Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. This week I want to take a look at the Columbus Blue Jackets as they are not a very good team, have a weak coach, but have quite a bit of rookies playing for them this season. There is promise there but sadly none seem to be [...]
If you’re just tuning in to the 2019 Calder Trophy Power Rankings here at DobberProspects, you’ve found us at as good of a time as any. I’ve been excited to use this bi-weekly ramblings platform for this ongoing segment that I’ve found to be a fun way to track the progress of our [...]
Every year we all sit down on Boxing Day (or just December 26th for non-Canadians) to watch the World Junior Championship. An annual tradition that is the Canadian equivalent to March Madness. The best players under the age of 20, from all around the world get together for two weeks of fun. One [...]
The World Junior Tournament is fast approaching and I (Like many of you) watch closely to scout prospects for my fantasy roster. Our WJC page has you covered for all the players to watch and I will also be doing a series of podcast episodes for DobberProspects Radio previewing each country and top players to [...]
*** Back in June, Dobber released the 13th annual Fantasy Prospect Report. It is the best source of fantasy insight on prospects in the business. Now that we're well into the pro and junior seasons, I thought I'd use our 20/20 hindsight to point out some of the fantasy opportunities that have now [...]
Nikkanen is one of the players getting a bigger opportunity in the Finnish Liiga because of the World Juniors. Most of the players on Finland’s current WJC camp roster are full-time Liiga players which means less-established prospects could get bigger opportunities during the World Junior Championship tournament. This increased opportunity only lasts 5-7 [...]
*** One of the biggest story lines in the NHL right now is the (apparently) imminent trade of Taylor Hall, well before the trade deadline. Whether it's seconds before the deadline or early to maximize value, the formula hasn't changed much - every team out of the running wants "a 1st and a prospect" [...]
I barely do these because they stress me out choosing between so many prospects and narrowing it down to 31. My top 50 prospects for the Dobber Prospects reports usually takes me a week to narrow it all down from around 120. This season I will try to post these more, but do [...]
Photo Courtesy of https://ontariohockeyleague.com/ Welcome back to my mid-week, every week Prospect Ramblings! This week I'll be expanding on some of the answers to the question I recently tweeted out. I asked the Twitterverse to give me two players from the 2020 NHL Draft class and I would choose between them and [...]
*** There have been so many players scoring their first ever NHL goals this season that I've already dedicated two Ramblings entirely to the cause (last edition can be found here https://dobberprospects.com/prospect-ramblings-first-nhl-goals-from-players-worth-watching/). Thanks to the incredible list of rookies on the NHL circuit this year, I have enough new content from the last 3 [...]
