*** What’s up in the Q? Over a week has passed in the QMJHL’s 2018-19 season. As the NHL’s camps are about over, the picture will become clearer as we move towards the 15-game mark as to who will be the hungriest teams to make a push and who will try to sell [...]
Brayden Olofson The quarter-finals have been set for the U18 World Championships in Russia. A tremendous variety of talent has been showcased throughout the round-robin play, featuring top-prospects for the next three NHL entry-drafts; four if you count 15-year-old Frenchman Flavian Dair who won’t be eligible until 2021. The 2019 class has been particularly [...]
The CHL regular season has ended and the junior teams are gearing up for the Playoffs to begin this coming weekend. Likewise the NCAA regular season is over and the brackets for March Madness (Hockey Style) are set and will commence soon as well. This means for fantasy hockey scouts, the time to scour the [...]
QMJHL Report - March Edition A peek into the future Back in October, I mentioned that it should come as no surprise if Alexis Lafreniere becomes one of the league's most prolific scorers, but no one could have expected this. The QMJHL's 2017 first-overall pick became the first 16-year-old to score 40 goals since another [...]
February QMJHL Report CHL Top Prospects Game The QMJHL was well represented in this year's CHL Top Prospects game with 15 players participating. The talent was divided as evenly as possible as seven skaters plus goalie Olivier Rodrigue played for Team Cherry, while five skaters and both goaltenders (Alexis Gravel and Kevin Mandolese) for Team [...]
It’s about mid-season now, so I figured it’s a good time to check scoring numbers from the Canadian Hockey League. Because this is a fantasy hockey site, I’m only going to look at players who are either first-time draft eligible, have been drafted by an NHL team, or have been signed by an NHL [...]
January QMJHL Report Holiday movers and shakers The Joe Veleno blockbuster wasn't the only trade made across the QMJHL this holiday season. After the pre-Christmas trade that sent the one-time exceptional status 15-year-old to Drummondville for three first-rounders and a pair of second-rounders, the “Q” saw many big moves, [...]
Prospects News Peter and Aynsley discuss some prospect news starting with the prospects Colorado Avalanche GM Joe Sakic acquired in the Matt Duchene trade and the fantasy outlook for Sam Girard, and Vladislav Kamenev. Sticking with trade talk, they discuss some CHL trades including PHI prospect German Rubtsov and Habs Cale Fleury. The Russian [...]
In this season's inaugural edition of the QMJHL Report we'll be taking a look at four pairs of rookie teammates to keep an eye on for the next few years. Alexis Lafreniere, the highly touted first overall pick from this summer's Midget Entry Draft is off to a solid start with two goals and [...]
Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters. Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images This time of year all the fantasy hockey drafts are quickly approaching and poolies are scrambling to stay up to date on what’s happening at training camps across the league and what prospects may make the jump into the NHL. To help answer [...]
