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. Building on my recent ramblings over at Dobber Prospects, this week is all about goalies. We will highlight several of the most useful ways to measure goalie performance, and then dig [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Being on pause for the All-Star Break provides a great opportunity to take stock on which young players and prospects have a chance to contribute to their teams down the stretch. [...]

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 Rangers’ “Kid Line” of Alexis Lafreniere (21), Kaapo Kakko (21), and Filip Chytil (23) has been hot lately: Chytil has led the way with 12 points in his last 11 [...]

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 take a deep dive into several prospects who appear to be on the decline to determine whether fantasy managers should sell now or buy low and stay [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Has the return of Nikolaj Ehlers to the Jets negatively impacted Cole Perfetti’s ice time and opportunity? Let’s start there. Perfetti missed five games due to injury himself, so the two [...]

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 conclude the New Year’s series where I put on my rose-coloured glasses and try to imagine what might be in store for the development of each team’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. As we say goodbye to 2022, I thought I would put on my rose-coloured glasses and try to imagine what might be in store for the development of each team’s prospects [...]

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 take a look at some players excelling down in the AHL. Success in the minors can be an excellent indicator that a prospect is ready for hockey’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. This week, we will do a deep dive on a single player to answer an interesting question in fantasy right now: could Akira Schmid, 22, be a legitimate option in net [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Although at the end of the day in fantasy it’s all about totals, sorting stats by Per 60 Minutes can be illuminating because it allows you to level the playing field [...]