Ivan Hlinka Memorial wrap-up, introducing our DobberProspect Fantasy Hockey League and dynasty rookie draft strategy… The Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (U-18) has wrapped up. The host country, Czech Republic, have won Gold for the first time, United States finished second and Russia won the bronze medal match over Sweden. The Czech Republic defeated the [...]
The Western Conference has its share of young talent. Not quite as much as the East, which boasts some teams in some state of a Shana-plan style rebuild but the prospects ready to make the jump to the NHL are numerous. Adding to this some teams are simply forced to add a kid to the [...]
Happy Monday folks! I’d like to start off by saying that this is a big milestone for me personally. I’ve been an avid fantasy hockey player, sports fan and Dobber ramblings reader for several years now and I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be bringing you my very first rambling. So let’s [...]
Reviewing our scouts' rising prospect picks from each team in our 30-in-30 series in this Sunday Ramblings... *** If you've been following our August 30-in-30 series so far (click here for a full list of articles), you'll have noticed that most scouts included a list of rising prospects in their respective organizations. Given that we [...]
Matt Murray is the hottest young goaltending prospect in the NHL. Successfully defending a Stanley Cup championship is harder than it’s ever been since the NHL instituted a salary cap. The Pittsburgh Penguins, however, are positioned to do just that. At this point, it looks like every player who hoisted the venerable mug only [...]
The round-robin of the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (U18) have wrapped up. The semi-finals will be played on Friday. Below is a quick round up of the group standings, the overall medal leaders in the history of the U18 tournament, the top-5 goalies and the top-10 skaters in the entire tournament. BRECLAV GROUP [...]
How many budget entry-level contracts does a team need on their NHL roster to be afford to be competitve? I take a look in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** Its no secret that many teams hancuff themselves when it comes to the salary cap. You can't be competitive without top talent (which doesn't come cheap), so [...]
Calgary prospect Tyler Parsons stymied Team Canada in a 5-1 U.S. victory to conclude the World Junior Summer Showcase. Finland’s junior hockey players continued their hot streak by winning the World Junior Summer Showcase, while Team Canada is trying to deduce what went wrong. Finland finished atop the exhibition tournament in spite of losing [...]
Zach Fucale's star has dimmed considerably since Montreal drafted him 36th overall three years ago, although he's still young enough to have a shot at realizing his potential. Welcome back to my weekly prospects ramblings column! This week, I take a look at three young goaltending prospects who will be under scrutiny over [...]
The World Junior Tournament is about half a year away, but teams are starting to look at their prospects to build a roster. This weeks ramblings comes from Plymouth Michigan where our scout Zachary Devine is giving us a first hand look at what the USA team Blue and White rosters are looking like as [...]
