NHL Draft Stock Watch: CHL Top Prospects Game Christopher Ralph | January 29, 2015 by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) BMO CHL Top Prospects Game The single game events (e.g. BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game) or short series events (e.g. U18s) should not affect a…
Caleb Jones Following Path of Brother Seth Colin Fitts | January 27, 2015 Nashville Predators defenseman Seth Jones does not often get to see his youngest brother Caleb play hockey for the United States Under-18 National Team Development Program, so when he had…
Q & A with 2016 NHL Draft Prospect Auston Matthews Colin Fitts | January 26, 2015 It is rare to see a 17-year-old play in the World Junior Championship, but when it happens, the youngster is likely to have a promising hockey career ahead of him. That…
Interview With 2015 Eligible Prospect Yakov Trenin Alessandro Seren Rosso | January 24, 2015 Russian winger Yakov Trenin is one of the top European candidates for the 2015 NHL Draft. In this translated interview, originally appearing in Russian language on allhockey.ru, Yakov Trenin talks about…
Attached With Drafting Lawson Crouse is a High Opportunity Cost Joshua Weissbock | January 23, 2015 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference–Robert Frost Lawson Crouse is highly ranked by many individuals…
CHL Top Prospects Game Promises To Be Can’t-Miss Showcase Larry Fisher | January 20, 2015 There is more than one showcase this week, and the better of the two will almost certainly be the CHL Top Prospects Game. Not the NHL All-Star Game in Columbus,…
Moneypucking the Draft: Analyzing Height in Junior vs NHL Players Joshua Weissbock | January 19, 2015 As analytics in hockey becomes a larger facet within the sport we are able to challenge notions we previously held as self-evident. We can analyze scenarios, look at probabilities and…
Recent NHL Drafts Give Over-Agers Hope Ryan Pike | January 14, 2015 Heading into the weekend of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft in Philadelphia, Reid Gardiner probably felt pretty confident. The Prince Albert Raiders, his team, made it into the WHL’s playoffs…
No Pressure for Flames Pick Morgan Klimchuk Ryan Pike | January 13, 2015 Life can be full of pressure for a young hockey player. Doubly so for a first round draft pick. Particularly if the franchise that drafted you hadn’t had a first…
The NHL Has a Scouting Problem Joshua Weissbock | January 12, 2015 The longer I have been involved in hockey analytics the more and more I am finding myself interested in looking at the draft, the market inefficiencies and just how poorly…
Is Varone’s Two-goal Night Enough for Sabres to Give Him Another Shot? Alex Busch | January 9, 2015 Not only have the Buffalo Sabres hovered around the bottom of the National Hockey League’s standings for the second season in a row, but the injury bug has forced the…
Leon Draisaitl Returning to Junior Positive for His Development Carl Maloney | January 6, 2015 Leon Draisaitl’s emotional roller coaster of a rookie season has taken yet another turn. With the Edmonton Oilers confirming that Draisaitl would be returned to the CHL, it is yet another…
