Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters. Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images This time of year all the fantasy hockey drafts are quickly approaching and poolies are scrambling to stay up to date on what’s happening at training camps across the league and what prospects may make the jump into the NHL. To help answer [...]
*** We're getting into the meat of the pre-season, when good prospects are getting cut every day as teams edge towards an opening-night roster. The last few days have been heavy on the cuts and waiver listings, and there will be more to come this week. Here's a list of notable could've-been NHLers we [...]
Eeli Tolvanen warms up with Jokerit - 2017-18 This week, we’ll dig into some early returns on some prospects plying their trade in European men’s leagues and the CHL. ** Despite the NHL preseason just getting under way, the Kontinental Hockey League is already in full swing. Most clubs have played 10-13 games and we’re [...]
No more writing about hockey without NHL action! Thus far we’ve seen Vegas start with a bang, blowing out Vancouver 9-4 thanks much to Tyler Wong’s hat trick and franchise-first goal and assists. It had to be a satisfying day for the smallish, undrafted right wing who led last year’s Lethbridge Hurricanes with [...]
Training camps are in full swing, pre-season games have happened and that means I actually have some news to ramble about, so let’s ramble…More Sens news, Ottawa signed Parker Kelly to a ELC contract today. Kelly was undrafted in his first year of eligibility in 2017 and was ranked 166th by HockeyProspect and 192 in [...]
Most of the discussion that happens on this site is directed towards fans playing long-term fantasy hockey - keeper and dynasty leagues that let you draft players that aren't NHL ready yet, and reward you (years down the line) when they are. Knowing what to expect of rookies when they reach their potential is usually [...]
Here’s a fun little anecdote: Back in the 1970’s my uncle was invited to the New York Rangers training camp. He was a speedy, skilled and hard-nosed winger who put up some big point totals. Sounds perfect for the goon-era of hockey, right? Well, he was also 5’7. When he arrived at [...]
The 2017 USHL preseason schedule begins today, and with marquee 2018 draft-eligible names including Andrei Svechnikov, Brady Tkachuk and Quinton Hughes departing for the OHL and NCAA there are a few prospects that appear primed to take a big step and assume some of that upper-echelon USHL status. One of them is new Muskegon [...]
Rookie Tournaments are all done or wrapping up as I write this up tonight, so let’s take a look at some of the noteworthy performances. While many of these games were streamed live I was limited in my ability to see a lot of any of the tournaments but tried to see as much as [...]
DobberProspects Ramblings Tough decisions at the top of the draft, prospect tournaments and some Q&A. […]
