*** We finally have the official draft order for the first half of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Playoffs will decide the rest, but we know who's in the running for the biggest names on the board. Also this week, we were all lucky enough to gain access to Cam Robinson's Top 115 Prospects [...]
Brayden Olofson The quarter-finals have been set for the U18 World Championships in Russia. A tremendous variety of talent has been showcased throughout the round-robin play, featuring top-prospects for the next three NHL entry-drafts; four if you count 15-year-old Frenchman Flavian Dair who won’t be eligible until 2021. The 2019 class has been particularly [...]
The top ten prospects are mostly well known throughout the hockey community. Today I’ll take a look at some of the players ranked just outside the top ten and break them down. I’ll take a look at most of the players ranked in the range of 11-20 on my list. There’s a few players [...]
Action from Game 5 of the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Seattle Thunderbirds at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, ON on Tuesday May 23, 2017. Photo by Aaron Bell/CHL Images By Steve Kournianos @thedraftanalyst NASHVILLE (The Draft Analyst) –There’s no way to sugarcoat it – the 2018 [...]
Draft Analysts Steve Kournianos is our guest, Steve was in Plymouth to takin in the Five Nations Tournament and talks about standout prospects from the Five Nations Tournament. Peter was in Guelph for the CHL Top Prospects Game and we discuss his thoughts and what players raised their draft stock with a strong game. Prospect [...]
Top USHL Draft Prospects: LW Blake McGlaughlin, Chicago Steel (Ranked No. 42): A skilled playmaking forward who can man either the wing or center, McGlaughlin is blessed with excellent vision to turn any teammate into a scoring threat. He is one of the more talented set-up men in a draft relatively deep [...]
Peter Harling The CHL Top Prospects game was recently held in Guelph Ontario and it featured the top prospects across the CHL for the 2018 NHL Draft. The game gave us a good opportunity to watch two prospects in particular that are battling for the second overall rank between Andrei Svechnikov and Filip Zadina. Zadina [...]
Happy family day folks. I had a full weekend of hockey watching as Kingston hosted three games this weekend and swept all there to clinch a playoff spot. Here are some quick take aways from those games Friday February 16th Peterborough Petes Not a lot of star power on the Petes this year, they have [...]
*** Join us monthly for 2018 Draft Content courtesy of prospect expert Steve Kournianos (aka @TheDraftAnalyst)! *** 1. Jakub Skarek (Jihavla, Czech Extraliga | 6’3, 196): Nightmarish world juniors notwithstanding, Skarek remains the draft’s top goalie prospect. Blessed with size, cat-like quickness and a superior radar for puck movement, Skarek has held him own as [...]
This weeks Ramblings will have a heavy focus on the draft as NHL Central Scouting released their Midseason rankings and here at DobberProspects we released our Fantasy Rankings. First let’s look at our Fantasy Rankings. This is an annual list I put together with contributions from some senior writers and in addition I get some [...]
