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 will profile a number of top NHL prospects who are dominating professional men’s leagues in Europe. *** SHL In the SHL, Jonathan Lekkerimaki (VAN) has slowed quite a [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Despite having scored only three points in 13 games so far, Alex Laferriere (LAK) has steadily worked his way onto my fantasy radar this year. He scored his first goal [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Now that we are about a month into the 2023-24 season and many rookies are approaching the end of their nine-game auditions, I wanted to return to the Top 25 [...]

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 can’t figure out where I went wrong in my assessment with Peyton Krebs (BUF). A few years ago when I zeroed in on prospects and keepers/dynasties in particular, he [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Who should probably have been taken in the first round of last year’s draft instead of the third? Hunter Brzustewicz (VAN), a right-shot offensive defender currently leading the OHL in points [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Now that we finally have a few games from the brand-new 2023-24 season to work with, let’s break down a few of the early storylines surrounding the league’s younger players. 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. Next week is finally the start of the 2023-24 season! Hopefully all your drafts are complete by now and you’re as excited as I am to finally have some new stats [...]

Preseason Insights from Every Team (Part 1) Nashville Predators Just a reminder that this is going to be a big year for Tommy Novak. There are several Preds forwards who could take a notable step forward this year, given the increased opportunity in the wake of several established veterans getting shipped out in the off-season. [...]

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 preseason is exciting because we finally get to talk about hockey that didn’t happen several months ago. But it’s also the time when players are shaking off the rust 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. Last week, I profiled the new Frozen Tools AHL Report Generator, highlighted a smart thread about how dramatically a prospect’s chances of making the NHL drop with a rocky transition to [...]