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The unbeatable Albertans: When Medicine Hat captured all the glory in consecutive seasons
With the CHL to NCAA pipeline officially in full swing as many high caliber prospects from the Canadian Hockey League have opted to take the American collegiate path and discourse on the topic is now at its zenith, now is the time to actualize a plan I have had for a long time now. The… Read more
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Exceptionally high value selections in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft
This is being published at a belated point in time because of the chaotic nature of draft weekend for me. Unlike last year’s “Diamonds in the rough” article which exclusively focused on day two, this installment will include round one selections to account for the fact that this draft had inferior depth. That said, the… Read more
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Peterka Heads Out West: Analyzing the Buffalo/Utah Deal
After months of speculation, the Buffalo Sabres have finally pulled the trigger on trading a blossoming young star player in JJ Peterka. The young German star (based on PPG in 2024-2025) was traded to the Utah Mammoth in exchange for Josh Doan and Michael Kesselring. Following the completion of the trade, Peterka, who was… Read more
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After much deliberation: Liam’s top ten 2025 NHL Entry Draft prospects, plus some additional first round selection worthy players of note
Much like last year’s version (which was limited to just North American prospects), this is less predictive and more qualitative. In other words, this is not so much a projection of how I think things will go so much as how I rank the best prospects in this class. I won’t get too caught up… Read more
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The Trevor Zegras Trade: An Excercise of Akairos
After what felt like an eternity of trade rumors and questionable faith negotiations between organization and player, Trevor Zegras has finally been traded out of Anaheim. He will be joining his best friend, Jamie Drysdale, as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers. The Ducks received Ryan Poehling, a 2nd round pick (2025), and a… Read more
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Analyzing the Kraken-Blackhawks Trade: Burakovsky vs. Veleno
On June 22nd, the Seattle Kraken and Chicago Blackhawks made an interesting trade exchanging veteran winger Andre Burakovsky for prime-aged center Joe Veleno. On name value alone, this appears to be a massive victory for the Chicago Blackhawks, but let’s look at the analytics buried beneath the names to understand this deal better. On… Read more