Dobber Prospects Radio

DobberProspects writers join the show to review the DobberProspects Fantasy Hockey League (DPFHL) fantasy draft. Seven of the 15 GMS join the show to review their draft picks and breakdown their draft strategies. Hope you enjoy the discussion and even glean something from the episode. Joining the show are Colorado - Hayden Soboleski Columbus - Dave Hall Edmonton - Mark Hillier Minnesota - Will Scouch Nashville - Nick Kawka Ney York Rangers - Brayden Olofson Toronto Maple Leafs - Peter Harling

DobberProspects Russian scout Dylan Griffing joins the show to review the Russian roster for the 2021 World Juniors. Jaroslav Askarov could see every start for Russia as arguably the top goalie in the tournament. Perhaps the weak link if any on the Russian roster could be the defense. The highest-drafted prospect on their defense is Shakir Mukamadulin (20 overall in the 2020 first round)  But Dylan pegs either Semyon Chistyakov (Nashville) or Daniil Chayka (2021 Draft) as their best player on the blue-line.    The top name at forward is Vancouver darling prospect Vasili Podkolzin, but both Peter and Dylan are not as bullish on him as most and explain why. Prospects to watch from the Russian forwards include Rodion Amiriv (Toronto), Marat Khusnutdinov (Minnesota), Yegor Chinakhov (Columbus), and Dylan names a great sleeper to keep an eye on. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening.

Marco Bombino guests to preview Team Finland for the 2021 World Juniors. It comes as a surprise to Peter and Marco that 2021 NHL draft top prospect Attu Raty and Carolina prospect Patrick Puistola failed to secure roster spots. Both would have been returning players. Finland will look to 18-year-old Joel Blomquist to secure the starting goalie position. Marco gets Peter up to speed on the two backup options in Kari Piiroinen, and Roope Taponen. A pair of Toronto Maple Leaf prospects will help lead the defense in Mikko Kokkonen, and Topi Niemela. They will be supported by Jets prospect Ville Heinola. Keep an eye on Florida prospect Kasper Puutio, and undrafted prospect Ruben Rafkin Anton Lundell will drive the offense upfront and should be flanked by Roni Hirvonen and Kasper Simontaival. A sleeper to watch for could be Nashville prospect Juuso Parssinen who Marco feels could be the second-line center between Sens Roby Jarventie, and 2022 top prospect Brad Lambert. All eyes will be on Lambert as he could be the first Finnish player selected first overall in NHL Draft history.

McKeen's European scout Jimmy Hamrin joins the show to preview Team Sweden for the 2021 World Junior Hugo Alnefelt will return as the potential starting goalie, but Jimmy believes 2021 draft prospect Jesper Wallstedt may win the job by the end of the tournament. Last year Sweden had a loaded defense with six NHL first-round drafted players.  This year the group will be lead by Victor Soderstrom and Philip Broberg. Detroit prospect Albert Johansson is a fast-rising prospect Jimmy says to keep an eye on. In fact, the Detroit Red Wings have five prospects on Team Sweden Lucas Raymond, Gustav Berglund, Theodore Niederbach, Elmer Soderblom and Johansson. Noel Gunler who was the big omission from the team last year will be one of the big guns on forward along with Alexander Holtz and Lucas Raymond. Jimmy expects Niederbach to be the first-line center. Sweden has named six undrafted players to the roster, Jesper Wallstedt, Alex Brannstam, Ludvig Hedstrom, Oscar Bjerselius, Oskar Kvist, Oskar Olausson, and Jonathan Wikstrom. Listen to the episode as Jimmy gives his take on which ones will be drafted, who has fantasy upside, and who does not. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening.

TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button returns for episode 97, the 2021 World Junior preview of Team Canada Canada may not have a superstar goalie with Taylor Gauthier, Devon Levi, and Dylan Garand as their goalies, but Craig is confident in their abilities and their previous performances with Hockey Canada have been strong. The Canada defense is lead by two stars and returning Gold Medal Champions in Bowen Byram and Jamie Drysdale. Listen to how Craig ranks the remaining six defenders. The strength of the team is upfront as Canada has 14 NHL first-round picks upfront. The balance and depth Canada boasts upfront will make them such a hard team to not only defend against but to win puck possession from.

The Dobberprospects Radio podcast kicks off the 2021 World Junior preview series with prospect writer Chris Peters from ESPN to review the USA roster (AKA Team NCAA) Team USA may have the best goaltending tandem in the tournament with Spencer Knight (FLA) backed up by CHL goalie of the year Dustin Wolf (CGY). You probably are familiar with those names, but who is Logan Stein, the third goalie? Chris gives some insight to the 19-year-old undrafted prospect. USA has named nine defensemen to the roster in: Brock Faber, NCAA (LAK) Drew Helleson, NCAA (COL) Ryan Johnson, NCAA (BUF) Tyler Kleven, NCAA (OTT) Jackson LaCombe, NCAA (ANA) Jake Sanderson, NCAA (OTT) Hunter Skinner, OHL (NYR) Henry Thurn, USHL (ANA) Cam York, NCAA (PHI) Can Sens 2020 first-round pick, fifth overall selection Jake Sanderson play the role of top defenceman as an 18-year-old? Will Sens picks Sanderson and Kleven be a pair after having been roommates and linemates with the USA NTDP and now at the University of North Dakota? USA has only one 2021 NHL Draft eligible prospect in Matthew Beniers from the University of Michigan. Can he play in a top-six role in this tournament? Chris predicts a USA super top line for USA of Arthur Kaliyev - Trevor Zegras - Alex Turcotte That has some lethal potential and does not even include Cole Caufield or Matt Boldy! USA will miss several players such as Nick Robertson (TOR), Thomas Bordeleau (SNJ), and John Beecher (BOS) and Chris explains why those players are absent. Coming up on future episodes of the DPR WJC preview: Canada with Craig Button - TSN Finland with Marco Bombino - USHL Scout Sweden with Jimmy Hamrin - McKeens Russia with Dylan Griffing - DobberProspects Czech and Slovakia with  Samuel Tirpak - DobberProspects

