Photo courtesy of hockeymagasinet.com Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on [...]
The 2021 NHL Entry Draft is still a year and a half away but I feel like I already have a good idea of what the draft class looks like for European prospects and Finnish prospects in particular. I am planning on putting together a 2021 ranking of European prospects in the spring but [...]
The NHL rookie record for points by a defenseman is 76. That was done by none other than Hall of Famer Larry Murphy in 1980-81. Cale Makar, through 23 games, is on pace for 89 points. While it may be unlikely that Makar keeps this pace, thinking that he could sustain this enough to [...]
AHL Report, November 2019 Edition By Kyle Stewart --------------------------------------------------- Welcome back to the November edition of the AHL Report! As we delve into AHL news and notes a sliver shy of the quarter-mark of the regular season, we’ve already seen some noticeable up and down shifts, be it in the scoring races [...]
*** Overview: Dawson Mercer is a 2020 Draft Eligible right wing prospect who hails from Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. He is one of the top draft-eligible right wingers and should be a top-25 selection come draft night. Mercer can also be used at center; the Drummondville Voltigeurs have experimented with Mercer at center and [...]
Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on that player’s shifts and getting a [...]
17-year-old Finnish defenseman Eemil Viro is an interesting prospect for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. He has average size (6’0”, 168 lbs) and he hasn’t produced a ton of points in the junior league but he’s already played a few games against men at the Liiga level. Some rankings even have him as a [...]
Photo Courtesy of TSN Goalies are Voodoo. Or are they? Scouting goaltenders has always been one of the more difficult tasks in the world of evaluating prospects. It is a position that is furthest from any other in terms of evaluation. The position itself is unique in a game that already requires [...]
In this article, I will go through the most interesting prospects from Team Sweden and Team Czech Republic who played at the U20 Four Nations tournament this past weekend. In case you missed the first part where I covered Team Finland and Team Russia, click here: https://dobberprospects.com/tournament-review-u20-four-nations-november-2019-part-1/ Sweden Team Sweden won the [...]
This past weekend, Helsinki hosted a U20 Four Nations tournament. Since it’s only a four-hour trip for me, I decided to hop on a train and spend my weekend there. Well, at least most of it. I watched the Friday games on video and then watched the Saturday and Sunday games live. This [...]
