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. 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 [...]

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, Frozen Tools recently released a new AHL section. In addition to goals, assists, and points, the AHL Report Generator now allows users to sort players by [...]

Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** John Klingberg (now with TOR) is an out-of-control power play thief. Everywhere he goes, he blocks young defensemen from getting well-deserved power play time. First it was Miro Heiskanen (DAL), [...]

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 is the second instalment in a series on applying philosophical concepts to fantasy hockey to gain an edge on the competition. In case you missed them, check out Part [...]

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 is the second instalment in a series on applying philosophical concepts to fantasy hockey to gain an edge on the competition. Catch Part One, Avoiding the Ad Populum Fallacy, [...]

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, we dug into a few interesting outliers from Mitch Brown’s tracking data on prospects from the CHL and/or USHL—players who performed among the best in various categories but do [...]

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 dig into a few interesting outliers from Mitch Brown’s tracking data—prospects who performed among the best in various categories but do not have nearly the same hype [...]