DP Draft Reports: Danila Yurov, Frank Nazar, Jani Nyman, Pano Fimis, Conor Geekie
Welcome to the first edition of DP Draft Reports, a brand new series that will run a couple of times a month here at DobberProspects. The DP Scouting Team has been hard at work, getting [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Win vs. Develop, Shelter vs. Trust – Prospect Dilemmas & How the Wings Get It Right
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, and let you [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Comparing 2020 NHL Draft Rankings Published 15 Months Apart
I was recently reminded that I published my first 2020 NHL Draft ranking all the way back in November of 2018 – a whopping 16 months ago! I’ve never published a ranking so early, so I figured it would be fun to see how it’s holding up. To [...]
Prospect Ramblings: What do the Minnesota Wild have in Mitchell Chaffee?
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild signed undrafted free agent Mitchell Chaffee to a two-year entry-level contract. Chaffee has spent the last three years playing collegiate hockey with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minutemen. This past season, Chaffee was a co-captain for the Minutemen and appeared in 30 regular-season [...]
Prospect Ramblings: What to Expect from Graduating Prospects
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has brought an end to the 2019-20 hockey season across the globe, as we know it. With the abrupt conclusion of nearly every league, several NHL affiliated prospects around the world will have played the final game their respective amateur, collegiate or European squad. This [...]
Prospect Ramblings – Top 11 Mock Draft
Welcome to the Thursday Ramblings. I still have no idea what to write about and I really do not make it easy on myself by following my news twitter instead of my hockey one. Also listen, for next week I want to answer questions so can you [...]
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DPR Episode 48: Fantasy Hockey Strategy, NCAA Free Agents and AHL All-Star Game Prospects
Episode 48, the mid-season episode talks about Fantasy Hockey strategy, is your team a contender, or is it time to rebuild? Is tanking in fantasy hockey ethically acceptable? Who are this years top NCAA hockey [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Projecting Team Finland for the U18 Worlds
The WJC is still fresh in our minds but now it’s time to start focusing on the other world tournament which is actually even more interesting for people who scout draft-eligible players: the 2019 [...]
AHL Report – All-Star Edition (January 2019)
*** Another trip around the sun and we find ourselves looking ahead to the fast approaching NHL and AHL all-star games. While the NHL All Star classic has became a slight bit of a [...]
USHL Report – January 2018
USHL Report – January, 2018 It is great to be back covering even more prospects from the USHL. The Top Prospects Game was as fun as advertised. There was also a memorable [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Streaking Draft-Eligible Players
Quick Hits Around the CHL for 2019 Draft Hopefuls (Rankings as of the last update – December 2018) WHL Bowen Byram (7th overall) is on a nice little streak. He has [...]
Prospect Ramblings – CHL Trades Galore
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings again. First an update on my World Junior pool from two weeks ago: Name Points Pat Quinn 26 Jordo 19 Darcy 16 Teepu 15 Adogg 15 [...]