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Mason Black

6 years

I'm proud to announce a big update to the NHL Rank King iOS app including a bunch of new features. - Improved daily fantasy hockey rankings using machine learning. - Constantly updated starting goalies - Accurate line combinations

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

Top Defenseman Prospect Fantasy Rankings What is the first thing you notice?

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@NHLRankKing

3 years

The early injury report on Kucherov is that he'll miss the entire 2021-22 season, but should be ready for the playoffs next year.

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@NHLRankKing

2 months

The NHL is alright. Especially with this group of young guns on the verge.

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

Fantasy forward prospects rankings. What's the first thing you notice?

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@NHLRankKing

4 months

Top-10 Prospect Goalie Rankings Who is missing?

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@NHLRankKing

2 months

This is legitimately one heck of a crop of defensemen on the way to the NHL in short order.

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

The top-25 fantasy defensemen prospects in the NHL Rank King app. The rankings are based on consensus votes cast by users inside the app and they are constantly evolving. How are you feeling Devils fans?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 months

The 2024 draft class ranked by PNHLe The top-13 players on this list were drafted inside the top-20.

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

Top-20 fantasy prospect goalies

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

5 years

What a difference a year makes. The Rangers have completely retooled their prospect pipeline and now have arguably the best in the entire NHL

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

The top-20 prospects ranked by PNHLe (age, league and position-adjusted point potential)

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 months

San Jose #SJSharks Pipeline Chef's kiss 🧑‍🍳😘

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

5 years

Here are the top-15 NHL prospect goalies. Typically, the hardest position to predict future success, but I'd bet an arm & leg there are a few Vezinas in this list

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

🔥New PNHLe Rankings

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 months

NHL Fantasy Defensemen Prospect Rankings Who is missing? Who is too low? Too high? Criteria: points-only, keeper, with less than 100 career GP

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

24 days

How many #1 Defensemen are there in the NHL? Theoretically, there should be 32. Here are the top fantasy defensemen ranked by the users of the NHL Rank King app. Who is missing? Are all of them 'true' top D?

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

The top-five prospects, ranked by PNHLe

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

Top Fantasy Defensemen Prospects ranked in the NHL Rank King app (points-only leagues) What's the first thing you notice?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

It's been a while since I dropped the top-30 PNHLe rankings. PNHLe measures NHL point potential based on historical age-, league- and position-adjusted values.

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

The Montreal Canadiens #GoHabsGo have one of the deepest and high end prospect pools in the NHL. They'll look to add another cornerstone piece in the #NHLDraft2023 After making it to the Cup Final in 2021, it won't take long to add to their NHL leading trophy case.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

#LetsGoBuffalo signed blue-chip prospect Devon Levi He is currently ranked 5th in the NHL Rank King app's prospect goalie rankings

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

Thoughts?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

Prospect Defensemen Rankings What say you?

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

Top Fantasy Forward Prospects How do you feel about that? ... cont'd

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

PNHLe Rankings PNHLe measures NHL point potential in a prospect's prime. It is based on historical values & adjusts for age, production, league and position to normalize a player's future value. * Michkov's value doesn't include his games w/ SKA, which would decrease his value

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

Here are the final top-40 PNHLe rankings for the 2021-22 season PNHLe does NOT rank how good a prospect is, but rather how close their production matches historical values from the same league to predict future NHL production. Zellweger ends up at the top, two years in a row.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

8 months

Prospect Defensemen Rankings ======================== Who would you rather.... Move up? Move down? * if a player has played in more than 25 NHL games in a given season they have graduated to the pro rankings

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

PNHLe rankings

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

11 months

PNHLe Rankings We have a new leader! J. Roy won't last long in the AHL if he keeps this up #GoHabsGo Brzustewicz was knocked for his consistency during draft rankings... now has four consecutive three-point games and is second in all CHL scoring... pretty consistent #Canucks

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 months

Top-20 fantasy prospect goalies. Who do you think should have cracked the list? You can find the full list inside the NHL Rank King app.

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

PNHLe rankings PNHLe is a stat that attempts to predict a prospect's point potential during their prime years if they make the NHL. It uses historical data from former players in the same league, at the same age and position (D get a boost to equate their productivity to Fwds)

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

5 years

Here is a look at the top-15 NHL defensemen prospects. The screenshot is taken from the new NHL Rank King app for Android!! It's been submitted to Google Play and once it's approved you'll be able to download it very soon (🤞)

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

The top-20 NHL fantasy goalie prospects #GoaliesAreVoodoo

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

4 years

The #NYR currently hold the best odds to land Lafreniere

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

4 months

The Top-10 Fantasy (points-only) Defensemen Prospects (< 100 career GP) ranked by users in the NHL Rank King app. Lane Hutson has seen huge swings in ranking this season: as low as top-20 and for the first time sits atop the rankings. Who do you think needs to be ranked higher?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

Mock Draft Would you be happy with the result?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

Heading into the weekend, here are the top age- & league-adjusted, NHL equivalent point production projections for prospects (PNHLe). That's a mouthful! #LetsGoBuffalo there is hope on the horizon!

