Prospect Ramblings: WJHC Semis, Zadina Makes his Move and Pettersson Snipes Again
A hearty belated Happy New Years to you and yours. Hopefully the holidays were a restful period that brought you peace and contentment to begin anew in [...]
Boeser’s Release, Abramov’s Dilemma and the Hughes Brothers
Happy Winter Solstice! The first official day of winter is also the day with the fewest moments of daylight. We all know what that means… sweatpants, warm drinks and plenty of hockey to watch! {youtube}D8iaAsxURsU{/youtube} ** We at DobberProspects have been covering the upcoming World Junior Championships with exceptional [...]
Prospect Ramblings: First Wave of WJC Cuts and Breaking Down Pool B
Andrei Svechnikov, Elias Pettersson and Filip Chytil Highlight Pool B The Canadian Junior team has had a challenging start to their camp. Wednesday night saw them lose their first match 3-0 to the U Sports All-Stars (plus Carter Hart and Colton Point [...]
AHL Report – World Juniors & Diamonds in the Rough
We’re 68 days into the NHL season. The Stanley Cup playoffs bracket will be set in 117 days. The entry draft is another 76 days after that, but my absolute favorite part of the entire season kicks off 15 days from now at the New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. About that time [...]
Prospects Ramblings: OHL Priority Selection and CHL Import Draft Preview and Prospects News
It’s a busy time of year, College Hockey finals are in full swing, CHL playoffs are moving on to round two and the NHL and AHL seasons are winding down with all kinds of prospects getting a cup of coffee in the pro ranks as their seasons conclude. With the majority of College Hockey teams [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Scouting the NHL Draft and World Junior for Fantasy Hockey
The biggest prospect event of the year outside of the NHL draft has to be the World Junior Tournament. Last year the two were synonyms with each other as the tournament was loaded with an unprecedented number of draft eligible prospects. Not only did the games feature draft eligible prospects across several nations rosters, the [...]
OHL Update: OHL Top Prospects at NHL Training Camps
By:Kathryn Jean The NHL regular season kicks off in just over a week. NHL teams have already made their evaluations and started to adjust their squads for opening night. Over 160 OHL players were invited to 2016 NHL training camps. Only 30 of those players remain at camp and some have a good chance to [...]
30 in 30 Buffalo Sabres
*update July 15th - Development Camp notes* click link to move down to the update The Buffalo Sabres began the draft with 11 draft picks; they ended up using 10 of those draft picks to keep filling the prospect cupboard. They swapped second round draft picks with the Florida Panthers to move up five positions. The [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Benson shutdown & Draft Eligibles (Feb.25)
Tyler Benson shut down for the remainder of the year, Top 3 Draft prospects and a couple of Prospects signed multi-year contract deals… […]
Youngblood Talks WJC – The European Entries
In the final of a three part series, Youngblood Talks WJC features key prospects on the European squads. To view Team Canada and Team USA features follow the accompanied links. After being knocked off by the Russians at the 2015 World Junior Championships, Sweden heads to Finland ready for the 2016 version armed with a [...]