We’re back! As regular seasons draw to a close around the hockey world, the Dobber Prospects’ team is taking our chance to get one last word in before playoffs start. With so much time between rankings, we certainly saw a lot of movement. Those changes start at the top, with our top four flip-flopping and [...]
As we approach the end of the KHL season, it's a good time to examine the top unsigned Russian prospects and their performance to date. These players have excelled in Russia's top league and will be prime candidates to sign their first NHL contracts in the next two seasons. Ivan Demidov - Montreal Canadiens Demidov [...]
KHL: Four 2025 Draft-Eligible Russian Prospects You Need to Know With the top of the 2025 NHL draft likely being dominated by Canadian prospects, this year's Russian class has flown under the radar. Russia boasts several prospects that will please whichever NHL team drafts them. Ivan Ryabkin, F This season has been chaotic for Ryabkin, [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Dmitri Simashev – a Tier Above the Rest If there’s one player who’s risen more than any other for me in this draft class, it’s Dmitri Simashev. From not even being ranked in October (granted, neither was Jayden Perron, so I’ve come a long way), to becoming a player on the edge [...]
Jordan Harris It’s been an exciting start to the new calendar year in the KHL with many noteworthy team and individual performances, both good and bad. SKA St. Petersburg, and their powerhouse squad, remain atop the standings by a wide margin (11 points), while HK Sochi finally snapped a miserable 21-game losing streak that started [...]
On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is joined by DobberProspects' scout Dylan Griffing who focuses on the Russians. They talk about some of the best Russian prospects for the 2021 NHL draft including Nikita Chibrikov, Daniil Chayka, Fyodor Svechkov, and more! Dylan always talks about some deeper sleepers and confuses Tony with a guy [...]
Photo courtesy of NHL.com We have had a rough year. I don't think that's an unusual statement. There are so many things that happened this year that have made 2020 a year to forget and so many others that have made this such an impactful year that will weigh on our minds [...]
Jokke rejoins the podcast to help shed some light on this years crop of free agent talents potentially signing in the NHL, top prospects crossing the pond, and of course, draft eligible prospects. First up is Top players coming tot he NHL. Kirill Kaprizov may be the best player outside the NHL and his [...]
Image courtesy of https://bestsport.news Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on [...]
Hockey is back! I know hockey fans in North America are always saying “Is it October yet?” but in Europe, the hockey season is ongoing already. The Champions Hockey League started on August 30th (my recap of the first week can be found from here), and the first major national league to start their [...]
