Not many people get to say they became a hero for their country overnight. Akil Thomas is one of the few. Scoring the gold medal winning goal for Team Canada in the World Juniors this past winter, Thomas became a massive focus for all sports outlets and fans in his home [...]
Photo courtesy of hockeymagasinet.com When it comes to prospect development in Europe, Frölunda HC is renowned as one of the best systems for prospect development. Frölunda HC has had the most players drafted by NHL teams in Europe. Since 1981, 82 players from Frölunda HC have been drafted by NHL teams [...]
With the abrupt end to professional and amateur hockey leagues around the world a short time ago, it has left hockey poolies in a state of shock and disbelief without knowing what the final outcome will look like for the 2019-20 season. I thought it would be prudent to take a look at [...]
Why are you here? That's not an existential question, I just mean, what brought you to DobberProspects today? If you're anything like me, it's probably the draft rankings. The thing that brought me to DobberProspects in the beginning and a large part of what still brings me in now is simple, to the point [...]
The Montreal 2020 Draft Logo March Draft Report is a monthly column that highlights a number of topics in the NHL Draft world at the time. Each month will have the main feature story, a themed 'Team of the Month' and a Prospect Spotlight that takes a bit of a deeper look [...]
Photo courtesy of https://isport.blesk.cz/ Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I answer questions asked to me last week. The last time I attempted this I had zero responses and like ~250 followers. Now I have jumped up to! …. TWO responses with 382 followers. It increased by an astounding 200%. [...]
Image Courtesy: @S7Dsn 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 have been wiped aside. Heck, we don't even know if this group will have their moment on stage on [...]
I was recently reminded that I published my first 2020 NHL Draft ranking all the way back in November of 2018 – a whopping 16 months ago! I’ve never published a ranking so early, so I figured it would be fun to see how it’s holding up. To do that, I took my [...]
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Wild signed undrafted free agent Mitchell Chaffee to a two-year entry-level contract. Chaffee has spent the last three years playing collegiate hockey with the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Minutemen. This past season, Chaffee was a co-captain for the Minutemen and appeared in 30 regular-season games. The Rockford, Michigan native [...]
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has brought an end to the 2019-20 hockey season across the globe, as we know it. With the abrupt conclusion of nearly every league, several NHL affiliated prospects around the world will have played the final game their respective amateur, collegiate or European squad. This week's announcement by the CHL [...]
