*** The World Junior Championships are exciting times for multiple reasons. Its fantastic hockey, its emotionally charged, it puts countries' entire hockey programs on display, and of course, it sets the stage for prospects to make a name for themselves for the more casual fan. This makes the tournament a perfect time to [...]
The Canadians always have a target on their backs at the World Junior Championships. None more than this year. The defending champions are also the hosts. The last time this tournament was on home ice, Team Canada had to watch the Americans celebrate in front of them. While the team will be [...]
The Americans were one of the last teams to release their camp roster for the upcoming World Junior Championships. There weren’t many surprises. Jack Hughes and Spencer Knight were the only 2001-born players included. Shame for those hoping to get a closer look at a handful of potential early selections this June. We'll survive [...]
Plenty covered in the 45th episode of DobberProspects Radio starting with recent trades and waiver claims and the fantasy spin on prospects (Darren Raddysh, Nikita Scherback, Josh Leivo, Valentin Zykov, and Brendan Leipsic) Peter has your waiver wire watch and this episode takes a look at the top of the NCAA scoring leaders including Penn [...]
Camp rosters for the World Juniors are starting to get released now. I've done my projections for Team Finland, Team Sweden and Team Russia over the past eight days. When doing those, I was flying a bit blind because camp rosters were not released at that time. This time, I know which players are [...]
Article has been updated on December 5th after the release of the final camp roster. It's December now which means the World Juniors are right around the corner! Over the past week, I've done my projections for Team Finland and Team Sweden, so now it's time for Team Russia. The Russian team is always [...]
Article has been updated on December 5th after the release of the final camp roster. The World Juniors are just three weeks away. Time to get excited! I released my projected Team Finland for the WJC a few days ago. This time, it's time to project Team Sweden. My Finnish team had 25 players but apparently [...]
Article has been updated on December 3rd after the release of the final camp roster, and again on December 15th after confirmation that Kristian Vesalainen has declined invitation to join the team. The World Junior Championship tournament is a month away, so it's time to start projecting which players are likely to be playing [...]
January QMJHL Report Holiday movers and shakers The Joe Veleno blockbuster wasn't the only trade made across the QMJHL this holiday season. After the pre-Christmas trade that sent the one-time exceptional status 15-year-old to Drummondville for three first-rounders and a pair of second-rounders, the “Q” saw many big moves, [...]
*** We've been teased all week with waves of roster cuts, but we finally know the Team Canada composition for the upcoming WJC. This is a good time to scoop up some players who will see big value increases in keeper leagues due to the hype alone. Once the tournament ends, take advantage of that [...]
