This past weekend, I made a four-hour trip to the city of Lappeenranta because their organization SaiPa was hosting a tournament where 10 Jr. A SM-liiga teams were playing against each other in two arenas that were very near each other. Well, it was a tournament-like event but they were playing regular season games, [...]
image courtesy of Winnipeg Free Press *** I've been patient, I've held off a couple weeks until I had a big batch of clips for this article, and I think its finally time to post my first First NHL Goals post of the season! If you've read my articles over the years, you [...]
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings! This week with the start of the NHL season at least eight days old I decided to give some random thoughts on the current season in various leagues. First, here is my #GoodTweet of the week {source} <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait... Do some people think high [...]
Photo courtesy of https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/ Welcome to my weekly Wednesday ramblings! No more bi-weekly Friday thoughts, now you'll get me mid-week, every week! Today we're going to take a look at some of the early returns from the 2019 NHL Draft. Who's been hot to start the year and who is already making [...]
Here are some of my thoughts about 20+ European prospects that I’ve been watching lately. When I wrote the Deep Dive of Anton Lundell (2020), he was stuck on HIFK’s third line. Since then, he’s been promoted to the top line and he’s been one of the best players on the team. Things [...]
*** In our last Ramblings post, Tony Ferrari took a look at some rookie NHL debuts and how they fared from a fantasy and real life perspective (you can find that here https://dobberprospects.com/prospect-ramblings-rookie-debut-edition/). This time around, I'm going to check on the ice time and usage that rookies are being used for so [...]
Image Courtesy of https://lasvegassun.com Welcome back to my bi-weekly Prospect Ramblings! This week we will be taking a look at some of the debuts around the NHL for the first couple days of the season. The NHL season began on Wednesday and there were plenty of rookies making their debuts around the [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I am going to highlight rookies that went in my last three drafts for the fantasy hockey season. I will also give a highlight of some players who I think will have a better season that previous. But first…. Yay the NHL started again last night. [...]
*** If you happened to catch FrozenPool's tweet (or Dobber's retweet) about the site's new tracking feature, you already know where this ramblings is going... Last year's NHL shot leaders, broken down by shot type:https://t.co/41XOqs8skn pic.twitter.com/IPrGCOY6Ly — FrozenTools (@FrozenTools) September 28, 2019 That's right - we can now keep track of what kind of [...]
While we anxiously await the conclusion of the NHL preseason, the rest of the world has been playing meaningful games for some time. There have been more than a few youngsters who have been witnessing early success as well. Nils Lundkvist The Rangers first-rounder has been making statements all over the place early [...]
