ProspectLens
A subscription app for hardcore NHL prospect fans that tracks top draft picks (Montreal Canadiens and league-wide) with longitudinal development stories — game-by-game stats, AI-written scouting briefs, comparable-player profiles, and injury/contract alerts.
Prospect-obsessed NHL fans, fantasy GMs in dynasty leagues, and draft analysts who want more than game recaps
- AI-scouting brief per prospect per game, written in the style of a junior scout
- Comparable-player radar that finds NHLers with similar early-career trajectories
- Custom watchlists with push alerts on goals, assists, line changes, and injuries
- Development-camp and training-camp footage summaries transcribed into key takeaways
Montreal Canadiens fans are prospects-obsessed during development-camp season (L.J. Mooney, Michael Hage, etc.), and the only coverage is scattered across Twitter threads and English/French beat writers; a tracker dedicated to prospect development fills a recurring gap every summer and preseason.
r/Habs is a major subreddit and Habs have widespread coverage, but hardcore prospect-only paying subset is a narrow niche within an already saturated Habs media landscape.Canadiens de Montreal - Reddit ↗Download The Elite Prospects App ↗
Multiple direct or near-direct competitors exist: Elite Prospects mobile app (full hockey DB with player tracking), Scouching (paid subscription for NHL Draft prospect tables + Discord), Hockey Prospecting (projection models). Only narrow differentiation is Habs-first longitudinal stories + AI briefs.Scouching - Targeted NHL Draft data insights ↗Hockey Prospecting - Uncovering Tomorrow's Superstars ↗
Subscription prospect services do exist (Scouching offers annual subs with 25% discount) and dynasty hockey forums sustain paid communities, but TAM is small for a single-team-obsessed paid app and elite-prospects free tier anchors pricing expectations low.Scouching - Targeted NHL Draft data insights ↗dynastyhockey.com forum ↗
Annual NHL Draft, summer development camps, multi-year prospect development arc, and Habs' permanent cultural relevance (24 Stanley Cups, bilingual market) give the idea durable recurring interest.All Habs (@AllHabs) / Posts / X - Twitter ↗
AI scouting briefs and comparable-player narratives are straightforward with LLMs, but reliable per-game prospect stats, injury feeds, and contract alerts depend on scraping/licensing data from Elite Prospects or NHL APIs — non-trivial and risks ToS issues.Elite Prospects - Hockey Stats - Apps on Google Play ↗