Fantasy Hockey Scouting of NHL prospects to help you dominate your dynasty league. Peter Harling and Victor Nuno with expert guests cover the hockey prospects you need to know about from Junior to pro and NHL Draft eligible prospects.
Episodes
Wednesday Aug 16, 2017
Wednesday Aug 16, 2017
Western Teams
Peter looks at some Edmonton Oilers prospects and who may make the team, players include;
Anton Slepyshev, Joseph Gambardella, Caleb Jones, Ziyat Paigin and Dylan Wells
Paul talks about some NHL ready San Jose Sharks prospects, players include;
Marcus Sorensen, Daniel O’Regan, Ryan Carpenter, Tim Heed, Joakim Ryan, and Julius Bergman
Eastern Teams
In the East, Paul looks at a number of Boston Bruins players that project to split time between the AHL , and NHL as well as a few rookies that are locks for the NHL roster. Players include;
Jake Debrusk, Anders Bjork, Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, Kenny Agostino, Austin Czarnik and Noel Acciari
Peter talks about the Carolina Hurricanes and what a great job GM Ron Francis has done stockpiling prospects, players include;
Julien Gauthier, Valentin Zykov, Nicolas Roy and Warren Foegele
Interview with Daniel Negreanu
Poker Star Daniel Negreanu (A big fan of the show) has six WSOP Bracelets, two World Poker Tour championship titles and also played an important role in securing the Vegas NHL expansion bid. Daniel joins the show to talk about some Vegas prospects, his role in their expansion, the strategy of the team in the expansion, 2017 Entry Draft and more.
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Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Western Teams
Paul covers the Western Conference talking prospects from the Calgary Flames and Minnesota Wild.
Players discussed include Mike Jankowski, Rasmus Andersson, Morgan Klimchuk and Dillon Dube from the Flames.
Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, Luke Kunin, Jordan Greenway, Mike Reilly and Gustav Olofsson from the Wild
Eastern Teams
Pete takes us through the two Eastern Conference teams covering prospects from the Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Players discussed include Tyler Bertuzzi, Nick Jensen and Vili Saarijarvi from the Wings.
Mathieu Joseph, Anthony Cirelli, Mitchell Stephens, Yan Gourde, Ben Thomas and Mikhail Sergachev from the Bolts.
Interview with Mike Augello
At the NHL Draft in Chicago Peter had a chance to talk some Leafs prospects with HockeyBuzz writer Mike Augello. Players discussed include the Leafs Swedish content of first round pick Timothy Liljegren, free agent acquisitions Calle Rosen and Andreas Borgman as well as Andreas Johnson and more.
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Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Thursday Jul 13, 2017
Western Teams
Starting in the West, Pete talks about Jets prospects you want to own in keeper leagues and who may be on the brink of becoming fantasy contributors. Players discussed include:
Kyle Connor
Jack Roslovic
Tucker Poolman
Other prospects from the Jets covered are JC Lipon, Nic Petan, Marko Dano, and Brendan Lemieux.
Staying in the west, Paul gives some thoughts on the following players:
Devin Shore
Brett Ritchie
Esa Lindell
Denis Gurianov
Jason Dickinson
Miro Heiskanen
Eastern Teams
In the second segment the focus shifts to the East, Pete talks about some New York Rangers prospects:
Pavel Buchnevich
Ryan Gropp
Sergei Zborovsky
Ryan Graves
Paul looks at the impact the Florida Panthers free agents have on the depth chart and the outlook on the fantasy impact on rookies such as:
Jayce Hawryluk
Henrik Haapala
Denis Malgin
Linus Hultstrom
Sebastian Repo
Interview with Sheng Peng
In the guest segment we talk to former DobberProspects writer Sheng Peng from the NHL draft in Chicago and hear who he thinks may be poised from the Los Angeles Kings who could make a fantasy impact.
