QMJHL Update: November 2023
**** Welcome to November’s QMJHL Update! It has been a hectic first month of QMJHL action which has seen the balance of power shift significantly in recent weeks. * On the most recent CHL top [...]
AHL Update: November 2023
Since the beginning of the season, a significant shift in guard has occurred in the AHL. Out of the top 10 scorers from the previous season, only one remains in the top 20 this year. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: The Best Skater, Shooter and Two-Way Forward in the 2022 NHL Draft
Welcome to my ramblings, where I’ll be writing down my thoughts on NHL and draft-eligible prospects once a week. I’ll be using the ramblings to keep you posted on the week's events, and let you in on some questions I ask myself often regarding prospects, amateur scouting and player development. [...]
DP Draft Reports: Danila Yurov, Frank Nazar, Jani Nyman, Pano Fimis, Conor Geekie
Welcome to the first edition of DP Draft Reports, a brand new series that will run a couple of times a month here at DobberProspects. The DP Scouting Team has been hard at work, getting back into rinks for live viewings and watching hours of game tape on the 2022 [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Win vs. Develop, Shelter vs. Trust – Prospect Dilemmas & How the Wings Get It Right
Welcome to my ramblings, where I’ll be writing down my thoughts on NHL and draft-eligible prospects once a week. I’ll be using the ramblings to keep you posted on the week's events, and let you in on some questions I ask myself often regarding prospects, amateur scouting and player development. [...]
Way Too Early 2026 Olympic Roster Predictions – Team Canada & Team USA
Since the National Hockey League and its player association agreed to let their players participate in the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics, there has been plenty of speculation about how the world’s best teams will line up in Beijing this winter. There is an abundance of hype surrounding the [...]
NHL Draft: Podium Worthy Draft Classes
SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY - OCTOBER 06: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman prepares for the first round of the 2020 National Hockey League Draft at the NHL Network Studio on October 06, 2020 in Secaucus, New [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Round 1 Winners, Losers, and In-Betweeners
Image courtesy of NHL.com Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. This week I will just do a quick recap of round one with my thoughts on who hit it out of [...]
2020 NHL Draft First Round: Yay or Nay!
Photo courtesy of hockeymagasinet.com The first round of the 2020 NHL Draft started out as expected and then it got a bit wild! There were plenty of names falling, some wild names [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Draft Day Q&A
Image courtesy of NHL.com The day is finally here! The 2020 NHL Draft has been the class that never seems to end but tonight, it finally comes to an end! [...]
Late-Round Gems from Central Europe
28.09.2019; Lausanne; Eishockey National League- Lausanne HC - HC Davos; Benjamin Baumgartner (Davos) (Pascal Muller/freshfocus) Central Europe is far from an NHL amateur scouting hotbed. But it's not that the region isn't [...]
Draft Class Deep Dive: LW Alexis Lafrenière
There are so many questions going into the NHL Draft. One question that was answered pretty emphatically throughout this season was who the best player is today. It's Alexis Lafrenière. There is a conversation to [...]
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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 […]
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