What NHL franchise has the best prospects? That can be a difficult and subjective question to answer. To give it our best shot, the senior staff at DobberProspects has collaborated to give our personal rankings for each team. With that, we have established a consensus ranking. Peter Harling (Content Manager) has put together a team [...]
Welcome back to my bi-weekly ramblings. The previous edition of the "Bubble Roster Prospects" was received well and I was asked to do another edition. So again, we are taking a look at some of the players that are on the roster bubble and their likelihood of making the NHL roster out of training camp. [...]
*** Welcome to our annual 31-in-31 Summer Series here at DobberProspects! Every day in July we will be bringing you a complete breakdown of a team’s draft, notes from their development camp, and insights into their off-season moves so far. Following this up, the August 31-in-31 Series will dive into every team’s prospect depth [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: Buffalo Sabres Draft Review The Sabres had an active draft, as expected, but the main and obvious prize was the elite Swede Rasmus Dahlin. The Sabres had a few goals coming in to the draft, lining up with their young core. Jack Eichel, Alex Nylander and Casey Mittelstadt are [...]
| William Carrier, LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 198 |
| Born: 1994-12-20 | Hometown: Pierrefonds, Quebec | Drafted: 2013 by St. Louis Blues, 57th Overall |
| Tim Schaller, C/LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 206 |
| Born: 1990-11-16 | Hometown: Merrimack, NH, USA | Drafted: Undrafted |
Giorgio Estephan, C Shoots: R Height: 6-0 Weight: 196 Born: 1997-02-03 Hometown: Edmonton, AB Drafted: 2015 by Buffalo Sabres, 152nd overall Observations: June 2017 – Estephan was not drafted in 2017. May 2017 – The Buffalo Sabres have opted to not sign Giorgio Estephan to an entry-level contract and [...]
| Derek Grant, C/W | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 197 |
| Born: 1990-04-20 | Hometown: Abbotsford, BC | Drafted: 2008 by the Ottawa Senators, 119th overall |
The big storyline of the Buffalo Sabres off-season is #VeseyWatch. Wondering if/when Jimmy Vesey will sign with the Buffalo Sabres. He has already told them he wants to meet with other teams before deciding where to play, but Buffalo owns his exclusive negotiating rights until August 15th. Vesey could very easily test the open market [...]
| Nathan Lieuwen, G | ||
| Catches: L | Height: 6-5 | Weight: 190 |
| Born: 1991-08-08 | Hometown: Abbotsford, BC, Canada | Drafted: 2011 by Buffalo, 167th overall |