Get ready for your fantasy hockey draft with Peter and guest Pat Quinn as they deep dive into some great sleeper and rookie picks. Not only do the guys discuss players such as Pius Suter, Mikko Lehtonen, Drake Batherson, and more; but. they deep dive on several specific teams' rosters and prospect pools as well. Ottawa Senators, New Jersey Devils, and Chicago Blackhawks to name a few. Pete and Pat also give some basic fantasy research tips on how to find sleepers. Web sites, trends, translating stats and reading the tea leaves on cap and roster and injury situations. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening.

With the 2020 NHL Draft finally behind us, Steve Laidlaw joins me to discuss the fantasy impact of the NHL Draft results.   Steve and Peter are in a fantasy league together and are in the midst of the fantasy draft. They review how the first round of the NHL Draft compared to their first round of the fantasy draft. Players selected draft strategies and trades made.   Listen in for some insights on how Peter and Steve enter a draft, how they value and identify draft targets, and how NHL value and fantasy value can be similar or different. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

DobberProspects writers Pat Quinn and Jokke Nevalainen join the show to review the recent Organizational Rankings series and the 2020 DobberProspects Fantasy Hockey Report. The guys discuss how they ranked players, what criteria was used, and how you can use that in your fantasy prospect evaluation. Then we review the top three ranked Organizations in LA Kings, Ottawa Senators, and Carolina Hurricanes. If you enjoyed the discussion be sure to read the articles, they can all be found here And if you want to purchase the Fantasy Hockey Prospect report it is available in the Shop Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening!

Steve Seftel joins the podcast to discuss some very important topics in hockey which he lived through. Steve documents his journey through his hockey career in his book Shattered Ice and we discuss pressures of being a rookie in the OHL, living at a billet house, hazing fighting in hockey, and so much more. Steve shares some great stories and it was a pleasure to talk hockey with him. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed this conversation. If you want to buy his book, you can find it on Amazon Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening.

Erie Otters recently hired Kiana Scott as a member of their scouting staff, and she joins Peter to talk about her trail blazing journey to become the first female scout in the OHL. Kiana talks about some of the challenges along the way, obstacles she has overcome, mentors she has had along the way and how she was discovered by the Erie Otters and recruited by them. Kiana gives some tips on scouting, what to look for in hockey sense, skating, puck skills and how even watching warm-up can be telling towards a players character. If you are chasing the dream of being a hockey scout, or becoming involved in hockey in any capacity, this is a episode you want to listen to. Follow Kiana on Twitter at: @Scott6Kiana Thanks to Kiana for sharing her story and her time, and thank you to the Erie Otters organization. Enjoy the show

Steve Kournianos from the Draft Analyst joins the podcast to talk some 2020 NHL Draft prospects. Pete opens the show with questions from the listener. Thanks for the great questions. Draft prospects Pete picks Steves brain on include Jake Sanderson (32:50) Dylan Holloway (40:57) Sam Colangelo (53:25) Rodion Amirov (59:24) Marat Khusnutdinov (1:09:) Noel Gunler (1:17:42) Be sure to read the great work Steve provides, find his work here Blog: The Draft Analyst Twitter: @TheDraftAnalyst YouTube: Prospect Film Room Podcast: The Draft Analyst Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening

Mike Dawson, Head North American Amateur Scout for the Carolina Hurricanes joins the podcast. Mike shares his thoughts on several of Carolinas top prospects, what they like about each player and what the short term future and path to the NHL looks like Players discussed include: Jake Bean (1:45) Ryan Suzuki (5:37) Jamieson Rees (10:02) Joey Keane (13:56) David Cotton (17:44) Tuukka Tieksola (21:27) Pyotr Kochetkov (23:20) Mike also shares his thoughts on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected hockey from scouting to the loss of the Scouting Combine, playoffs, U-18, and Memorial Cup. Peter asks Mike for some scouting tips for all you aspiring and "Hobey scouts". Questions such as: How to interview players? How to spot hockey smarts? How important is body language? What to look for when watching a player when they do not have puck possesion? Live views vs video views and more. If you enjoy the episode, please give a review, and share with your group of friends. Thanks for listening!

OHL Prospect expert Brock Otten joins the podcast for some OHL prospect talk. Brok and Pete discuss some recent player signings in Jacob Ingham, Tyler Tucker, and Noel Hoefenmayer. The talk shifts to top prospects turning pro and what to expect from them in your dynasty leagues. We include Akil Thomas (LAK), Ryan Merkley (SNJ), Liam Foudy (CBJ), Serron Noel (FLA), Kevin Bahl (NJ), and Ty Dellandrea (DAL) Of course we got you covered with NHL Draft prospects including Quinton Byfield, Marco Rossi, Jack Quinn, Cole Perfetti, Jamie Drysdale and Will Cuyllee. Some bonus content, we talk about two draft reentries from the OHL of note including Nico Daws and Tag Bertuzzi. Finally Brock gives a great sleeper pick for the 2020 NHL Draft in Evan Vierling Enjoy the show and thanks for listening!

