Prospect Ramblings: Generational Shots I’ve only been in the scouting ‘game’ for about 10 months. Because of that, I’ve only really seen two crops of draft-eligibles (while beefing up my knowledge of the 2020 and 2021 classes), but I can assuredly say that this 2023 class has some of the best shooters I’ve [...]
Prospect Ramblings: UDNDTP x 2023 – The Top-10 Trio This USNDTP class is as good as any barring 2019. There may be no future top-five center, or any possible 50-goal-scoring winger, but there is a very special trio of players. I’ve personally been low on this entire USNDTP class for most of the [...]
Cover credit: usahockeyntdp.com Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I will provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and generally track the development of junior players across the hockey world. After being held out all season due to a lower-body injury, the illustrious Frank Nazar III (CHI) has finally returned for UMichigan (NCAA). He [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Dmitri Simashev – a Tier Above the Rest If there’s one player who’s risen more than any other for me in this draft class, it’s Dmitri Simashev. From not even being ranked in October (granted, neither was Jayden Perron, so I’ve come a long way), to becoming a player on the edge [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Year of the Short King The NHL will always have an inherent bias against small players. This isn’t necessarily wrong, since it’s an inevitable reality that players under 5-10 are less likely to make an impact in the league. While players like Alex DeBrincat, Cole Caufield, and Quinn Hughes have found important [...]
- Welcome to the Friday Ramblings. This week I am going to highlight a couple rookies/prospects who are increasing ownership on Fantrax. If you have someone on your watch list was the +/- feature to see if they are getting scooped up or dropped. It is no fun getting scooped! - - Rafael Harvey-Pinard [...]
Cover credit: unionandblue.com Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I will provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and generally track the development of junior players across the hockey world. Checking in on the NHL Rank King PNHLe rankings, I notice that eight of the top 15 prospects outside the NHL right now are [...]
Cover image: https://www.wkbw.com/ A few weeks from now, Dobber Prospects will be releasing the 2023 edition of our annual NHL Draft Fantasy Rankings. As part of my process for preparing for that article and establishing a Top 32 that I feel good about, I have identified a couple players who have both dynamic skill sets [...]
Cover image: The Hockey News For only three bucks a month, you can get access to Mitch Brown’s incredible microstat database, complete with detailed player cards and informative visualizations. Join his Patreon here. He manually tracks a variety of useful metrics across five categories—shooting, passing, transition, defence, and miscellaneous—to provide a clear picture of [...]
- - Welcome to the Friday prospect ramblings. This week I wanted to give a broad overview of what I deem a good spot for prospect goalies versus a bad one. A good spot is one where you should invest in the goalies in the system and a bad/risky one is where you should [...]
