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If you need to rebuild your fantasy hockey team, this episode is about the strategy options you want to use. 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 To help the show out, please give a review and drop a rating how every you listen to the podcast. Enjoy the show, thanks for listening        

After watching both an AHL game and the CHL Top Prospects game live in the past week Peter gives some scouting notes and observations from each game. Vitali Abramov and Russ Cohen were interviewed in the intermission of each game (Apologies for background audio) Peter asks Vitali about the differences between junior, AHL and NHL and for Vitali to forecast his fantasy upside. 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.   Enjoy the show

2020 World Junior preview of Team Canada with special guest Steven Ellis of The Hockey News 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   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

2020 World Junior preview of Team Sweden with guest Jimmy Hamrin of McKeens hockey   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   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

2020 World Junior Preview of Team Russia with guest Viktor Fomich. 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   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening  

2020 World Junior preview of Team Finland with special guest Jokke Nevalainen, Head of European Scouting for DobberProspects. 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

2020 World Junior preview of Team USA with Special guest, Steve Kournianos of the Draft Analyst. 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. Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Peter is back with three more prospects you need to look for in your fantasy league 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   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Quinton Byfield joins as our guest for a spotlight episode on the 2020 NHL Draft eligible prospect.  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. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening

Peter takes a look at three prospects that are having breakout years, all are 3% Fantrax Ownership or less and have significant upside. Arizona Coyotes prospects Matias Maccelli, and Jan Jenik along with Colorado Avalanche goalie Justus Annunen are prospects you need to know. 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

After attending the Russia vs OHL game three live, Peter has a quick review of the games played already in the QMJHL and OHL with a focus on players including Dmitri Zavgorodiny, Alex Khovanov, Raphael Lavoie, Jakob Pelletier, Dawson Mercier, Quinton Byfield, Cole Perfetti, Rodin Amirov, Maxim Groshev, Hunter Jones, Connor McMichael, Connor Zary, Brayden Tracey, Peyton Krebs, Kirby Dach, Dylan Cozens, Nolan Foote, Bowen Byran, Ty Smith, Jett Woo, Calen Addison, and Kaedan Korczak.   Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!

Peter shares his observations on top prospects from the Wisconsin at Penn State games last weekend. Both teams boast prominent prospects making this a mini All-Star game featuring Cole Caufield, Alex Turcotte, K'Andre Miller, Sean Dhooghe, Roman Ahcan and more from Wisconsin. Penn State has several Senior prospects to watch for the free agent season including Brandon Biro, Nate Sucese, and Alex Limoges as well as drafted prospects like Evan Barratt, Nikita Pavlychev, Aarne Talivite and more. 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

Peter is joined on this all Boston Bruins episode to discuss top ten prospects with the Black And Gold Podcast host Mark Allred with an authentic Boston accent! 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 Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

Peter was at two games last week taking in the Montreal Canadiens farm team Laval in Belleville playing the Sens. Players discussed include Vitali Abramov, Josh Norris, Parker Kelly, Max Lajoie, Jack Dougherty and Marcus Hogberg from Belleville. From Laval Peter looks at Alex Belzile, Ryan Poehling and Cayden Primeau. 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

Episode 66 open with Peter doing his deep dive onto the Fantasy Hockey Prospect waiver wire and finds some more hidden gems for you to add in your dynasty league. 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  

No guest on this episode as it was a last minute production. Peter opens with a review of the top scorers across each CHL league starting in the OHL: 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.

Episode 63 Peter opens with a review of the NHL Central Scouting Players to Watch List. 26 players were given an A grade indicating early first round potential and Peter ranks his early top ten. 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.   If you enjoy this episode, please like, subscribe, drop a five star review and share with a friend.   Thanks for listening.

Peter looks at 25 of the top candidates for the Calder Trophy and breaks them down into tiers; Long shot, needs a break, and Locks. Then projects them for point totals for the coming season. Brayden Olafson returns to discuss his DPFHL draft, top players from the QMJHL and the New York Rangers top prospects. Thanks for listening  

We received a lot of positive feedback from episode 59 on the "So You Want To Be A Scout" Segment. Peter opens this show with a follow up to that with some examples of people that have made the jump from the hockey blogging community to a hockey job. There are several examples from recent hirings of friends of the show such as Gus Katsaros, Ryan Biech and JD Burke to DobberProspects alumni such as Brendan Ross and Dave McDonald. Pete gives more feedback on how to make the jump. 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. Thanks for listening

Episode 61, the first episode of the fourth season of DooberProspects Radio opens with a primer of fantasy hockey draft guides. With the fantasy season fast approaching and lots of you are preparing for upcoming drafts, Peter breaks down what guides to buy   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.   Thanks for listening

Peter talks about how to understand the impact Waiver Exempt status on prospects contracts can have on making fantasy hockey keeper decisions and takes a look at Conor Garland, Andrew Mangiapane, Rasmus Andersson, Pavel Francouz, Evgeni Svechnikov, Jacye Hawryluk, Michael Dal Colle, Josh Ho-Sang, Nick Paul, Sam Morin, Tim Heed, Sam Blais, and Adam Erne as examples of prospects whose stock may rise as a result. 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.   Thanks for listening

