The U18 World Championships Were A Young Man’s Game
Despite the tournament being the first look scouts have gotten at some of the 2021 NHL Draft eligibles, discussion surrounding the 2021 IIHF World Championship was dominated by players not eligible until next year - [...]
QMJHL Report: May 2021
The regular season has now officially come to a close and the President’s Cup Playoffs are now in full swing. With the qualifying playoff round completed the matchups are set for the quarter-finals. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: ELC spring signings
image courtesy of FirstOhioBattery *** Late in the CHL, AHL, and NHL playoffs, teams have been hard at work signing their top prospects to professional deals. This means that the organization sees them coming to North America and being meaningful contributors at some level within the term [...]
Prospect Ramblings – Road to the Memorial Cup
Welcome to the Thursday (life made these late) Saturday ramblings. Let me go over the completed CHL playoff brackets and on to the prospect watchers second favorite tournament, The Memorial Cup. The host city for the Memorial Cup is the Halifax Mooseheads. Typically the host cities are [...]
Ramblings: News and Notes, The WHL Final, Kakko, Leason, and Quinn Hughes (May 17)
This Rambling will look a little different today. I'll be posting some of my notes from the past week. You can take this as a glimpse into how I prepare for radio spots, and for Prospect Central - a new show on Sportsnet650 that I'm co-hosting with Ryan Biech [...]
Cam Robinson’s 2019 NHL Draft Rankings – April 2019
Here we are. Many players have cleaned out their lockers and are preparing for a massive offseason of training. Some are still fighting it out in their league playoffs, and a handful more are beginning the U18 Worlds which will be the final opportunity to impress the scouts before [...]
DPR – Episode 26: Free Agent Signings, Dev. Camp Standouts and Canucks talk with Ryan Biech
Free Agency - New Faces in New Places Following up on last episodes talk about unqualified prospects that became free agents, we look at where many of them signed and the fantasy outlook as [...]
July 31-in-31: Chicago Blackhawks
For the first time since 2014, the Chicago Blackhawks had a first round pick (amongst nine total picks) to make on draft day. They spread those out geographically, choosing two players each from Canada, Finland [...]
July 31 in 31: Carolina Hurricanes
2017 Carolina Hurricanes: After making trades for goaltender Scott Darling’s rights, and acquiring Trevor van Riemsdyk from Las Vegas following the Expansion Draft, GM Ron Francis and the Hurricanes still had eight selections entering the [...]
July 31 in 31: Calgary Flames
2017 Calgary Flames: Due to the acquisitions of Michael Stone and Curtis Lazar, the Flames had five selections in this year's draft. The Flames have created a draft pattern in the last few seasons with [...]
July 31-in-31: Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres came into NHL Draft weekend with seven total selections. When the Vegas Golden Knights had the interest of selecting Linus Ullmark in the Expansion Draft, the Sabres needed to deter them by [...]
Prospects Ramblings: NHL Development Camp Updates
Updates from NHL Development Camps of Carolina Hurricanes, LA Kings, Florida Panthers, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, and Tampa bay Lightning NHL Development camps are in full swing. Some are already over, some are ongoing, [...]
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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 […]