Dobber's DraftCast

On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is joined by DobberProspects WHL Scout Joel Henderson. Joel is one of the best draft analysts when it comes to the Western Hockey League, also working with FC Hockey in the same role. 

Joel and Tony answer questions and talk about scouting and player evaluation. Everything from where they like to sit in the rink to how they define 'hockey IQ'. The discussion on scouting is a can't miss! 

After that, Tony is joined by Jeremy Wilmer of the U.S. National Team Development Program. They talk about his season so far, what being a small player means for his development and so much more in this DraftCast interview! 

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On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is joined by DobberProspects QMJHL Scout Brayden Olaf as the co-host of the week! They start with Jokke Nevalainen joining the Caroline Hurricanes scouting staff, the reason he won't be on the DraftCast moving forward. They also cover the news and notes from around the prospect world. 

The guys dove into the QMJHL pause in play and they talk about some of the players that have caught their eye so far in the QMJHL! From Justin Robidas to Cole Huckins, they cover a solid group of QMJHLers who are eligible for the 2021 NHL Draft! 

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On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is flying solo for the day in the host chair but he is joined by Jack Han! Educating the masses with his newsletter and his book, Jack Han is one of the brightest minds in hockey with his willingness to challenge the status quo and think outside of the box! Tony and Jack have a great conversation on Episode 13! 

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November 2021 NHL Draft Rankings

On Episode 12 of Dobber's DraftCast, host's Jokke Nevalainen and Tony Ferrari are back from their post-draft mini-break talking about the news from around the hockey and prospect world. From how COVID is affecting leagues around the world to how other's are going to be starting up in the midst of a pandemic. The main topic of the show is the recently released DobberProspects' Scouting Team's 2021 NHL Draft Ranking! The guys break down some of the most intriguing players, where they are ranked, and why!

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0:15  We’re Back!

News and Notes: 

1:47  QMJHL and COVID

3:15  OHL: Season starts Feb 4th

7:10  Tournaments Cancelled in Europe due to COVID

10:35  BIG-10 Hockey and Hockey East

11:50 Hockey and COVID-19

15:20  2021 DP Scouting Rankings 

16:17  Clarke at #1

19:40  Räty vs The World (or himself?) (1 to 5)

24:24  Lambos vs Power

30:25  Fabian Lysell vs William Eklund vs Simon Robertsson

35:25  Guenther vs Sillinger

39:03  Samu Tuomaala (10 to 17)

41:48  The OHL vs Players who aren’t playing

• • McTavish 13 to 24

Russians playing at the Karjala Cup

• 47:32 Daniil Chayka

59:00  Hreschuk vs NHL Central Scouting

1:03:45  Samuel Helenius (64)

1:09:02  Isaac Belliveau vs Our Rankings

1:13:47  Wrapping things up!

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In Episode 11 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen are joined by The Athletic's NHL Draft analyst Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) to discuss some of the best prospects available for the 2021 NHL Draft.

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On this episode of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen take a look at the 2020 NHL Draft and how the selections on draft day compared to the DobberProspects Scouting Team Top-100. Covering everything from the players who fell, the guys who made a jump, some surprises, and a few undrafted guys who deserve some love, catch up on some of the most interesting picks in the draft! 

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0:20 - General Thoughts on the Draft 

Drafted lower than where we ranked them: 

Time Stamp - #Pick, Player (Team) [Our Rank]

2:45 - #27 Jacob Perreault (ANA) [17] and #30 Mavrik Bourque (DAL) [15]

4:45 - #35 Helge Grans (LAK) [19]

7:00 -  #41 Noel Gunler (CAR) [18]

9:00 - #54 Emil Andrae (PHI) [29]

11:15 - #64 Topi Niemelä (TOR) [28]

14:15 - #66 Kasper Simontaival (LAK) [37]

15:30 - #72 Jeremie Poirier (CGY) [32]

17:15 - #76 Daniil Gushchin (SJS) [34] and #115 Zion Nybeck (CAR) [50] 

19:30 - #126 Tyler Tullio (EDM) [45] 

21:15 - #127 Evan Vierling (NYR) [77] 

22:45 - #133 Anton Johannesson (WPG) [79] 

25:30 - #137 Dmitri Ovchinnikov (TOR) [83] 

27:45 - #162 Yevgeni Oksentyuk (DAL) [91] 

29:50 - #168 Veeti Miettinen (TOR) [68]  

31:45 - #174 Rory Kerins (CGY) [82]  

32:45 - #199 Alexander Pashin (CAR) [44]  

32:45 - #211 Oskar Magnusson (WSH) [69]  

Drafted higher than where we ranked them:

36:45 - #8 Jack Quinn (BUF) [21]  

39:15 - #25 Justin Barron (COL) [65]   

41:20 - #26 Jake Neighbours (STL) [60]  

45:45 - #32 William Wallinder (DET) [slightly] [38] 

47:30 - #33 Roby Järventie (OTT) [ 58]  

