Amateur scouting departments were thrown a curveball the minute the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No CHL playoffs, Memorial Cup, or U18 World Championships. Massive opportunities for young players were swiftly wiped aside. Heck, we still don't even know if this group will even have their moment on stage on draft [...]
It is with great excitement that we announce our new partnership with InStat Hockey - the premier scouting platform on the planet. "InStat uses its own analysis methodology, which gives a fair overview of a team’s performance in a match and during the season." Additionally, "InStat registers game events based on the video [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect ramblings where I have decided to put my “Decade of Drafting” series on hold because no one here at DobberProspects has gone over the prospect report yet. I will go over some highlights and notes from the prospects report because you should really buy it if you want [...]
Steve Seftel joins the podcast to discuss some very important topics in hockey which he lived through. Steve documents his journey through his hockey career in his book Shattered Ice and we discuss pressures of being a rookie in the OHL, living at a billet house, hazing fighting in hockey, and so much more. Steve [...]
What NHL franchise has the best prospects? That can be a difficult and subjective question to answer. To give it our best shot, the senior staff at DobberProspects has collaborated to give our personal rankings for each team. With that, we have established a consensus ranking. Peter Harling (Content Manager) has put together a [...]
Last night Larry Brooks of the New York Times reported that 2017seventh-overall draft pick, Lias Andersson intends on remaining in Sweden this summer, as opposed to joining the Rangers for whatever is left of their 2019-20 campaign. Earlier in the COVID-19 pause, John Davidson and the Rangers brass had continued dialogue with Andersson [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I continue my “Decade of Drafting” series this time looking at the most drafted league from the NHL draft that I looked at: the USHL. A reminder that I only looked in North America and not at the CHL, the leagues I looked at (again) were: [...]
This is the fourth article where I analyze the results of NHL Drafts between the years 2000 and 2009. This time, I’m looking at probabilities for fantasy hockey purposes. That means, skaters who can put up points and goalies who play a lot of games with good save percentage. The first three parts [...]
In these strange times, we have been forced to find unique ways to get things done. From scouting meetings to player interviews and everything in between, almost everything has been done on video calls via Zoom or Skype. While the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup has been canceled this year because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Hockey [...]
What NHL franchise has the best prospects? That can be a difficult and subjective question to answer. To give it our best shot, the senior staff at DobberProspects has collaborated to give our personal rankings for each team. With that, we have established a consensus ranking. Peter Harling (Content Manager) has put together a team [...]
