JF Damphousse, NHL Central Scouting; Top QMJHL prospects

About this episode

The episode features J-F Damphousse discussing top QMJHL prospects and the NHL draft landscape.

NHL Draft Class shines the spotlight on the top prospects in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League with NHL Central Scouting senior eastern scout J-F Damphousse joining co-hosts Adam Kimelman and Mike G. Morreale. What stood out about Quebec center Maddox Dagenais? How have Moncton's Tommy Bleyl and Blainville-Boisbriand's Xavier Villeneuve separated themselves in a loaded class of defensemen? J-F discusses those players and more. Adam and Mike also discuss the updated first-round draft order, the Memorial Cup and "The McKenna Project" documentary focused on Gavin McKenna.

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam Kimelman, Mike G. Morreale

Guest: J-F Damphousse

Topics covered

• NHL Draft
• QMJHL prospects
• hockey scouting
• draft order
• Memorial Cup
• player analysis

Keywords

• NHL Draft
• QMJHL
• prospects
• scouting
• hockey
• Memorial Cup
• Gavin McKenna

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHL Central Scouting

Books & works: The McKenna Project

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