Dobber Hockey Capped writer Alex Maclean joins Peter for a record length episode. On this epic show Alex and Peter go over who they would protect from expansion draft for each 30 teams. Then they each take turns picking from each others lists, one player from each team and why they pick each player and who was also in contention. Who drafted better? Team Alex Andrei Burakovsky (COL) - Anthony Cirelli (TB) - Jakub Varana (WAS) Scott Laughton (PHI) - Eric Haula (FLA) - Bobby Ryan (OTT) Oscar Sundqvist (STL) - Colton Sissons (NAS) - Trevor Moore (LAK) Zack Kassian (EDM) - Brendan Lemieux (NYR) - Tanner Pearson (VAN) Ryan Pulock (NYI) - Dylan Demelo (WPG) Colin Miller (BUF) - Matt Grezeleck (BOS)  Juuso Valimaki (CGY) - Stephen Johns (DAL) Tristan Jarry (PIT) Aanti Raanta (ARI) Jack Campbell (TOR) Bench/Minors Sam Steel (ANA) - Jordin Martinook (CAR) - Slater Koekkok (CHI) - Vladislav Gavrikov (CBJ) - Evgeni Svechnikov (DET) - Dmitri Sokolov (MIN) - Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) - Dakota Mermis (NJ) - Antti Suomela (SNJ) Team Peter James van Riemsdyke (PHI) - Jeff Carter (LAK) - Andreas Johnsson (TOR) Nick Ritchie (BOS) - Tyson Jost (COL) - Alex Nylander (CHI) Marcus Foligno (MIN) - Lias Andersson (NYR) - Henrik Borgstrom (FLA) Max Jones (ANA) - Tage Thompson (BUF) - Christian Fischer (ARI) Juuso Valimaki (CGY) - Troy Stecher (VAN) Justin Faulk (STL) - Jake Bean (CAR) Caleb Jones (EDM) - Alex Carrier (NAS) Brayden Holtby (WAS) Matt Murray (PIT) Martin Jones (SNJ) Bench/Minors Gabriel Carlsson (CBJ) - Jason Dickinson (DAL) - Givani Smith (DET) - Noah Juulsen (MTL) - Janne Kuokkanen (NJ) -Kiefer Bellows (NYI) -Joey Daccord (OTT) - Cal Foote (TB) - Sami Niku (WPG)

DobberProspects senior writer Joel Henderson brings the goods on WHL prospects Adam Beckman, Kark Kastelic, Michael Teply, Wyatt Wylie, Filip Kral and John Ludvig are all prospects you need to know. The talk covers the 2020 NHL Draft crop from the WHL with focus on... Seth Jarvis, Connor Zary, Kaiden Guhle, Braden Schneider, Ozzy Weisblatt, Jake Neighbours, Justin Sourdif, Oliver Okuliar, and Alex Cotton. Joel also share his sleeper prospects as well in Ridly Greig and Tristan Robins. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening.

This episode takes a close look at QMJHL players turning pro and top 2020 draft eligible prospects. Players discussed include: Kevin Mandolese - Recently signed by Ottawa Senators Mikhail Abramov - Recently signed by Toronto Maple Leafs Alex Khovanov, Samuel Poulin, B.O. Groulx, Raphael Lavoie, and Vladislav Kotkov. Draft eligible prospects discussed include: Yegor Sokolov, Alexi Lafreniere, Jeremie Poirier, William Villeneuve, Hendrix Lapierre, Dawson Mercer, Lukas Cormier, Justin Barron, Theo Rochette and Brayden offers his QMJHL draft sleeper, Josh Lawrence. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening!

It seems each year the NCAA keeps producing more and more and better prospects. The NCAA has become quite a feeder league for the NHL and Fantasy Hockey. This year has a weak class of free agent prospects, but a strong crop of drafted players. Joe Meloni from CHN joins the show for another long episode and we discuss a lot of players you need to know or own in your fantasy leagues. First up is the free agent class. As mentioned it is not outstanding, but there are some quality prospects. Marc Michaelis (VAN) Connor Mackey (CGY) Brinson Pasichnuk (SNJ) Jack Achan (BOS) Alec Rauhausser (FLA) Mitchell Chaffee (MIN) And a player Pete didn't catch that Joe says is the best of the bunch...Drew O'Connor (PIT) We didn't get to talk about all the players we wanted to but drafted and turning pro prospects we discuss include John Leonard (SNJ) A great hidden gem uncovered by Joe Scott perunovich (STL) The Hobey Baker winner Dylan Samberg (WPG) Evan Barratt (CHI) Wade Allison and Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Jason and David Cotton (CAR) Ian Mitchell (CHI) Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) Patrick Harper (NAS) We assume you already know all about the likes of Trevor Zegras, Alex Turcotte, K'Andre Miller, and Tyler Madden, so we dedicated our time to the lesser know but still fantasy relevant players. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening!

Jokke rejoins the podcast to help shed some light on this years crop of free agent talents potentially signing in the NHL, top prospects crossing the pond, and of course, draft eligible prospects.   First up is Top players coming tot he NHL. Kirill Kaprizov may be the best player outside the NHL and his highly anticipated NHL debut seems to be on the horizon. Is he going to have an impact like Artemi Panarin, or Vadim Shipachoyv? Jokke has an even better comparison. Is Alex Romanov going to be worth the hype? Is he the Habs next franchise defenseman? Ilya Sorokin looks to be coming to North America. Will the NY Islanders prospect have the same type of immediate impact as Igor Shestorkin had with the Rangers? Other prospects expected to play somewhere in North America covered include: Nils Lundkvist (NYR), Samuel Fagemo (LAK), Grigori Denisenko (FLA), Jesse Ylonen (MTL), Arttu Ruostalainen (BUF), Tim Berni (CBJ), and Andrei Altybarmakyan (CHI). Prospects that may take a little longer that were also briefly touched on include Nils Hoglander (VAN), Dominik Bokk (CR), Justus Annunen (COL), and Mattias Macelli (ARI) Free Agents coming to North America are always a tempting fantasy hockey add, and sometimes they pay dividends. This years crop is underwhelming but includes... Alex Barabanov - Recently signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Don't expect similar upside as last years find in  Ilya Mikhayev. Mikko Lehtonen may be the jewel of the bunch, if he is in fact a free agent. Jokke explains more on that. Julius Nattinen, previously an Anaheim prospect has rediscovered his game in Europe and may be headed back to North America. Artyom Zub, links have him potentially headed to the Ottawa Senators. Johannes Kinnvall, and Eemeli Suomi (Captian Finland) wrap up this segment.   2020 European draft prospects are all players Pete wanted to learn more about and include Shakir Mukhamadullin, Alex Pashin, Kasper Simontaival, Helge Grans, Noel Gunler, Zion Nybeck and Germans Stutzle and Peterka. Jokke brings the good stuff for this episode, enjoy and thanks for listening!

