Development Watch The first post-draft season is one of the most revealing checkpoints in a prospect’s development. A strong D+1 year can signal that a player is beginning to translate his draft-year traits into consistent impact while handling larger roles against tougher match-ups. Across the WHL, recently drafted forwards have taken clear steps offensively. Whether [...]
2026 Eligible - Nikita Klepov, F (Saginaw Spirit) OHL: 59GP - 34G, 51A, 85PTS Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 lbs Klepov leads the OHL scoring race with 85 points in 59 games - some impressive stats for a 2026 NHL draft-eligible prospect. His dominant February, highlighted by 23 points in 12 games, earned him OHL Rookie of [...]
Liiga’s season is drawing to a close. We have covered 15 prospects so far, and this edition of late add candidates will bring that total to 18. One returning prospect is making back-to-back appearances — and for good reason. Make sure to add Keskinen if you take anything away from this article. I am assuming [...]
While the hockey world was locked in on the United States of America overcoming Canada for the gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, the college season has continued its breakneck journey to the end of the 2025-26 campaign. With only a handful of scheduled series left before conference tournament time kicks off, the [...]
Deservedly so, much of the attention with Russian players is filtered towards the KHL. The talent that resides there deserves to be there, but all that attention leaves the top junior league a bit under-the-radar - the MHL. Let’s go around Russia’s top junior league and see which players have made an impact. *** Lavr [...]
With the Olympic Games going on and Damian Clara winning the hearts of hockey fans across the world, this felt like the perfect time to check in on some of the NHL drafted goaltenders currently developing in the SHL. Goalies are weird prospects. Development isn’t linear, and production can lie to you. The SHL is [...]
Love is in the air — and so is the rising stock of young guns in the AHL. This edition contains the biggest rankings shakeup of the season. The AHL is ripe with talent — the kind that translates to the NHL. Young players are not just producing; they are showing they are ready for [...]
NHL teams are always mining for talent outside of the first two rounds, as it becomes less common to find a hit on day two of the draft. The same can be said for fantasy managers who are looking to gain an edge, especially in deeper dynasty formats that reward finding these talents that do [...]
Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) has established itself as one of the premier development programs within the Canadian Sport School Hockey League, consistently producing players who not only reach major junior hockey but thrive once they arrive. Few recent examples illustrate that impact more clearly than the success of the Ruck twins and fellow OHA product [...]
OHL Scoring Leaders NYR - Nathan Aspinall, LW (Flint Firebirds) OHL: 46GP - 24G, 43A, 67PTS 5th round, 2024; Height: 6-7; Weight: 207 lbs Let’s break down the season Aspinall has been having. After being named Captain of the Firebirds, he opened the year with 10 points in his first six games, earning himself an [...]
