Mikko Koskinen, G Shoots: L Height: 6-07 Weight: 209 Born: 1988-07-18 Hometown: Vantaa, Finland Drafted: 2009 by New York Islanders, 31st Overall Observations: May 2016 – Mikko Koskinen put himself back in the minds of North American hockey fans at the 2016 World Championships in Moscow. The big Finn was [...]
Team Canada won the Gold Medal at this year’s World Championship but the predominant story line this year was the head-to-head matchup of Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine for the top ranking heading into the 2016 NHL Entry draft in Buffalo on June 24th. {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finland's <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrikLaine29">@PatrikLaine29</a>, 18, missed out on [...]
| Johan Sundstrom C/RW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 201 |
| Born: 1992-09-21 | Hometown: Gotenborg, Sweden | Drafted: 2011 by New York Islanders, 50th overall |
| Justin Florek,LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-4 | Weight: 210 |
| Born: 1990-5-18 | Hometown: Marquette, MI | Drafted: 2010, 135th overall by Boston |
Is there a learning curve when it comes to youngsters performing in the playoffs? Taking a look in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** Every year, both rookie and veteran players are judged for their playoff performance, hailed as clutch and poised or as chokers. This is inevitably often tied to a team's result rather thn the [...]
Although he had only one assist, Matthew Tkachuk had 10 shots on goal as the London Knights breezed to a Memorial Cup-opening 6-2 victory Friday over the host Red Deer Rebels. Three of the brightest young prospects in hockey did nothing to dim their stars Friday in the opening game [...]
Son of former NHLer Michael Nylander and younger brother of Toronto Maple Leafs' prospect William Nylander, Alexander Nylander has future star written all over him. In this mock draft, he's taken fourth overall this year by Edmonton. Welcome back to my weekly Prospect Ramblings column. This week, I post the results of the [...]
Quarter finals of the IIHF, AHL Conference Finals begin and a few more entry-level contracts signed… […]
| Colton Parayko, D | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-5 | Weight: 218 |
| Born: 1993-05-12 | Hometown: St. Albert, AB, CAN | Drafted: 2012 by St. Louis Blues, 86th overall |
| Brady Brassart, C | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 196 |
| Born: 1993-06-15 | Hometown: Vernon, British Columbia | Drafted: Signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Wild, 2014 |
