Noah Dobson Accepting the QMJHL Playoff MVP Award (Sportsnet) Last week, I decided to give some (mostly) unedited notes from my pre-podcast preparation. It was met with positive feedback and as such, I thought I'd give the people what they want and do so once again. I've added some more thoughts from tonights wildly [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Ramblings where I am going to go over the round robin portion of the Memorial Cup, as the semi-final and championship rounds have yet to be played. All three of Halifax Mooseheads, Rouyn Noranda Huskies, and Guelph Storm finished with a 2-1 record, while Prince Albert Raiders [...]
With so much great hockey happening lately it has been close to impossible to keep up and bring everything you need to know for your fantasy hockey prospect updates. The NHL is gearing up for another Cup Final, the AHL is having a great playoff again, the CHL is all complete and now it is [...]
image courtesy of FirstOhioBattery *** Late in the CHL, AHL, and NHL playoffs, teams have been hard at work signing their top prospects to professional deals. This means that the organization sees them coming to North America and being meaningful contributors at some level within the term of the contract - an [...]
Welcome to the Thursday (life made these late) Saturday ramblings. Let me go over the completed CHL playoff brackets and on to the prospect watchers second favorite tournament, The Memorial Cup. The host city for the Memorial Cup is the Halifax Mooseheads. Typically the host cities are strong but do not make [...]
This Rambling will look a little different today. I'll be posting some of my notes from the past week. You can take this as a glimpse into how I prepare for radio spots, and for Prospect Central - a new show on Sportsnet650 that I'm co-hosting with Ryan Biech and Satiar Shah. Speaking [...]
image courtesy of NHL.com *** There's so much going on in NHL, AHL, and CHL Playoffs, that its an overwhelming wave of hockey (this isn't a complaint by any means, just an observation). But online, with my friends, or around the office, the number one topic of discussion is: "Wow these playoffs [...]
Welcome back to the Thursday ramblings, where we should keep going over the OHL playoffs. People in the fantasy prospect scouting world need to know who is lighting it up come playoff time. ****************************** OHL The series is now tied up 2-2, after the Ottawa 67’s won the first two [...]
Today I would like to share with you my thought process on fantasy hockey off-season drafting in a dynasty keeper league. So your fantasy hockey season is over. Perhaps it ended a long time ago, even before your fantasy season ended. We have all been there, and even though the 2019-20 season still seems so [...]
image courtesy of TSN *** The NHL has released its compensation numbers for the 2019-20 season. For all we hear about the potential of offer sheets stealing away top young talents like Marner, Point, Rantanen, Connor, Kapanen, Johnsson, and so on, pundits tend to avoid the conversation of the real cost of [...]
