August 32-in-32: Pittsburgh Penguins
****** Welcome to the August 2023 edition of the DobberProspects 32-in-32 Series. This month, we are diving into the depth of each organization, looking at their recent graduates, risers, fallers, and top-20 prospects. ****** [...]
August 32-in-32: Philadelphia Flyers
*** Welcome to the August 2023 edition of the DobberProspects 32-in-32 Series. This month, we are diving into the depth of each organization, looking at their recent graduates, risers, fallers, and top-20 prospects. *** While [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Selling High on Levi; Clarke’s Historic Season; Hutson Snubbed
Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and generally track the development of junior players across the hockey world. — Congratulations to Adam Fantilli for winning the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player in 2022-23! The other two finalists were [...]
DP Scouting Team’s Spring Rankings for the 2023 NHL Draft
The 2023 NHL Draft class has been a joy to scout. While it remains early to label it as the best class since 2005 - 2015 also has a strong claim there - it is certainly stronger than the past two classes by a fair amount. That is not [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2023 ‘NHL Ready’ Eligibles
Prospect Ramblings: 2023 ‘NHL Ready’ Eligibles I’m still under the belief that no player from the 2022 draft was NHL ready come September. There were obvious growing pains for Juraj Slafkovsky, Shane Wright spent the bulk of the season in the OHL, and Simon Nemec and David Jiricek were [...]
QMJHL: April Update
Welcome to April’s edition of Dobber’s QMJHL update! With one round in the books, junior hockey fans were treated to a little bit of everything in the first taste of playoff hockey. From a few upsets to emerging rivalries, and of course, plenty of hostilities to go around as [...]
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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 […]
Dobber’s DraftCast S2E6: Central Division Prospects with a chance to make the roster
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 […]
Prospect Ramblings: Looking at the OHL’s top 2022 undrafted players
The 2022 NHL Draft was an interesting one in regard to the OHL. Due to the pandemic, the OHL skipped the entire 2020-21 season, which meant the players that would be eligible for the 2022 [...]
Prospect Rambling: Rizzo and Mazur shining for UDenver; Voit, Stankoven, Bolduc leading CHL
How deep is the 2023 draft class? Six out of the top 20 prospects ranked by PNHLe will be drafted this June. That list includes all prospects playing outside the NHL right now, and six [...]
WHL Report: Andrew Cristall – The Undersized WHL Forward Passing Under the Radar
When discussing undersized WHL draft-eligible forwards with an abundance of skill, Connor Bedard is the first name to come to mind, and Zach Benson’s the second. Andrew Cristall, however, should be the third, and he [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Top 20 Prospects by PNHLe
If you don’t have it yet, check out Mason Black’s awesome RankKing app here. It generates a list of all NHL prospects ranked by PNHLe, “a value that projects a prospect's point potential at the [...]
OHL Update: November
Welcome to my first edition of the OHL news and updates for the 2022-23 season for DobberProspects. Each month I will be bringing you updates on fantasy relevant prospects both drafted and draft eligible, [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Johnston & Johnson sniping; Blanks and WiFi laying the body; Brannstrom, Valimaki, Tarasov
Arber Xhekaj (MON) and Nick Blankenburg (CBJ), two of Twitter’s favourite rookie defencemen of late, have had a noticeable early impact on their respective teams. Both offer limited scoring but solid peripherals: Blankenburg has 10 [...]