The annual Bob McKenzie interview from the draft is here! Bob and Peter chat from the Draft in Vancouver to discuss the draft and players such as Kappa Kakko, Bowen Byram, Vasili Podkolzin as well as other fantasy impact prospects including Nikita Gusev, Ryan Poehling and more.   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.   Enjoy the show and thanks for listening

The CHL Import Draft wrapped up and Peter reviews three of the more interesting players selected, Martin Chromiak second overall to Kingston Frontenacs, Michel Teply fourth overall to Winnipeg Ice, and Tim Stutzle 19th to Seattle Thunderbirds. 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. Thanks for listening, don't forget to subscribe to the show and give us a five star review! Enjoy the show

Peter shares some thoughts and take aways from the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver, like player theme songs, media accessibility the emphasis on D this year similar to C last year and a look ahead to the CHL Import Draft. 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   Enjoy and thanks for listening.  

Peter and Cam Robinson meet up just before the start of Round two at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver to discuss a variety of player and topics including 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.   Enjoy and thanks for listening

Episode 55 opens with Peter looking at the AHL final, and who are the top prospects from a fantasy perspective with the Chicago Wolves (Vegas) and the Charlotte Checkers (Carolina) 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.   Thanks for listening 

Looking ahead to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Peter runs down his mock draft of the first round and top 31 picks. 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 @pharling or @DPR_Show   Thanks for listening

With the NHL Draft lottery happening tomorrow night, rather than speculate about lottery outcomes, Pete does an equally futile exercise and redrafts the first round of the 2014 NHL Draft. 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.   Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!

Episode 52 deep dives with USHL Scout Dave MacDonald as he joins the show to review the OHL Cup final, Shane Wright who is headed to the Kingston Frontenacs as the Sixth player to be granted exceptional status following John Tavares, Connor McDavid, Sean Day, Aaron Ekblad, and Joe Veleno. Dave also talks about Adam Fantilli and USHL draft eligible prospects in Matthew Brown, Tyler Paquette, Lynden Breen, Trevor Janice, and Stephen Halliday who is 2020 draft eligible. 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. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show  

The NHL trade deadline preview episode with Steve Laidlaw goes over all 31 NHL teams heading into the trade deadline and if each team is a buyer or seller, who is available, what prospects could benefit from moves.  *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.   Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.

Episode 50 review of the Beanpot tournament, waiver wire player to add and more 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" Don't forget to subscribe, like, share and drop a five star review. Thanks for listening!

Episode 49; Aynsley Scott is back to guest and talk about the top 2019 NHL Draft prospects from a fantasy hockey perspective. Welcome back Aynsley! 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   Thanks for listening and enjoy the show

Episode 48, the mid-season episode talks about Fantasy Hockey strategy, is your team a contender, or is it time to rebuild?  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. Enjoy, and thanks for listening

Episode 47, a special edition episode reviewing the 2019 World Junior Championship with special guest Steven Ellis.

Episode 46 starts off with a shout out roll call to some related Podcasts you may want to follow; Hockey Night In Canada Podcast with host Rob Pizzo, Keeping Karlsson and last episode guest co-host Pete Jensen from NHL.com and host of NHL Fantasy on Ice, and Hockey Dummies where I goest on their latest episode talking more World Junior coverage. 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. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening!

Plenty covered in the 45th episode of DobberProspects Radio starting with recent trades and waiver claims and the fantasy spin on prospects (Darren Raddysh, Nikita Scherback, Josh Leivo, Valentin Zykov, and Brendan Leipsic) 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 Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening.

On Episode looks at whats new on the DobberProspects site in a new top 60 consensus goal rankings, a consolidated 2019 NHL Draft ranking and Brayden Olofson as the new writer for the Journey on the Dobber main site. 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

The DPR show is back for a third season. Host Peter Harling has a quick look at the eary scoring leaders from the OHL and the AHL, answers your questions and is joined bySports Net Commentator Sam Cosentino from the 2018 NHL Draft in Dallas

DRP Episode 42 - Special guest Bob McKenzie joins host Peter Harling live at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft from Dallas Texas to discuss the first round, what players you can expect in the NHL and on your fantasy roster first outside of Rasmus Dahlin, Evgeni Svechnikov, Filip Zadina and Brady Tkachuk. Bob explains why the Kotkaniemi pick at third overall was not a stretch, why Joe Veleno fell and why Ryan Merkley went as high (or low) as he did. 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. Dont forget to subscribe to the show and drop us a five star review. Cheers

Hosts Peter Harling and Aynsley Scott take a time out from the action during day two of the draft to review the first round and the Fantasy Hockey hits and misses

Live from the 2018 NHL Draft in Dallas, Peter Harling reviews with Cam Robinson following the first round action. Winners, misses and some fantasy impact.

A special edition with host Peter Harling before he heads to the NHL Draft in Dallas. Next episode to come from Dallas at the Draft!

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