https://cdn.ontariohockeyleague.com/uploads/hamilton_bulldogs/2019/03/30183843/Jan-Jenik.jpg Every year at the NHL Entry Draft, NHL teams are always looking to find the hidden gems. Of course, they are also trying to grab the marquis players like Alexis Lafrenière, Quinton Byfield, Lucas Raymond, Tim Stützle and Jamie Drysdale, but teams are also looking for the diamond in the [...]
Tristen Robins - C - Saskatoon Blades Central Scouting didn't rate him pre-season. 134th NA - Midterm rankings 86th NA - Final rankings 14th in WHL scoring 3rd in First Year Draft eligible scoring Monster second half with 54 points in 33 games. Who is Tristen Robins? Drafted in the 4th round of the 2016 [...]
PAVEL TYUTNEV, C/RW – LOKO YAROSLAVL Player Information courtesy of Elite Prospects Pavel Tyutnev is a player who, on paper, would likely be thrown in the ‘undersized Russian group’, but there is a lot to unpack in his game. Offensively, he’s always a threat on the ice. He uses a mix of skating, strength, [...]
Despite the NHL continuing to hold on to the 2019-20 season by a thread, the year's Calder Trophy race is all but made official. Between Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes, the award has largely been a two-horse race since November, with a couple of other players jockeying in the distance for third place. [...]
Photo courtesy of Pär Bäckström/Bildbyrån Noel Gunler is a top Swedish prospect eligible for the 2020 NHL draft. He is a decent skater with an incredible shot as well as playmaking abilities. This season he played in his first full SHL season with Luleå HF, the club he has been playing with [...]
**Photo: NHL.com NHL Draft Rankings - WHL April 2020 At the beginning of the 2019-20 season. one could argue the WHL was going to have a weak year. Coming off an NHL draft which saw three players drafted in the top seven picks, and seven players in the top-31, it seemed the expectations may have [...]
OHL Prospect expert Brock Otten joins the podcast for some OHL prospect talk. Brock and Pete discuss some recent player signings in Jacob Ingham, Tyler Tucker, and Noel Hoefenmayer. The talk shifts to top prospects turning pro and what to expect from them in your dynasty leagues. We include Akil Thomas (LAK), Ryan Merkley (SNJ), [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings and boy do I have a treat for you. A reading treat, not something like chocolate covered almonds. This day I am going to write about which players from the 2014 to 2019 drafted outside the first round should have instead been first round selections over other [...]
Anton Lundell is an 18-year-old Finnish center who is eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Lundell is one of the oldest players in his draft class but he has already played two seasons at the men’s level in the Liiga, and his all-around game is much more mature than his age would suggest. [...]
Dobber Hockey Capped writer Alex Maclean joins Peter for a record length episode. On this epic show Alex and Peter go over who they would protect from expansion draft for each 30 teams. We used the CapFriendly Seattle Expansion Draft Simulator for this exercise. Then they each take turns picking from each others lists, one player [...]
