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 the bulk of the season in the OHL, and Simon Nemec and David Jiricek were mostly AHLers. The story is [...]
Welcome to April’s edition of Dobber’s QMJHL update! With one round in the books, junior hockey fans were treated to a little bit of everything in the first taste of playoff hockey. From a few upsets to emerging rivalries, and of course, plenty of hostilities to go around as the temperature gets ratcheted up [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Hedging My Bets in 2023 The 2022 draft already seems to be a minor success from the standpoint of my personal rankings. I messed up royally on guys like Jimmy Snuggerud, but hit on David Jiricek, Noah Ostlund, and most importantly Lane Hutson. The 2023 draft will be a real test, however. [...]
The first round of the WHL playoffs has now finished: the top-four teams in both conferences have moved on to the next round. To many, the most disappointing outcome of Round One was the Regina Pats, who put up the best fight against the Saskatoon Blades, because that means that Connor Bedard's run at the Memorial [...]
Every month, Alex Wyatt digs into some players who have reached the 100 NHL-games-played threshold, as this is the mark that many leagues use as a threshold for players casting off their minors eligibility. Philip Tomasino (NAS) Philip Tomasino had a strong rookie season with the Nashville Predators in 2021-2022, posting 12 goals and 24 [...]
Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I will provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and generally track the development of junior players across the hockey world. For the last few years, I have privately assembled my own draft rankings. They are an amalgamation of a ton of footage, scouting reports, data tracking projects, [...]
Prospect Ramblings - The Next Generation of the Bleu Blanc Rouge It's no secret that I'm a big Habs fan. While I'm relatively new to the hockey world, only really becoming a fan when I was 16 watching the Canadiens go to the cup final, growing up in Montreal, it's hard not to have [...]
Cover image: https://oakvillenews.org/ This year’s 2023 NHL Draft is absolutely loaded with diverse talent. At the very top is Connor Bedard, who has established himself as a franchise talent and is on another planet compared to the rest of the field. Bedard led the CHL in scoring this year with 143 points in only 57 [...]
For those who aren’t familiar with pNHLe, it is a tool that attempts to estimate the peak production of a prospect in the NHL. This is based on many years of data and statistical similarities. It isn’t perfect, but it generally does a good job of identifying those who stand out both in a positive [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Self-Proclaimed President of the Lane Hutson Fan Club I love Lane Hutson. This is no secret to anybody who knows me personally, or to anybody who knows me online, or to anybody who’s been in my presence any time in the past year. While all of my prospect ramblings thus far have [...]
