Attacking you with draft stats in this Sunday's Ramblings... I don't have much of a prelude to this Sunday's Ramblings. The 2016 NHL Entry Draft happened on Friday and Saturday and teams re-stocked their prospect cupboards. Here is a look at various prospect numbers that hopefully you find just as interesting as I did, of [...]
World Junior Camp Rosters have been announced for Canada and USA, the NHL Draft is tomorrow! […]
With the NHL awards coming up this week I thought it would be fun to da a Dobber Prospects Awards. I polled a few of our writers to help collaborate the voting and I came up with 12 awards. Following the guidelines of the top 50 rankings from the Dobber Prospect Report prospects must not [...]
Continuing my look at how to value top scorers from different leagues when hoping for NHL success in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Last week I took a look at the top scorers from three Canadian junior leagues over several years to see if any NHL success patterns emerged. I wont spoil the conclusions for you, [...]
Has once-and-current Anaheim head coach Randy Carlyle (left, being welcomed by GM Bob Murray) forsaken his abrasive, demanding style? What kind of impact might he have on the Ducks' outstanding young blueline prospects? The hockey world is in the calm before the storm, which is the annual NHL entry draft June 24 and [...]
RW Nail Yakupov is one of the Oilers rumored to be on the way out of Edmonton. Welcome back to my weekly Prospects Ramblings column! Folks, I don't mean to alarm you. I mean to excite you. Today marks exactly seven days until the 2016 NHL entry draft begins. To those of [...]
The offseason is here, but the ramblings continue... With the Dobber Prospect Report available now. I am going to ramble/defend my Top 10 keeper league prospect list that can be found in the prospect Report, along with the next 40, as well as a group of writer's lists. (Any prospect who hasn't played a single [...]
Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey off season. The Pittsburgh Penguins clinched the Stanley Cup Sunday night in San Jose, officially kicking off the off season in all the keeper leagues. For all of you who have long been waiting for your trade deadlines to lift and to begin researching your draft, todays prospect ramblings is [...]
Taking a look at how point scoring in different Canadian junior leagues translates to NHL scoring in this Sunday's Ramblings... Firstly - lets get some trade news out of the way. Florida traded the contract of Marc Savard along with a 2nd-round-pick to New Jersey in exchange for Paul Thompson and Graham Black. The draft [...]
Blue Jackets' prospect Oliver Bjorkstrand is prospering in the Calder Cup playoffs as an AHL rookie. Considering six Monsters are among the top 10 AHL playoff scoring leaders, it’s no surprise Lake Erie is poised to win the Calder Cup, possibly completing a four-game sweep today (June 11). Including 4-1, 5-3 and [...]
