With Brian still on his never-ending vacation, Elan brings in a ringer to help him work through all of the new faces we'll be seeing in the NHL next season. Peter Harling, Managing editor for Dobber Prospects and co-host of the DobberProspects Radio podcast, joins for a fun prospect-filled discussion of career projections and depth chart forecasts with a strong focus on outlooks for the 2017-18 fantasy season.

Players discussed in this episode include Nico Hischier, Pavel Zacha, Nolan Patrick, Travis Konecny, Ivan Provorov, Anthony Stolarz, Clayton Keller, Dylan Strome, Christian Fischer, Brock Boeser, Tyson Jost, Mikko Rantanen, Josh Ho-sang, Ryan Pulock, Matt Barzal, Kyle Conner, Jakub Vrana, Pierre Luc Dubois, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Joonas Korpisalo, Henrik Haapala, Alex Debrincat, John Hayden, Charlie McAvoy, Mikhail Sergachev, Brayden Point, Thomas Chabot, Julius Honka, Esa Lindell, Brandon Montour, Jusi Saros, Jesse Puljujarvi, Artturi Lehkonen, Timo Meier and many more.

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