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 [...]
| Kirill Petrov, RW/LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 209 |
| Born: 1990-04-13 | Hometown: Kazan, Russia | Drafted: 2008 by New York Islanders, 73rd overall |
The New York Islanders underwent some pretty heavy plastic surgery over the course of the offseason. They made three big swaps: Shipping inconsistent young forward Ryan Strome to Edmonton in exchange for offensive winger Jordan Eberle; donating a first and a second round pick to Vegas in exchange for them taking Mikhail Grabovski’s contract as [...]
The Islanders ended up with five selections in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft as GM Garth Snow shuffled the deck a bit in light of his team’s performance in 2016-17 plus the fallout from the Expansion Draft. The Islanders dealt their first selection (15th overall) to Vegas in exchange for the Knights to take on [...]
| Anthony Beauvillier, LW/C | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 5-10 | Weight: 181 |
| Born: 1997-06-08 | Hometown: Sorel-Tracy, QC, CAN | Drafted: 2015 by New York Islanders, 28th overall |
KHL GAGARIN CUP PLAYOFFS RECAP Well guess who won the KHL championship last night, just in time for the KHL update (they must have known), it was won in five games by SKA Saint Petersburg. The team that finished tied for first in points with a loaded offense and stellar goaltending. See the brackets below: [...]
| Alan Quine, C/LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 188 |
| Born: 1993-02-25 | Hometown: Ottawa, ON | Drafted 2011 by Detroit Red Wings, 85th Overall & 2013 by New York Islanders, 166th Overall |
| Adam Pelech, D | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 211 |
| Born: 1994-08-16 | Hometown: Toronto, ON | Drafted: 2012 by New York Islanders, 65th Overall |
| Jean-Francois Berube, G | ||
| Catches: L | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 170 |
| Born: 1991-07-13 | Hometown: Repentigny, QC. | Drafted: 2009 by Los Angeles Kings, 95th Overall |
The Islanders continue to boast one of the best prospect pools in the league. The talent they have up front is unparalleled, with the possible exception of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The impressive part about the Islanders is that they have, for the most part, been able to accumulate this talent using mid to late [...]