You know what the internet needs? One more NHL Draft rankings, so here we go. Peter gives his top 31 prospects for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft with a short comment on each player.   The TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button joins for a long chat on the draft, scouting and what some if the Covid-19 pandemic impact is having on the draft and scouting. 2020 NHL Draft Rankings 1. Alexis Lafreniere 2. Quinton Byfield 3. Tim Stutzle 4. Cole Perfetti 5. Marco Rossi 6. Alex Holtz 7. Jamie Drysdale 8. Lucas Raymond 9. Yaroslav Askarov 10. Anton Lundell 11. Jack Quinn 12. Noel Gunler 13. Jake Sanderson 14. Dylan Holloway 15. Dawson Mercer 16. Connor Zary 17. Seth Jarvis 18. Rodion Amirov 19. Kaiden Guhle 20. William Wallinder 21. Jeremie Poirier 22. Emil Andre 23. Brendan Brisson 24. J.J. Peterka 25. Mavrik Bourque 26. Jan Mysak 27. Hendrix Lapierre 28. Braden Schneider 29. Zion Nybeck 30. Jacob Perreault 31. Tyson Foerester   Thanks to Craig Button for joining the podcast again.   Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening!

The Mock Draft episode is here! DobberProspects writers and draft experts Jokke Nevalainen, Tony Ferrari and Josh Tessler join Peter to mock draft live to podcast the first round of the draft. Follow the fantasy style draft as the boys take turns picking for NHL teams through the first round. Who makes the top ten and why do we think each team picks the payer we pick for them.  It's a fun episode so sit backhand enjoy

If you need to rebuild your fantasy hockey team, this episode is about the strategy options you want to use. 1. Scorched Earth: (2-3 years) - Your team is a dumpster fire! You have no quality long term assets, sell everything for draft picks, prospects and futures * Owning your own draft picks is essential - Don't get stuck in "Futures mode". If you have been rebuilding for five years its not a rebuild, you just suck. 2. Rebuild: (1-2 years) - Two to five players that are the core of your roster and should be valuable for the next five years. Look to fill holes in targeted and identified weakness or opportunities. Sell off players 30+ years old for futures, or trade 50 point players for 60 point players that are injured for season (Dougie Hamilton) 3. Retool: (1 year) - Good team having bad year, bad luck. Sell two or three players for great futures to make next year or next few years even better. One step back, two steps forward.   Three ways to acquire players: 1. Trade: Target opportunities to acquire players that will help you in future and for teams that can use what you have to offer. Trade can be risky, you have to give to get and in a rebuild you are offering established payers for prospects or picks that may not pan out. Trading a 80 point player that is 30 for a prospect that does not pan out can be devastating. Try to get multiple assets in return to ensure you have some long term value 2. Draft: Target blue-chip prospects in the early draft, even if the wait time is up to five years. Mid round look at either boom or bust prospects, or players with a short ETA such as free agents from NCAA or Europe or over age draftees. 3. Free Agent or Waiver Wire: Best time to acquire top assets here is early in the season as players have breakout performances, exceed expectations etc. Requires some homework but well worth it if you catch wind of this seasons breakout rookies before the competition. Top NHL Rookies to target in trade: Cody Glass VGK Vitali Kravtson NYR Filip Zadina DET Kirby Dach CHI Barrett Hayton ARI Andrew Mangiapane CGY Dylan Sikura CHI Prospects on the brink of the NHL Logan Brown, Drake Batherson, Erik Brannstrom OTT Sam Steel ANA Jake Bean CAR Jack Studnicka BOS Evan Bouchard EDM Kirill Kaprizov MIN Ilya Sorokin NYI Igor Shesterkin NYR Morgan Frost PHI Rasmus Sandin TOR Alex Romanov MTL Injured players you may want to target Juuso Valimaki CGY Dougie Hamilton CAR Anthony Mantha DET Vladimir Tarasenko STL Victor Olofsson BUF Ilya Mikhayev TOR Alex Texier CBJ The Ottawa Senators are a NHL model example of how to rebuild. They have traded star players like Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone and Matt Duchene for futures and now have a bright future and two lottery first roun

After watching both an AHL game and the CHL Top Prospects game live in the past week Peter gives some scouting notes and observations from each game. Vitali Abramov and Russ Cohen were interviewed in the intermission of each game (Apologies for background audio) Peter asks Vitali about the differences between junior, AHL and NHL and for Vitali to forecast his fantasy upside. Russ gives Peter plenty of great prospect insight from players in the Top Prospect game, junior all the way up to hot rookies in the NHL.   Enjoy the show

