Welcome to the new McKeen’s Hockey website
We offer three levels of subscription in addition to a number of great products in our store, including our McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook and McKeen’s NHL Draft Guide that we have been publishing for many years.
Our three levels of membership are:
McKeen’s NHL Yearbook online – $7.99 for six months
McKeen’s NHL Draft Guide online – Starting at $4.99 a month
The Goalie Guild Premium content – $7.99 for six months, or $12.99 a year.
About the McKeen’s NHL Yearbook online:
It has been our desire to provide the content from McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook online for some time. McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook has been published since 1994, founded by Iain Morrell, who is still writing and editing the magazine along with editorial director Gus Katsaros and other McKeen’s contributors. It has been a trusted friend to many poolies on draft day for quite some time.
The most exciting thing about an online version of the McKeen’s Yearbook, offered at the same newsstand price of $7.99, is our ability to update it throughout the year. It will not only be crucial and current at your draft, but will provide the tools and info you need for your roster changes and trades throughout the season. In order to provide a sample of what we offer, we have made the Anaheim Ducks team page and their top twenty player profiles available free without a subscription. This will provide a good understanding of what is included in a membership. Visit the NHL home page here to see the exclusive rankings, premium articles and expanded stats that are offered as well.
McKeen’s editorial will provide updates, but we have also partnered with some great fantasy hockey resources to ensure you are up to date. Rotowire provides player updates and recommendations, including injuries, in real time. We also have current (the last three games) line combinations for players and teams rovided by Frozen Pool (of dobberhockey.com). Drawn from NHL game stats these are the real reflection of the lines coaches are currently using. A Google newsfeed and current career stats provided by eliteprospects.com complete everything you need to manage your team.
About McKeen’s Hockey NHL Draft Guide online:
McKeen’s Hockey has been an online presence on the Rivals Yahoo! Network for many years providing editorial on NHL draft eligible prospects on a subscription basis. We have also published the McKeen’s NHL Draft Guide annually as a PDF for many years. Our team of scouts is based in Throughout North America and Europe. The team led by Morrell includes director of scouting, David Burstyn, a former NHL scout, Joakim Grundberg, director of european scouting and current head scout for Modo in the Swedish Elite league, Justin Goldman, director of goalie scouting and founder of The Goalie Guild, and a full team of 15, with contacts throughout the hockey scouting world. Our scouts attend the key tournaments and games and are on top of how players are progressing in their draft year.
If you are interested in the upcoming NHL draft, it is a critical tool to give you accurate, and timely, profiles on the players that are eligible. It will include a searchable database of current scouting reports on players, but also some great premium editorial content provided by our established team. McKeen’s is well respected by the media and NHL personnel and can provide something of interest for fans and pros alike with subscriptions starting at $4.99 a month. You can find more detail and player page examples here.
The print version (PDF) of the McKeen’s 2013 NHL Draft Guide can be purchased here: McKeen’s store
About The Goalie Guild:
The Goalie Guild was founded by Justin Goldman offering a laser focus on goaltending at all levels. Comprehensive coverage with indepth analysis and scouting breakdowns of goaltenders in all leagues, from the juniors through to the NHL. There is quite simply no greater resource on goaltenders available. He joined McKeen’s as Director of Goalie Scouting in late 2012., He is providing great free content and some invaluable premium content with a subscription. Included in the susbcription are 1. Top 100 prospects 2. 2013 Draft Watch list 3. The Graduates 4. Dark Horses
Our mobile web app is a handy resource wherever you are. It is accessed through the browser on your smart phone or tablet using the same log in credentials as the website. Please click on the links below for some examples on pages:
Draft eligible player page (2013 NHL Draft Guide)
We have had a lot of positive feedback, which we appreciate, but some questions as well. We hope you find the following answers helpful. Please keep sending us your comments. They help us build a better site.
FAQ’s
Q: Is there a PDF available of the McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook magazine?
The online version is not a PDF of the magazine. It is an interactive website with sortable charts, line combinations, team analysis, and individual player pages. This format allows us to provide real time information on line combinations, injury updates, and to provide our McKeen’s perspective on players all season long. It offers us a lot of flexibility in how we can continue to build the site, and present information and analysis that is not possible in a PDF.
We are planning to provide an e-book version for the 2013 -14 season, but it would be purchased as a separate product from the magazine and website subscription.
Q: Where do I find the mobile web app and how do I access it?
The mobile web app is accessed through the browser on your tablet or smart phone. It is not found in the app store. You will have access with the same username and password as your McKeen’s subscription for both the NHL Draft Guide and McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook
Q: How do I access the team pages?
You can access the team pages through the team logos at the top of the website, or through their name links on the right hand side of the NHL Main page, in the subscription area.
Q: How do I access the player pages?
Most of the player names on any list, or depth chart, can be clicked through to the player’s page. They are easily found through a player search, but some of the best ways are through the line combinations, the player predictions on the team page, or the top 475 projected player list among many other lists and rankings..
Q: Are the charts sortable?
Yes they are. Simply click on the category heading you are interested in ranking. We have tried to include stats not readily found elsewhere, such as quarterly points per game stats, blocked shots, hits, takeaways and giveaways. We will continue to find interesting ways to present stats and analysis.
Q: Can I print the charts?
Most of our charts are downloadable to an excel spreadsheet, in which you can add notes, do your own ranking, and print it for your draft. We will update it as much as possible until the season starts and through the first month if there are significant changes.
Have tried to subscribe but failed? Sign on info seems to be accepted but I did not get an email or any indication of how to pay for the subscription
Hi Brian,
Very sorry for the incovenience. The issue is fixed now.
