August 3, 2013 In this edition we will take a look at the Buffalo Sabres organization and prospects. In no particular order: Mikhail Grigorenko, C - The Sabres top pick in the 2012 draft, the development plan for Grigorenko last season was curious. He dressed for 25 games for [...]
July 30, 2013 The next edition of NYNTK (that acronym really doesn't work, does it?) will focus on the Boston Bruins. Torey Krug, D - If you followed the playoffs, you know who Krug is. However, he is included here because as a fantasy owner or poolie, you definitely need [...]
July 28, 2013 The draft is complete, and training camp is still six weeks away, so I'm thinking that this is a good time to do a series of Ramblings to point out who I think are each team's top fantasy prospects. This will not be a ranking, per se, but rather [...]
Tuesday, July 9th Welcome back prospect junkies. In my precious two ramblings I covered teams A-M and how they performed at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft (go back to read more). Now, I present you with the final 15 teams ranging from Nashville to Winnipeg. Lets get to it... [...]
Tuesday, July 9th Welcome back prospect junkies. In my precious two ramblings I covered teams A-M and how they performed at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft (go back to read more). Now, I present you with the final 15 teams ranging from Nashville to Winnipeg. Lets get to it... Nashville Predators: [...]
Monday, July 8th, 2013 Before I continue with my grading of NHL teams at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, I want to touch on a few things floating around my mind. * Last week, the Canadian Hockey League held its annual CHL Import Draft and the results can be found here. [...]
Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans reading this. While my counterpart, Brendan Ross, is grading each team's draft, I am going to provide some analysis on some top prospects and how where they landed affects their fantasy value. ************************************************************************************************ Before I delve into that, I want to make some comments [...]
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 Before touching on how teams did at the 2013 NHL Draft, here is an (obviously, incomplete) list of notable players that were passed over at the draft (italicized the really surprising ones for me): QMJHL: Kurt Etchegary, Matt Murphy (D), Peter Trainor (OA), Jean-Sebastien Dea (OA), [...]
Monday, July 1st, 2013 HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We love hockey and …….beer! The 2013 NHL Entry Draft is in the books and what a day! A looooong day! There were certainly some surprises both on the draft floor with trades and on the draft stage with selections. I was shocked [...]
Hey all Dobber Network fans, This will be my first attempt at a ‘Ramblings’ and I’ve picked a large stage to do it! Today, all you will see here is any draft coverage, updates, news ect. on prospects, hopefully as it happens. You can go elsewhere to get applets to give you [...]