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Friday Jul 07, 2017
Friday Jul 07, 2017
Free Agency - New Faces in New Places
Following up on last episodes talk about unqualified prospects that became free agents, we look at where many of them signed and the fantasy outlook as a result. Players discussed include
Cal Petersen, Stepan Falkovsky to LA Kings
Joe Morrow to Montreal
Teemu Pulkkinen signed in Vegas
Henrik Haapala and Evgeni Dadonov to Florida
Ryan Murphy to Minnesota
Ty Rattie to Edmonton
Nail Yakupov to Colorado
Tyler Pitlick to Dallas
Neal Pionk – New York Rangers
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Development Camp Standouts
NHL Development Camps have concluded in some cities and some of our friends and writers have been able to attend and have shared some of their observations, that along with what we found online gives us some insight for you to take away for your fantasy research.
Filip Chytil – New York Rangers
Josh Ho-Sang – New York Islanders
Mikhail Sergachev – Tampa Bay
Jake Walman – St. Louis Blues
Alex Iafallo – LA Kings
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Interviews with Ryan Biech
We have a great talk with Ryan Biech, Associate Editor at Canucks Army and Co-host of the GTDPod
Ryan gives us his early impressions of Canucks draft picks;
Elias Pettersson
Kole Lind
Michael DiPietro
Petrus Palmu
Then we discuss some of the Canucks top prospects such as;
Brock Boeser
Olli Juolevi
Thatcher Demko
And finally we talk about any Dev Camp standouts Ryan has observed so far.
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Saturday Jul 01, 2017
Saturday Jul 01, 2017
As promised we have a massive episode covering the 2017 NHL Draft from Chicago. On our last podcast we discussed the first round, and in segment one of this episode we hit on some players from day two.
Rounds 2 to 7
Round 2 players discussed include
Nic Hague – Vegas Golden Knights
Isaac Ratcliffe – Philadelphia Flyers
Jason Robertson – Dallas Stars
Maxime Comtois – Anaheim Ducks
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen – Buffalo Sabres
Round 3 players discussed include
Michael DiPietro – Vancouver Canucks
Matt Villalta – LA Kings
Stuart Skinner – Edmonton Oilers
Kirill Ustimenko – Philadelphia Flyers
Danil Tarasov – Columbus Blue Jackets
Keith Petruzzelli – Detroit Red Wings
Players Discussed in round 4
Nikita Popugaev – New Jersey Devils
Mikey Anderson – LA Kings
Matt Strome – Philadelphia Flyers
Final player discussed briefly was Petrus Palmu from the Vancouver Canucks
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Recent News and Transactions
In the second segment we talk about prospects recently traded and potentially becoming free agents.
Anthony DeAngelo – New York Rangers
Tyler Motte – Columbus Blue Jackets
Anton Forsberg – Chicago Blackhawks
Alex Tuch, Shea Theodore – Vegas Golden Knights
Several RFA players were recently not qualified offers by their NHL teams and will become UFA’s. The complete list can be found here on elite prospects
Here are the top players we discussed briefly
Ty Rattie
Nail Yakupov
Brandon Pirri
Mikhail Grigorenko
Seth Griffith
Ryan Murphy
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Interviews with Draft Analysts
As promised, Peter was in Chicago for the draft and was able to catch up with several prominent hockey scouts/writers/reporters and asked them the fantasy hockey questions we all want to know. Special thanks to
Ryan Wagman – McKeens Hockey: @RAWagman
Ryan Kennedy – The Hockey News: @THNRyanKennedy
Sam Cosentino – SportsNet
Aynsley Scott – Hockey Prospect Radio: @HockeyMinister
Russ Cohen – Hockey Prospect Radio: @sportsology