Best,
Rob
Nice job! I’ts gonna be crazy
Works fine now. Thanks so far I am quite impressed with the site. Well Done
That is great to hear. Thank you again for your patience.
We are going to be adding more content in the coming weeks so it will get better as we go.
Is there an option to buy the 2012 McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook without the 6-month subscription? Also, will it be available to purchase on Sep.10 at Barnes and Nobles in the US?
Great start to the new site!
You can purchase the magazine without the six month subscription. Send an e-mail to info@mckeenshockey.com with a mailing address and phone number.
The cost is $7.99 plus shipping and handling – $6.95 Canada, $9.95 US, $19.95 internationally.
I will provide that option on the website tomorrow.
Thanks! Email has been sent.
My one wish as a fantasy owner is to find a Pool guide that makes all its numbers found in the print edition available in an online, or downloadable, spreadsheet. I take my laptop into a draft room. Is this part of McKeen’s new online content?
The online version will have all of the information from the print magazine. The stats, spreadsheets will all be searchable and sortable by all categories and will be updated weekly until the start of the season. They are not dowloadable, but will work great on your laptop at your draft. It also will work very well on a phone or tablet through the mobile web app accessed on your browser with the same username and password as the website.
Okay, I put in my name, address, email, etc., and it said my message had been sent. What about payment? There has to be more to this right?
At the moment I need to manually invoice you and set you up on the system. We are fixing the subscription ordering system to allow you to pay via the site and enter your username and password and have immediate access to the web content. The magazine would then be mailed and you would not need to do anything else.
We should have this in place by the end of the week. In the meantime, thank you for your patience, and an invoice will follow shortly.
Is there or will there be a way to simply pay for the digital/download version? I’d prefer to skip the shipping charges.
Yes, just click on subscribe on the top navigation bar.
It will take you to a subscription area. There is a six month subscription and a 12 month subscription.
You will have immediate access to the website after subscribing.
Hi Rob,
Having subscribed, am I missing a link to a downloadable .pdf? Or did you mean that the skater projections by team, position, top prospects, under the radar fantasy players, etc. replicate the Yearbook content?
No worries. But if so, I’d prefer to go ahead and shell out for the magazine so it’s easier to access.
Daniel
Hi Daniel,
There is no PDF and all the content from the magazine is included here, if in a different format.
If you click on any player name it will take you through to the player page which has the content from the magazine. In addition it will be updated all season by our editorial staff. There will updated content daily from Rotowire.com, updated line combinations from Frozen Pook (from Dobberhockey.com) and updated stats and salary information from nhlnumbers.com. We will also have a google news feed by player. It’s all about staying informed all season.
The rankings, charts and stats are all sortable by clicking on the heading in the chart. It’s great way to play with the stats.
It also is very easily accessible on your smartphone or tablet.
However, if you are attached to the print version, I will happily refund your money. Contact me at info@mckeenshockey.com and I will look after it.
Best,
Rob
you have concluded and summarized the ideas. I never touch this kind of things ..~~so before I am a green hand~~ now i opened mental horizon~~~
When does the magazine hit shelves in Ontario?
Hi,
The magazine will be fully distributed in most areas the week of the 17th of September. It may be as late as the 22nd in some markets out west.
We are running about a week later than we have in past years.
Best,
Rob
Where can I buy the book in Ontario, Canada? We are still having our hockey pool…
Hi,
The magazine is now widely distributed across Canada.
It is on sale in pretty much every major retailer possible, such as: Chapters/Walmart/Shoppers/Zellers/Macs/7Eleven/PharmaPlus/Pharamsaves/London Drugs/Overwaitea/Extra Foods/Gateway Newstand/Loblaws/Sobeys/International News…and the thousands of local convenience stores.
Good luck in your pool.
Is the magazine disrtributed in the US this year? Have’nt seen it yet at Barnes and Noble.
thanks
Hi,
We have a limited distribution of the magazine in the US, but it is carried in select Barnes and Noble stores. We should have a list of locations in the next day or so.
If you would like to provide me with your location in the US by postal code to info@mckeenshockey.com I will get back to you on where it can be purchased.
Thanks
Rob
So if I order now with a 12-month subscription, I’ll have access to the 2013 yearbook next fall, right?
That is correct. You will have access to the digital edition of the 2013 McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook for a full 12 months, including our new profiles and articles posted for the 2013 -14 season. The print edition is purchased separately either in store or through our store on the website.
well i signed up today(saturday), it said the updated stats projecting over the 48 game schedule would get posted today….i hope it isn’t much longer, my draft is monday nd i would expect a refund if it is not ready prior to that….it is the reason i purchased it
They are done. We just need to post them to website. It should be very shortly.
Thanks for your patience. They were a thorough review capturing injuries, the lenght of the schedule, the players performance since the lockout, among many factors.
We have posted the top 475 for a 48 game season. We have also posted the new ranking by position and rookies.
We have added a goalie ranking provided by Justin Goldman, founder of The Goalie Guild. The player names link back to our profile. There are no stats projections, but these are how we would rank them for fantasy value. It is from an article Justin provided for the nhl.com. I hope you find it helpful.
We will post the team predictions tomorrow.
I suspect it will be a crazy couple of days, so enjoy. We will be updating the predictions as things change, so please download the latest rankings right before your draft.
It should be an interesting week.
Hey , great web site I plan on subscribing on a yearly basis . How often are the line combinations updated ?
Thanks for the kind words. We are going flat out on content right now as we know people are drafting daily. A quick start to the season for sure, but no complaints from us. We will tinker with the line combinations through the first week of the season, but will update them once a month going forward. We have a daily feed from Frozen Pool to provide the line combination by player and team that reflect the real line combinations. Injuries and coaching philosophy dictate line combinations and they are very volatile. The real stats will help in roto leagues.