Prospect Ramblings: Reviewing the NHL’s Preliminary Calder Votes
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, or let you [...]
DraftCast: Owen Power is Canada’s Next Great Defenseman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaDPfgeHGf0&ab_channel=Dobber%27sDraftCast Host Kyle Watson talks to Chicago Steel Head Coach, Brock Sheahan, about his time coaching 2021 first-overall pick, Owen Power. Sheahan also discusses Owen's incredible international career for a 19-year-old: he has already [...]
Roll of the Dice: 2020 Mock Draft – Chaos Edition
Every June, the hockey community becomes saturated with mock drafts. Everyone and their dog takes a swing at predicting how the entry draft will shake out. Every year, they’re wrong. So this year, while we have extra time waiting for the draft to occur, our Western League Scout, Joel [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Decade of Drafting Preview
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings, thanks to my last month series on players drafted too high, developed improperly, or injured (see here for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017-2019) it gave me a new idea on a series. I want to look at the decades of drafting from the North [...]
We Have A Draft Lottery (Or Two)!
Photo courtesy of NHL.com The wait is over. We finally know what is going on. Kind of. The NHL and Commissioner Gary Bettman released a video out of Gary Bettman's man cave to fill the hockey world in on what the plan is for the return [...]
Prospect Ramblings: The NHL Draft and Looking back at Last Years Top-50 Prospects
Photo courtesy of the Canadian Hockey League With the recent news of the NHL and NHLPA agreeing upon a return-to-play format, it comes with the hope that certain timelines will follow in the near future. That means an increase in the amount of pre-draft hype that [...]
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Dobber’s DraftCast S2E8: Atlantic Division Prospects with a chance to make the roster
On this episode: Pat is joined by Ben to discuss prospects in the Atlantic 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 […]
Dobber’s DraftCast S2E7: Metro Division Prospects with a chance to make the roster
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 […]
Dobber’s DraftCast S2E6: Central Division Prospects with a chance to make the roster
On this episode: Pat is joined by Ben to discuss prospects in the Central 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 […]
Nevalainen: Top 25 Finns for the 2019 NHL Draft
Since I live in Finland and follow the Finnish prospects more closely than any others, I decided to publish my top 25 ranking of Finnish prospects for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. If [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Cap crunches on the horizon
image courtesy of NHL.com *** It's probably foolish to start worrying about cap space so early in the summer, but before you know it dynasty leagues will start their renewals and you'll [...]
Prospect Mailbag – May Edition
Prospect Mailbag – May 25th, 2019 There are a few less questions than usual for the holiday edition of the mailbag. However, here comes the fire anyway. Question: “What are your thoughts [...]
Ramblings: News and Notes From The Memorial Cup, and An Infusion of Talent Heading to NYC
Noah Dobson Accepting the QMJHL Playoff MVP Award (Sportsnet) Last week, I decided to give some (mostly) unedited notes from my pre-podcast preparation. It was met with positive feedback and as such, I thought [...]
2019 NHL Mock Draft by Jokke Nevalainen
Mock drafts are always fun, so I figured I’d do one. I decided to limit this to the first round for now, and obviously the order of the final two picks is yet to [...]
KHL Update – Playoff and Season Wrap Up
Playoff outcome and an end of season wrap up CSKA won the championship over Avangard 4-0 in the final, as the only team to really give CSKA problems was the seven game [...]