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The Journey: January Sink-Or-Swim (Valimaki, Yamamoto, N. Robertson)

By |2022-02-01T01:05:05-05:00January 29th, 2022|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. At the end of last month, this column did a sink-or-swim article covering Kaapo Kakko, Erik Brannstrom, and Eeli Tolvanen—all young, formerly hyped prospects who seem to be at a crossroads [...]

The Journey: Midseason Calder Survey

By |2022-01-22T12:56:51-05:00January 22nd, 2022|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we're taking a look at the top candidates to win the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie. Many preseason lists had Cole Caufield at the top of this [...]

The Journey: Prospect Defenseman Excelling Overseas

By |2022-01-15T16:14:22-05:00January 15th, 2022|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing Fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we’ll take a look at three defenders—one each from the Liiga, SHL, and Allsvenskan—who are all having excellent seasons. All three are perfect examples of “modern” defensemen in the [...]

The Journey: Petrov, Kidney, Johnston (High PNHLe)

By |2022-01-08T13:42:59-05:00January 8th, 2022|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we’ll return to Mason Black’s (@NHLRankKing on Twitter) Rank King app to select three under-the-radar prospects with high PNHLe—players who many dynasty owners haven’t heard of who are likely [...]

The Journey: Three Sink-Or-Swim Prospects

By |2022-01-01T13:25:07-05:00January 1st, 2022|The Journey|

Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. A common dilemma with owning prospects in fantasy is knowing when to part ways with former blue-chippers who are beginning to lose value. Too early and they may still blossom into [...]

The Journey: Three Underrated WJC Players Poised for Breakouts

By |2021-12-24T21:18:16-05:00December 25th, 2021|The Journey|

Happy Holidays and welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we’ll be considering an interesting aspect of U20 tournaments like the World Juniors: every year, certain players see massive bumps in fantasy value that can be [...]

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