DP Scouting Team’s Spring Rankings for the 2023 NHL Draft
The 2023 NHL Draft class has been a joy to scout. While it remains early to label it as the best class since 2005 - 2015 also has a strong claim there - it [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2023 ‘NHL Ready’ Eligibles
Prospect Ramblings: 2023 ‘NHL Ready’ Eligibles I’m still under the belief that no player from the 2022 draft was NHL ready come September. There were obvious growing pains for Juraj Slafkovsky, Shane Wright spent [...]
Finland’s U18 Camp and Scrimmages Review
Photo courtesy of http://www.leijonat.fi/ By Eetu Siltanen The best U18 players of Finland (excluded Liiga players) gathered to play two intrasquad games in Vierumäki at the start of February and it was really interesting. Both of the games needed overtime and the first one even went [...]
Prospect Ramblings: The AHL Prospect Frenzy
Welcome back to Tuesday's Ramblings. It would be a crime not to begin this week by sending out a farewell, along with a few additional congratulations. If you missed the news, Cam Robinson, our former Managing Editor and highly touted Vancouver Canucks scout has officially moved on from his role(s). [...]
QMJHL Report: February 2021
The QMJHL has now returned to action after its mid-season pause and moved forward with its Protected Environment Plan. The Quebec-based teams resumed their season on January 22nd using their host city format highlighted in last month’s article. Heading into the Protected Environment Event the League announced that through [...]
Scouting Point of View: NHL Draft Top-15 Roundtable
Graphic Courtesy of Andrew Armstrong The 2021 NHL Draft is unlike any that we've seen recently. For a number of reasons, this year's class is unique. From the difficulty of dealing with a global pandemic to the stop-and-starts in their playing schedule, if they've started playing at [...]
Prospect Ramblings: If you had listened to the 2019 FPR…
*** Back in June, Dobber released the 13th annual Fantasy Prospect Report. It is the best source of fantasy insight on prospects in the business. Now that we're well into the pro and [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Bigger Opportunities in Finland because of the WJC (Dec 15)
Nikkanen is one of the players getting a bigger opportunity in the Finnish Liiga because of the World Juniors. Most of the players on Finland’s current WJC camp roster are full-time Liiga [...]
DPR Episode 73: Fantasy Ranking the NHL Draft, Three Prospects to Watch
Peter is back with three more prospects you need to look for in your fantasy league Carter Savoie, LW - Sherwood Park Crusaders (2020 Draft) Tyce Thompson, C - Providence College NCAA (New Jersey Devils) [...]
Introducing the WJC All-Snubbed Team
Noel Gunler is the forgotten draft-eligible Swede It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The ponds are frozen. The outdoor games are rolling and the toes of countless kids are numb. [...]
2020 WJC Preview: Team Finland
Earlier today, Team Finland released their roster for their final training camp before the World Juniors. That roster includes 14 forwards, eight defensemen, and three goalies. The final roster can have 20 skaters and [...]
AHL Report for December
Nashville’s 2015 2 nd rounder Yakov Trenin scores his first-NHL goal in his second call-up game for the Predators (Photo courtesy of nhl.com) Highlights & Updates from November's AHL Report Joey Keane, D [...]
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