49:50 - #43 Emil Heineman (FLA) [slightly] [55]  

51:20 - #42 Luke Evangelista (NSH) [56]   

Drafted high but unranked by us:

53:30 - #20 Shakir Mukhamadullin (NJD)  

59:15 = #21 Yegor Chinakhov (CBJ)    

1:08:30 - #44 Tyler Kleven (OTT) [Tony gets to laugh]   

1:13:15 - #50 Yan Kuznetsov (CGY)  

1:15:30 - #55 Cross Hanas (DET)  

1:16:00 - #58 Mason Lohrei (BOS) 

1:18:15 - #60 Will Cuylle (NYR)  

1:21:15 - #61 Yegor Sokolov (OTT) 

1:24:00 - #62 Gage Goncalves (TBL) 

1:25:15 - #71 Alexander Nikishin (CAR)

Finish on a positive note - nice things about some undrafted guys!

1:26:30 - Highly rated Europeans before going to the CHL: Ruben Rafkin, Christoffer Sedoff, Oliver Suni, Ville Ottavainen, Nick Malik, Simon Kubicek, Michal Gut, Theo Rochette, Simon Knak, Noah Delemont

1:35:45 - Interesting Cases: Victor Mancini, Pavel Tyutnev 

1:37:30 - CHLers who went undrafted: James Hardie , Ethan Cardwell , Brady Burns , Josh Lawrence, Charlie Desroches, Jacob Dion

1:39:30 - Tony mourns Juuso Mäenpää going undrafted

1:40:45 - Finals thoughts and farewell to the 2020 Draft class! 

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On this episode of Dobber's DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen are joined by the majority of the DobberProspects' scouting team to sort out the teams top-100 2020 NHL Draft rankings! This behind the scenes look gives a bit of an idea of what a scouting meeting is like, our evaluations of over 100 players, and the reasoning behind why we have players where we have them. The meeting was edited down from its original length to include just the discussion relevant to the draft and the prospects.

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• Jokke Nevalainen (@JokkeNevalainen)

Let us know what you think! You can also check out the podcast on Twitter at @DobberDraftCast! Without further ado, discuss, debate, and dissect the rankings! Enjoy! 

Timestamps

0:15 Intro

5:30 Lafreniere, Byfield

7:45 Raymond, Stutzle, Rossi

13:00 Top-10 (Alexander Holtz, Jamie Drysdale, Jake Sanderson, Cole Perfetti, Anton Lundell)

27:35 10-15 (Yaroslav Askarov, Rodion Amirov, Seth Jarvis, Dawson Mercer, Mavrik Bourque)

37:15 15-20 (Connor Zary, Jacob Perreault, Noel Gunler, Helge Grans, Braden Schneider)

54:30 20-27 (Jack Quinn, Dylan Holloway, Lukas Reichel, Kaiden Guhle, Hendrix Lapierre, Jan Mysak, Marat Khusnutdinov)

1:19:00 28-38  (Topi Niemelä, Emil Andrae, Thomas Bordeleau, John-Jason Peterka, Jérémie Poirier, Brendan Brisson, Daniil Gushchin, Ozzy Wiesblatt, Theodor Niederbach, Kasper Simontaival, William Wallinder)

1:44:30 39-50 (Ryan O'Rourke, Jean-Luc Foudy, Tyson Foerster, Joel Blomqvist, Tristen Robins, Alexander Pashin, Tyler Tullio, Daniel Torgersson, Brock Faber, Ty Smilanic, Ridly Greig, Zion Nybeck)

2:01:00 Rankings break with Jeff Rea talks with Tony about the Draft Diaries series

2:09:00 50-60 (Brandon Coe, Roni Hirvonen, Martin Chromiak, Sean Farrell, Emil Heineman, Luke Evangelista, Vasili Ponomaryov, Roby Järventie, Sam Colangelo, Jake Neighbours)

2:19:30 60-76 (Lukas Cormier, Drew Commesso, Jaromir Pytlik, Joni Jurmo, Justin Barron, Nico Daws, Colby Ambrosio, Veeti Miettinen, Oskar Magnusson, Eamon Powell, Wyatt Kaiser, Eemil Viro, Dylan Peterson, Luke Tuch, Charlie DesRoches, Justin Sourdif)

2:35:00 77-90 (Evan Vierling, Ethan Edwards, Anton Johannesson, Jan Bednar, Calle Clang, Rory Kerins, Dmitri Ovchinnikov, Daemon Hunt, Ruben Rafkin, Brett Berard, Maxim Groshev, Josh Lawrence, Bogdan Trineyev,Pavel Tyutnev)

3:05:00 91-100 (Yevgeni Oksentyuk, Jack Finley, Samuel Knazko, Kasper Puutio, Pavel Novak, James Hardie, Elliot Desnoyers, Yegor Suchkov, Dylan Garand, Isaak Phillips)

3:12:00 Goodbye! Stay safe!

