In this episode, I speak about Finnish prospects who have captured my attention as potential picks in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.

Discussed are: Max Westergård, Atte Joki, Eetu Orpana, Lasse Boelius, Julius Saari, Topias Hynninen, Roope Vesterinen, Daniel Nieminen, Niklas Nykyri, Mitja Jokinen, Benjamin Rautiainen, Patrik Kerkola, and Petteri Rimpinen.

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We welcome Draftin Europe Director of European Scouting, Mik Portoni to the show. Mik walks us through some of the main talking points pertaining to our recently released Top 70 European Skaters list.

The Draftin Europe list is designed to be directly comparable to the European Skaters list published by NHL Central Scouting. Not only does Mik rank the players, he also compares the CS ranking, projects what round players may be taken in, and lists which round Draftin Europe values each of them, as well.

In this episode, Mik spends considerable time discussing Ivan Ryabin’s perplexing season, and explains why we still see the talented Russian as a Top 5 talent in the overall draft. He goes into great depth breaking down Anton Frondell’s game, before discussing fellow sure-fire pick William Eklund.

Alexander Zharovsky’s remarkable season is explained and Kurban Limatov is profiled. We consider where Radim Mrtka would have fit in, and then work our way through the Top 10, pausing to talk about Daniil Prokhorov in particular.

Also featured in this episode are overager Tomas Galvas, Kiril Yemelyanov, Nikita Tyurin, Elias Schneider, Vojtech Cihar, and Viggo Nordlund.

We joke about the past, discussing Kirill Kaprizov’s disastrous U18s, Nico Hischier and Petey’s infamous draft year, and why Mo Seider may be the most impressive Draftin Europe prediction to date.

Mik tells us what he thinks is needed to break the Florida Panther’s forecheck, and I compare this draft to 2021 and 2023, using strenuous links pertaining to Eklunds in the top 10 with comparable countrymen, and controversial Russians being overtaken by power forward Swedish types.

Draftin Europe’s Top 70 can be found here, free of charge: www.draftineu.net/2025/06/2025-draft-final-rankings/

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We’re proud to welcome back Danny Tiffany, from Recruit Scouting, for our annual European Goaltender Extravaganza!

Danny’s ability to see the big picture separates him from most industry scouts. He applies context, weighs perspective, and uses his experience to help him rank and assess goalies.

In this episode, we’ll discuss the three Russians at the top of his overall list: Semyon Frolov, Pyotr Andreyanov, and Alexei Medvedev. We’ll then break down the season of the 6’5 Slovak Michal Pradel and discuss what makes Czechia’s Ondrej Stebetak so enticing.

For the second year in a row, we’ll talk about WJC and Liiga standout Petteri Rimpinen’s potential. Danny will tell us how Rimpinen is comparable to Juuse Saros and Dustin Wolf, and we’ll chat about the benefits of selecting an overage goaltender.

Andrei Trofimov is discussed, as are Swiss goaltenders Elijah Neuenschwander and Matia Nico Birchler. We talk about Love Harenstam, Patrik Kerkola, and double overager Linards Feldbergs.

We also have random sidebar conversations about the state of Canadian goaltending, how goalies use video, training and conditioning programs, Finland’s recent crop, and Jack Ivankovic’s issues tracking the puck.

We’d like to formally thank Danny for his time and good nature, and highly recommend you check out his outstanding work at Recruit Scouting.

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In this episode, I'll share my scouting notes on 2025 NHL Draft eligible Czech players based in Europe.

I'll discuss: Tomáš Poletin, David Rozsival, Matouš Kucharčik, Radim Mrtka, Max Pšenička, Štěpán Černý, Jakub Winkelhöfer, Martin Svec, Vit Macek, Tomas Galvas and Matej Mastalirsky.

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In this episode, I reveal my notes on Slovak prospects eligible for the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.

Players discussed are: Michal Svrček, Tomas Pobezal, Andreas Straka, Jan Chovan , Luka Radivojevic, Matus Lisy, Patrik Rusznyak, Patryk Zubek, Adam Kalman, Michal Capos, Tomas Kralovic, Roman Kukemberg, Richard Baran, and Samuel Murin.

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Steven Ellis from the Daily Faceoff joins us to discuss the plethora of European players who moved across the Atlantic for their 2025 NHL Draft Year.

In this episode, Steven discusses Radim Mrtka, (Seattle WHL), Adam Benák (Youngstown USHL), Ivan Ryabkin (Muskegon USHL), Sascha Boumedienne (Boston U NCAA), Filip Ekberg (Ottawa OHL), Michal Pradel (Tri-City USHL), Carlos Händel (Halifax QMJHL), David Lewandowski (Saskatoon WHL), Max Psenicka (Portland WHL), Luka Radivojevic (Muskegon USHL), Alexei Medvedev (London OHL), and Vaclav Nestrasil (Muskegon USHL), before turning his attention to HockeyAllsvenskan standouts Anton Frondell and Victor Eklund, both of whom he has inside his Top 10.

We hope you enjoy the show, notwithstanding my ridiculous pronunciation of Luka Radivojevic! Yikes.

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Please also check out Steven Ellis’ comprehensive 2025 NHL Draft coverage at the Daily Faceoff.

Welcome to Season 3 of Amateur Scoutin Europe. In this episide we will be discussing what's on tap for Season 3. More importantly, I'll be addressing the series of X posts I have started about the state of SUI ice hockey. The bulk of the episode is a 7-minute, unscripted and heartfelt, insight into my thinking, hopes, and motives. If you're following the series on X, this is essential listening. If not, you may still enjoy the message. Thank you. We hope you enjoy Season 3.

It’s the most anticipated day of the year. Draft Day!

To celebrate this special occasion, we’ve brought Danny Tiffany from Recruit Scouting onto the show to talk about European draft eligible goaltenders.

Danny and I start by talking about late 2005 Finnish keeper Eemil Vinni, the number one ranked goalie on both the Central Scouting and Recruit Scouting list.

Next, we turn our attention to Russia, focusing on 21 year-old KHL star Ilya Nabokov, the 6’5 Belarussian Pavel Moysevich, and the underrated MHL phenom Kariil Zarubin.

We talk about the upside in Kim Saarinen’s game, and Danny goes into detail explaining what he liked about Petteri Rimpenin’s performance in the Mestis, this season.

Finally, we discuss the Draft prognosis of Draftin Europe dark horse Tomas Volevecky, and Danny tells us what he likes about Swiss goaltender Christian Kirsch and predicts his draft fortune.

It’s episode three of three, the one with the goaltenders! Brought to you by SportContract. The Gold Standard for Advanced European Hockey Data.