Bob McKenzie – TSN: @TSNBobMcKenzie
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Saturday Jun 24, 2017
Saturday Jun 24, 2017
NHL Entry Draft - Round 1
- New Jersey Nico Hischier
- Philadelphia Nolan Patrick
- Dallas Miro Heiskanen
- Colorado Cale Makar
- Vancouver Elias Pettersson
- Vegas Cody Glass
- New York Rangers (from Arizona) Lias Andersson
- Buffalo Casey Mittelstadt
- Detroit Michael Rasmussen
- Florida Owen Tippett
- Los Angeles Gabriel Vilardi
- Carolina Martin Necas
- Vegas (from Winnipeg) Nick Suzuki
- Tampa Bay Callan Foote
- Vegas (from New York Islanders) Erik Brannstrom
- Calgary Juuso Valimaki
- Toronto Timothy Liljegren
- Boston Urko Vaakanainen
- San Jose Joshua Norris
- St. Louis Robert Thomas
- NY Rangers Filip Chytil
- Edmonton Kailer Yamamoto
- Arizona (from Minnesota) Pierre-Olivier Joseph
- Winnipeg (from Columbus via Vegas) Kristian Vesalainen
- Montreal Ryan Poehling
- Dallas (from Chicago) Jake Oettinger
- Philadelphia (from Washington via St. Louis) Morgan Frost
- Ottawa Shane Bowers
- Chicago (from Anaheim via Dallas) Henri Jokiharju
- Nashville Eeli Tolvanen
- St. Louis (from Pittsburgh) Klim Kostin
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Interview with Steve Kournianous
Peter catches up with Steve Kournianos from The Draft Analyst after the First Round of the NHL Entry Draft in Chicago.
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Thursday Jun 15, 2017
Thursday Jun 15, 2017
NHL Draft Rankings vs. Fantasy Draft Rankings
DobberProspects has recently released the 2017 NHL Draft Final Rankings and the Final Fantasy Ranking the NHL Draft. Paul and Peter discuss why some players are ranked higher or lower on the different rankings.
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Going in Depth on Recent Prospect Ramblings
Recently on DobberProspects, Associate Editor Mark Allan penned a fantastic two part Prospects Ramblings on RFA prospects and gives an outlook for their contract status broken down by conference
And following up those was Hayden Soboleski with a great article on what teams have the compensation means to make an offer to RFA players
Who has the picks for offer sheets?
With these articles in mind the guys discuss RFA prospects and how they see them working out. Players discussed include:
Andreas Athanasiou (DET)
Connor Brown (TOR)
Slater Koekkoek (TB)
Teemu Pulkkinen (ARI)
Tomas Jurco (CHI)
Brett Ritchie (DAL)
Paul LaDue (LA)
Stanislav Galiev (WAS)
And a trio of Columbus Blue Jackets goalies, Joonas Korpisalo, Anton Forsberg, and Oscar Dansk
The prospect talk continues as prospects graduating to pro are discussed and if they play either AHL or NHL and what impact they may have. We talk about Boston Bruins Charlie McAvoy and JFK, Colin White (OTT), Tucker Poolman (WPG), Tyson Jost (COL), Brock Boeser (VAN) and Arizona Coyotes Clayton Keller, Dylan Strome, Christian Fischer, Anthony DeAngelo and how they compare to the Toronto Maple Leafs roster from the 2016-17 season.
Interview with George Malik
In the third segment Kuklas Korner Detroit Red Wings writer George Malik joins the show to discuss the Grand Rapids Griffins Calder Cup Championship and key prospects who could be with the Red Wings.
Tyler Bertuzzi, Evgeny Svechnikov, Joe Hicketts, Jared Coreau and Robbie Russo are all discussed as well as one of George's sleeper picks you won’t want to miss!
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Friday Jun 09, 2017
Friday Jun 09, 2017
Special Episode:
In this bonus episode we go to Switzerland to get some first hand scouting reports and accounts from McKeen's Central European Scout, Dennis Schellenberg.