2020 World Junior preview of Team Canada with special guest Steven Ellis of The Hockey News Steven and Peter review the Canadian roster, the outlook for the tournament. There are questions in goal and more cuts still to come but Canada may be an underrated team this year and may rally around the under dog, us vs the world attitude. The two top players for the 2020 NHL Draft will play for Canada in Alexis Lafreniere and Quinton Byfield. Will playing together tip the balance one way or the other as to which player is selected number one? Who will emerge as Canadas goalie? Guelph star Nico Daws has come from nowhere, can he run with it? The defense will be lead by two studs Bowen Byram and Ty Smith, and will have another 2020 Draft eligible in Jamie Drysdale, possibly as the seventh defenseman. Late additions released to Canada to help bolster the forward depth include Barrat Hayton (Arizona Coyotes), and Joe Veleno (Detroit Red Wings) and gives Canada a massive boost. How will Canada deploy OHL scoring leader Connor McMichael? Akil Thomas, Aidan Dudas and Peters fan boy favorite player Nolan Foot and more discussion this episode. Bonus, pretty sure Peter was able to pronounce all the Canadian players names correctly...Maybe   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

2020 World Junior preview of Team Sweden with guest Jimmy Hamrin of McKeens hockey   Jimmy and Peter review the Swedish roster, will this be the year they win a Medal round game, or lose a round robin game? With a big question mark at the center position, and Peter has big questions about the goaltending that Jimmy answers, there is no question this teams strength is its defense. Leafs prospect Rasmus Sandin leads the D along with Nils Lundqvist and three top 18-year-old prospects in Philip Broberg, Tobias Bjornfort and Victor Soderstrom.  Perhaps the most interesting story line to follow on Sweden this year will be the play of two top 2020 draft eligible prospects in Lucas Raymond and Alexander Holtz who will both be top ten picks for sure. Jimmy also gives a great sleeper player to watch in Nikola Pasic so be sure to listen to what he has to say about him   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

2020 World Junior Preview of Team Russia with guest Viktor Fomich. Viktor and Peter review the Russian roster, a annual Medal contender in the tournament and that they look to be a contender again. Draft eligible goalie sensation Yaroslav Askarov will compete for the starting role in goal, which will be a challenge as Head Coach Valeri Bragin has favored the older players in the past.  The Russian defense will see the return of last years star Alexander Romanov, a Montreal Canadiens prospect. Philadelphia Flyers free agent find Yegor Zamula is poised to play a prominent role as well coming from the WHL. At forward, another player coming from the CHL is Alexander Khovanov who dominated for Russia in the two CHL vs. Russia games in the Q. He could be the number one center. Another returning player that dominated with Russia last year is Grigori Denesinko and he will be looked upon to carry the offensive load fro Russia. Viktor gives a few sleeper pick players to look for and more   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

2020 World Junior preview of Team Finland with special guest Jokke Nevalainen, Head of European Scouting for DobberProspects. Jokke and Peter review the Finland roster, if 2020 Draft eligible prospect Anton Lundell will have a spot or not and what impact that may have. Aatu Raty will be a player to watch as he currently projects to possibly be the first overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, and would be the first Finnish player in history to accomplish that. One breakout potential forward to watch is Matias Maccelli who has had a monster season as an 18-year-old in the Liiga and already has two years of experience in North America. Another question mark for the forward roster is Carolina prospect Patrik Puistola who is currently injured but is expected to go. Peter and Jokke review the top pairing on defense in Ville Heinola and Lassi Thomson as well as the depth players to watch. Perhaps the best player to look for is in goal with Justus Annunen who has been crazy good in the Liiga this year and is about to become a household name for Colorado Avalanche fans   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

2020 World Junior preview of Team USA with Special guest, Steve Kournianos of the Draft Analyst. Steve and Peter review the USA roster, including discussions on Spencer Knight, K'Andre Miller, Cam York, Cole Caufield, Oliver Whalstrom and more.   Be sure to check out the DobberProspects WJC page  that includes full roster of each nations players, links to the DobberProspects profiles for each player and al our related articles. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Peter is back with three more prospects you need to look for in your fantasy league Carter Savoie, LW - Sherwood Park Crusaders (2020 Draft) Tyce Thompson, C - Providence College NCAA (New Jersey Devils) Matthew Phillips, C/RW - Calgary Flames Peter also walks you through the rebuild he started in his fantasy league of his own team. The trades he made, are they good or bad, why he made them etc. We are joined this week by Tony Ferrari of DobberProspects as one of the contributing writers of the Fantasy Ranking the NHL Draft article recently published on DP   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Quinton Byfield joins as our guest for a spotlight episode on the 2020 NHL Draft eligible prospect.  Having viewed Byfield three times live in the past two weeks in games with Team OHL at the Canada Russia Series, in Hamilton and in Kingston with the Sudbury Wolves Peter gives a detailed scouting breakdown of Quinton Byfield. Following the Four S's of scouting model as defined by Gus Katsaros of Mckeens hockey as well as some on line research using Quinton Byfield Shift Work article on DobberProspects by Tony Ferrari, and The EliteProspects Rinkside article Film Room article by Cam Robinson this episode is an extensive breakdown of Quinton Byfield game. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening

Peter takes a look at three prospects that are having breakout years, all are 3% Fantrax Ownership or less and have significant upside. Arizona Coyotes prospects Matias Maccelli, and Jan Jenik along with Colorado Avalanche goalie Justus Annunen are prospects you need to know. Peter is joined by DobberProspects Anaheim Ducks prospect writer Lucas Main to discuss the Ducks top ten prospects, and compare each others rankings Peters Top Ten 1. Trevor Zegras 2. Max Comtois 3. Sam Steel 4. Isac Lundestrom 5. Brendan Guhle 6. Lukas Dostal 7. Josh Mahura 8. Brayden Tracey 9. B.O. Groulx 10. Blake McLaughlin Lucas Top Ten 1. Trevor Zegras 2. Sam Steel 3. Max Comtois 4. Isac Lundestrom 5. Josh Mahura 6. Lukas Dostal 7. Brayden Tracey 8. B.O. Groulx 9. Brendan Guhle 10. Jackson Lacombe Enjoy the show

