July 32-In-32: Edmonton Oilers
The 2023 draft was expected to be a quiet one for the Edmonton Oilers and those expectations came to reality. The Oilers held just three picks in this year’s draft, one in the second [...]
July 32-in-32: Detroit Red Wings
*** The 32-in-32 Series is an annual event here at DobberProspects! Every day in July we will be bringing you a complete breakdown of a team’s Draft, and insights into their off-season movements thus [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Playoff Update: Rookie Goaltenders, Tippett & Caufield
Welcome back to Tuesday’s Ramblings. Folks, we made it. Despite months of uncertainty, and even stretches during the regular season where there were doubts to continue on, we have made it to the post-season. Unless, of course, you are a Vancouver Canucks (me) or Calgary Flames fan. In that case, [...]
USHL Report: Fargo Force vs. Chicago Steel – Game 1 Analysis
Photo courtesy of Neutral Zone Hockey The final seed in the East versus the top team in the West. David versus Goliath. Your hand versus the Pringles can. We’ve heard this story before: the underdog with faith on their side, against the monolith who seems undefeatable. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: AHL Rookie Standouts
This has been a weird year for the AHL but for fans of prospects and player development, it has been a treat. Typically. a rookie AHL standout is a specific type of player, they need to be good enough to be a point per game in a professional men’s league [...]
The U18 World Championships Were A Young Man’s Game
Despite the tournament being the first look scouts have gotten at some of the 2021 NHL Draft eligibles, discussion surrounding the 2021 IIHF World Championship was dominated by players not eligible until next year - and in the case of Matvei Michkov and Connor Bedard, not eligible for two years. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Raw Observations from a QMJHL Season Cut Short
Why are you here? That's not an existential question, I just mean, what brought you to DobberProspects today? If you're anything like me, it's probably the draft rankings. The thing that brought me [...]
March NHL Draft Report: Where We Go From Here
The Montreal 2020 Draft Logo March 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 [...]
Prospect Rambings – Answering Last Weeks Questions
Photo courtesy of https://isport.blesk.cz/ Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I answer questions asked to me last week. The last time I attempted this I had zero responses and like [...]
Robinson: 2020 NHL Draft Rankings – April 2020
Image Courtesy: @S7Dsn Amateur scouting departments were thrown a curveball the minute the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No CHL playoffs, Memorial Cup, or U18 World Championships. Massive opportunities for young [...]
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. [...]
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