2023 World Junior Preview: Germany
Photo Credit: Jason Franson, Sportsnet The World Juniors are the most wonderful time of year. The Holiday tradition of the best junior tournament in the word has a special kind of magic. Each year the [...]
The Century Mark: Podkolzin, Liljegren, Jarvis
Image credit: Mike Ehrmann, CanesCountry.com Every month, Alex Wyatt digs into some players who have reached the 100 NHL games played threshold, as this is the mark, or near it, that many leagues use as [...]
Prospect Ramblings: New Homes and Terrific Debuts
Welcome back to Tuesday's Ramblings. We are fresh off of yet another trade deadline, and to be honest, it was much more entertaining than expected. Given the unique circumstances this season, it was tough to gauge how active managers would be. As it turned out, the market flourished. For a [...]
Prospects Rambling: NHL Trade Deadline and NCAA Graduates
Today was the NHL trade deadline, which usually marks the trade deadline in fantasy hockey leagues as well. Going hand-in-hand with the trade deadline is the roster freeze period as we head into the playoffs and the winding down of the season. For those of you who are buyers and [...]
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 [...]
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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 […]
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, [...]
April Draft Report: Mailbag, Defense and Mr. Safety
The NHL Draft Report is a monthly column that highlights a number of topics in the NHL Draft world at the time. Each month will have the main feature story, a themed ‘Team of [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Searching for the Next ‘Elite Pest’
Will Cuylle (#13) and Donovan Sebrango fight each other at the CHL Top Prospects Game (Photo Courtesy of the CHL) With speed and skill becoming the hottest commodities in the modern-day NHL, [...]