After attending the Russia vs OHL game three live, Peter has a quick review of the games played already in the QMJHL and OHL with a focus on players including Dmitri Zavgorodiny, Alex Khovanov, Raphael Lavoie, Jakob Pelletier, Dawson Mercier, Quinton Byfield, Cole Perfetti, Rodin Amirov, Maxim Groshev, Hunter Jones, Connor McMichael, Connor Zary, Brayden Tracey, Peyton Krebs, Kirby Dach, Dylan Cozens, Nolan Foote, Bowen Byran, Ty Smith, Jett Woo, Calen Addison, and Kaedan Korczak.   Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!

Peter shares his observations on top prospects from the Wisconsin at Penn State games last weekend. Both teams boast prominent prospects making this a mini All-Star game featuring Cole Caufield, Alex Turcotte, K'Andre Miller, Sean Dhooghe, Roman Ahcan and more from Wisconsin. Penn State has several Senior prospects to watch for the free agent season including Brandon Biro, Nate Sucese, and Alex Limoges as well as drafted prospects like Evan Barratt, Nikita Pavlychev, Aarne Talivite and more. In part two, Peter previews team Russia for the Canada Russia series that begins I Quebec tonight focusing on Vasili Podkolzin, Rodin Amirov, Amir Miftakhov, Ivan Morozov and Danil Savunov as well as Russian joining from the Q in Dmitri Zavgorodiny, Yegor Sokolov, Alex Khavanov, and Nikita Alexandrov. Be sure to watch the games on SportsNet   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Peter is joined on this all Boston Bruins episode to discuss top ten prospects with the Black And Gold Podcast host Mark Allred with an authentic Boston accent! Here are the top ten rankings for Peter and Mark Rank. Peter - Mark 1 Jack Studnicka - Urho Vaakanainen 2. Urho Vaakanainen - Jack Studnicka 3 Anders Bjork - Anders Bjork 4 Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson - Trent Frederic 5 Trent Frederic - Oskar Steen 6 John Beecher - Jakub Lauko 7 Peter Cehlarik - John Beecher 8 Karson Kuhlman - Kyle Kyser 9 Oskar Steen - Axel Andersson 10 Jakub Lauko - Pavel Shen Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Peter was at two games last week taking in the Montreal Canadiens farm team Laval in Belleville playing the Sens. Players discussed include Vitali Abramov, Josh Norris, Parker Kelly, Max Lajoie, Jack Dougherty and Marcus Hogberg from Belleville. From Laval Peter looks at Alex Belzile, Ryan Poehling and Cayden Primeau. October 25th the Sarnia Sting were in Kingston taking on the Fronts. Several players from Sarnia are fantasy relevant including Carolina Hurricanes 2019 2nd round pick Jamieson Rees. Two free agents to watch from Sarnia include former Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick Ryan McGregor  and undrafted Sean Josling. Looking ahead to the 2021 NHL draft goalie Benjamin Gaudreau will be one to watch, he was lights out good.   Finally Peter looks at a KHL free agent getting serious attention from NHL teams including Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs; Konstantin Okulov of CSKA has 14 points in 19 games and could be next years Ilya Mikheyev.   Hope you enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Episode 66 open with Peter doing his deep dive onto the Fantasy Hockey Prospect waiver wire and finds some more hidden gems for you to add in your dynasty league. Aarne Talvitie (NJD), Nikolay Goldobin (VAN), Lucas Elvenes (VGK), and Chase Priskie (CAR) are the players discussed. Chris Wassel @ChrisWasselDFS joins Peter to discuss USHL players Oliver MacDonald, Logan Stein, Alex Laferriere, and Luke Tuch.  Chris also sticks around for a fantasy hockey prospect mailbag segment to answer your questions.   Hope you enjoy the show, and thanks for listening

No guest on this episode as it was a last minute production. Peter opens with a review of the top scorers across each CHL league starting in the OHL: Quinten Byfield (2020 Draft), Arthur kaliyah (LAK), Nick Robertson and Semyon Der-Arguchintesv (TOR), Philip Tomasino (NAS) and Ilya Solovyov, and undrafted D+2 prospect debuting in the CHL from Belarus are all discussed From the WHL, it is over age heavy as Peter talks about Connor Zary (2020 Draft), Bryce Kindrop, Orrin Centazzo, and James Hamblin (Free agents) and Alexi Protas (WAS) The Rimouski top line leads the scoring in the Q and are the focus players from the QMJHL: Alexis Lafrenier (2020 Draft), Cedirc Pare (BOS) and Dmitri Zavgorodny (CGY) are 1-2-3 in league scoring as the top line in Rimouski. Yegor Sokolov is a D+2 player that has size and Raphael Lavoie (EDM) complete the list. Kingston Frontenacs top player Shane Wright is impressing as a 15-year-old. The exceptional status star is thriving despite his merger surroundings on a challenged team. Kingston needs to surround him with better players next year or risk losing him. Finally, Peter gives you three prospects to know if you are in a very deep dynasty keeper league. All three are well under the radar and 1% Fantrax owned or less! Yegor Zamula (PHI), Parker Kelly (OTT), and David Cotton (CAR) are all  Hope you enjoy this episode, and thanks for listening.

