The wait is nearly over. The Liiga super season opens Tuesday, Sept. 1, with a seven-game round and 17 teams ready to battle it out, the largest field the league has iced in more than a decade before it trims to 14 next year. The stakes are the highest and heaviest at the bottom, where the [...]
The 32-in-32 Series is an annual event here at DobberProspects and has been condensed from two articles to one. The article will bring you: The highlighted team’s draft; insights into its off-season moves; looking at prospect risers, fallers and likely prospects to play NHL games; and of course, the writers’ top-20 prospects. Articles may be [...]
Victor Nuno returns for the prospect rankings series to review the Columbus Blue Jackets top prospects. Read Peters rankings on NHL Rumors and check out Victors podcast Fantasy Hockey Life for more great fantasy hockey talk. Players reviewed include: Kent Johnson - 6:05 Cole Sillinger -13:25 Lam Foudy - 18:06 Yegor Chinakhov - 22:34 Kirill [...]
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on creating a 1st round lottery, mock draft, and playoff simulator for the NHL Rank King app. When the NHL released their ‘phased lottery system’ I began implementing it as an option to hopefully give a somewhat realistic scenario of what could happen at the [...]
| Oliver Bjorkstrand, RW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 5”11 | Weight: 164 |
| Born: 1995-04-10 | Hometown: Henning, DEN | Drafted: 2013 by Columbus Blue Jackets, 89th Overall |
| Zachary Werenski, LD | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 214 |
| Born: 1997-07-19 | Hometown: Grosse Pointe, MI, USA | Drafted: 2015 by Columbus Blue Jackets, 8th overall |
A talented team that seemed to have lost its way before getting back on track last season hopes it has taken steps to carry it even closer to its first Stanley Cup. The Blue Jackets roared back with 32 more points than the previous campaign to finish fourth overall in the league, resulting in the [...]
The NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City wrapped up this week with the Carolina Hurricanes finishing off an undefeated tournament with a win over the Detroit Red Wings 6-4 to win the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup. Carolina trailed just once during the tournament in their first contest against the New York Rangers that was eventually [...]
The Blue Jackets have been a team in flux since the trade that sent center Ryan Johansen to Nashville in exchange for defenseman Seth Jones. The rift between Johansen and the front office was never a secret but it was an issue that had seemed to have been solved until the trade was completed. Losing [...]
A couple of Blue Jackets debuts; AHL and NHL, the CHL playoffs have begun and a few teams have swept the first round and a few are all tied up… […]
