DFO Rundown – Ep. 20: Turning the page on the deadline & talking about the draft with Chris Peters!
Apr 16, 2021, 11:20 EDT
With the trade deadline in the rear-view mirror, we decided to turn our attention to the draft this week on The DFO Rundown!
In a normal season, this is right around the time when the league’s draft lottery would be happening and with a lot of teams already out of the playoff race, now seemed like a perfect time to take a peek at the next wave of NHL stars. To do that, who better to bring into the podcast than Chris Peters of HockeySense!
Chris is now in his second decade of scouting NHL prospects but of course, with the pandemic, this season has been unlike any other. Chris talked to us about how much difficult it is to scout a player solely off video and also, lessons he’s learned through his 10 plus years of watching prospects. From there, we got into some of the big names in this year’s draft class like Owen Power, the two elite goalies in this year’s class, and a name that already has scouts split. We also touched on Cole Caufield, who was recalled by the Montreal Canadiens today.
0:30 – Jason goes around the NHL
4:00 – Chris Peters on video scouting
9:00 – How he’s developed as a scout
16:00 – Cole Caufield recalled by the Habs
21:00 – Is Owen Power a future #1?
25:00 – A prospect to watch
31:00 – The CHL disadvantage
36:00 – The goalies in the draft