Episode 63 Peter opens with a review of the NHL Central Scouting Players to Watch List. 26 players were given an A grade indicating early first round potential and Peter ranks his early top ten. Following up on last episode and rookies and prospects to look at for a fantasy hockey impact, or breakthrough based on their current deployment and line mates, Peter looks at at least one prospect from each NHL team that you want to add or watch list if they are available in your fantasy league. This episodes guest is Julie Robenhymer, she just launched a great new podcast called "NotY Your Normal Hockey Podcast" and it is fantastic. Julies passion for the game and knowledge of hockey really resonates through her stories and it is a must listen to show. She joins Peter to talk and share her knowledge of NCAA prospects, and covers a wide range of players. Freshman who may be one-and-done such as Alex Turcotte, Cole Caufield and Bobby Brink to Sophomores and juniors who may be NHL ready next year like Dylan Samberg, Scott Perunovich, K'Andre Miller, Evan Barrett, Sampo Ranta, Blake McLaughlin, Russian Ishakov and greg Printz and of course Peters favourite NCAA topic, potential free agents. Julie speaks of the run away favourite in Marc Michaelis as well as Johnny Walker, Alex Limoges, Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup and one of Petes favourites, Sean Dhoogie. Finally we talk about NCAA draft eligible Dylan Holloway from Wisconsin who could be a top ten pick in Montreal.   If you enjoy this episode, please like, subscribe, drop a five star review and share with a friend.   Thanks for listening.

Peter looks at 25 of the top candidates for the Calder Trophy and breaks them down into tiers; Long shot, needs a break, and Locks. Then projects them for point totals for the coming season. Brayden Olafson returns to discuss his DPFHL draft, top players from the QMJHL and the New York Rangers top prospects. Thanks for listening

We received a lot of positive feedback from episode 59 on the "So You Want To Be A Scout" Segment. Peter opens this show with a follow up to that with some examples of people that have made the jump from the hockey blogging community to a hockey job. There are several examples from recent hirings of friends of the show such as Gus Katsaros, Ryan Biech and JD Burke to DobberProspects alumni such as Brendan Ross and Dave McDonald. Pete gives more feedback on how to make the jump. DobberProspects Calgary Flames and long time contributor and Editor Joel Henderson guests on the show to discuss several WHL prospects leading up to the coming season and some Calgary Flames prospects before recapping his DPFHL Fantasy Draft. Thanks for listening

Episode 61, the first episode of the fourth season of DooberProspects Radio opens with a primer of fantasy hockey draft guides. With the fantasy season fast approaching and lots of you are preparing for upcoming drafts, Peter breaks down what guides to buy   Dobber Guides are your bible. If you don't have them yet get it at the following link https://dobbersports.com/shop/ Other guides you may want to supplement your draft prep with may include the McKeens draft guide and yearbook. Gus Katsaros and Ryan Wagman do a great job. Keeping Karlsson Audio Almanac. 30 hours, 304 player point projections, 32 chapters and the Smorgoaliesboard (70 goalies ranked in tiers) If you want a print magazine because you are old school like Peter, the Forecaster is the best there is. Find it on News Stans in Canada or on Amazon here https://keepingkarlsson.selz.com/item/almanac If you want a good old print magazine like Peter does than the Forecaster is by far the best. It is available now on news stands in Canada and outside of Canada on Amazon  This Episode guest is DobberProspects Vegas writer Mason Black. Mason also invented the NHL Rank King app and the PNHLe stat for ranking and projecting prospects. Mason breaks down how it works as well as reviewing and previewing the coming season in the OHL with top prospects graduating, top draft eligible prospects and some teams to watch.   Thanks for listening

Peter talks about how to understand the impact Waiver Exempt status on prospects contracts can have on making fantasy hockey keeper decisions and takes a look at Conor Garland, Andrew Mangiapane, Rasmus Andersson, Pavel Francouz, Evgeni Svechnikov, Jacye Hawryluk, Michael Dal Colle, Josh Ho-Sang, Nick Paul, Sam Morin, Tim Heed, Sam Blais, and Adam Erne as examples of prospects whose stock may rise as a result. Peter touches some standouts from the World Junior Summer Showcase including Nolan Foote, Kristian Tanus, Cole Caufield and others The Hlinka-Gretzky Tournament marks the opening of the 2019-20scouting season and it is under way, Cole Perfetti, Hendrix Lapierre, Roni Hirvonen, Justin Sourdif and Aatu Raty are the early scoring leaders Peter completes his interviews from the draft with conversations from EliteProspects Rinkside Editor in Chief JD Burke, Leafs writer for HockeyBuzz Mike Augello, Philadelphia flyers prospect writer for Centre Ice Philly Anthony Minion and Dallas Stars prospect writer Derek Neumeier.   Thanks for listening

The annual Bob McKenzie interview from the draft is here! Bob and Peter chat from the Draft in Vancouver to discuss the draft and players such as Kappa Kakko, Bowen Byram, Vasili Podkolzin as well as other fantasy impact prospects including Nikita Gusev, Ryan Poehling and more.   Peter starts the podcast off by talking about how you can break into the hockey industry if you have dreams of becoming a scout. While I have not realized the dream of quitting my day job, I have picked up some very useful tips that may help you get started or make a difference. Next up is a review of my own fantasy draft where I made seven picks in a five round prospect keeper draft. Following that is a list of some players worth drafting coming from the NCAA and Europe for your own drafts.   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

The CHL Import Draft wrapped up and Peter reviews three of the more interesting players selected, Martin Chromiak second overall to Kingston Frontenacs, Michel Teply fourth overall to Winnipeg Ice, and Tim Stutzle 19th to Seattle Thunderbirds. Peter also looks ahead at what summer content you can look forward to on DobberProspects including the summer series 31-in-31 July and August editions. Peter catches up with TSN Director of scouting at the NHL Draft in Vancouver and picks his brain on scouting tips, what to look for and what to avoid. Thanks for listening, don't forget to subscribe to the show and give us a five star review! Enjoy the show

Peter shares some thoughts and take aways from the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver, like player theme songs, media accessibility the emphasis on D this year similar to C last year and a look ahead to the CHL Import Draft. In the Interview segment Peter sits down with Shane Malloy and Russ Cohen to help you become a better fantasy hockey scout, you don't want to miss these tips from the pros   Enjoy and thanks for listening.

