Ben Gehrels pens The Journey every Saturday for DobberHockey. He also writes about Tampa Bay, Florida, and KHL prospects for DobberProspects. His passion is finding prospects for you to target in your keeper league.
 

The Journey: AHL Aces Who Struggle in the NHL

By |2024-02-24T17:14:25-05:00February 24th, 2024|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Dallas prospects Logan Stankoven and Mavrik Bourque have taken the American Hockey League by storm this year. They have been the top two AHL scorers for a while now, nearly [...]

The Journey: Slafkovsky Reigniting the Analytics “Debate”; Michkov’s KHL Contract; Digging into Dobber Prospects’ 2024 Midterm Rankings

By |2024-02-17T18:37:08-05:00February 17th, 2024|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Given that the analytics wars have seemingly reignited over Juraj Slafkovsky experiencing a spike in his development trajectory, I’d like to reluctantly weigh in. The whole “debate” boils down to [...]

The Journey: NHLe vs. NHLz on Bradly Nadeau’s Upside

By |2024-02-10T16:42:06-05:00February 10th, 2024|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Something that caught my eye recently was league equivalency work being developed by EP Rinkside’s Chace McCallum. He posted the following chart, which shows the top 20 highest league-adjusted scoring [...]

The Journey: Hot Streaks for Gritsyuk, Ritchie; Ranking Zeev Buium; Zellweger’s NHL Debut

By |2024-01-27T16:24:48-05:00January 27th, 2024|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** For Bubble Keeper Week back in July, with the news of the Devils’ Arseni Gritsyuk signing a two-year contract extension in the KHL, I recommended him as a drop. Two [...]

The Journey: Assessing Lundkvist and Byram; Risers/Fallers in the Forward Prospect Rankings

By |2024-01-13T20:05:28-05:00January 13th, 2024|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Dobber’s Midseason Guide was released yesterday. Get yours today so that you have the insights you need to ready your teams for the stretch run! We reassess preseason projections, take [...]

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