OHL Update: November
The OHL season is now a third of the way through and the cream is starting to rise to the top in both individual stats and team standings. Let’s take a look at who is [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Buy Low on the 2020 Draft Class—Except Askarov
This is a heads up that there are plenty of great buy low opportunities from the 2020 draft class right now. Except for Tim Stutzle (OTT), Lucas Raymond (DET), and Jake Sanderson (OTT)—picked third through [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Prospect Highlights and Lowlights
Welcome back to the Thursday prospect ramblings and March the fourth be with you (that is the correct lingo right?). this week I am quickly going to discuss prospects that are currently hot or cold in either the NHL or outside of it. I am not going [...]
Redesigning the CHL-NHL Agreement
Photo courtesy of the Chicago Wolves/AHL The NHL-CHL agreement has long been a complaint amongst fans, and even NHL teams to an extent. It is simple at its root. The base of it is that players have to be either 20 years old or have played four [...]
NHL Draft Ramblings: USHL Centers
Photo courtesy of the Sioux Fall Stampede In hockey, having good center depth is very important to an NHL franchise. Lucky for the NHL teams preparing for the upcoming draft, there are quite a few potential top centers coming out of the leagues in the USA region [...]
Game Tape with Tony: C/W William Eklund of Djurgårdens IF
On this episode of Game Tape, Tony is joined by DobberProspects Swedish scout Mikael Holm as they interview top 2021 NHL Draft prospects William Eklund of Djurgårdens IF in the SHL. They discuss his season in the SHL and his rise as a prospect throughout the year. The trio also [...]
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Prospect Ramblings: Comparing 2020 NHL Draft Rankings Published 15 Months Apart
I was recently reminded that I published my first 2020 NHL Draft ranking all the way back in November of 2018 – a whopping 16 months ago! I’ve never published a ranking so [...]
Prospect Ramblings: What do the Minnesota Wild have in Mitchell Chaffee?
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild signed undrafted free agent Mitchell Chaffee to a two-year entry-level contract. Chaffee has spent the last three years playing collegiate hockey with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minutemen. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: What to Expect from Graduating Prospects
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has brought an end to the 2019-20 hockey season across the globe, as we know it. With the abrupt conclusion of nearly every league, several NHL affiliated prospects around the [...]
Prospect Ramblings – Top 11 Mock Draft
Welcome to the Thursday Ramblings. I still have no idea what to write about and I really do not make it easy on myself by following my news twitter instead of my [...]
Exceptions to the Rule: John Tavares and Shane Wright
Photo Courtesy of the CHL 'Exceptional Status' in the CHL has been given out just six times since it first became a reality in 2005. The Western Hockey League has never granted [...]
Exception Status: Connor Bedard Makes History
Photo Courtesy: Dave Watling Photography ** Editor's Note: This piece was released on the evening of March 24th. The above image was not properly sourced or credited at the time and that was completely my [...]