What do we really know about a player when trying to predict their fantasy hockey production in a season five years from now? I mean, really know about them?
Well, we know their age. We also know what kind of production they have put up in the past. But beyond those two criteria, we don't really know a whole lot.
We can certainly guess a lot.
In January 2018, ESPN asked me to do the first one of these dynasty rankings. While I didn't have nearly the data-driven process behind the rankings back then as I do now, the general approach to finalizing a ranking was the same: Rank each year individually and combine them for a total.