Dobber Prospects Report

Eastern Teams

In the first segment Paul talks Washington Capitals and how shallow they are on the wings. Potential prospects that could find a roster spot discussed include: Jakub Vrana, Riley Barber and Tyler Graovac. Which defenseman has the better chance of making the Caps roster and which one has the better fantasy value between Madison Bowey and Christian Djoos?

Then Peter gives you five forwards to look at in a variety of leagues. This is the year Oliver Bjorkstrand makes a fantasy impact. It may not come until next year, but look for 2016 third overall pick Pierre-Luc Dubois to make the Columbus roster this year. Prospect Vitali Abramov will be going back to junior but he has elite offensive potential and should compete for a CHL scoring title, at 64% Fantrax ownership, Abramov will be well worth the wait. Two more depth prospects that can contribute in bottom six roles to look at are Tyler Motte and Markus Hannikainen.

 

Western Teams

We saved one of the two final western teams for the interview leaving Paul to talk Montreal Canadiens prospects. Two prospects looking to make the Habs discussed are Nikita Scherbak, and Charles Hudon. Paul also answers Peters question; are Jacob De La Rose and Daniel Carr heading towards bust label? There are not many roster jobs available on the Habs blue line but Jakub Jerabek is probably at the top of the list.

That leaves Nashville for Peter and again it’s all forwards. Pontus Aberg may be a great sleeper pick after he had a breakout AHL season and some roster spots are up for grabs. Vladislav Kamenev is the teams top prospect, but he likely has one more year of AHL before he breaks the Preds top six. Two good depth roster option in Nashville discussed are Fred Gaudreau and Miikka Salomaki. Looking long term and some players for you to watch as they make their AHL debuts this year are Samuel Girard, Fred Allard, Yakov Trenin, Victor Ejdsell, and Tyler Moy.

Interview with Hayden Soboleski

Senior member and Associate Editor from DobberProspects Hayden Soboleski joins the show from the west coast to talk Colorado Avalanche prospects. What will Tyson Jost's impact be in his first full pro season? How long away is Cale Makar, and what is his upside? Two forward prospects discussed that may make the roster sooner than later and their fantasy value discussed are JT Compher and AJ Greer. Two defensemen to keep an eye on are Nicholas Meloche and Chris Bigras.

 

 

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Update and Announcement:

Today as we record episode 31 our thoughts are with Dobber as today is his day zero as he receives his stem cell donation and as his doctors describe it, he is “reborn”. This is obviously a very important step in his battle with cancer and we are thinking of him today. Episode 31 is dedicated to Darryl Dobbs as we support him in the fight for his life in any way we can.

As our Twitter followers already know, we are pleased to announce we have launched a Patreon page. For those of you unfamiliar with Patreon it basically is a subscription page. We want to ensure you that our podcast will remain free and will continue to be posted on all our existing host platforms so nothing needs to change for you the listener. However, if you enjoy the show and would like to support it, now you can. How it works is listeners can pledge (subscribe) a monthly donation to our page. There are pledge levels and different pledge values offer different perks or rewards.

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Now on with the show!

Eastern Teams

This week Peter handles the East starting with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Pens have the worst prospect pool in the NHL so it was kind of tough finding too many players to talk about. Tristan Jarry, Derrick Pouliot, Zach Aston-Reese, and Adam Johnson are who we talk about.

The New Jersey Devils have far more fantasy relevant players starting with top prospect Nico Hischier, and newly signed free agent Will Butcher. Other players discussed are John Quenneville, Miles Wood, and Mirco Mueller (Pete doesn’t know how to pronounce his first name)

 

Western Teams

Paul takes a look at two teams in the West, starting with the St. Louis Blues and a number of players that have duel position eligibility. Top prospects Ivan Barbashev and Tage Thompson are poised to make the roster this year and have a high upside. Other prospects that will play but in a lower role discussed are Dmitrij Jaskin and Zach Sanford. On defense Paul looks at two players that could play significant time in Jake Walman and Jordan Schmaltz.

The Arizona Coyotes are a prospect rich team. We all know all about Clayton Keller who is already widely owned across Fantrax leagues, so Paul looks at more available players in Dylan Strome, Christian Fischer, Brendan Perlini and Nick Cousins. On defense two bubble players Paul sheds some light on are Kyle Wood and Kevin Connauton.

 

Interview with Tyler Madarasz

Tyler Madarasz from Sirius XM NHL Network Radio joins the guys to discuss the Ottawa Senators prospects. Tyler shares his insights on Thomas Chabot who is poised to make the NHL and how impactful he thinks the Sens top prospect can be as a rookie. Colin White is the Sens top prospect and Madarasz believes after playing both in the NHL and AHL at the end of the season last year the Sens will play him in the NHL. Logan Brown had a season of hits and misses, not making the US WJC team and playing only 35 games, but scored 40 points and won the Memorial Cup; is he a player trending down since his draft or is he a must own prospect still? How will goalie Marcus Hogberg fair in his first full season in the AHL with the Belleville Sens? Can Filip Chlapik translate QMJHL scoring to the AHL? And who is the Sens Rookie camp invitee Pius Suter and can he win a contract?

Listen to Tyler on Sirius XM talking hockey each night on Face-off with Jim Gordon setting you up for each night’s games and any fantasy tips you need to know. Starting goalies, injuries, line combos, who’s hot and the news of the day.

 

 

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Eastern Teams

Paul ranks the Sabres trio trying to break into the NHL and brings to light a European import player who could open some eyes early. Peter finds out how highly owned the Isles top prospects (Josh Ho-Sang, Mathew Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier) are, so he focuses on the defense with four guys who are ready or on the brink of regular NHL minutes.

Players discussed include Alex Nylander, Justin Bailey, Nicholas Baptiste, Hudson Fasching, Victor Antipin and Linus Ullmark from the Sabres

Ryan Pulock, Adam Pelech, Devon Toews and Sebastian Aho from the Islanders.

 

Western Teams

Pete decided it was time to cover the Blackhawks and Paul countered with the Anaheim Ducks prospect depth.

Players discussed include John Hayden, Tanner Kero, Michael Highmore, Gustav Forsling, Jan Rutta and Luc Snuggerud from the Blackhawks.

Ondrej Kase, Nic Kerdiles, Michael Rasmussen, Logan Shaw, Sam Steel, Kale Kossila, Brandon Montour and Jacob Larson from the Ducks.

 

Interview with Russ Cohen

The guys invite Russ Cohen from ____ back on the podcast to discuss the Philadelhia Flyers. Russ projects which defense men has the best value and how the Flyers will look come September. Players discussed include 2017 first round pick Nolan Patrick, Oskar Lindblom, Travis Sanheim, Samuel Morin, Robert Hagg, Jordan Weal, Travis Konecny and Anthony Stolarz. Russ also gives us a few dark horse Prospects to watch for.

 

 

 

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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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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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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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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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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

Be sure to subscribe to the Bob Cast by Bob McKenzie, the BobFather is the best! (Tell him DobberProspects sent you)

 

 

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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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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

Western Conference

Eastern 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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