31 in 31 Series, July: Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets entered the offseason on the heels of their greatest season in franchise history -- 114 points and a second place finish in the Central Division -- before bowing out to the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Final. By all accounts their young [...]
Before we get into this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mMy0029Z8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQ01fnxO3Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4JCOX1I-k4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TALMMeN7eO4 Caps fans, the team, and Ovechkin deserved a cup. If you do not think so go jump in a lake Draft Overview The Capitals came in to the draft high off a Stanley cup win and with [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues have been quite active this summer making a slew of moves to stay competitive in the Central division. The arrivals of Pat Maroon, Tyler Bozak, and Ryan O'Reily dominate the headlines but that doesn't mean the Blues have ignored the youth of [...]
July 29: Vegas Golden Knights Draft Review: In only the second entry draft in team history the Golden Knights had to sit out the first day after trading their first round pick to Detroit (Joe Veleno) in a transaction that saw Tomas Tatar move to the bright lights of Vegas. After [...]
Here’s a shocking revelation, the NHL Draft Lottery was not kind to the Vancouver Canucks. For the third consecutive year, the west coast organization saw its position slide in the wrong direction. This time they slipped from sixth to seventh overall after a late-season charge, fuelled mostly by the Sedin twins’ heroics, tacked [...]
Western Canada is the hockey hub for 2019. The World Junior Summer Showcase kicks off in Kamloops, BC tomorrow and runs until August 4th. Normally this event is held in Plymouth, Michigan but I guess they figured why not shake things up. Just two days later, the Ivan Hlinka Gretzky Cup [...]
Draft Review: Historically one of the most successful scouting and drafting departments in the league, The Al Murray led Tampa Bay Lightning group made 7 relatively mysterious selections from their draft table in Dallas this June. Despite a questionable draft outcome, however, the Lightning are currently in the process of developing one of the most [...]
Welcome back to Thursday ramblings. Are you excited, I am. Make sure you keep checking out the 31-in-31 series FYI my Capitals one is coming out on the 30th so big time watch for that as I am nice. ******************************* I figure I will do another episode of my super [...]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for joining us for our July 31-in-31 series! Every day this month we will be taking a look at how each team fared in the NHL Entry Draft, as well as checking in on incoming/outgoing prospects and Development Camp notes. Check back every day for a new team profile, and next month when [...]
‘ We haven’t been publishing prospect ramblings during the month of July all that often because so much of our time has been used on the 31-in-31 series – remember to check them out on a daily basis. But I had a little bit of free time, so I figured I’d share the results of [...]
