Hey Folks! Only another two weeks until meaningful hockey is back on our screens. Keep calm and tune into some old fashioned ramblings right here on Dobber Prospects for your prospect fix as we await the return of NHL hockey! *** The New York Islanders have signed Russian goaltending prospect Ilya Sorokin [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I still continue my Decade of Drafting series. This week I will look at the High-MN, High-MA, High-CT, High-NH, High-NJ, High-WI, High-QC, High-MI, High-ON, High-NY, and High-IN. I may add in the other leagues to see the success they have as there likely will not be [...]
In the era that we live in, most people are aware of the pro's and con's that we are subject to as a result of the vast social media presence in our lives. The endless spectrum of information that we are bombarded with on a daily basis is overwhelming to say the very least. [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I have come back to work on the decade of drafting series I have been going over. This week I decided to go through some USA junior/college leagues that get drafted in to the NHL. I am not 100% certain how these leagues work as they [...]
“He’s a skilled player, but it's a risky pick.” You're sure to hear that line on draft day when it finally arrives, but what does that actually mean? Skill, and risk. In some ways, the two words have become almost synonymous in some circles of prospect evaluation, or at least in the perception [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect ramblings where I have decided to put my “Decade of Drafting” series on hold because no one here at DobberProspects has gone over the prospect report yet. I will go over some highlights and notes from the prospects report because you should really buy it if you want [...]
Last night Larry Brooks of the New York Times reported that 2017seventh-overall draft pick, Lias Andersson intends on remaining in Sweden this summer, as opposed to joining the Rangers for whatever is left of their 2019-20 campaign. Earlier in the COVID-19 pause, John Davidson and the Rangers brass had continued dialogue with Andersson [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I continue my “Decade of Drafting” series this time looking at the most drafted league from the NHL draft that I looked at: the USHL. A reminder that I only looked in North America and not at the CHL, the leagues I looked at (again) were: [...]
In these strange times, we have been forced to find unique ways to get things done. From scouting meetings to player interviews and everything in between, almost everything has been done on video calls via Zoom or Skype. While the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup has been canceled this year because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Hockey [...]
I have to admit, in the midst of the hockey void we've been living in over the past several months, it's been easy for me to develop tunnel vision on particular aspects of the prospect world. For the most part, I've been spending the last several weeks covering topics relating to the pending NHL [...]
