There were big swings taken on Day 2 of the 2025 draft — and just as many missed chances. These five teams made significant impacts on their future. By taking high-reward swings, filling key pipeline needs, or — on the flip side — adding redundancies and missing opportunities, teams defined their next steps. NHL managers [...]
The first round of the NHL Entry Draft is where most of the top talent goes. Day two, though, reveals how teams actually draft. Some swing on hidden gems. Others look to raise their floor with safer bets. Only 30 players under six feet tall were selected in 2025, leaving skill and upside available deep [...]
Welcome to the Prospect Ramblings or welcome back. Today I am going over some winners and losers for the NHL Draft, and the draft day(s) in general. I wanted to keep it more in the black and white winners and losers’ categories, despite me wanting to put a bunch of teams in some middle-ish cop-out [...]
While Austin joined our scouting team mid-way through the season, he's had a lot to add since becoming a part of our group. Below you'll find Austin's top 100 for the 2025 NHL Draft, one of the deepest lists among our team. As ever, if you enjoyed these rankings, make sure to follow Austin on [...]
Even though my work this season at Dobber has focused mainly on skaters playing in the USA and Finland (big sigh), I’ve put together a final ranking that reflects my opinion on the top players from the Class of 2025. While this isn’t the deepest class by any means, there’s some unique talent available in [...]
While we fill out plenty of scouting reports, formulate rankings, and endlessly discuss and dissect players amongst ourselves, I feel like our opportunities to discuss the draft as a whole are far fewer. Especially as Director—as our rankings are done as a team—I feel I don’t often have the chance to give a sweeping, personal [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzEvthEaso If you've finished looking over our team's full top 96 and are looking for some more insight into our process, you've come to the right place. In the below video, our whole draft team will be sitting down to discuss and debate the entire first round, giving you a peak behind-the-scenes. As always, links [...]
After a long wait, it's finally here: the Dobber Prospects Draft Team’s Final Ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft. While in previous updates we’ve kept our rankings slimmer, this time around, we went through the long process of fleshing out our entire top 96. While a lot has been made about the strength of this [...]
As the playoffs near their conclusion in leagues across Russia, some players have put together impressive postseason performances to help their teams. Let’s go around and look at some of these efforts among drafted players and those who hope to hear their names called in June. Matvei Korotky - SKA-1946 St. Petersburg - MHL (Drafted [...]
I had the opportunity to attend the U18 World Championships in Frisco and Allen, Texas this week, seeing 22 players from Dobber Prospects' most recent ranking. The annual spring U18s are among the most important events on the draft calendar, signaling a last opportunity for prospects to make an impression on the 200-plus scouts in [...]
