After attending the Russia vs OHL game three live, Peter has a quick review of the games played already in the QMJHL and OHL with a focus on players including Dmitri Zavgorodiny, Alex Khovanov, Raphael Lavoie, Jakob Pelletier, Dawson Mercier, Quinton Byfield, Cole Perfetti, Rodin Amirov, Maxim Groshev, Hunter Jones, Connor McMichael, Connor Zary, Brayden [...]
*** There's been some great DobberProspects coverage of the U17 Tournament of late, so as a diversion I thought I'd jump into the Canadian Major Junior leagues to pick out some players who are seeing their fantasy stocks rise or fall now approximately 10 games into the season. These are by no means the [...]
The CHL Import Draft wrapped up and Peter reviews three of the more interesting players selected, Martin Chromiak second overall to Kingston Frontenacs, Michel Teply fourth overall to Winnipeg Ice, and Tim Stutzle 19th to Seattle Thunderbirds. Peter also looks ahead at what summer content you can look forward to on DobberProspects including the summer [...]
Episode 52 deep dives with USHL Scout Dave MacDonald as he joins the show to review the OHL Cup final, Shane Wright who is headed to the Kingston Frontenacs as the Sixth player to be granted exceptional status following John Tavares, Connor McDavid, Sean Day, Aaron Ekblad, and Joe Veleno. Dave also talks about Adam [...]
On Episode looks at whats new on the DobberProspects site in a new top 60 consensus goalie rankings, a consolidated 2019 NHL Draft ranking and Brayden Olofson as the new writer for the Journey on the Dobber main site. The CHL Canada vs Russia Super Series concluded and pharling takes a look at what Russian [...]
One of the biggest challenges for off-season Fantasy Hockey is keeping up to date on what moves and transactions are made in the real world and how it may impact your fantasy keeper decisions. This is even more difficult in deep keeper leagues that mirror the NHL and have full prospect rosters, or at least [...]
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 [...]
QMJHL Report - March Edition A peek into the future Back in October, I mentioned that it should come as no surprise if Alexis Lafreniere becomes one of the league's most prolific scorers, but no one could have expected this. The QMJHL's 2017 first-overall pick became the first 16-year-old to score 40 goals since another [...]
It’s about mid-season now, so I figured it’s a good time to check scoring numbers from the Canadian Hockey League. Because this is a fantasy hockey site, I’m only going to look at players who are either first-time draft eligible, have been drafted by an NHL team, or have been signed by an NHL [...]
Prospects News Peter and Aynsley discuss some prospect news starting with the prospects Colorado Avalanche GM Joe Sakic acquired in the Matt Duchene trade and the fantasy outlook for Sam Girard, and Vladislav Kamenev. Sticking with trade talk, they discuss some CHL trades including PHI prospect German Rubtsov and Habs Cale Fleury. The Russian [...]
