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
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
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.
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
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!
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
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)
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
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.
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
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!
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
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!
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
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!
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
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!
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
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
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
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 round picks. Peter reviews the top ten prospects and ten more since they are so deep.
1. Erik Brannstrom
2. Drake Batherson
3. Logan Brown
4. Josh Norris
5. Alex Formenton
6. Lassi Thomson
7. Vitali Abramov
8. Rudolf Balcers
9. Joey Daccord
10. Jacob Bernard-Docker
The next five:
Filip Chlapik, Shane Pinto, Jonathan Davidsson, Max Lajoie, Jon Gruden
Five more sleepers:
Jakov Novak, Markus Nurmi, Max Veronneau, Jonny Tychonic, Mark Kastelic
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