Post by njdevils on Mar 1, 2016 10:48:07 GMT -5
Hey, guys. I know I haven't been super active for the last few months, and I apologize for that. I've been monitoring my lineup, etc., but haven't been around much on the boards. The reason for my scare presence is that I have been working on the launch a new fantasy hockey website called Hockey Prophets.
For several years I was a writer for Hockey's Future, covering the Florida Panthers, working on the top prospects committees, and doing some features work. For more than a decade I have been building forecasting tools, ranking prospects, analyzing players, etc. I am a forecaster by profession, and I have been involved with the Good Judgment Project for a couple of years (we beat the CIA in predicting world events).
I decided to take those two things--hockey writing/scouting and forecasting--and combine them into a website to make my tools and analysis available to everyone. We've been getting really good traction so far, including inclusion on Dobber's 2016 Experts Consensus draft ranking, quotes at Last Word on Sports, and comments by McKeen's Hockey. This weekend, I'll be travelling to three OHL games, and have media credentials for the trip, so I'll be interviewing some of the game's top prospects, including Matthew Tkachuk, Mitch Marner, Alex Nylander and more.
The site includes:
Top Prospects lists for Forwards and Defensemen
Draft Rankings Past and Present
NHL Player Projections for Games, Goals, Assists and Shots
Scouting Notes on players (nearly 150 players scouted and more added almost every day)
Hockey Prophets Podcast (available on iTunes or at the site) where myself and a guest discuss a several players from a single game that we scouted. I'm about to publish a new episode discussing the recent CHL Top Prospects game.
There's a lot of coverage on there of all things hockey (Kris, until recently the gm of the Vancouver team here and a founding member of this league is a contributor the site). There are forums (though not very active yet) and a lot more.
Check it out. Register an account to leave comments or post on the boards. If you like what you see, consider supporting the efforts by becoming a premium member for just $5 USD for a year. If you do become a premium member and let me know that you are a member of D30, I'll give you an extra year of premium status.
Thanks, guys, for your attention. I promise to be more active here not that things are settling down a bit. Also, if you do visit the site and have any suggestions or requests, let me know!
Brian
For several years I was a writer for Hockey's Future, covering the Florida Panthers, working on the top prospects committees, and doing some features work. For more than a decade I have been building forecasting tools, ranking prospects, analyzing players, etc. I am a forecaster by profession, and I have been involved with the Good Judgment Project for a couple of years (we beat the CIA in predicting world events).
I decided to take those two things--hockey writing/scouting and forecasting--and combine them into a website to make my tools and analysis available to everyone. We've been getting really good traction so far, including inclusion on Dobber's 2016 Experts Consensus draft ranking, quotes at Last Word on Sports, and comments by McKeen's Hockey. This weekend, I'll be travelling to three OHL games, and have media credentials for the trip, so I'll be interviewing some of the game's top prospects, including Matthew Tkachuk, Mitch Marner, Alex Nylander and more.
The site includes:
Top Prospects lists for Forwards and Defensemen
Draft Rankings Past and Present
NHL Player Projections for Games, Goals, Assists and Shots
Scouting Notes on players (nearly 150 players scouted and more added almost every day)
Hockey Prophets Podcast (available on iTunes or at the site) where myself and a guest discuss a several players from a single game that we scouted. I'm about to publish a new episode discussing the recent CHL Top Prospects game.
There's a lot of coverage on there of all things hockey (Kris, until recently the gm of the Vancouver team here and a founding member of this league is a contributor the site). There are forums (though not very active yet) and a lot more.
Check it out. Register an account to leave comments or post on the boards. If you like what you see, consider supporting the efforts by becoming a premium member for just $5 USD for a year. If you do become a premium member and let me know that you are a member of D30, I'll give you an extra year of premium status.
Thanks, guys, for your attention. I promise to be more active here not that things are settling down a bit. Also, if you do visit the site and have any suggestions or requests, let me know!
Brian