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

14 days

Here are the top-15 fantasy prospect forwards ranked inside the NHL Rank King app who have played less than 100 career NHL games (in points-only fantasy leagues). Name one player who should be on this list. And another who should be taken off and replaced.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

The top-30 prospects ranked by PNHLe (age-adjusted NHL equivalency) The Buffalo Sabres have four players on the list.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

You saw it here first...

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

It's definitely rigged...

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

6 months

The top PNHLe ranked prospects (min. 20 GP).

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@NHLRankKing

2 months

Who had the best age-, position-, and league-adjusted point production? Here are the PNHLe rankings for 2023-24. PNHLe isn't a measure of how 'good' a prospect is, or even whether they'll make the NHL. Who is the biggest surprise?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

I can't stress enough how impressive David Jiricek's season has been so far in the AHL. Over a point-per-game as a teen defenseman is truly exceptional. He is shattering the highest posted PNHLe over the past two decades. #CBJ

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

10 months

I'm sorry to say that after a long tenure it looks like I've lost access to my stats provider for the NHL Rank King app. A I've always maintained that I would provide a completely free service, entirely ad free, to help supply the fantasy tools to make the best fantasy decisions

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

Ridly Greig is going to be a beast

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

6 months

PNHLe Rankings With Euro regular season standings wrapped up, and the last day of CHL action, these rankings are all but complete for the year (except for NCAA).

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

Oh man!!

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

The top PNHLe Rankings As we near the end of most league seasons, many of these values may be locked in.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

The top-15 PNHLe rankings (min 3 GP)

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

The top-15 fantasy prospect defensemen Lots of moving and shaking since the draft. Ranked by users inside the NHL Rank King app. Criteria:points-only, keeper leagues.

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

The Top-10 Fantasy Forward Prospects

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

Imagine adding two more high end players to this list #GoHabsGo

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

The Top-15 NHL Fantasy Prospect Goalies I can feel the angst already! What do you think? #GoaliesAreVoodoo

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

6 months

The top NHL prospect defensemen (fantasy, points-only) ranked by the users of the NHL Rank King app. Who should be higher/lower?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

7 years

Here are the top-15 NHL prospects ranked by PNHLe. Elias Pettersson's PNHLe of 82 is the highest of any NHL prospect since McDavid and Eichel in 2014-15

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@NHLRankKing

5 months

Fantasy Defensemen Prospect Rankings (points-only)

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

The Washington #AllCaps had a great draft day and added some integral pieces to their prospect pool. Ryan Leonard tracks as a player with much higher offensive upside than the PNHLe model projects. Getting Cristall in the second round is a homerun.

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@NHLRankKing

10 months

Looking for the next breakout goalie prospect? Dennis Hildeby may be your guy! Evaluating goalies based on stats alone has some massive deficiencies. However, one of the most effective ways is when comparing to other goalies on the same team. The 6'6 Hildeby checks all the boxes

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

Oh my... Keep breathing!

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

Here are the Top-30 NHL Defensemen Fantasy Prospects heading into the World Junior Championship. There will be a lot of movement over the next couple of weeks. You can contribute to the rankings inside the app.

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

Top-10 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen Thoughts? Who is missing? Too high? * Criteria: points-only, < 25 GP Consensus rankings from the NHL Rank King app

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 month

Top Fantasy Forward Prospects Who is missing? Who doesn't belong? Criteria: less than 100 career GP, points-only leagues

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

Which NHL prospects have been the most productive relative to their age, league and position? Here are the current PNHLe rankings... #CBJ leads the way after one heck of a #NHLDraft2022

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

Top Fantasy Defensemen Prospects ranked in the NHL Rank King app (points-only, keeper leagues)

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@NHLRankKing

2 years

It's hard to explain how amazing Fantilli's freshman season has been so far. Granted it's a small sample size, since 2005 the highest PNHLe value in the NCAA is 119 (Jack Eichel).

