Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Sometimes results from statistical models like Hockey Prospecting can be baffling. How could Mikhail Gulyayev have a higher star potential than Adam Fantilli at the draft last year after Fantilli’s [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** In case you missed it, check out Part One (AHL & KHL), Part Two (SHL & Liiga), and Part Three (NCAA) of this mini-series. The main prospects featured so far [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** In case you missed it, check out Part One (AHL & KHL) and Part Two (SHL & Liiga) of this mini-series. *** Goals are always at a premium in fantasy. [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** In case you missed it, check out Part One of this series here. *** Goals are always at a premium in fantasy. They are harder to obtain than assists and [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Goals are at a premium in fantasy. They are harder to obtain than assists and are given an extra value boost in many formats. When it comes to prospects, players [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Dallas prospects Logan Stankoven and Mavrik Bourque have taken the American Hockey League by storm this year. They have been the top two AHL scorers for a while now, nearly [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Given that the analytics wars have seemingly reignited over Juraj Slafkovsky experiencing a spike in his development trajectory, I’d like to reluctantly weigh in. The whole “debate” boils down to [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Something that caught my eye recently was league equivalency work being developed by EP Rinkside’s Chace McCallum. He posted the following chart, which shows the top 20 highest league-adjusted scoring [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** With injuries taking down both Connor Bedard (CHI) and Adam Fantilli (CBJ), January’s Rookie of the Month Brock Faber (MIN) might just be the new favourite to take home the [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** For Bubble Keeper Week back in July, with the news of the Devils’ Arseni Gritsyuk signing a two-year contract extension in the KHL, I recommended him as a drop. Two [...]
