World Junior Championship Preview: Group B
The best time of year has arrived. The World Junior Hockey Championship gets underway December 26 from Minneapolis-St. Paul, as the United States is looking to defend their back-to-back gold medals.While the Americans will be [...]
World Junior Championship Preview: Group A
United States After capturing gold over the last two years in foreign territory, the Americans enter the tournament on home soil seeking their third straight World Junior title, something that hasn’t been done since the [...]
AHL Update: May 2025
Early Takeaways from the AHL Playoffs The month of May brings the playoffs into full frame and it is no different in the AHL. In some ways, it becomes an arms race to add other prospects from different leagues who could help in a run for the Calder Cup. That [...]
The OHL Round Up: April
This month we look at three of the top defencemen in the OHL, all coming out of the 2024 Draft. We’ll look at the biggest CHL prospect to date, to make the jump over to the NCAA, the Max Kaminsky Award winner as the OHL’s defenceman of the year, and [...]
Takeaways from the Preliminary Round at the 2025 U18 World Championships
I had the opportunity to attend the U18 World Championships in Frisco and Allen, Texas this week, seeing 22 players from Dobber Prospects' most recent ranking. The annual spring U18s are among the most important events on the draft calendar, signaling a last opportunity for prospects to make an impression [...]
Team Sweden’s WJC-18 Preview
By: Ethan Lindley It is surely an exciting time of year in the hockey prospect industry. The U18 World Championship is the last tournament of the season for scouts and analysts to evaluate the best draft eligible players against their peers. Although the scheduling conflicts with the CHL playoffs (leaving [...]
Organizational Rankings 3. Montreal Canadiens
3. Montreal Canadiens – 88.3 Overall 1 Juraj Slafkovsky 8.8 2 Lane Hutson 8.6 3 David Reinbacher 6.9 4 Owen Beck 6.1 5 Kaiden Guhle 6.0 6 Joshua Roy 5.4 [...]
Organizational Rankings 4. Minnesota Wild
4. Minnesota Wild - Score: 86.3 Top 15 Prospects Rank Player Position Score 1 Brock Faber D 8.4 1 Marco Rossi C 8.4 1 Jesper Wallstedt G 8.4 4 Danila Yurov RW 7.7 5 [...]
Organizational Rankings 5. Columbus Blue Jackets
5. Columbus Blue Jackets - 86.2 Overall Top 15 Prospects Individual Breakdown: We have arrived at the top five and the Columbus Blue Jackets occupy this spot. They pretty much have it all, a [...]
Organizational Rankings 6. San Jose Sharks
6. San Jose Sharks - 85.9 overall Top 15 Prospects Individual Breakdown: The San Jose Sharks clock in as the 6th best prospect pools. While they currently lack that elite talent, that may change [...]
Organizational Rankings 7. Buffalo Sabres
7. Buffalo Sabres - 85.5 Overall Top 15 Prospects Individual Breakdown: The Sabres come in at number seven in our ranks and that is led by Zach Benson, who surprisingly stayed in the NHL [...]
Organizational Rankings 8. Philadelphia Flyers
8 - Philadelphia - Score: 83.9 Top 15 Prospects RankNameScore1Matvei Michkov9.52Tyson Foerster7.33Bobby Brink6.74Oliver Bonk6.65Emil Andrae6.16Egor Zamula5.47Samuel Ersson5.28Massimo Rizzo5.19Ronnie Attard4.710Samu Tuomaala4.611Aleksei Kolosov4.112Denver Barkey3.913Olle Lycksell2.614Carson Bjarnason2.415Helge Grans2.0 Individual Breakdown Forward: Philly’s top-ranked Forward prospect, Matvei Michkov scored [...]
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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 […]
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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 […]