Prospect Ramblings: Could Jesper Wallstedt be the next Henrik Lundqivst?
2021 was a roller coaster of a year for Jesper Wallstedt. It began with him sitting on the bench watching Team Sweden bow out of the 2021 World Juniors in a 3-2 quarterfinal loss to [...]
KHL Update: Gritsyuk catching fire, Kravstov excelling, Khusnutdinov re-signs in Russia
Here are some quick hits on the top NHL prospects currently playing in the KHL: how they’re producing, when their contracts expire, when they might hit the NHL, and which players their career trajectories resemble [...]
Talking with Tony: Dylan Peterson 2020 Draft Interview
Photo by Rena Laverty, courtesy of the U.S. NTDP I had the chance to jump on a Zoom call with Dylan Peterson, a center for the U.S. National Team Development Program. We chatted about his season, his family's role in his development and he tells a funny [...]
Talking with Tony: Drew Commesso 2020 Draft Interview
Photo by Rena Laverty, courtesy of the U.S. NTDP I had the chance to jump on a Zoom call with Drew Commesso, the goaltender from the U.S. National Team Development Program. We chatted about his season, the goaltending position in general and we took a look at [...]
2013 NHL Draft Review: NHL Scouts vs Public Rankings
Today, I decided to look at a topic that’s often discussed: how good exactly are NHL teams at scouting? NHL teams spend a lot of money on scouting. Every team has a large scouting crew on their payroll, and those scouts travel around the world to see prospects in [...]
Analysis: Draft Groupthink
Groupthink is a phenomenon where a group of individuals make irrational choices in the decision-making process, because they conform to overall group results. Spend enough time on Twitter and it will not take you long to spot this mentality, both inside and outside of the hockey world, if [...]
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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 – OHL Playoffs
Why aren’t we talking about the CHL playoffs!!!??? I will begin with the OHL playoffs, and will add to this later this week/weekend/next week I hope! OHL PLAYOFFS Guelph was able [...]
Prospect Ramblings (mystery edition): The lowest rookie count in 15 years
*** Digging into rookies playoff lists so far, something seemed...off. I was admiring a few performances (mainly Heiskanen's TOI numbers), but the list of 20 NHL rookies who have played so far seemed a [...]
Prospect Deep Dive: Matthew Boldy
I’ve been saying it for months. The 3-10 range in this class is an absolute blender. Once Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko have had their moment on the stage, any combination of selections to [...]
USHL Report – April 2019
USHL Report – April 2019 It is always exciting covering prospects from the USHL. Draft evaluations begin to take over this time of year. However, there is always time for the latest from [...]
WHL Report: First Round of the playoffs… and beyond
The WHL playoffs are upon us! --------------------- The time of the year where the best of the best go head to head and out pops the diamonds from the coal. Teams have the ability to focus on [...]
Prospect Ramblings: NCAA Signing Impacts
*** Welcome to the NCAA signings edition of the Prospect Ramblings! Today we look at the impact of some of the impactful players who were drafted and left college for the professional ranks, and [...]