10. Winnipeg Jets - 79.3 Harling - 83 High - 81 Quinn - 79 Rines - 80 Gehrels - 77 Nuno - 89 Itovitch - 66 It is seemingly time for the Winnipeg Jets to retool their team after years of running back the same core. With Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, and Connor Hellebuyck all [...]
16. Chicago Blackhawks - 76.1 Harling – 79 Quinn – 81 Rines – 81 Itovitch – 71 High – 70 Nuño – 83 Gehrels – 68 Chicago finished with the third-best odds (11.5%) to win the Connor Bedard sweepstakes. Even if they don’t win first overall, they still have an excellent shot at picking third [...]
Note for readers: A brief error in counting disorganized the previous two pieces and some teams are out of order. Check them back out to see the fix. ****** 23. Vancouver Canucks - 66.3 Harling – 69 Quinn – 79.5 Rines – 70 Itovitch – 58 High – 54.5 Nuno – 75 Gehrels – [...]
26. New York Rangers - 62.5 Harling – 69 High – 56.5 Quinn – 67 Rines – 68 Gehrels – 59 Nuno – 67 Itovitch – 51 When it comes to the New York Rangers prospect pool, it must be remembered that most of their 'prospects' have graduated. With Alexis Lafreniere and Kappo Kakko [...]
Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and generally track the development of junior players across the hockey world. This week, I will share some thoughts on finding value in multi-cat formats by exploiting category biases in your fellow managers; then we will link that discussion back [...]
Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and generally track the development of junior players across the hockey world. — Congratulations to Adam Fantilli for winning the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player in 2022-23! The other two finalists were Logan Cooley (ARI) and Mathew [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2023 ‘NHL Ready’ Eligibles I’m still under the belief that no player from the 2022 draft was NHL ready come September. There were obvious growing pains for Juraj Slafkovsky, Shane Wright spent the bulk of the season in the OHL, and Simon Nemec and David Jiricek were mostly AHLers. The story is [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Hedging My Bets in 2023 The 2022 draft already seems to be a minor success from the standpoint of my personal rankings. I messed up royally on guys like Jimmy Snuggerud, but hit on David Jiricek, Noah Ostlund, and most importantly Lane Hutson. The 2023 draft will be a real test, however. [...]
Welcome back to my weekly ramblings, where I will provide news and updates, highlight intriguing prospects, and generally track the development of junior players across the hockey world. For the last few years, I have privately assembled my own draft rankings. They are an amalgamation of a ton of footage, scouting reports, data tracking projects, [...]
Prospect Ramblings - The Next Generation of the Bleu Blanc Rouge It's no secret that I'm a big Habs fan. While I'm relatively new to the hockey world, only really becoming a fan when I was 16 watching the Canadiens go to the cup final, growing up in Montreal, it's hard not to have [...]
