Prospect Ramblings: College Hockey is on the Rise
This past Monday night, I attended the Beanpot semi-finals at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The atmosphere and the hockey on display kept everyone in the Garden hungry [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Looking back on CHL Predictions
Last August I wrote a piece for DobberHockey’s The Journey discussing my predictions for the CHL season to be. With only a handful of weeks remaining in the regular season campaign, we’ve all [...]
August 31-in-31: New York Rangers
Offseason: New York Rangers had a strong offseason from a prospect perspective selecting twice in the first round of the NHL draft, acquiring defensive depth via trade and also signing several free agents. Overall the Rangers have excellent depth in net and on defence however up front is [...]
August 31-in-31: San Jose Sharks
Welcome Wagon 2017: Rudolfs Balcers (ELC), Brandon Bollig, Radim Simek, Filip Sandberg, Josef Korenar, and Antoine Bibeau Dearly Departed: Mirco Mueller (trade), David Schlemko (expansion), Nikita Jevpalovs (KHL), Patrick Marleau (UFA), Micheal Haley (UFA), Mantas Armalis (UFA) 2017 - Sharks with a Few Less Teeth Replacing the goal scoring [...]
August 31-in-31: St. Louis Blues
Top Ten Prospects #1 Ivan Barbashev, C – Chicago Wolves (AHL) Barbashev seems likely to be playing 3C for the Blues with Patrik Berglund injured. He made positive impressions in his stint in the NHL. He is the type of two way center the Blues depend upon to maintain [...]
Prospects Rambling: Alexander Kerfoot/Eeli Tolvanen/Igor Ozhiganov
The Kerfoot watch is over. It seemed a lock for many months that their 2012 fifth-round pick was not New Jersey-bound, trekking the unsigned draftee-UFA path that led ex-Crimson linemate and Predator selection Jimmy Vesey last year to Madison Square Garden, but now that it’s official it’s less a punch [...]
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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 […]
February 11th, 2015
College gems, prospect analytics and more...
Edit: Evander Kane has been traded to Buffalo, and part of the return are prospects Joel Armia and Brendan Lemieux. Their profiles have already been updated to reflect the trade.
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Ryan Murphy will be out four weeks with a leg injury. He had been playing much better as of late, and looked to have secured a spot in the NHL with 7 points in 21 games and improving posession numbers. Hopefully this won't be a long-term injury for the former 11th overall pick. Especially if Sekera leaves, Murphy should be able to secure powerplay time and a consistent top-four role next season. While the Hurricanes aren't the greatest team, there is enough talent to support two fantasy relevent defensemen.
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Brendan Perlini has had a pretty great week with eight points in three OHL games for the streaking IceDogs. He is sixth in OHL points per game with 40 points in 26 games. Arizona's 12th overall pick this past June has really stepped into another gear recently, after a broken hand kept him out to start the year.
Calle Andersson
| Calle Andersson, D | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 211 |
| Born: 1994-05-16 | Hometown: Limhamn, SWE | Drafted: 2012 by New York Rangers, 119th overall |
February 4th, 2015
Crazy saves, streaks and Jevpalovs...
Life, school and an annoyingly good Butler have been occupying a ton of my time, but this will be the sixth week of consistent ramblings and the show will go on.
Nicolaj Ehlers is having a historic season, and currently has a 25 game point streak going on. 59 points in 25 games. That is pretty great, and the Jets are thanking the Canucks every night for taking Virtanen and leaving them such a special prospect. Don't get me wrong, it is way too early to predict those two players' NHL careers, but I don't think too many people would take Virtanen (who has 37 points in 29 games, but has been doing better lately) at #6 if we held a redraft tomorrow.
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Tell me who the top scoring defenseman was for last year's World Junior's. Didn't think you could.
Spencer Abbott
| Spencer Abbott, RW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 5-9 | Weight: 165 |
| Born: 1988-4-30 | Hometown: Hamilton, Ont. | Drafted: Undrafted – Signed as free agent |
Jiri Sekac
| Jiri Sekac, RW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 174 |
| Born: 1992-06-10 | Hometown: Kladno, Czech Republic | Drafted: Undrafted |
Alex Roach
| Alex Roach, D | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 225 |
| Born: 1993-04-19 | Hometown: Quesnel, BC, CAN | Drafted: Undrafted (Signed by Los Angeles, 2011) |