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Have you ever wondered why the “can’t miss” prospect never turned into what he was supposed to be? Or how a player drafted late emerges as a superstar in the NHL years later? Or if your team just drafted a player that is going to turn your franchise around? Hockey Prospecting can answer that!

  • NHL-Level Analytics Tool
  • Over 30 Years of History and Data

UNLIMITED ACCESS FOR ONLY $39.99 CAD PER YEAR ($29.99 USD)

TESTIMONIALS

Hockey Prospecting Has Set The Bar

“Hockey Prospecting has set the bar when it comes to projecting amateur draft players. From the interface and design to the depth of data, Hockey Prospecting stands alone. It has changed the way I think about projection and greatly influenced my own use of data in evaluation. An invaluable tool for fans that is professional grade and used by many in the league.”

Analytics Executive, NHL Organization

Such Good Content and Context

“As far as prospect projection models go, Hockey Prospecting is the best one I’ve come across. Byron and his site provide such good content and context about prospects.”

Assistant General Manager, Western Conference NHL Organization

Expanded My Understanding of Drafting and Player Development

“Hockey Prospecting is a tool that has expanded my understanding of both drafting and player development. Whether you work in hockey or are an avid fan, Hockey Prospecting has information that will help you identify your team’s drafting and development success stories.”

Assistant General Manager, NHL Organization

Powerful Tool To Evaluate Prospects

“Hockey Prospecting is a simple-to-use yet powerful tool for evaluating prospects. It’s one of the best public resources for those working in scouting and player development at the highest levels of our sport.”

Jack Han

Hockey Consultant (NHL, AHL, Liiga, Swiss NL))

Essential Resource

“Hockey Prospecting has become an essential resource in my reporting to help gauge how prospects are developing and what they may become as NHL players.”

Scott Powers

Senior Writer, The Athletic

Hockey Prospecting standardizes player scoring across the board and uses historical performances to chart how prospects will perform in the NHL. Our model removes intangible biases such as age, size, league, position and nationality. We do this by putting all players on the same playing field, based on their offensive production. Too often a player’s size, age or background is held against them. Not here.

Our model goes all the way back to 1990, with over 6,000 players in total. By comparing the offensive production of all players during that time we found a pattern, which shows how a players’ scoring production, normalized by league, along with the rate they develop, can predict which players will succeed and/or thrive at the NHL level. The history in the model also allows us to provide comparisons to existing and former players, to show you whose career a prospect might be mimicking.

Our model, in part, is based on the concept of NHLe. Not familiar with NHLe? It stands for NHL Equivalency and is an equation to interpret how the player’s point production in their given league would translate to the NHL. This website – Hockey Prospecting – is, in fact, the largest publicly available NHLe resource.

Hockey Prospecting is used by thousands of fans, fantasy enthusiasts and independent draft analysts around the world. It is also used by over 25 personnel from NHL organizations as a tool to aid with drafts and trades. Our goal is to transform how teams, media, agents and fans look at prospects and NHL players. We see it different and let 30 years of history and statistical analysis help guide us.

How to get involved?

For a yearly subscription of just $35 CAD per year you can see for yourself just how deep your NHL team’s prospect pool is. Or compare to rival teams across the league. Or understand who from the next draft class are already showing signs that they are ready for the NHL.

Are you in a deep fantasy keeper league? Use Hockey Prospecting to find the next superstars … they’re not always the ones everybody is talking about.

Ready to see what Hockey Prospecting is all about? Click the button below and start to see prospects differently! If you’re already member, log in and start prospecting!