World Junior Championship: Round Robin Recap
The round robin is complete, and the stakes don’t get any lower. The best is yet to come at the World Junior Championships as the calendar turns to 2026 and the eight remaining teams will [...]
December Liiga Report: World Juniors Edition
The World Juniors. A wonderful time of year for hockey fans — and for underdog nations to take the world by its horns and prove themselves. Finland’s top young guns from its top pro league, [...]
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 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 [...]
Organizational Rankings 9. Utah
9 - Utah - Score: 82.8 Top 15 Prospects RankNameScore1Logan Cooley9.02Dylan Guenther8.03Dmitriy Simashev7.44Conor Geekie7.25Danil But7.06Michael Hrabal5.47Maveric Lamoureux5.38Josh Doan5.09Jan Jenik4.210Victor Soderstrom4.111Artem Duda3.912Sam Lipkin3.213Michael Kesselring3.114Aku Raty2.115Miko Matikka2.0 Individual Breakdown Forwards: The newest NHL franchise has a solid spread [...]
Organizational Rankings 10. Detroit Red Wings
10 - Detroit Red Wings - Score: 82.7 Top 15 Prospects RankPlayerPositionScore1Axel Sandin PellikkaD7.82Simon EdvinssonD7.73Nate DanielsonC6.94Marco KasperC6.85Jonatan BerggrenW6.66Sebastian CossaG6.57Dmitri BuchelnikovLW5.48Trey AugustineG5.09Carter MazurLW4.610William WallinderD4.611Elmer SoderblomLW/RW4.212Shai BuiumD3.713Albert JohanssonD2.714Amadeus LombardiC2.515Redmond SavageC1.9 Individual Breakdown Forwards: Detroit has repeatedly perplexed [...]
Organizational Rankings 11. Nashville Predators
11 – Nashville Predators – Score: 81.8 Top 15 Prospects Team Player Position Score Fantrax Roster % 1 Yaroslav Askarov G 8.7 41% 2 Joakim Kemell RW 7.1 27% 3 Luke Evangelista RW 6.9 39% [...]
Organizational Rankings 14. New Jersey Devils
14. New Jersey Devils – Score 82.2 Top 15 Prospects 1 Luke Hughes 8.8 2 Simon Nemec 8.7 3 Alexander Holtz 7.4 4 Seamus Casey 7.0 5 Nico Daws 6.2 6 Arseni Gritsyuk 6.1 [...]
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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 […]