The Journey

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. Before we recap a hectic first round of this year’s draft, I want to thank everyone that reached out with kind words about my article last week; it was greatly appreciated! [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. First off, my name is Curtis Rines. I run the Nashville Predators team page for DobberProspects, and I will be filling in for Ben while he is away on vacation! I [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. The Memorial Cup, a Champion’s League for Canadian junior hockey (WHL, OHL, QMJHL), concluded on Wednesday this week with the Saint John Sea Dogs overcoming the Hamilton Bulldogs by a score [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. When it comes to acquiring new prospects cheaply, one-way poolies can happen upon fantasy gold is by scanning for players who finished just behind their league leaders production-wise. These players tend [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. The scouting team over at Dobber Prospects just released their final rankings for the 2022 NHL draft. Check it out! They ranked the relentless big man Juraj Slafkovsky (6-4, 218 lbs) [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we’ll take a look at how Kaapo Kahkonen performed over his brief audition with the Sharks after a mid-season trade from Minnesota in order to project his value in [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. One of the hardest tasks for fantasy managers in keeper and dynasty leagues is balancing upside and timeline. A prospect might appear to have a high ceiling, but if it will [...]

It's the end of the month again, which means it's time for another edition of sink-or-swim. We’ll examine three former blue-chip prospects whose values have taken a hit and whose futures now seem uncertain. Should you trade them while they still have name recognition or hold until/buy low before they turn things around and get [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we’ll highlight a few depth players who are providing important secondary scoring and other contributions for their teams so far in Round 2 of the 2022 playoffs. (Stats do [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, as the first round concludes with an astounding five Game 7s, we'll highlight a few more rookies who are playing key roles with their teams so far in the [...]