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

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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!

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)

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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.

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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

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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.

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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

Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!

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

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

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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

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

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.

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.

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Brayden Olafson returns to discuss his DPFHL draft, top players from the QMJHL and the New York Rangers top prospects.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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*Breaking Trade* Steve breaks a trade announcement to Peter one of his favourite prospects in mid episode!!

Steve also takes the interviewer position and asks Peter some fantasy hockey prospect questions you won't want to miss.

Its a marathon episode so get comfy and enjoy.

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Intro segment talks about the coming NHL trade deadline and a great site to visit for NHL trade rumours is mynhltraderumors.com

In addition to juicy trade news, they have a prospect section with top ten prospects rankings for each team. Joining Peter in writing these lists is Cam Robinson, Chris Wassell, Hannah Stuart, and Mike Augillo.

3:05 Peter reviews quickly the latest piece from Jokke Nevalainen reviewing the U17 Five Nations tournament that took place in Russia, it is full of draft eligible players and is a must read.

4:48 Peter talks about a great Tweet from Cap Friendly listing 51 potential pending Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents. Some of the players discussed include Jordan Binnington (STL), Anthony Stolarz (PHI), Andy Welenski, Kalle Kossilla (ANA), Jonny Broadznski (LAK), Griffin Reinhart (VGK), Danny O'Regan (BUF), Andrew Poturalski (CAR) and more

15:15 Waiver wire,, this week Peter talks about Dmitri Samorukov (EDM, Chase Priskie (WAS), Tyler Benson (EDM), Emil Peterson (ARI), and Zack MacEwen (VAN) who recently made his NHL debut.

25:52 Beanpot review.

Boston University Terriers; Jake Oettinger (DAL), Joel Farabee (PHI), Dante Fabbro and Davie Farrance (NAS), Shane Bowers (COL), and Cam Crotty (ARI)

Harvard Crimson: Adam Fox (CAR), Michael Lackey UFA, Jack Drury (CAR

Boston College Eagles: Joseph Well (TOR), David Cotton (CAR), Oliver Whalstrom (NYI), Jack McBain (MIN)

Northeastern Huskies: Cayden Prime (MTL), Tyler Madden (VAN), Jeremy Davies (NJD)

42:30 Peter answers your fantasy hockey prospect questions. Players discussed include Trey Fix-Wolanski, Emil Bemstrom (CBJ), Carter Verhaeghe (TBL), Jack McBain (MIN), Calgary goaltending depth with Jon Gillies, Mason McDonald, and Tyler Parsons.

Outro music is the Trashcan Sinatras - "Thrupenny Tears"

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Peter breaks down the Toronto trade for Jake Muzzin and the fantasy impact it mason the prospects involved.

We talk about 15-year-old youtube sensation Aito Iguchi and what his future may look like. Check out his youtube video here and   here  

We also mention Hayden Soboleski's trade simulator site where you can submit a trade and see if it is a good deal or not. Check it out at mcdavidforpicks.com

Jokke Nevalainen had another great article on DobberProspects discussing the top European free agents from the KHL, SHL, and Liiga. Peter breaks down who the top players identified by Jokke are that you need to put on your watch list. Read the article here 

Peter also talks about the recent CHL Top Prospects game and the players that stood out to him, they include: Nick Robertson, Graeme Clarke, Artur Kaliyev, Peyton Krebs, Connor McMichael, Brett Leason, and Phillip Tomasino. Peter also points out the prospects that stood out in the on-ice combine testing, as well as the AHL All-Star game skills competition.

Special thanks to EliteProspects, Fantrax, chl.ca, Ahl.com, Youtube, McDavid for picks.com, DobberProspects, and Frozenpool.com

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Is tanking in fantasy hockey ethically acceptable?

Who are this years top NCAA hockey free agents?

Players discussed include; Jimmy Schuldt, Jack Achan, Cale Morris, Max Veronneau, Ryan Kuffner, Adam Rockwood, Bobo Carpenter, Taro Hirose, Colt Conrad, Alex Limoges.

This weeks Fantasy Hockey waiver watch list includes: Conor Garland, Marcus Peterson, Devon Toewes, and Jordan Binnington.

Brayden Olofson joins to discuss prospects playing in the AHL All-Star game. 

Players discussed include: Sebastian Aho, Henrik Borgstrom, Michael Dal Colle, Janne Kuukkonen, Sam Montembeault, Drake Batherson, Lawrence Pilut, Calle Rosen, Trevor Moore, John Quenneville, Erik Brannstrom, Mason Appleton, Denis Guryanov, Jordan Kyrou, Kaapo Kakkonen, Troy Terry, Sheldon Rempal, Francis Perron, Josef Korenar, Conor Garland, Kyle Capobianco, and Carter Verhaege.

Special thanks to Elite Prospects, Fantrax and the DobberHockey Mid-Season guide for research of this episode.

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Peter goes over the waiver watch list this week and looks at prospects you need to know including; Alex Barre-Boulet (Tampa Bay Lightning), Adam Mascherin and Jason Robertson (Dallas Stars) and Trey Fix-Wolansky (Columbus Blue Jackets)

It's the most wonderful time of the year as the World Juiors are almost ready to kick off. Peter takes a look at potential rosters and key players to watch for USA, Russia, Sweden, the Czech and Swiss. ICYMI we cover Canada and Finland on episode 45.

Episode 46 takes your prospect questions again and Peter talks about Bruins prospects, Ian Scott of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Val Nichushkin, Sam Montembeault, Quinn Hughes and redrafts the top ten for the 2017 NHL Draft.

Brayden Olafson joins Peter to talk about his latest AHL article on DobberProspects looking at the top prospect developing franchises in the AHL.

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Peter has your waiver wire watch and this episode takes a look at the top of the NCAA scoring leaders including Penn State teammates Evan Barrett and Alex Limoges, and Carolina Hurricanes prospects defenseman Adam Fox and centre David Cotton.

Peter takes your fantasy hockey prospect questions, answering questions on Vitali Abramov, Frederic Allard, Denis Guryanov, Nick Merkley, Conor Timmins, Jonathan Dahlen and breaks down the Team Canada World Junior roster

Jokke Nevalainen joins the show to discuss Team Finlands World Junior Roster, who is on, missing and who is fantasy relevant, and some draft eligible prospects to know.

Finally the outdo music is provided by Long Range  and their tune "Paddle Away"

Find them on Apple Music and Spotify, enjoy their latest singles Morning Clover and Crush You

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The CHL Canada vs Russia Super Series concluded and pharling takes a look at what Russian players made an impression and are worthy of Fantasy Hockey notice.

Peter takes a look at the waiver wire as well and highlights a few players on the rise that you may want to look at picking up for your fantasy team.

In the listener question segment we talk 2018 NHL draft risers/fallers, Iilya Mikheyev, Paul Bittner and more.

Finally we add an audio interview from the 2018 NHL Draft in Dallas with NHL.com prospect writer and cohost for the Draft Cast podcast, Adam Kimelman @NHLAdamK

Thanks to TSN hockey insider and host of the BobCast, Bob McKenzie for returning to the DPR show, hope you enjoy this episode, and make sure to subscribe to the BobCast as well.

Look for upcoming episodes with guests from the draft including Sam Cosentino, Anthony Mingioni, and Adam Kimelman.

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Next episode to come from Dallas at the Draft!