image courtesy of LiveInTheStands *** We've been waiting patiently, and the 2019-20 season finally starts this week. For dynasty and keeper drafters like us, this means we finally get to see our investments start to pay off if they've made the team. Obviously players develop as the season progresses, and become [...]
*** Storytime: In 2016, the (then) DobberProspects writers team held a prospects draft in a dynasty league. The league continues to evolve but it remains a cap league where every penny counts, making prospects on ELCs incredibly valuable. For this reason, there was lots of variation on draft day. Some of us wanted [...]
*** September 9th 2018. There were two separate games this afternoon between the Canadiens and the Maple Leafs’ rookies in Laval, Québec. The first one lasted 15 minutes and showed a dominant, confident, skilled and also intimidating Toronto team. The power play was producing, thanks in good part to players like Timothy Liljegren, Rasmus Sandin, [...]
image courtesy of The Buffalo News *** Last week I took a scroll through the long Fantrax player list of rookies, and hand-picked some under-owned players that weren't being drafted nearly high enough for their current status. This was a fun exercise and got fun feedback from readers, so this week I'm going out [...]
The Champions Hockey League started last week. Even though it’s supposed to be this amazingly interesting league where the top teams from different European leagues play against each other to see which one is the best, it’s not super popular even in Europe. But regardless of that, it’s a great scouting opportunity because there [...]
*** With most of the free agency shuffle complete for the summer, we can finally do what I do every summer prior to fantasy drafts - figure out where the spots actually are for rookies to make an impact. For this article, I'm going to stick to forwards. Kids in the AHL can always [...]
‘ This week, I figured I’d write about fantasy prospect drafts because I had my first draft of this summer this past Sunday. It’s a 20 team dynasty league with deep rosters: 23 players on pro teams and 33 spots for prospects. Available players are mostly just prospects from the most recent draft class but [...]
' Welcome to my first ever Prospect Ramblings! I was recently promoted to Junior Associate Editor role here at DobberProspects which means this will be first of many regular ramblings from me. The idea for these ramblings came from a Twitter follower (follow me @JokkeNevalainen). I recently released my personal ranking of Swedish players in my [...]
~~~ I won't lie, in my opinion the draft combine leads to more drama than necessary when it comes to evaluating prospects. From worrying about pull-up counts to puking just for the "has heart" checkmark (thank you 31 Thoughts podcast for that gem) - these teenagers have a lot to deal with this weekend. But [...]
*** Lots of CHL action this weekend so no sense dillydallying. The league announced its award winners for the 2017-18 season, as follows: Sportsnet Player of the Year: Alex Barre-Boulet (TBL) Not that 116 points in 65 games is bad or anything, but this was definitely a shocker for me, as I thought goaltender [...]
