Via sportslogos.net *** The 32-in-32 Series is an annual event here at DobberProspects! Every day in August, we will bring you a complete breakdown of a team’s draft and insights into their off-season movements thus far. Following this up in September, we will dive into every team’s prospect depth chart with fantasy [...]
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 [...]
Photo Courtesy of TSN Goalies are Voodoo. Or are they? Scouting goaltenders has always been one of the more difficult tasks in the world of evaluating prospects. It is a position that is furthest from any other in terms of evaluation. The position itself is unique in a game that already requires [...]
Welcome back to my bi-weekly ramblings. This week 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. These are all players that are looking to make their respective NHL teams and have a realistic shot [...]
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 [...]
#VegasStrong ------------------------------------- Going through hashtags of Vegas Strong from Tuesday evening, simply learning about what took place Tuesday evening in the NHL's new franchise. In case you missed it, here are a number of things designed to show that in the face of turmoil, trauma, and tragedy, that the NHL stands together above "my team vs your [...]
No more writing about hockey without NHL action! Thus far we’ve seen Vegas start with a bang, blowing out Vancouver 9-4 thanks much to Tyler Wong’s hat trick and franchise-first goal and assists. It had to be a satisfying day for the smallish, undrafted right wing who led last year’s Lethbridge Hurricanes with [...]
The head coach can make all the difference from young players trying to make a name for themselves in the NHL. This effect will be amplified more than ever on the vegas Golden Knights, a rag-tag team of players who, for the most part, have never played together before which leaves an enormous amount of [...]
Games are the hallmark of goalie development. Sure, players work on all facets of their game, but as a prospect knocking on the door for an NHL job, nothing beats game situations for player development. With the NHL welcoming in the Vegas Golden Knights and presumably opening up four jobs (if they get their own [...]
As the hockey season begins to wind down NHL teams have begun the prospect free agent signing season in earnest. Today the Vegas Golden Knights signed their first player in franchise history, but the signing began last week. Let’s have a look at who has signed where, and what is still to come. Vegas Golden [...]
