December 31-in-31: Vancouver Canucks
Welcome to the December 2020 edition of the DobberProspects 31-in-31 Series. This month, we are diving into the depth of each organization, looking at their recent graduates, risers, fallers and top-20 prospects. ** As [...]
December 31-in-31: Toronto Maple Leafs
The 31-in-31 Offseason Series is an annual event here at DobberProspects! Every day in December we will be bringing you a complete breakdown of a team’s prospect depth chart, riser & fallers, and top prospect [...]
Prospect Ramblings: First Update from the U18 Worlds (Apr 20)
Day three of the U18 Worlds is about to start here in Sweden. I arrived to Umeå on Thursday to watch Czech Republic vs Belarus and Canada vs Finland games. After that, I traveled to Örnsköldsvik on Friday to watch Slovakia vs USA and Sweden vs Latvia. And so [...]
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 to win game seven versus the London Knights by scoring five unanswered goals to win [...]
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 little too short, so I've looked back over the last decade to compare: 2008-09: [...]
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 follow are reasonable and plausible. Most years, selecting the best player available is an intelligent [...]
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August 31-in-31: Arizona Coyotes
The Coyotes have been seeing the impact of being, how can I say this; terrible would be the word, and building through the draft. The last few seasons saw an influx of rookies joining and [...]
August 31-in-31: Anaheim Ducks
Some owners are writing off Corey Perry after the worst season of his career, but at a recent season ticket holder event Bob Murray told his audience that he suffered a MCL sprain during the [...]
July 31-in-31: Winnipeg Jets
NHL Entry Draft The Jets used all eight of their picks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and the clear focus was stocking the prospects cupboard full of defensemen. The team selected just [...]
Washington Capitals July 31-in-31
WASHINGTON CAPITALS JULY 31-in-31 2017 The Capitals had a light draft, with only four picks, and concentrated those picks in prospect areas they are already deep on. Three of the four Capitals picks were defensemen [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Summer Showcase – Team USA
It may be summer outside, but its always hockey season in our hearts. There is ALWAYS hockey to be watching and this week we're lucky to have the World Junior Summer Showcase - the [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 20somethings trying to find their way
Blueliner Mirco Mueller, now with the New Jersey Devils, fits this week's profile of a former high draft pick whose NHL career could go either way, although he's still got time at 22. Under [...]