In Episode 8 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen are joined by Chris Peters (@chrismpeters), ESPN's NHL Draft analyst, to discuss the best American prospects for the 2020 and 2021 NHL Drafts.

Follow us on Twitter: @DobberDraftCast, @theTonyFerrari, @JokkeNevalainen.

Timestamps: 0:20 Early 2023 NHL Draft thoughts: Connor Bedard, Matvei Michkov

6:40 College hockey's return to play

8:30 IIHF tournaments canceled, WJC in a bubble

12:10 OHL's return to play

15:20 Two USHL teams skipping the season

18:40 Rögle's player loans: Raphaël Lavoie, Cole Caufield

23:20 Chris Peters joins the show

23:40 Return to play in the USA

30:20 USNTDP coaches moving to the AHL & new coaches incoming

37:40 2020 NHL Draft: Jake Sanderson & Jamie Drysdale

48:30 Thomas Bordeleau

52:50 Brock Faber, Eamon Powell & Tyler Kleven

59:50 Ty Smilanic

1:02:20 Dylan Peterson

1:05:50 Luke Tuch & Brett Berard

1:09:10 Dylan Holloway

1:14:00 Chicago Steel players: Brendan Brisson, Sam Colangelo & Sean Farrell

1:22:20 Daniil Gushchin

1:25:30 Mitch Miller

1:30:20 Blake Biondi & Wyatt Kaiser

1:34:10 2021 NHL Draft: Owen Power

1:37:20 USNTDP forwards: Chaz Lucius, Dylan Duke, Sasha Pastujov, Jeremy Wilmer & Jack Hughes

1:39:10 USNTDP defensemen: Luke Hughes, Aiden Hreschuk & Sean Behrens

1:41:10 Kent Johnson

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In Episode 7 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen are joined by Jimmy Hamrin (@jimmyhamrin), a Swedish regional scout for McKeen's Hockey and the host of The Future of Hockey podcast, to discuss the best Swedish prospects for the 2020, 2021 and 2022 NHL Drafts.

Follow us on Twitter: @DobberDraftCast, @theTonyFerrari, @JokkeNevalainen.

Timestamps:

0:20 Quick news and notes (NHL Draft schedule, players loaned to Europe, COVID issues in Finland)

16:10 Jimmy Hamrin joins the show

18:00 2020 NHL Draft Swedes - the top options (Lucas Raymond, Alexander Holtz)

23:50 The defenders (Helge Grans, Emil Andrae, William Wallinder, Anton Johannesson)

35:10 Risky forwards (Noel Gunler, Zion Nybeck, Theodor Niederbach)

50:10 Safer forwards (Daniel Torgersson, Emil Heineman)

56:20 Oskar Magnusson

1:00:30 Late round options (Samuel Johannesson, Oliver Tärnström, Elliot Ekmark, Hugo Styf)

1:09:20 2021 NHL Draft Swedes - 1st round options (Fabian Lysell, Simon Edvinsson, Jesper Wallstedt, Simon Robertsson, William Eklund, Isak Rosén, Anton Olsson, Liam Dower-Nilsson)

1:18:00 Second round (Oskar Olausson, Oliver Moberg)

1:20:00 Names to keep an eye on (William Strömgren, Sebastian Lundman, Jonathan Myrenberg, Victor Stjernborg)

1:25:10 2022 NHL Draft Swedes - early favorites (Ludwig Persson, Simon Forsmark, Noah Östlund, Alexander Suzdalev, Mattias Hävelid)

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In Episode 6 of Dobber’s DraftCast, hosts Tony Ferrari and Jokke Nevalainen are joined by the founder of Scouching, Will Scouch, to discuss 2020 NHL Draft risers and fallers. Will also answers some Twitter questions.

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https://twitter.com/Scouching

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Timestamps:

0:20 News & Notes (NCAA, Russian leagues, QMJHL schedule, TOR-PIT trade)

13:30 Special guest Will Schouch joins the show

17:20 2020 NHL Draft Risers and Fallers

18:40 John-Jason Peterka

22:30 Marco Rossi

29:10 Seth Jarvis

33:30 Jake Sanderson

40:10 Tim Stützle

45:10 Jean-Luc Foudy

52:30 Hendrix Lapierre

57:20 Dylan Peterson

1:03:40 Antonia Stranges

1:08:10 Justin Barron

1:13:00 Q&A with Will (Marat Khusnutdinov, Rodion Amirov)

1:17:20 Second round options (Lukas Reichel, Jacob Perreault, Daniil Gushchin, Roby Järventie, Kasper Simontaival, Zion Nybeck)

1:21:20 Alexander Holtz, Cole Perfetti

1:23:20 Third round options (Emil Heineman, Anton Johannesson, Thomas Bordeleau, Sean Farrell, Zion Nybeck, Brett Berard, Theodor Niederbach, Emil Andrae, Drew Commesso, Joel Blomqvist, Dylan Garand)

1:27:00 Dylan Holloway, Mavrik Bourque

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