Dobber Prospects Report

With fantasy draft season here many of us are faced with decisions on who to draft over who. The guys take a look at several who would you rather scenarios and explain who they pick, and why.

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Julius Honka or Mikhail Sergachev

Mathew Barzal or Kyle Connor

Josh Ho-Sang or Jakub Vrana

Joel Erikssson Ek or Luke Kunin

Oliver Bjorkstrand or Kevin Labanc

Dylan Strome or Clayton Keller

Thomas Chabot or Charlie McAvoy

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Looking at the Fantrax Average Draft Position there are some interesting trends and rankings in terms of prospects rankings. Paul goes over his research and asks Peter if he thinks players are too high or too low. Players evaluated include:

Charlie McAvoy, Vadim Shipachyov, Nico Hischier, Clayton Keller, Juuse Saros, Brock Boeser and more.

In the interview segment prospect scout Shane Malloy of Hockey Prospect Radio returns and reviews top players from the AATPG (All American Top Prospects Game) including Brady Tkachuk, Joel Farabee, Quinn Hughes, Bode Wilde, and Oliver Whalstrom. Keeping with the 2018 NHL Draft focus Shane gives his analysis on some of the top prospects playing with the Halifax Mooseheads in Filip Zadina, Jared McIsaac, and Benoit-Olivier Groulx.

The focus shifts to prospects on the cusp of making the NHL and Shane gives his thoughts on if prospects will make the NHL and contribute to your fantasy roster, Alex DeBrincat, Mathew Barzal, Thomas Chabot and Charlie McAvoy are all discussed.

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So many tournaments, so many prospects that we can’t cover everyone, so we stick to the games we managed to watch and talk about the players that stood out. From the Traverse city Tournament one of our favorite prospects Alex DeBrincat (70%) was doing Alex DeBrincat things, like scoring the OT tournament game-winning goal.
From the Penticton Tournament the players Paul and Peter focus on include NCAA free agent signees Spencer Foo (45% Fantrax Owned), and Joe Gambardella (6%). We also discuss some defensemen in Tucker Poolman (10%), Ethan Bear (33%), Ziyat Paigin (10%).

The pre-season has begun and we watched the Vegas Golden Knights first real game and there were several impressions from that game. Who is Tyler Wong (14%)? We give you a good background on Wong who had a monster game scoring the Knights first hat-trick and added a beauty assist. Tomas Hyka (5%) also made a strong impression in the game and could be a potential sleeper pick. On the Canucks side, Brock Boeser (80%) showed he is NHL ready and worthy of all the hype and lip service we have given him, he was dominant. Peter also speaks about Jake Virtanen (47%) and how his profile needs a market adjustment and how you can take advantage of that in your fantasy league. Looking forward we discuss potential line combinations and opportunities some prospects will be getting, look for the following lines in training camp for Zach Aston-Reese (44%), Alex Kerfoot (26%), and Jake Debrusk (35%)

Zach Aston Reese – Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel
Alex Kerfoot – Nathan MacKinnon- Mikko Rantanen
Jake Debrusk – David Krejci – David Pastrnak

Ryan Wagman from McKeen's Hockey joins us for his third appearance on the show and reviews his formula he and his scouting team at McKeen's apply to scoring and ranking prospects, and the extended coverage of prospects in their yearbook. If you want to buy the yearbook (PDF only) or subscribe to McKeen's you can do so here.

Ryan gives us his early Calder candidates and some rookies who could be in the conversation;

(sorted by Fantrax Average Draft Position (ADP)

Charlie McAvoy - 93% - 147 ADP

Nico Hischier - 92% - 160 ADP

Kyle Connor - 73% - 163 ADP

Clayton Keller - 87% - 184 ADP

Nolan Patrick - 86% - 189 ADP

Brock Boeser - 80% - 269 ADP

Thomas Chabot - 81% - 200 ADP

Mathew Barzal - 75% - No ADP

Alex DeBrincat - 70% - No ADP

Ryan also answers an interesting question about Olli Juolevi and Mikhail Sergachev.

Mikhail Sergachev - 77% - 351 ADP

Olli Juolevi - 65% - No ADP

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