Cole Perfetti of the Saginaw Spirit celebrates a goal. Photo courtesy of the Yahoo Sports When we look back at the 2019 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, we think of two players primarily. The first of which was Russian star netminder, Yaroslav Askarov, who was the backbone for a gold medal finish. The second was [...]
Quinton Byfield is closer to Alexis Lafrenière than he is to whoever is at number three. That has been a sentiment I've held for the entirety of the 2019-20 season. Despite the fact that Lafrenière is the clear-cut best player today, the unique potential that Byfield possesses is what makes it a discussion. There is [...]
Erie Otters recently hired Kiana Scott as a member of their scouting staff, and she joins Peter to talk about her trail blazing journey to become the first female scout in the OHL. Kiana talks about some of the challenges along the way, obstacles she has overcome, mentors she has had along the way and [...]
Mike Dawson, Head North American Amateur Scout for the Carolina Hurricanes joins the podcast. Mike shares his thoughts on several of Carolinas top prospects, what they like about each player and what the short term future and path to the NHL looks like Players discussed include: Jake Bean (1:45) Ryan Suzuki (5:37) Jamieson Rees (10:02) [...]
OHL Prospect expert Brock Otten joins the podcast for some OHL prospect talk. Brock and Pete discuss some recent player signings in Jacob Ingham, Tyler Tucker, and Noel Hoefenmayer. The talk shifts to top prospects turning pro and what to expect from them in your dynasty leagues. We include Akil Thomas (LAK), Ryan Merkley (SNJ), [...]
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 [...]
Brogan Rafferty In last weeks ramblings I mentioned I was going to see Utica play in Belleville with a close eye on Vancouver Canucks prospect Brogan Rafferty. Brogan Rafferty was as advertised, very impressive. He is the Comets top defenseman on a team with deployment in offensive zone faceoffs, short handed and of course the [...]
The World Junior Tournament is fast approaching and I (Like many of you) watch closely to scout prospects for my fantasy roster. Our WJC page has you covered for all the players to watch and I will also be doing a series of podcast episodes for DobberProspects Radio previewing each country and top players to [...]
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 [...]
The team at DobberProspects has brought back a popular post we do each year where we rank the top prospects for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft for fantasy hockey purposes. There are plenty of draft rankings available but this is the only place where you will find a ranking geared towards your fantasy hockey draft. [...]
