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A Look Back, Part II

By |2015-07-24T10:26:09-04:00December 18th, 2010|The Journey|

Ennis

 

It’s been humbling looking back at some of the advice I’ve given. While some of it has been good – especially in Part I last week – this week I’m noticing more misses.

 

Looking back and re-assessing your judgment of players is a great exercise because it helps you adjust your evaluation skills. You see signs that you missed that would have told you a player was better than you thought, and you see which traits attracted you to a player like a moth to the light.


Here’s a look back (chronologically) at some more players I’ve written about in the last year, and how good my assessment was.

 

A Retrospective – Part I

By |2015-07-24T10:26:32-04:00December 11th, 2010|The Journey|

Pietrangelo

 

It’s been one year since I wrote my first column for DobberHockey. Writing – or talking -- about hockey prospects is quite often a forward-looking exercise, but you can learn a lot by looking back. It’s educational and fun to assess a team’s drafting or scouting record to see how they did. So, I thought I’d take a look at how well I’ve done giving you advice on fantasy hockey prospects.

 

Good Bloodlines

By |2015-07-24T10:27:27-04:00November 27th, 2010|The Journey|

Christian Thomas

 

One of the things you’ll sometimes hear scouts say is that a player has “good bloodlines.”

 

It means that a prospect is the son of a former NHLer or pro hockey player and the phrase implies that hockey talent is hereditary and passed on genetically.

 

The Swedish Sabbatical

By |2015-07-24T10:30:20-04:00November 13th, 2010|The Journey|

Mikko Lehtonen

It’s tough to figure out where Mikko Lehtonen is best suited to play. In two-plus years in the SM-Liiga, the Boston Bruins prospect scored just 18 goals and 21 assists in 106 games. Despite being a teenager in the top pro league in his native Finland, his numbers were a little weak for someone with his offensive talents.

 

Ducks Head South, Palmieri Heads West

By |2015-07-24T10:30:46-04:00November 6th, 2010|The Journey|

Palmieri

 

I tried unsuccessfully this summer to get Kyle Palmieri in my keeper league. He was available cheaply, but I didn’t act quickly enough and he got tossed back into our pool of free agents and re-drafted. I was just a little disappointed that I missed out, but that disappointment has grown as he’s got off to an excellent start to his pro career. Palmieri scored his first goal in the NHL against Tampa Bay on Wednesday, November 3.

 

The next Stratford Streak

By |2015-07-24T10:31:14-04:00October 31st, 2010|The Journey|

Hison

 

There will never be another Stratford Streak to rival Howie Morenz  -- known in his heyday as the Babe Ruth of hockey.

But there’s this kid from Stratford -- Joey Hishon -- whose playing style makes you want to call him the Stratford Streak, even though his talent does not rival that of Morenz.

 

Connolly coming up aces for Lightning

By |2015-07-24T10:31:38-04:00October 23rd, 2010|The Journey|

Connolly

 

Taking Brett Connolly with the 6th overall selection was a bold pick for a new general manager.

 

There’s no disputing Connolly’s talent, but a pair of hip injuries last season that limited him to just 16 WHL games had teams concerned. That didn’t bother new Tampa Bay Lightning general Steve Yzerman, but it scared off a few other teams.

 

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