Reviewing our scouts' rising prospect picks from each team in our 30-in-30 series in this Sunday Ramblings... *** If you've been following our August 30-in-30 series so far (click here for a full list of articles), you'll have noticed that most scouts included a list of rising prospects in their respective organizations. Given that we [...]
How many budget entry-level contracts does a team need on their NHL roster to be afford to be competitve? I take a look in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** Its no secret that many teams hancuff themselves when it comes to the salary cap. You can't be competitive without top talent (which doesn't come cheap), so [...]
Looking at whether the success of a propect's team has an effect on his future draft position in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Every year in the Canadian junior hockey leagues there are standout teams and outright dominant ones. These successes are often due to the prescence of elite prospects playing on the team at hand, [...]
Looking at the remaining RFAs around the league in this Sunday Ramblings... Its that time of year again, when players and organizations battling for better contracts have to choose whether to give in, stand ground, or go through the arbitration process. This is a stressful process for players (who feel underappreciated), organizations (who feel pressured [...]
Looking at new bench bosses around the AHL in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** If you check out our home page you'll see that DobberProspects has been very busy pounding out quality team content this month with the 30-in-30 series. Between those team-specific updates and your regular Ramblings rotation I think everyone should be as up-to-date [...]