Winnipeg Jets’ defensive prospect, Sami Niku was awarded the Eddie Shore Trophy earlier this week given to the AHL’s top defender. The 21-year-old tallied 16 goals and 53 points in 72 games for the Manitoba Moose and earned himself a game in the NHL at the end of the regular season. [...]
| Dylan Blujus, D | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 192 |
| Born: 1994-01-22
| Hometown: Buffalo, NY, USA
| Drafted: 2012 by Tampa Bay Lightning, 40th Overall |
| Henri Ikonen, LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-0 | Weight: 190 |
| Born: 1994.04.17 | Hometown: Savonlinna, FIN | Drafted: 2013 by Tampa Bay Lightning, 154th overall |
Welcome to Thursday ramblings again, these will have to be short and sweet, floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee, as time has been limited for me with playoffs pool and other life things. I am going to go over rookies on NHL teams in the playoffs and if I [...]
After starting to scout and write for the DobberProspects group around a year and a half ago, I was given the opportunity to take over these monthly AHL editorials for the site in the fall of my second season here. Its been a learning and growing experience for me as I hope it has [...]
With the NHL season all wrapped up, the focus is fully on the playoffs. The NHL is a little late to the party as most of the other leagues have already begun their post seasons, weeks ago in some cases. On Sunday our Senior Associate Editor Hayden penned a great ramblings looking at NHL Prospects [...]
Action from Game 5 of the 2017 MasterCard Memorial Cup between the Saint John Sea Dogs and Seattle Thunderbirds at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, ON on Tuesday May 23, 2017. Photo by Aaron Bell/CHL Images By Steve Kournianos @thedraftanalyst NASHVILLE (The Draft Analyst) –There’s no way to sugarcoat it – the 2018 [...]
| Artturi Lehkonen, RW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 163 |
| Born: 1995-07-04 | Hometown: Piikkiö, Finland | Drafted: 55th overall by Montreal in 2013 |
*** Well there we have it. The 2017-18 is nearly in the rearview mirror (an inconsequential BOS/FLA makeup game awaits tonight), and it was an absolutely fantastic year for rookies. Barzal hit 85 points, blowing everyone's expectations away, and Vancouver has a new local legend in Brock Boeser (seriously, he's everywhere here now). But now [...]
| Brock Boeser, RW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 192 |
| Born: 1997-02-25 | Hometown: Burnsville, MN, USA | Drafted: 2015 by Vancouver Canucks, 23rd overall |
