NCAA Update: January
We have just witnessed a unique portion of the NCAA hockey season, somewhat akin to years past, when NHL players would leave their teams to compete in the Winter Olympics for their native countries. Some [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Less-Heralded WJC stars; Writers vs. Scouts; Meh-rkley requests trade
Cover image credit: AHL.com Two less-heralded forwards on Team Canada at this year’s WJC who have caught my eye are Zach Ostapchuk (OTT, 2021 #39) and Nathan Gaucher (ANA, 2022 #22). Neither interested me much [...]
Prospect Ramblings: ELC Deals: Lundell & Tkachyov
Courtesy of LitterBoxCats.com Welcome back to Tuesday's Prospect Ramblings. While a handful of teams are enjoying the second round of their battle towards becoming Stanley Cup Champions, the remaining outliers are making moves to try and build their own contender. While trades are suspended until the end of [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Draft Lotto Results, Lundell and Lindberg
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect Ramblings. Guess what happened last night? If you tuned in at 5pm mountain time and waited 20 minutes you were able to watch the lottery unfold. Unfortunately, it was not as excited as everyone hoped for with no movements from picks 4-16, and [...]
Breaking Down and Interviewing 2021 NHL Draft Prospect Samuel Helenius
Courtesy of NHL.com Team JYP Jyväskylä (Liiga) Birth 2002-11-26, Järvenpää, FIN Position C Shoots L Height 199 cm / 6’6’’ Weight 94 kg / 207 lbs Brief scouting report Samuel Helenius is a defensive-minded two-way center with an occasional offensive contribution. He is very responsible defensively [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Pod Signs, Caufield Moves On & Knight Shines
Welcome back to Tuesday's Prospect Ramblings. While some get the privilege of enjoying cutthroat playoff hockey, the remaining fanbases are forced to look towards much less nail-biting events. In this case, it's the NHL Draft Lottery, which is set to run on Wednesday, June 2nd. This will be our first [...]
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Dobber’s DraftCast S2E8: Atlantic Division Prospects with a chance to make the roster
On this episode: Pat is joined by Ben to discuss prospects in the Atlantic Division who have a chance to make the roster to start, have cups of coffee, or may be up after the trade deadline. This talk is to help fantasy hockey GMs decide on prospects to add, watch or invest in for […]
Dobber’s DraftCast S2E7: Metro Division Prospects with a chance to make the roster
On this episode: Pat is joined by Ben to discuss prospects in the Metro Division who have a chance to make the roster to start, have cups of coffee, or may be up after the trade deadline. This talk is to help fantasy hockey GMs decide on prospects to add, watch or invest in for […]
Dobber’s DraftCast S2E6: Central Division Prospects with a chance to make the roster
On this episode: Pat is joined by Ben to discuss prospects in the Central Division who have a chance to make the roster to start, have cups of coffee, or may be up after the trade deadline. This talk is to help fantasy hockey GMs decide on prospects to add, watch or invest in for […]
Prospect Ramblings: Decade of Drafting (Part 3)
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I have come back to work on the decade of drafting series I have been going over. This week I decided to go through some USA [...]
Draft Class Deep Dive: RHD Jamie Drysdale
Jamie Drysdale of the Erie Otters, the near-consensus top defender in the 2020 NHL Draft. Jamie Drysdale has been the near-consensus top defenseman in the 2020 NHL Draft for much of the [...]
Nevalainen: 2020 Mock Draft
Now that we got some clarity on the draft order, it’s time to do a mock draft. The goal of this mock draft is to be as realistic as possible, so you won’t see [...]
Chicago Steel Producing A Number Of High-End Draft Talent
Photo Courtesy of Clare McManus The Chicago Steel are producing multiple high-end prospects for the 2020 NHL Draft. Chicago was a dominant team this season in the USHL, having a franchise [...]
2020 NHL Draft: Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios Part 2
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on creating a 1st round lottery, mock draft, and playoff simulator for the NHL Rank King app. When the NHL released their ‘phased lottery system’ [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Applying Quantitative Risk Assessment to Drafting
“He’s a skilled player, but it's a risky pick.” You're sure to hear that line on draft day when it finally arrives, but what does that actually mean? Skill, and risk. In some [...]