Dobber Prospects Report

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.

*

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.

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.

In episode 17 Paul and Peter do a live mock draft for the first 15 picks of the NHL Entry Draft taking turns selecting who they think is a good fit for each NHL team.

***

The second segment looks in on prospects in the playoffs from four leagues, starting with the AHL and followed by the three CHL leagues. Peter gives some thoughts on the game in Toronto between the Marlies and Albany he attended. Paul shares some thoughts on goalies getting it done and more.

In the OHL Darren Raddysh (unsigned) has been named both the OHL Overage Player of the year and the Most Outstanding Defenceman of the year. The guys review his profile again and try to understand why a team like Vegas has not yet signed him. The Erie Otters and Mississauga Steelheads are in the OHL finals and the guys compare these All-Star rosters.

The WHL finals has Regina and Seattle facing off and beset with injuries Seattle is in tough. Rookie goalie Carl Stankowski ('18 draft eligible) has been a standout for the Thunderbirds and Leafs prospect Adam Brooks (TOR) is leading Regina.

The QMJHL finals between Saint Johns and the Armada looks to be a pretty lopsided finals for the heavily favoured Sea Dogs and their All-Star roster.

***

The guest segment features DobberProspects Vancouver Canucks writer Cam Robinson. Cam joins the show to talk more about draft eligible prospects who raised their draft profile in Slovakia from USA, Canada, Finland and Russia.

Be sure to follow Cam on Twitter @CrazyJoeDavola3 and find him on DobberHockey each week with the Frozen Pool Forensics and if you have fantasy hockey keeper prospect questions his monthly mail bag has the answers.

For more NHL Draft Prospects be sure to listen to the Draft Analyst podcast. Former guest on the show and guest contributor Steve Kournianos dedicates his blog and podcast to the draft eligible prospects and is second to none in his coverage. Follow Steve on Twitter @TheDraftAnalyst

Follow Us

Be sure to follow us on Twitter: @DPR_show

Paul Zwambag: @zwambag

Peter Harling: @pharling

Our guest Cam Robinson: @CrazyJoeDavola3

Email: [email protected]

Find our show notes at DobberProspects.com.

On episode 16 we look at who the prospects are that are scoring in the CHL playoffs, some AHL names to keep an eye on who have recently been called up and the guys are joined by Grant McCagg to talk U18 World Championships, 2017 NHL Draft Rankings and a few 2018 Draft Eligible players.

The WHL scoring leaders feature several over age players in Reid Gardiner, Tyler Wong who both started the season in the AHL before returning to the Dub as OA. Tyler Brown and Griffen Outhouse are two goalies that played well enough to earn a second look for the upcoming draft as they were overlooked in 2016.

The QMJHL features big name prospects that are in the league leaders but not at the top because they have swept both their series. Saint John’s Mathieu Joseph (Tampa Bay) and Thomas Chabot (Ottawa) are leading the way for the Sea Dogs. Filip Chlapik (Ottawa) and Daniel Sprong (Pittsburgh) are getting it done for Charlotte Town.  Some lesser known names are at the top of the scoring leaders such as JC Beaudin (Colorado) Alex Fortin, and Jeffrey Truchon-Viel.

In the OHL Pete talks about Peterborough Petes goalie Dylan Wells (Edmonton) who is the CHL goalie of the week and is making saves and scoring goals for the Petes. They eliminated Kingston but not before Jason Robertson had a breakout performance worthy of earning him first round consideration. Petrus Palmu of Owen Sound continues to score and make a case for a NHL contract. London and Erie played game seven and one of the Carolina Hurricanes prospects of Warren Foegele or Janne Kuokkanen will move on to the Conference finals while the other could go to the AHL.

***

Speaking of the AHL, the second segment looks a prospects heading into the playoffs. Pete has some off the radar players to watch for those looking for a diamond in the rough who are on ATO’s; Matthew Phillips (Stockton), Keegan Iverson Ontario), Giovanni Fiore (San Diego), and Pierre Engvall and Jesper Lindgren with the Toronto Marlies.

Paul has a list with some more familiar names to watch including Carter Hart (Lehigh Valley), Tyler Moy (Milwaukee), Dennis Cholowski (Grand Rapids)

***

In the interview segment Grant McCagg joins the guys to talk about prospects in the U18 such as Fins Kristian Vesalainen, Miro Heiskanen and some underage players Ty Smith and Evgeni Svechnikov. Grant also talks about his draft ranking and where he values Nolan Patrick and Timothy Liljegren who at the start of the year were ranked first and second and where they are now.

Visit Grant McCagg's site Recrutes.ca for his daily updated mock draft and to participate in his Draft Pool.

<