Prospect Ramblings: Highlighting Rookies from the Atlantic Division
There have been plenty of impactful rookies around the league this season. Each division is spoiled with young talent, and in this week’s Prospect Ramblings, I wanted to highlight the Atlantic Division rookie class. Only [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Buying Low on Drysdale; K’Andre Miller’s Upside
Photo credit: Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If you can afford to wait, now is an excellent time to send an offer on Jamie Drysdale (ANA) in keepers and dynasties. He [...]
USHL Report: Chaz Lucius
The U.S. National Team Development Program (USNTDP) has been in charge of developing the nation’s top talents since 1996, and it seems like their crops get better every year. From current NHL stars Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Patrick Kane, Matthew Tkachuk, and many more. To up-and-coming youngsters like Trevor Zegras, [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Potential Prospects That Could Be on the Move Ahead of the Trade Deadline (Part 2)
With the deadline just days away dominoes will soon begin to fall and more and more trades should begin to filter through. In Part 1 of “Potential Prospects That Could Be on the Move as the Trade Deadline Approaches” we touched on some of the top teams in [...]
QMJHL Report: April 2021
We are on the brink of the QMJHL finishing up their regular season and beginning their playoffs. While the league highlighted the rules and regulation changes to standings and playoff formats earlier in the season, it is evident that teams will have to be seeded by points percentage [...]
USHL Report: Reviewing the Biosteel All-American Game’s Standouts
The 2021 Biosteel All-American Game is a yearly event in which the top USHL prospects face each other in front of a crowd of scouts, looking intently for talent to pick up in the upcoming 2021 NHL Draft. This year’s face-off was between a team of USHL all-stars [...]
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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 […]
Talking with Tony: Dylan Peterson 2020 Draft Interview
Photo by Rena Laverty, courtesy of the U.S. NTDP I had the chance to jump on a Zoom call with Dylan Peterson, a center for the U.S. National Team Development Program. We [...]
Talking with Tony: Drew Commesso 2020 Draft Interview
Photo by Rena Laverty, courtesy of the U.S. NTDP I had the chance to jump on a Zoom call with Drew Commesso, the goaltender from the U.S. National Team Development Program. We [...]
2013 NHL Draft Review: NHL Scouts vs Public Rankings
Today, I decided to look at a topic that’s often discussed: how good exactly are NHL teams at scouting? NHL teams spend a lot of money on scouting. Every team has a large scouting [...]
Analysis: Draft Groupthink
Groupthink is a phenomenon where a group of individuals make irrational choices in the decision-making process, because they conform to overall group results. Spend enough time on Twitter and it will not take [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2021 Calder Candidates – Metropolitan Division
Last week I kicked off yet another mini-series with the goal of revealing a player from every NHL pipeline, who has the potential to contend for the 2021 Calder Trophy. Obviously, we're bound to [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Drafted too high, developed improperly or injury-related – 2014
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. My plan for the next couple of ramblings will be to take a look at the past drafts and self-analyzing if the players were: drafted too high, [...]