31 in 31 Series, July: New York Islanders Draft Review A sign that reads “under new management” at the Islanders draft table would be understatement. They have a new GM in veteran Lou Lamoriello, a new head coach in veteran Barry Trotz and soon they’ll have a new captain, with star center John Tavares [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: New Jersey Devils Draft Review Ray Shero has been focusing on building through the draft and in the development and implementation of young players into the New Jersey lineup. The results on the ice cannot be questioned as the Devils made the playoffs out of nowhere in 2017-18. [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: Minnesota Wild Draft Review It was Paul Fenton’s first draft as the GM of the Wild. He didn’t make any trades during the draft weekend and instead just decided to use the picks that were available for him. The Wild had previously traded away their second and fourth [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: Los Angeles Kings Draft Review The Kings were not meant to make any big wave at the 2018 draft, holding the 20th overall selection but they still managed to do so by announcing the imminent signing of elite Russian forward Ilya Kovalchuk to a three year deal on [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: Florida Panthers Draft Review Going into the draft, the Panthers only had a total of five draft picks because they had previously traded away their own draft picks from rounds two through five. But they had also acquired a second-round pick from Arizona and a seventh-round pick from [...]
Edmonton Oilers July 31-in-31 With very little cap space and only six draft picks coming into the weekend, Edmonton, as expected, had a relatively quiet draft. The biggest surprise for Edmonton was the opportunity to draft Evan Bouchard, a player they didn’t think would still be available, at 10th overall. If the rumors are [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: Detroit Red Wings Draft Review The Detroit Red Wings absolutely killed the 2018 NHL entry draft. At least, that’s the prevailing story that’s out there. While I’m not quite as convinced just yet, I do believe the Wings did very well overall, especially in the first two rounds. [...]
Anaheim 31 for 31 The Anaheim Ducks came into this year’s draft with seven picks, selecting four forwards, two goalies, and one defenseman. Here is the scoop on their selections. Isac Lundestrom - Center: 1st round, 23rd overall Another Swede in the cupboard for Bob Murray and co, Lundestrom doesn’t [...]
‘ This week, I figured I’d write about fantasy prospect drafts because I had my first draft of this summer this past Sunday. It’s a 20 team dynasty league with deep rosters: 23 players on pro teams and 33 spots for prospects. Available players are mostly just prospects from the most recent draft class but [...]
' Welcome to my first ever Prospect Ramblings! I was recently promoted to Junior Associate Editor role here at DobberProspects which means this will be first of many regular ramblings from me. The idea for these ramblings came from a Twitter follower (follow me @JokkeNevalainen). I recently released my personal ranking of Swedish players in my [...]
