Author: Mark McPhedran

2019 Draft Profile: Nils Höglander

By Mark McPhedran | Jun 20th 2019 | 7 min read |

Seeing as most of the likely candidates for the Wings to draft with their 6th overall pick have been covered already, today I’d like to cover a play...

2019 Draft Profile: Trevor Zegras

By Mark McPhedran | Jun 7th 2019 | 10 min read |

Imagine, if you will, that we have entered June 21st. It’s finally draft day. The Wings are on the board. New Jersey has taken Hughes, and New York ...

A Cognitive Science Perspective on Talent Evaluation: How Scouts Can (and Should) Assess Prospect Decision-Making and Problem-Solving

By Mark McPhedran | May 27th 2019 | 16 min read |

As someone who has been writing scouting reports for several seasons now, one insight that I have gained from this experience is that assessing a pros...

2019 Draft Profile: Alex Turcotte

By Mark McPhedran | Apr 26th 2019 | 10 min read |

Well, that sucked. Not only did the Wings fall two spots in the draft, their most hated rivals ended up getting the 3rd overall pick. While a lot of p...

A Preview Of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (Part 5)

By Mark McPhedran | Sep 23rd 2018 | 18 min read |

Welcome back once again, to another part in this series on some of the top prospects available for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. As a recap, in the previo...

A Preview Of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (Part 4)

By Mark McPhedran | Sep 20th 2018 | 18 min read |

Welcome back to the fourth part of this ongoing series, where I cover many of the top prospects that will be available in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft nex...

A Preview Of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (Part 3)

By Mark McPhedran | Sep 18th 2018 | 16 min read |

And we are back again, with the third part of this ongoing series on the the top prospects in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. As a bit of recap, my rankings...

A Preview Of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (Part 2)

By Mark McPhedran | Sep 17th 2018 | 17 min read |

In my previous article, I went over four prospects which, in my (too) early rankings, could end up being top 4 picks in 2019. We covered Jack Hughes, ...

A Preview Of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft (Part 1)

By Mark McPhedran | Sep 15th 2018 | 21 min read |

Time to put away the golf clubs and dust off those Red Wings jerseys and merchandise, folks. Another season is upon us in just a few short weeks. Goin...

2018 Prospect Profile: Quinn Hughes

By Mark McPhedran | Apr 30th 2018 | 9 min read |

Very few players that I have talked about have a background story that is as interesting as Quinton “Quinn” Hughes’ is. For one, like current NH...