DPR Episode 83: European Free Agents and Draft Prospects with Jokke Nevalainen
Jokke rejoins the podcast to help shed some light on this years crop of free agent talents potentially signing in the NHL, top prospects crossing the pond, and of course, draft eligible prospects. First up is Top players coming tot he NHL. Kirill Kaprizov may be the best player outside the NHL and his highly anticipated NHL debut seems to be on the horizon. Is he going to have an impact like Artemi Panarin, or Vadim Shipachoyv? Jokke has an even better comparison. Is Alex Romanov going to be worth the hype? Is he the Habs next franchise defenseman? Ilya Sorokin looks to be coming to North America. Will the NY Islanders prospect have the same type of immediate impact as Igor Shestorkin had with the Rangers? Other prospects expected to play somewhere in North America covered include: Nils Lundkvist (NYR), Samuel Fagemo (LAK), Grigori Denisenko (FLA), Jesse Ylonen (MTL), Arttu Ruostalainen (BUF), Tim Berni (CBJ), and Andrei Altybarmakyan (CHI). Prospects that may take a little longer that were also briefly touched on include Nils Hoglander (VAN), Dominik Bokk (CR), Justus Annunen (COL), and Mattias Macelli (ARI) Free Agents coming to North America are always a tempting fantasy hockey add, and sometimes they pay dividends. This years crop is underwhelming but includes... Alex Barabanov - Recently signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Don't expect similar upside as last years find in Ilya Mikhayev. Mikko Lehtonen may be the jewel of the bunch, if he is in fact a free agent. Jokke explains more on that. Julius Nattinen, previously an Anaheim prospect has rediscovered his game in Europe and may be headed back to North America. Artyom Zub, links have him potentially headed to the Ottawa Senators. Johannes Kinnvall, and Eemeli Suomi (Captian Finland) wrap up this segment. 2020 European draft prospects are all players Pete wanted to learn more about and include Shakir Mukhamadullin, Alex Pashin, Kasper Simontaival, Helge Grans, Noel Gunler, Zion Nybeck and Germans Stutzle and Peterka. Jokke brings the good stuff for this episode, enjoy and thanks for listening!
13 Apr 20201h 38min
DPR Episode 82: 2020 NHL Draft Rankings and Craig Button from TSN
You know what the internet needs? One more NHL Draft rankings, so here we go. Peter gives his top 31 prospects for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft with a short comment on each player. The TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button joins for a long chat on the draft, scouting and what some if the Covid-19 pandemic impact is having on the draft and scouting. 2020 NHL Draft Rankings 1. Alexis Lafreniere 2. Quinton Byfield 3. Tim Stutzle 4. Cole Perfetti 5. Marco Rossi 6. Alex Holtz 7. Jamie Drysdale 8. Lucas Raymond 9. Yaroslav Askarov 10. Anton Lundell 11. Jack Quinn 12. Noel Gunler 13. Jake Sanderson 14. Dylan Holloway 15. Dawson Mercer 16. Connor Zary 17. Seth Jarvis 18. Rodion Amirov 19. Kaiden Guhle 20. William Wallinder 21. Jeremie Poirier 22. Emil Andre 23. Brendan Brisson 24. J.J. Peterka 25. Mavrik Bourque 26. Jan Mysak 27. Hendrix Lapierre 28. Braden Schneider 29. Zion Nybeck 30. Jacob Perreault 31. Tyson Foerester Thanks to Craig Button for joining the podcast again. Enjoy the show, and thanks for listening!
10 Apr 20201h 27min
DPR Episode 81: 2020 NHL Mock Draft with Jokke Nevalainen, Tony Ferrari and Josh Tessler
The Mock Draft episode is here! DobberProspects writers and draft experts Jokke Nevalainen, Tony Ferrari and Josh Tessler join Peter to mock draft live to podcast the first round of the draft. Follow the fantasy style draft as the boys take turns picking for NHL teams through the first round. Who makes the top ten and why do we think each team picks the payer we pick for them. It's a fun episode so sit backhand enjoy
28 Jan 20201h 3min
