, Ryker Lee, Ben Kevan, Carter Amico, Vaclav Nestrasil, Shane [...]
By: Luke Sweeney & Kareem Ramadan Earlier this year, many of our staff were (rightfully) kicking ourselves for a glaring omission from our preliminary rankings: Jake O’Brien. After an exceptional D-1 where he won the OHL’s rookie of the year, O’Brien fell a bit flat in the opening months in the season, enough for us [...]
The OHL Playoffs have come and gone, with the London Knights crowned OHL Champions, for the second year in a row. With the playoffs still on going in the NHL we are seeing the difference between the players who shy away from playoff type hockey, and those who thrive in it. Let’s look at some [...]
As the playoffs near their conclusion in leagues across Russia, some players have put together impressive postseason performances to help their teams. Let’s go around and look at some of these efforts among drafted players and those who hope to hear their names called in June. Matvei Korotky - SKA-1946 St. Petersburg - MHL (Drafted [...]
Early Takeaways from the AHL Playoffs The month of May brings the playoffs into full frame and it is no different in the AHL. In some ways, it becomes an arms race to add other prospects from different leagues who could help in a run for the Calder Cup. That is the case for some [...]
This month we look at three of the top defencemen in the OHL, all coming out of the 2024 Draft. We’ll look at the biggest CHL prospect to date, to make the jump over to the NCAA, the Max Kaminsky Award winner as the OHL’s defenceman of the year, and the defenceman leading all skaters [...]
