The OHL Podcast on player development

It's the favourite game of a junior hockey fan. No, not the hockey game itself. The one you play in your seat, when you tell the person next to you that this guy is a sure thing to make it to the next level, and this other guy isn't. And then you sit back and watch for a few years to find out just how right -- or wrong -- you were. So, what's the secret to making accurate predictions? Hey, if we knew that, we'd all be scouting for NHL teams by now. The truth is, projecting the development of players drafted at 15 years of age is a notoriously difficult task.