Cover image photo credit: Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Although Aliaksei Protas (WSH), 21, likely will not be rosterable in fantasy for several seasons still, he has the best relative Corsi For% on the Capitals by a mile right now. Along with Nic Dowd and Garnet Hathaway, Protas is part of a crucial [...]
While there are, of course, many headlines and topics to cover when talking NCAA hockey, the biggest storyline thus far this year is the handful of 2023 draft eligible prospects suiting up this year as college Freshmen. Leading the charge is a consensus top three draft pick in next Summer’s NHL entry draft, who, along [...]
Ty Nelson Ty Nelson was taken in the 3rd round in 2022 by the Seattle Kraken. The 5’10” right-handed defender had 51 points in 66 games in his draft season. He is now up to 29 points in 24 games as the assistant captain for North Bay Battalion in the OHL. His Hockey Prospecting star [...]
We are two months into the NHL season, so we have also gone through a solid chunk of the American Hockey League (AHL) season. There have been plenty of impressive prospects making an impact in the minors, but in this edition of ramblings, I want to highlight three that are ready to take on regular [...]
21-year-old Bobby Brink (PHI), last year’s leading NCAA scorer, is on track to return in late December from a hip injury sustained during off-season training that required surgery. He is set to report to the Lehigh Phantoms (AHL) when he does. If he can pick up where he left off at the end of last [...]
By Victor Nuno It’s early in the 2022-23 season, but top prospects in Sweden have played roughly 20 games already so there is a decent enough sample size to make some initial observations about their progress. Here are some thoughts on some of the top players in Sweden, according to their age and draft year. [...]
The OHL season is now a third of the way through and the cream is starting to rise to the top in both individual stats and team standings. Let’s take a look at who is standing out and getting the attention of fantasy owners. Ty Voit, C/LW – Sarnia Sting (Toronto Maple Leafs) Even though [...]
This is a heads up that there are plenty of great buy low opportunities from the 2020 draft class right now. Except for Tim Stutzle (OTT), Lucas Raymond (DET), and Jake Sanderson (OTT)—picked third through fifth that year—everyone else drafted in the top 15 and beyond has arguably underperformed so far, whether this year or [...]
Powered by InStat Hockey Welcome to another edition of DP Draft Reports! Today, we take a look at Eduard Sale, Lukas Dragicevic, Mathieu Cataford, Noel Nordh, and Arttu Kärki. Sale is playing professionally in the top-tier Czech men's league and has been climbing further into the top-10, and possibly even top-five, conversation for the 2023 [...]
Checking back in this week with NHL RankKing, which sorts NHL prospects by PNHLe, I noticed that an incredible 13 of the top 20 prospects are defencemen right now. So this week is all about defence. Given that the 2023 Draft class is considered light on high-end blue line talent, many of these will be [...]
