Before we begin, I’d like to once again thank our good friend Patrik from EOTP for his invaluable input!
It can be hard to track progress of potential NHL Prospects. Especially nowadays, even in an age of information bombardment.
From Shot data to TOI data to even some basic stuff like points sometimes, it can feel like dredging up information on a 17 to 18 year old playing in Moose Jaw is a herculean task. It can get even more annoying in Europe, where players can feel like they’ve had five seasons in one and have such wildly fluctuating leagues who are either inconsistently tracked or require a VPN to adequately watch, it can feel a bit strange to properly understand just why certain players might be so highly touted if the numbers don’t seem to add up at first glance.