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 are covering the week that was the 2025 NHL Draft Combine, held in Buffalo, where the buzz extended beyond on-ice drills to the crucial off-ice evaluations that shape draft [...]
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 NHL landscape keeps shifting, and with it comes a fresh opportunity, especially for prospects signing their entry-level contracts. These deals go beyond paperwork – they show us how organizations are building [...]
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 all sports but more specifically in our world (hockey), two questions often define a prospect's value: what is the upside, and how long will he take to reach it? While there [...]
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 my coverage into Mason Black’s Rank King PNHLe chart! Earlier in the season, we broke down how PNHLe (here) helps project a player’s potential point production in the NHL [...]
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 are diving into the April edition of Dobber’s top-50 points-only dynasty defense prospects ranking. Although it’s a points-only criteria, I will still touch on the multi-cat potential for 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. *** Every NHL season brings in new rookies, but the 2024-25 class has hit differently. Macklin Celebrini and Matvei Michkov grabbed early headlines and rightfully so, but it has not just been about [...]
The NHL’s evolving landscape creates more opportunities for rising stars, especially with the signing of Entry-Level Contracts (ELCs), signaling teams’ commitment to future talent. For fantasy managers, these signings offer more than just headlines: they reveal team direction and player potential. Whether joining a playoff contender or a rebuilding squad with increased ice time, these [...]
Capping off last week’s Young Players Who Might See a Regular Role in 2025-26 article where we covered top prospects who could potentially see 60 or more games (25 for goalies) in the 2025-26 season. We started with the alphabetical first half of teams in the Eastern Conference and top prospects in each organization, 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. **** No one drafts a player expecting them to fall short, but the risk of unmet expectations is always looming. The real challenge is figuring out when to stick with a player 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. **** No one drafts a player expecting them to fall short, but the risk of unmet expectations is always looming. The real challenge is figuring out when to stick with a player and [...]
