WHL Report: Three of the League’s Best Defensemen — Olen Zellweger, Carson Lambos, & Kaiden Guhle
The WHL has been consistently producing good NHL defensemen, ranging from Ivan Provorov to Shea Theodore. This trend is continuing with the 2022 Draft Class, with Denton Mateychuk, Kevin Korchinski, and Owen Pickering all being [...]
QMJHL May Report
Welcome to May’s edition of Dobber’s QMJHL update! With the playoffs underway as of May 5th, I thought it would be a good idea to get a look at a few players who have [...]
Prospect Deep Dive: Topi Niemelä
Topi Niemelä is a 17-year-old right-handed shot defenseman who plays for Kärpät in the Finnish Liiga, the top men’s level in the country, and he is eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Here are the basic facts of him: Name: Topi Niemelä Team: Kärpät (Liiga) Position: defenseman [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Which Drafted College Players Could be in the NHL Soon?
The NCAA regular season is done and the playoffs are underway. At this point in the year, several college hockey players have made their way to the NHL once their program is officially done. In years past, we have seen several college hockey players jump to the NHL [...]
QMJHL Report – March 2020
One Season Ends, Another Begins The winter freeze is melting down and the action in the QMJHL is heating up as well. With the change of the seasons comes the fast-approaching second season of junior hockey, the playoffs. The standings are beginning to be marked up with Xs [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Calder Power Rankings 010
Welcome back for another edition of the Calder Power Rankings. For a look at any of the previous revisions of the Calder Power Rankings, check out the following links: 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 1. D, Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche (-) | [...]
Rookie Camp Notes from Laval: Toronto vs. Montreal – Game 3
*** September 9th 2018. There were two separate games this afternoon between the Canadiens and the Maple Leafs’ rookies in Laval, Québec. The first one lasted 15 minutes and showed a dominant, confident, skilled and [...]
Rookie Camp Notes From Laval: Toronto and Ottawa – Game 2
September 8th 2018 – It was an interesting rookies showdown between the Sens and Leafs this afternoon in Laval, Québec. The first half of the game was punctuated by middle zone turnovers and tight [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Over-owned fantasy rookies
image courtesy of The Buffalo News *** Last week I took a scroll through the long Fantrax player list of rookies, and hand-picked some under-owned players that weren't being drafted nearly high enough [...]
Rookie Camp Notes From Laval: Montreal and Ottawa
September 7th2018 It was a tough night to say the least for the Montreal Canadiens rookies against the Senators’, but it was also a rather unfair matchup between the two teams who suited much different lineups [...]
Prospect Ramblings – Don’t Overrate Don’t Underrate – Sept 6 2018
Welcome to the new and improved Thursday prospect ramblings, or the same ones as always but now I am back gearing up for the fantasy hockey year! I am going to go over [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Interesting Prospects at the Champions Hockey League
The Champions Hockey League started last week. Even though it’s supposed to be this amazingly interesting league where the top teams from different European leagues play against each other to see which one is [...]
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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 […]
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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 […]