The Journey

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** This week, we’re diving into players who have shown they can thrive on their current or past teams but could really hit new heights with better deployment. Let’s break it down 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. **** Welcome back to the final installment of my three-part series analyzing the first-round picks from the 2024 NHL Draft. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In this segment, [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** Welcome back to the second installment of my three-part series analyzing the first-round picks from the 2024 NHL Draft. You can find Part 1 here. This week, we're focusing on the 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. **** The first day of the NHL draft has wrapped up, and as the second day is under way, it's time to dive into the action. After Celebrini, there was a lot of [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** The moment we've been eagerly waiting for is almost here—the NHL 2024 Draft is just around the corner. With the excitement building, I thought it would be a great time to dive [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. ***  I’ll be taking over this column from Ben Gehrels who has left me with very big shoes to fill! Follow him on X at @beegare for a steady stream of high-level prospect analysis 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. *** If you do not yet have a copy of Dobber’s 2023 Fantasy Prospect Report, do yourself a favour and go get one now. Like the Elite Prospects 2024 Draft Guide, [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** As a quick preface, this week’s article builds off a piece I wrote back in December arguing that you should always consider trading first-round farm picks because of reduced timelines [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Inspired by Thomas Harley’s incredible break out campaign in 2023-24—more on that in a moment—this will be the first in a series highlighting young players (under 24) around the league [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Inspired by Thomas Harley’s incredible break out campaign in 2023-24, this is the second instalment in a series highlighting young players (under 24) around the league who made a significant [...]