The 2017 NHL entry draft is now less than a week away! Are you ready? Most fantasy leagues that incorporate a prospect draft of NHL Entry Draft players don’t run until after the draft once all the dust settles and all the fantasy relevant players are slotted in team depth charts. But it is never [...]
Final Fantasy Ranking the 2017 NHL Entry Draft Peter Harling There are plenty of places you can go to find draft rankings. But in preparing for your upcoming fantasy hockey drafts most give you just a ranking based on what the scouts are saying and don’t translate very well to fantasy value (See Logan Stanley [...]
Here we are, a mere three games away from crowning a Stanley Cup champion and the completion of another terrific NHL season. The disappointment of 29 NHL teams will quickly be replaced by the hope that comes with beginning anew. The NHL Entry Draft is the first and often largest step in that growing hopefulness. [...]
2017 NHL Draft Final Rankings Peter Harling - June 7, 2017 There was plenty of movement in my final draft rankings, some minor, some significant. Making the top 31 this month are centers Josh Norris, and Robert Thomas. That bumped out Kole Lind and Henri Jokiharju. Again no goalies are projected in the first round [...]
DobberProspects’ Fantasy Mailbag: May Edition Yakkity Yak Yak… It’s the fantasy hockey offseason, the draft is inching closer each day, and most people have gone from knowing very little about this upcoming crop of draft-eligible players to being immeasurably intelligent experts in the span of a few short weeks. Now’s the time to [...]
Welcome to the DobberProspects Mock Draft 2.0 In our second edition of our mock we now know the draft order for the top 15 picks as the NHL Draft Lottery was held and the big winners were the New Jersey Devils, and Philadelphia Flyers. Again most of the team’s writers were able to participate and [...]
There is lot’s happening in the hockey world right now, with the NHL Draft lottery resolved, CHL Finals about to begin, AHL playoffs heading into round two, the U18 all done and the World Championship about to begin, how does it all relate to fantasy hockey, and in particular prospects? Today’s prospects are tomorrow’s fantasy [...]
2017 NHL Draft Rankings April 28, 2017 Peter Harling 1. Nolan Patrick, Centre, 6-3, 198 (Brandon, WHL) Has all the tools, size, skill, skating, smarts; Jack of all trades – master of none. 2. Nico Hischier, Centre, 6-1, 176 (Halifax, QMJHL) Dynamic offensive centre, but plays solid defensively as well. 3. Casey Mittelstadt, Centre, 6-1, [...]
The U18 World Championship is over and the USA took the Gold Medal, Finland claims Silver while Russia finished with the Bronze. For the USA, it is their tenth Gold and 15th overall Medal. The USNTDP has had a lot of success having their national team play together for the season and the U18 typically [...]
Draft Eligible Risers 2017**** ---------- Each year there are risers and sliders from the draft board. The buzz created from exceptional play and new found potential sometimes forces teams to draft players above where they should be simply because they view them as "must have" players. In other cases, when others start the slide down [...]