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

The Columbus Blue Jackets may have the strongest group of prospects in the NHL. They have the second best lottery odds in an extremely strong draft. Adding a franchise forward could make for a much quicker rebuild.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

8 months

Fantasy Prospect Goalies =================== According to the users if the NHL Rank King app, here are the top-15 goalie prospects. Who is missing? Ranked top low? Too high?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

Connor Bedard just took over pole position of prospect PNHLe standings. After a 'slow' start, it was only a matter of time.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

The Montreal Canadiens #GoHabsGo have a stockpile of young talent in their pipeline. This list does not include their first overall pick from the #NHLDraft2022 You can follow all NHL team prospects inside the NHL Rank King app including full player profile cards.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

The Chicago #Blackhawks tore it down to the core in a true rebuild. There are already a handful of solid prospects in the system. They'll add (at least) another great piece to their core this summer. (player stats are separated by individual teams)

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

PNHLe Rankings Michkov vaults into first place with a five-point effort in the last game of the year - the best draft year campaign ever posted in the KHL.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 months

For those wondering why Slafkovsky is not on the list, he has surpassed the 100 game threshold criteria for being considered for this ranking. If he was eligible, where would he rank?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

23 days

Thoughts?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

5 years

The top NHL prospects ranked by PNHLe: #AllCaps McMichael's progression has been otherworldly. Another two points for #Preds defenseman David Farrance last night #PlayLikeANewYorker Nils Lundqvist is still wildly underrated

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@NHLRankKing

3 months

The top CHL Scorers (> 100 points) What do you notice?

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@NHLRankKing

1 year

It's never too early for a #2024NHLDraft Simulation

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@NHLRankKing

4 years

Just how good is Dylan Holloway's current point pace? Here is how his PNHLe ranks against other NCAA prospects over the past ~15 years (min. 15 GP).

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

8 months

PNHLe Rankings ============ Which prospects are producing the most relative to their peers? PNHLe is adjusted for age, league, position and production.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

Here are the top-25 prospect rankings for PNHLe It's no surprise that Roy and Zellweger are having incredible camps with Team Canada WJC. It is still strange that Clarke was left out of the final selection camp.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

8 months

2024 Lottery & Mock Draft

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

6 months

Lots of movement over the last week. Thoughts?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

@mnwprospects That's a pretty sweet looking prospect pool!

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

PNHLe rankings - age-adjusted NHL equivalency point production. #LetsGoBuffalo Sabres have four players inside the top-25. #NJDevils A. Holtz has only scored goals (no assists)

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

4 months

Happy Draft Lottery Day, for those that celebrate! Unless, of course, it will cause conspiracy theories about the legitimacy of the lottery.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

@NHL_Watcher Let the players introduce themselves (at least the starting lineup), hometown and team. "Connor McDavid - Richmond Hill - Erie Otters" "Leon Draisaitl - Koln, Germany - Prince Albert Raiders" Etc. If we want player's personalities infused into the game...

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

#GoHabsGo fans, get excited for your next star!

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

10 months

Top PNHLe Rankings Nov. 25 See the full list inside the NHL Rank King app, along with player profiles and scouting reports...

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

10 months

Good news... I've been working on developing a new system for tracking prospect stats in the NHL Rank King app. It's not completely finished yet, but getting closer with every passing day. You may notice some hiccups so please be patient. Thank you for using it and contributing

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

1 year

Happy Draft Lottery Day May the ping pong balls land in your favor.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

7 months

PNHLe Rankings

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

3 years

Updated PNHLe standings

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

6 years

Here are the top-30 NHL prospect defensemen as ranked by PNHLe. Who do you expect will increase their ranking by the end of the year?

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

Do the #CBJ Blue Jackets have the best prospect pool in the NHL? *You can follow all of your team's top prospects inside the NHL Rank King app.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

The top-15 PNHLe rankings (min 5 gp) The #NHLDraft2023 is going to be a very strong year!

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 years

Thoughts???

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@NHLRankKing

4 years

The top-15 fantasy prospect goalies

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

2 months

The Calgary #Flames could have essentially had the same draft outcome if they drafted almost exclusively based on PNHLe. They definitely drafted for upside.

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@NHLRankKing

4 years

If it is the last time we get to see Corey Crawford in a Blackhawks jersey I am glad he was able to play at the top of his game again for a stretch during the Vegas series. I hope he's back.

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Mason Black

@NHLRankKing

6 years

Here are the top-25 PNHLe defensemen at the beginning of December. The #Blackhawks and #Canucks have made a concerted effort to rebuild their backends and it's showing. Both lead the way with three players. The last two drafts have been stacked with top-end D.

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