Prospect Ramblings – U20 Players Taking Over the NHL
Victor Mete with the London Knights – 2016-17 [...]
Prospects Rambling – NHL Preseason and the Knights Begin
No more writing about hockey without NHL action! Thus far we’ve seen Vegas start with a bang, blowing out Vancouver 9-4 thanks much to Tyler Wong’s hat trick and franchise-first goal and assists. It had to be a satisfying day for the smallish, undrafted right wing who led last year’s Lethbridge Hurricanes with [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Big Skill in Small Packages
Here’s a fun little anecdote: Back in the 1970’s my uncle was invited to the New York Rangers training camp. He was a speedy, skilled and hard-nosed winger who put up some big point totals. Sounds perfect for the goon-era of hockey, right? Well, he was also 5’7. When he arrived at [...]
Prospect Ramblings September 8 2017
DobberProspects Ramblings Tough decisions at the top of the draft, prospect tournaments and some Q&A. […]
August 31-in-31: Edmonton Oilers
Coming off a surprising season that found the Edmonton Oilers place second in the Pacific division, and have them make it to the second round of the playoffs, the young Oilers squad is ready to make a run again in the upcoming season. With the likes of elite talent such as Connor McDavid and Leon [...]
Prospects Rambling: Summer Showcase Wrap / Blue Lines – Finland or Sweden?
Have you seen Casey Mittelstadt lately? Buffalo must be overjoyed with his work at the Summer Showcase, especially following a superb performance at Sabres’ Development Camp a few weeks ago. He assertively registered nine points (six assists and three goals in just ten shots) over five games with Team USA and USA White, and [...]
DobberProspect’s Fantasy Mailbag: March Edition
As the season slowly winds to a close and teams are quickly eliminated from their fantasy playoffs, the urge to consider next season is natural and enticing. After months of diligent work, you’re left with a, ‘better luck next year’ and a kick in the ass. Now begins the work for 2017-18 and with it, [...]
Fantasy Ranking the 2017 NHL Entry Draft
Fantasy Ranking the 2017 NHL Draft Eligible Prospects DobberProspects is proud to bring back the experts consensus fantasy ranking for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Last year the first edition of the fantasy ranking was released and to this day is the highest viewed post on our sites history. We are the only site to [...]
Prospects Ramblings: Previewing the 2017 NHL Draft
The Ivan Hlinka tournament kicks off the NHL scouting season each year. Throughout the season there are plenty of risers and fallers as prospects either develop by leaps and bounds, or fall flat. There are several tournaments of interest such as the Subway Series, the Top Prospects game and of course the World Juniors. Since [...]
Prospect Ramblings-U18 updates, OHL awards
The Under 18 World Championship tournament is in full swing in North Dakota. The tournament is chock full of prospects eligible for the 2016 NHL draft but heading into Mondays games it was a 2017 draft eligible player who was the leading scorer. Kailer Yamamoto from USA is making a name for himself with four [...]