Prospect Ramblings: WJC Prospect Flipping
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings. One key to consistently winning your keeper leagues is to pick up the hot prospect and trade them for an upgrade to finish your season. What better way [...]
WHL Update: January 2023
Just passing the halfway mark of the season, we are now starting to see some separation in team standings and player statistics. Before we dive into all things WHL, lets first touch on a few [...]
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 [...]
Prospect Ramblings: The Rest of the Calder Field
Welcome back to the Thursday Prospect Ramblings. This week I just would like to discuss some of the remaining field of Calder eligible players for this season. It is an easy money bet that one of Kirill Kaprizov and Jason Robertson will win the award, but what can [...]
What if there was a Under 23 World Cup of Hockey?
Photo courtesy of Mayors Manor We are in the midst of the Under 18 World Championships, which incorporates the best players in the world not owned by NHL clubs. Well not everyone but mostly everyone, Owen Power, Matt Beniers, Kent Johnson and William Eklund should have their name [...]
World Under-18 Ramblings: Michkov Magic, Lysell’s Engine and U.S. Drama
Photo courtesy of the IIHF The 2021 World Under-18 Championships are four days in now with four games on the schedule again after a light two-game day on day three. Canada and Finland, the top team in each group after two games, had the night off with others [...]
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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 […]
Best and Worst Teams at Finding NHL Players from the Draft
This is the third and final article about the topic of finding NHL players from NHL Drafts. I have been going through a span of 10 years – from the year 2000 to 2009 [...]
Prospect Ramblings: What Your 2020 First Round Pick Says About You
If you’re a millennial like me, or a Gen-Z like many other readers, you’re likely familiar with TikTok and the various trends that the video-based social media platform is famous for. If not, [...]
Roll of the Dice: 2020 Mock Draft – Chaos Edition
Every June, the hockey community becomes saturated with mock drafts. Everyone and their dog takes a swing at predicting how the entry draft will shake out. Every year, they’re wrong. So this year, while [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Decade of Drafting Preview
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings, thanks to my last month series on players drafted too high, developed improperly, or injured (see here for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017-2019) it gave me a new idea [...]
We Have A Draft Lottery (Or Two)!
Photo courtesy of NHL.com The wait is over. We finally know what is going on. Kind of. The NHL and Commissioner Gary Bettman released a video out of Gary Bettman's man [...]
Prospect Ramblings: The NHL Draft and Looking back at Last Years Top-50 Prospects
Photo courtesy of the Canadian Hockey League With the recent news of the NHL and NHLPA agreeing upon a return-to-play format, it comes with the hope that certain timelines will follow [...]