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 [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2021 Calder Candidates – Metropolitan Division
Last week I kicked off yet another mini-series with the goal of revealing a player from every NHL pipeline, who has the potential to contend for the 2021 Calder Trophy. Obviously, we're bound to see several newly drafted prospect put their name in the hat, but at this point, [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Drafted too high, developed improperly or injury-related – 2014
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. My plan for the next couple of ramblings will be to take a look at the past drafts and self-analyzing if the players were: drafted too high, developed improperly or injury-related. This will be for 2014-2019 as players earlier than that are [...]
April Draft Report: Mailbag, Defense and Mr. Safety
The NHL Draft Report is a monthly column that highlights a number of topics in the NHL Draft world at the time. Each month will have the main feature story, a themed ‘Team of the Month’, and a Prospect Spotlight that takes a bit of a deeper look at [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Searching for the Next ‘Elite Pest’
Will Cuylle (#13) and Donovan Sebrango fight each other at the CHL Top Prospects Game (Photo Courtesy of the CHL) With speed and skill becoming the hottest commodities in the modern-day NHL, the 'skilled pest' has become a bit of market inefficiency. Players like Tom Wilson and [...]
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Prospect Ramblings: How valuable is a 100-point 20-year-old?
image courtesy of TipoftheTower *** As the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL seasons move through their respective playoffs, NHL organizations are vying over the best undrafted players who have had strong seasons. Every spring there are [...]
QMJHL Report: First Round of the 2019 Playoffs
Western Conference #1 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (4) def. #8 Shawinigan Cataractes (2) After a successful season which saw the Huskies finish 12 points ahead of the second-place team in the league, a first-round [...]
Prospect Ramblings – NHL Playoff Rookies
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings! You know what I have decided to do a bit of an odd thing for this ramblings, I will discuss prospects/rookies that can play (or stand out) for [...]
Prospects Ramblings: The Shane Wright Factor
Well after an exclusive scouting trip of Europe, Scandinavia and the sub continent I am back with a Ramblings here for DobberProspects. But seriously, I have been keeping up with the podcast which you can [...]
Early 2020 Draft Class Viewing
As April rolls around, so does the draft lottery and a taste of draft season starts to appear. As most hockey fans have a good idea on the 2019 draft class, this is [...]
Prospect Ramblings: (A Late) OHL Playoff Primer
*** Last week, I wrote a relatively quick look at the WHL playoffs, and which fantasy-relevant prospects could become risers or fallers by being post-season heros or flops. This week, I'll be doing the [...]