Image courtesy of Andrew Armstrong Usually around this time of the year, the current year's NHL Entry Draft would have happened over a month ago and scouts would have moved on from it. This is also the time when the Hlinka Gretzky Cup usually starts the new scouting season. But this is [...]
Top NHL draft prospect Alexis Lafrenière will find out which club holds the No. 1 pick after the second lottery on Monday evening. Tonight is the night. We finally discover who will land the fortunate and envious position of selecting first overall when the 2020 class finally has its moment in the spotlight. [...]
Image courtesy of Andrew Armstrong Draft year is often the time we see junior-aged players take a jump and really start to contribute to their teams. The 2020 draft year is no exception with players like Jack Quinn taking a huge step in the production and Jake Sanderson going from second-round prospect [...]
This week the NHL announced that Phase 2 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery will be held on Monday August 6th. So far, the New York Rangers are the sole team to be eliminated from the playoff Qualifying round, but they will soon be joined by seven others, each with an equal 12.5% chance [...]
Welcome back to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I can now continue my decade of drafting series. I was originally just going to look at players drafted out of the Russian leagues but there was only 90 in total from 2008-2018, so I added in the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Norway, Denmark and [...]
In Episode 3 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen talk about the recent U20 games between the Czechs and Slovaks and the U18 training camp games in Finland. They kick off the 2021 NHL Draft coverage by talking about their top choices for first overall from their region, and finish the episode with some [...]
With the NHL's Phase IV of the Return to Play agenda underway, and now being only a day away from critical hockey games, there is one category of decisions that still seems to be uncertain for several teams in the league - goaltending. Under the constraints of the bubble hub city format, any lack of goaltending depth [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect ramblings. I realized after my last week rambling predictions of top prospects that could make a difference if given a chance, well a bunch of them were left off the phase four roster. Well that sure does not help that ramblings, so this week I will go over [...]
2020 NHL draft-eligible prospect Mavrik Bourque of the Shawinigan Cataractes In hockey, manipulating and deceiving the defense is an art form. Some of the best playmakers in today's NHL are masters of the craft. Players such as Connor McDavid, Mitch Marner, and Artemi Panarin show how much misdirection and creativity can aid [...]
In Episode 2 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen talk about the recent U20 training camp games in Finland (intrasquad) and Switzerland (against Germany). They also talk about the Quinton Byfield vs. Tim Stützle debate for 2nd overall, the CHL funding, and the Seattle Kraken expansion draft. Follow us on [...]
