draft evaluation

Tyler Wright and the Oilers scouts have been under a tremendous amount of pressure to deliver quality on fewer than a …

Anton Lander (photo by Rob Ferguson) was Edmonton’s second-round selection in 2009. His 215 NHL games qualify as a success for …

No one can agree on the best way to evaluate draft seasons, draft scouting staffs, draft eras by team. It’s too …

We are five years past the 2016 entry draft, meaning we can look closely at the five-year window that began with …

In the early 1970’s, an English art-rock group released a song called “Do The Strand” that had a cold intro, a …

I’ve mentioned this before, but my interest in the NHL draft goes back to 1971 (it was a riot, literally!). My …

I am guilty of many things, but have learned a few lessons along the way. One of those lessons came in …

Ethan Bear made the opening night lineup and spent the regular season carving out an NHL job in the upper echelons …

Starting in 2015, I began ranking 120 players per draft based on math and a few other things I believed. Beginning …