The World Juniors. A wonderful time of year for hockey fans — and for underdog nations to take the world by its horns and prove themselves. Finland’s top young guns from its top pro league, Liiga, are in Minnesota to compete for a medal. This edition of the Liiga Roundup focuses on those players. It [...]
The best time of year has arrived. The World Junior Hockey Championship gets underway December 26 from Minneapolis-St. Paul, as the United States is looking to defend their back-to-back gold medals.While the Americans will be playing at Grand Casino Arena in Group A, Group B will be out of 3M Arena at Mariucci. This group [...]
United States After capturing gold over the last two years in foreign territory, the Americans enter the tournament on home soil seeking their third straight World Junior title, something that hasn’t been done since the mid-2000s. There’s no doubt that every year, Team USA comes into this tournament as a powerhouse. They’ve medaled in eight [...]
There was not a ton of action over the last month of the NCAA season, as things slowed down a bit between the American Thanksgiving holiday and the celebrations for the 2026 New Year. Top-ranked Michigan retains its position at the top of the polls, with the top 10 looking familiar to our last check-in [...]
Last month, we looked at some of the top drafted talent currently playing in Russia. All of the players we mentioned have a legitimate claim to be signed in the NHL and make their North American debuts sooner rather than later. The first player mentioned, Roman Kantserov continues to stake his claim as one of [...]
The hockey season is in full swing as we approach one of the marquee events on the scouting calendar—the World Junior Championship—making this a perfect time to release our second ranking of the draft cycle. There has been a fair amount of movement since our preliminary board in September. What initially looked like a promising [...]
In this month's rendition of the SHL update, I’ll be breaking down the current season, playstyle, and projection of a few of the NHL’s drafted prospects I’ve found intriguing throughout the first half of the SHL campaign. I don’t know if it’s the holiday season but I was in a good mood and just wanted [...]
Us dynasty nerds are extremely lucky this season — and it is not slowing down. We get to invest early in players who are already making an impact on NHL teams and their fans. It has been an exceptional year for young, budding talent, and the AHL product has, at times, been must-watch TV. This [...]
The holidays are right around the corner, and we have a larger sample size in the QMJHL for who is a pretender, contender, and which players have been providing very real value to their teams. The same lessons apply for fantasy owners as we have a good idea where things stand as we approach the [...]
The WHL continues to emerge as one of the deepest pipelines for NHL talent in the 2027 draft. Several under-18 skaters are already carving out distinct identities with their skating, vision, and decision-making. This group features a mix of pace-driven forwards and modern puck-moving defensemen who excel in transition and maintain strong structural habits. Their [...]