Dennis gives us his opinion on top Czech Republic, Slovakia and Swiss born NHL Draft prospects such as Martin Necas, Filip Chytil, Ostap Safin, Radim Salda, Jakub Galvas, Patrik Hrehorcak and Tobias Geisser. He talks about how close they are to the NHL and what kind of impact they may have in the NHL and on your fantasy roster.
We also ask him how Switzerland is reacting to Swiss born, Nico Hischier, climbing the draft ranks and being first or second in everyone's draft rankings.
Dennis is a Swiss Scout for the Future Considerations and also provides content for McKeen's Hockey Draft Guide, you can follow Dennis on Twitter: @ScoutingFactory
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For more NHL Draft Prospects be sure to listen to The Draft Analyst Podcast. Former guest on the show and guest contributor Steve Kournianos dedicates his blog and podcast to the draft eligible prospects and is second to none in his coverage. Follow Steve on Twitter @TheDraftAnalyst
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Our Guest Dennis Schellenberg: @ScoutingFactory
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Friday Jun 02, 2017
Friday Jun 02, 2017
Special Episode:
In this bonus episode we go to Sweden to get some first hand scouting reports and accounts from McKeens writer Jimmy Hamrin.
Jimmy gives us his opinion on top Swedish NHL Draft prospects such as Timothy Liljegren, Elias Pettersson, Lias Andersson, and Erik Brannstrom. He talks about how close they are to the NHL and what kind of impact they may have in the NHL and on your fantasy roster.
There has been a lot of Swedish players and prospects, both drafted and free agents that have recently signed NHL contracts. Who are they? Will they play in the NHL next year? What will their impact be?
Jimmy answers these questions and more on the prospects you need to know, such as;
Philip Holm (D) Vancouver Canucks
Jonathan Dahlen (F) Vancouver Canucks
Filip Sandberg (F) San Jose Sharks
Kevin Stenlund (F) Columbus Blue Jackets
Marcus Hogberg (G) Ottawa Senators
John Nyberg (D) Dallas
Andreas Borgman (D) Toronto Maple Leafs
Calle Rosen (D) Toronto Maple Leafs
Carl Grundstrom (F) Toronto Maple Leafs
Oscar Fantenberg (D) LA Kings
Oskar Lindblom (F) Philadelphia Flyers
Jimmy gave the show some excellent insights to top prospects playing in Sweden be sure to follow him on Twitter @jimmyhamrim
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For more NHL Draft Prospects be sure to listen to The Draft Analyst Podcast. Former guest on the show and guest contributor Steve Kournianos dedicates his blog and podcast to the draft eligible prospects and is second to none in his coverage. Follow Steve on Twitter @TheDraftAnalyst
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Wednesday May 31, 2017
Wednesday May 31, 2017
Memorial Cup 2017 Review
The guys discuss the Memorial Cup and talk about prospects they thought stood out in the tournament and many of the top players who will graduate from junior hockey where they project to play next year and what their fantasy outlook could be.
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Dobber's 2017 Fantasy Prospect Report
The Prospect Report is a must own for those in deeper or keeper leagues, 200 pages of prospect and draft profiles, each teams top player broken down, upside, 3-year potential, NHL certainty, arrival and draft advice.
Draft profiles include a point projection and NHL comparable, and there are 100 profiles for 2017 NHL Draft eligible players, a top 100 ranking and mock draft.
See who Dobber and Harling rank as the top 25 forwards to draft in the 2017 pool
Consensus top 50 prospects to not play a single game in the NHL by all the writers and Dobber's list as well!
Paul and Peter give their testimonials as to how they use the guide and have been buyers since well before they joined DobberProspects.
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Interview with Adam Kimelman
NHL.com writer Adam Kimelman joins the show to discuss the NHL Scouting Combine and some of the top prospects for the upcoming NHL Draft.
Be sure to listen and subscribe to Adam and Mike Morreale's podcast Draftcast as they cover the draft in depth with great guests and interviews.
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