Looking at the beneficiaries of training camp and World Cup injuries in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Every year, injuries sustained in pre-season action give real-season ice time to prospects who weren't scheduled to earn it quite yet. With training camps underway and the World Cup chewing up some elite talents, the time is here [...]
Taking a look at prospects making a statement at the World Cup of Hockey in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Friday afternoon, I get a text from my dad saying "looks like the Blackhawks have a good guy in the works". I knew he recently read the DobberHockey and DobberProspect guides and responded, "Yeah, Pokka and [...]
Looking at the depth rounds of our scouts' prospect draft in this Sunday Ramblings... *** For the last few weeks I've been sharing the results of the prospect draft with rosters run by the scouts here at DobberProspects. You can read about Rounds 1-3 here, and Rounds 4-7 here. This week, I'll be sharing [...]
Time to share rounds 4 - 7 of our scouts' all-prospect draft in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** Last week I wrote about the DobberProspects Fantasy Hockey League, and shared rounds 1 - 3 of the ultimate prospect draft, with rosters managed by our expert team scouts. There weren't too many shockers in the early rounds, [...]
Attacking you with draft stats in this Sunday's Ramblings... I don't have much of a prelude to this Sunday's Ramblings. The 2016 NHL Entry Draft happened on Friday and Saturday and teams re-stocked their prospect cupboards. Here is a look at various prospect numbers that hopefully you find just as interesting as I did, of [...]
Is there a learning curve when it comes to youngsters performing in the playoffs? Taking a look in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** Every year, both rookie and veteran players are judged for their playoff performance, hailed as clutch and poised or as chokers. This is inevitably often tied to a team's result rather thn the [...]
What to expect from rookies heading into playoff season in this Sunday's Rambling... *** The playoffs are coming, and just as importantly - playoff pools are coming. Not every pick can be reliable heros like Toews or Kane, so to make the most out of your draft or budget you're most likely going to [...]
The London Knight trio all surpass the century mark in points, Matthews’ Zurich Lions swept in the first round of NLA, the Finnish kids begin their Liiga playoffs and a recap of the CHL and AHL Wednesday games… […]
