Prospect Ramblings: Vilardi shining, Beck set to dominate OHL, Hellberg in for Sens
Gabe Vilardi (11th OA, 2017) is a former Golden Boy for the Kings who has flashed potential but also struggled repeatedly with injuries. His resume includes a D+1 OHL season where he scored almost two [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Who should play with Victor Hedman?
A golden opportunity awaits one of the defensemen for the Tampa Bay Lightning, two of which are prospects. Jan Rutta has left the Tampa Bay organization, which leaves a substantial hole beside the one and [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Draft Lottery Phase II, Harley, Robertson & Thought-Provoking Questions
This week the NHL announced that Phase 2 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery will be held on Monday August 6th. So far, the New York Rangers are the sole team to be eliminated from the playoff Qualifying round, but they will soon be joined by seven others, each [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Decade of Drafting (RUS/CZE/SVK/NOR/DEN/BEL/SUI)
Welcome back to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I can now continue my decade of drafting series. I was originally just going to look at players drafted out of the Russian leagues but there was only 90 in total from 2008-2018, so I added in the Czech Republic, [...]
Dobber’s DraftCast Episode 3: Summer Camps and 2021 Draft Kick Off
In Episode 3 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen talk about the recent U20 games between the Czechs and Slovaks and the U18 training camp games in Finland. They kick off the 2021 NHL Draft coverage by talking about their top choices for first overall from their region, and [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Handicapping Prospect Goalies Playoff Success Chances
With the NHL's Phase IV of the Return to Play agenda underway, and now being only a day away from critical hockey games, there is one category of decisions that still seems to be uncertain for several teams in the league - goaltending. Under the constraints of the bubble hub city format, [...]
Prospect Ramblings: NHL Playoffs by the numbers
image courtesy of NHL.com *** There's so much going on in NHL, AHL, and CHL Playoffs, that its an overwhelming wave of hockey (this isn't a complaint by any means, just an [...]
AHL Report – Reigning Calder Cup Champs in Peak Form (May 2019)
Since we last checked in on the AHL back in April, the league has wrapped up nearly half of their playoff tournament. We’ve missed a lot in the last month and it’s time to [...]
USHL Report – May 2019
USHL Report – May 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 [...]
Prospect Ramblings – More CHL playoff action
Welcome back to the Thursday ramblings, where we should keep going over the OHL playoffs. People in the fantasy prospect scouting world need to know who is lighting it up come playoff time. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Fantasy Hockey Drafting in a Dynasty Keeper League.
Today I would like to share with you my thought process on fantasy hockey off-season drafting in a dynasty keeper league. So your fantasy hockey season is over. Perhaps it ended a long time ago, [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Offer sheet compensation 2019-20
image courtesy of TSN *** The NHL has released its compensation numbers for the 2019-20 season. For all we hear about the potential of offer sheets stealing away top young talents like [...]






