***** Welcome to the Friday ramblings at night. As fantasy playoffs and seasons start to wind down there are always a few call ups that can put up a nice point streak to end the season. Your pool mates may not be as prospect in tune as you, so make sure to take advantage [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2023 Eligible Goalies, a Two-Way Race at the Top I'm no goalie scout. It's the thing that confuses me the most in this sport, as when looking at some of the most highly hyped netminders of the past, I can't figure out what went wrong with their development. It feels like [...]
************* March is upon us, and that means that the road to the Frozen Four is officially started, with Conference tournaments underway, each wrapping up on March 18th. This year’s Frozen Four will take place in Tampa Bay on April sixth and eighth. Before diving into some of the players leading the charge in [...]
QMJHL Playoff Bound Draft Eligible Players Welcome to the March update for the QMJHL with Dobber Prospects! The playoff race is in full swing and with the standings broken up into different tiers as you go down the list, the star power of the contending teams will take centre stage as teams battle for [...]
Image Credit: Predlines.com Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and track the development of junior players across the hockey world. Klingberg Acquisition Hurts Addison As Ian Gooding indicated in the Dobber Fantasy Take over at the main site, John Klingberg joining the Wild was likely to [...]
Playoff push Last month’s trade news feels like a long time ago as since then there have been a good chunk of teams that have clinched a playoff position and others still vying for a spot in the playoffs. As I write this seven teams in the Western Conference – Seattle Thunderbirds, Kamloops Blazers, Portland [...]
The 2023 trade deadline has come and gone, but not before a slew of deals were made across the NHL. Teams outside the playoff mix added draft picks and prospects, while some engaged as “salary brokers,” collecting a draft pick or two in order to help facilitate trades and allowing acquiring teams to fit their [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Generational Shots I’ve only been in the scouting ‘game’ for about 10 months. Because of that, I’ve only really seen two crops of draft-eligibles (while beefing up my knowledge of the 2020 and 2021 classes), but I can assuredly say that this 2023 class has some of the best shooters I’ve [...]
With the OHL regular season winding down in the final month of the regular season, we are now in the prime season for NHL teams to recruit CHL free agents. This month the OHL Update will look at potential candidates to sign as free agents. These players are low risk, with limited upside from a [...]
Cover Credit: LAKingsInsider.com Every month, Alex Wyatt digs into some players who have reached the 100 NHL-games-played threshold, as this is the mark, or near it, that many leagues use as their threshold for players casting off their minors eligibility. Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) Arthur Kaliyev, 21, is one of many exciting young prospects in the [...]
