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 [...]
NHL Draft Pick Probabilities
Whenever an NHL draft is approaching, the excitement level and hype around the players go through the roof. It’s an exciting time for sure but it seems like most people don’t have realistic expectations when it comes to the draft. To help with that, I decided to look at [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2021 Calder Candidates – Central Division
MOSCOW, RUSSIA SEPTEMBER 27, 2018: CSKA Moscow's Kirill Kaprizov (L) and Spartak Moscow's Robin Hanzl in action in their 2018/19 KHL Regular Season ice hockey match at CSKA Arena. Mikhail Japaridze/TASS (Photo by Mikhail JaparidzeTASS ) Welcome back to the fourth and final Prospect Ramblings quarantine mini-series [...]
Analyzing The Top Draft-Eligible NCAA Players
Photo Courtesy of the Wisconsin Badgers The NHL draft is always flooded with talent from multiple different leagues around the world. This year, prospects from the NCAA haven't had much of the spotlight. While the National Collegiate league hasn't produced the biggest name prospects this year, there [...]
Prospect Ramblings – Drafted too high, developed improperly or injury-related 2016
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. It is time to continue my current series of Drafted too high, developed improperly or injury-related for prospects from the past NHL drafts. Here are the past ones I have written so far: 2014: https://dobberprospects.com/prospect-ramblings-drafted-too-high-developed-improperly-or-injury-related-2014/ 2015: https://dobberprospects.com/prospect-ramblings-drafted-too-high-developed-improperly-or-injury-related-2015/ I noticed when looking [...]
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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 […]
Prospect Ramblings: Europeans Crossing the Pond (May 5)
Playoffs are now over in major European leagues like the KHL, SHL and Liiga. We’ve seen many drafted prospects sign their entry level contracts lately. Some free agents have been signed out of Europe [...]
Liiga Report – Wrapping Up the U18s (May 2019)
Usually, I would be writing my monthly column about prospects in the Finnish leagues. This time there is not much to write about as almost every league has already finished with only Liiga finals [...]
Prospect Ramblings – CHL Playoff Recaps
Welcome back to the Thursday ramblings; let us get up to date on the recent playoff action in the CHL leagues! ******************** OHL The finals are set as it will be a matchup [...]
Tournament Review: U18 Worlds – Part 2
The U18 Worlds are now over. Sweden won their first ever gold medal at the under-18 level, and doing it while hosting the tournament must feel extra special. Here’s the second part of my [...]
Prospect PNHLe: Central Division
(Photo Credit to Icing.no) *** Over the course of a long season, a prospect’s point production can swing greatly based on many variables: linemates, usage, time-on-ice, slumps and streaks, only to name a few. However, [...]
Tournament Review: U18 Worlds – Part 1
The U18 Worlds are now over. Sweden won their first ever gold medal at the under-18 level, and doing it while hosting the tournament must feel extra special. Here’s the first part of my [...]