Prospect Ramblings: WJC Pool
Welcome to my return to prospect ramblings. This one will be a quick one as I only have a quick annual topic to cover. That being my annual World Junior Championship pool. What [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Michigan drama; Quapp, Svozil, Bichsel, and more
Photo credit: NHL.com I’ll start today’s Ramblings with a few observations about the World Juniors, then shift over to highlighting a few players elsewhere. I have a soft spot for Team Germany after previewing their [...]
USHL Report: Fargo Force vs. Chicago Steel – Game 1 Analysis
Photo courtesy of Neutral Zone Hockey The final seed in the East versus the top team in the West. David versus Goliath. Your hand versus the Pringles can. We’ve heard this story before: the underdog with faith on their side, against the monolith who seems undefeatable. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: AHL Rookie Standouts
This has been a weird year for the AHL but for fans of prospects and player development, it has been a treat. Typically. a rookie AHL standout is a specific type of player, they need to be good enough to be a point per game in a professional men’s league [...]
The U18 World Championships Were A Young Man’s Game
Despite the tournament being the first look scouts have gotten at some of the 2021 NHL Draft eligibles, discussion surrounding the 2021 IIHF World Championship was dominated by players not eligible until next year - and in the case of Matvei Michkov and Connor Bedard, not eligible for two years. [...]
QMJHL Report: May 2021
The regular season has now officially come to a close and the President’s Cup Playoffs are now in full swing. With the qualifying playoff round completed the matchups are set for the quarter-finals. While there haven’t been too many upsets thus far there was one big one that [...]
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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 […]
2020-21 DobberProspects Organizational Rankings: 8-4
What NHL franchise has the best prospects? That can be a difficult and subjective question to answer. To give it our best shot, the senior staff at DobberProspects has collaborated to give our personal rankings [...]
Prospect Ramblings: AHL Awards & All Stars
I have to admit, in the midst of the hockey void we've been living in over the past several months, it's been easy for me to develop tunnel vision on particular aspects of the [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Decade of Drafting (BCHL and AJHL)
Welcome to the Thursday Ramblings where I begin a series, I discussed two weeks ago and had the idea for a while ago. Let me get to a quick story of how I [...]
The U.S. NTDP’s Best Team Ever, A Year Later
The 2018-19 U.S. National Team Development Program squad lined up for the anthem at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, MI. The 2001-born U.S. National Team Development Program team that commanded so much [...]
2020-21 DobberProspects Organizational Rankings: 13-9
What NHL franchise has the best prospects? That can be a difficult and subjective question to answer. To give it our best shot, the senior staff at DobberProspects has collaborated to give our personal rankings [...]
Prospect Ramblings: QMJHL Transaction Window and Prospect Signings
It's been 85 days since the NHL paused the 2019-20 season. That's more than 12 weeks without hockey, but it feels like 12 years. My last half-d0zen ramblings have been honed in on the [...]