Peter and Cam Robinson meet up just before the start of Round two at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver to discuss a variety of player and topics including Hughes vs Kakko and who has the better fantasy upside in the first year vs long term What is the Fantasy forecast with Cole Caufield now we know he is a Montreal Canadiens prospect Alex Turcotte and his fantasy value in LA This years "Wow" moment was Moritz Seider going sixth to Detroit and why they were not surprised, and where he may play for the coming season Surprise first round picks Lassi Thomson to Ottawa and Nolan Foote to Tampa Bay and why they went in the first round And finally a look ahead to players that were available on day two that have fantasy value.   Enjoy and thanks for listening

Episode 55 opens with Peter looking at the AHL final, and who are the top prospects from a fantasy perspective with the Chicago Wolves (Vegas) and the Charlotte Checkers (Carolina) In the second segment Peter has a chat with the man himself, Dobber. They talk mainly about the new Fantasy Hockey Prospect Report, some of Dobbers breakout players and some general fantasy hockey tips and strategies. It's a great chat and I hope you enjoy it.  Unfortunately the connection quality on the call was not great, we tried our best to level out the audio levels between Peter and Dobber so I hope it works out well enough for you to enjoy it.   Thanks for listening

Looking ahead to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Peter runs down his mock draft of the first round and top 31 picks. Answering your questions, Peter ranks the top ten fantasy prospects in the 2019 NHL Draft, as well as gives you ten players you may want to rank higher on your draft list than where they are ranked heading into the draft. Peter also looks at some of his top picks for breakout prospects that will have the biggest impact in the coming season as players you want to target to add this off season or in a fantasy draft before next season. At the end of the episode, Peter recommends some of his favourite podcasts to listen to and if you have a suggestion hit us up on Twitter or ask a question or let us know what you want to hear on the next podcast @pharling or @DPR_Show   Thanks for listening

With the NHL Draft lottery happening tomorrow night, rather than speculate about lottery outcomes, Pete does an equally futile exercise and redrafts the first round of the 2014 NHL Draft. Before the NCAA Frozen Four gets under way in Buffalo this weekend, the Honey Baker winner will be announced. The finalists include (In no order) Joe Duszak (TOR) - Mercyhurst Adam Fox (CAR) - Harvard Taro Hirose (DET) - Michigan Quinn Hughes (VAN) - Michigan Mason Jobst (NYI) - Ohio Cale Makar (COL) - UMass Patrick Newell (NYR) - St. Cloud State Chase Priskie (WAS) - Quinipiac Jimmy Schuldt ( VGK) - St. Cloud State Nico Sturm (MIN) - Clarkson On to the Frozen Four. The Final four and some players to watch include Denver: Devin Cooley, Filip Larsson, Liam Finlay, Mathias-Emilio Pettersen, and Ian Mitchell Minn-Duluth: Scott Perunovich, Mikey Anderson, Dylan Samberg, Noah Cates, Riley Tufte and Hunter Sheppard Providence: Josh Wilkins, Jack Dugan, Jacob Bryson, Jay O'Brien, Tyce Thompson, and Hayden Hawkey UMass: Cale Makar, Jacob Pritchard, and Marc Del Gaizo Looking at the upcoming U18 Tournament Peter looks at some players to watch from Canada, USA, Finland and Sweden with some help from an article on DobberProspects by Jokke Nevalainen.   Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!

Episode 52 deep dives with USHL Scout Dave MacDonald as he joins the show to review the OHL Cup final, Shane Wright who is headed to the Kingston Frontenacs as the Sixth player to be granted exceptional status following John Tavares, Connor McDavid, Sean Day, Aaron Ekblad, and Joe Veleno. Dave also talks about Adam Fantilli and USHL draft eligible prospects in Matthew Brown, Tyler Paquette, Lynden Breen, Trevor Janice, and Stephen Halliday who is 2020 draft eligible. Peter reviews the top scorers from the junior leagues and what their fantasy. impact could be. Players discussed include... OHL: Jason Robertson (DAL), Justin Brazeau (FA), Ty Felhaber (DAL), Kevin Hancock (FA), and Mac Hollowell (TOR) WHL: Joachim Blickfeld (SNJ), Tristan Langan (FA), Justin Almeida (PIT), and Josh Brook (MTL)   QMJHL: Peter Abbandonato (FA), Alexis Lafreniere (2020), Ivan Chekovich (SNJ), and Charles-Edouard D'astous (FA) NCAA: Taro Hirose (DET), Alex Limoges (FA), Joseph Duszak (TOR), Cale MAkar (COL), Adam FOx (CAR), Rem Pitlick (NAS), Jacob Pritchard (FA) and goalies, Andrew Shortridge (FA), Joel Daccord (OTT), Hayden Hawkey (EDM), and Atte Tolvanen (FA) More NCAA talk as Peter reviews who signed and where and who you want to own on your fantasy team. Players discussed include... Quinn Hughes (VAN), Jake Lucchini (PIT), Max Veronneau (OTT), Josh Teves (VAN), Taro Hirose (DET), Ryan Kuffner (DET), Joseph Duszak (TOR) and more Outro music this episode is from the Housemartins, a British 80's indie pop group that later formed the Beautiful South. Their politically driven lyrics combined with Smiths like catchy melodies made them a cult popular and college hit band for a time. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show