Nashville entered this offseason looking to change their culture and what it means to be a member of the Predators. The organization had been seen as a destination for players that wanted to get out of the limelight, but still play meaningful hockey in April. The message from new General Manager Barry Trotz was clear: [...]
Graphic courtesy of Andrew Armstrong The World Juniors have come and gone once again. The Americans defeated the Canadians in a game where Trevor Zegras proved that Canada hadn't faced a team like them. The Finns showed their typical cohesion, picking the Russians apart slowly to take the bronze medal. We saw [...]
With the Stanley Cup window still in sight, the Predators had high hopes for the 2019-20 season. The addition of Matt Duchene to the offence, the increased role of Juuse Saros in the crease and Dante Fabbro graduating to the pro game appeared to be major steps forward toward another strong campaign in the music [...]
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 [...]
What NHL franchise has the best prospects? That can be a difficult and subjective question to answer. To give it our best shot, the senior staff at DobberProspects has collaborated to give our personal rankings for each team. With that we have established a consensus ranking. Peter Harling (Content Manager) has put together a team [...]
Photo courtesy of https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/ Welcome to my weekly Wednesday ramblings! No more bi-weekly Friday thoughts, now you'll get me mid-week, every week! Today we're going to take a look at some of the early returns from the 2019 NHL Draft. Who's been hot to start the year and who is already making [...]
Welcome back to my bi-weekly ramblings. The previous edition of the "Bubble Roster Prospects" was received well and I was asked to do another edition. So again, we are taking a look at some of the players that are on the roster bubble and their likelihood of making the NHL roster out of training camp. [...]
Finally the KHL write has come back to DobberProspects. There have already been 23 games (for most clubs) played in the KHL as opposed to around six in the NHL to date. It is the usual suspects who will be mainly featured in this update as they are the ones racking up the [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning rookie tournament that was originally scheduled to be held in Estero, Florida at the home of the Florida Everblades was cancelled due to concerns with Hurricane Irma. The arena was converted to a hurricane shelter. The Lightning scheduled a three-game mini-tournament with the Nashville Predators in Antioch, Tennessee at the Ford [...]
The Predators have been doing wonderful things in the NHL Entry Draft these past few years. After Barry Trotz left town, it seems that the Preds have drafted more skilled forwards than they did when Trotz was still the head coach in Nashville. On April 14, 2014 the Predators announced that Trotz would not return [...]
