Dobber Prospects Report

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...

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 Hurric...

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 e...

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 scoutin...

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 w...

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...

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 Dellandre...

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 Cire...

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...

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, Jerem...

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...

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 Art...

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. Qui...

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...