Prospect Ramblings - My 2019 top 11 mid-way choices. Welcome to my Thursday ramblings. This week I will go over my top 11 prospects for 2019, why 11? Because: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgx4k83zzc Also I have become a little burned out from being in too many pools and watching too much hockey, and I [...]
Hockey leagues around the world have now surpassed the halfway mark and are coming down the homestretch towards the playoffs. The World Junior Championship has concluded and a number of NHL prospects have etched themselves into the collective memory of fantasy GMs everywhere. Most likely, an onslaught of free agent pickups have transpired in [...]
Every year, NHL teams sign a bunch of free agents out of European pro leagues. Most of them don’t amount to anything but occasionally there are some players who become fantasy relevant. Here are some players who will likely draw interest this summer. The top player available this summer is 24-year-old winger Ilya [...]
image courtesy of IIHF.com *** Draft junkies are spoiled each winter, with the World Junior A Challenge and World Juniors stealing many eyes for a few weeks each year. But, like every IIHF level, the top World Junior tournament isn’t the only major U20 event that takes place during the coldest time of the [...]
*** When prospects don't capitalize on their first chance at an NHL gig, no big deal. Blow a second chance? They'd better keep producing in the minors. Fail to make good on NHL time after that? The waiver wire looms. These days we see waiver news more for salary cap purposes than anything, [...]
Question: “Id love a deep dive on Nolan Patrick. Has been invisible at times this season, but hot lately. Another second-half heat up?” Answer: It hasn’t exactly been the season many hoped for from the 2017 second overall selection. Patrick’s 17 points in 41 games put him on an identical pace to his [...]
Bob McKenzie just released his highly anticipated mid-season draft ranking, and I also had the pleasure of getting an early look at Cam Robinson's upcoming ranking (it should be published soon!), so now is a perfect time to provide an update to our consolidated 2019 NHL Entry Draft rankings. Here's a link to our [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings, I am going to go over players that should be given a chance from the AHL. I have titled it “Give these players a chance NHL Coaches and GMs” because I obviously know more than them! [...]
KHL Update For January we shall go over how the 2018 class is fairing in the KHL Vitali Kravtsov (NYR; #9, 1st round) – Kravtsov is having a good season on a pretty poor Traktor team with 17 points in 39 games, which is pretty good for an 18/19 year old. He [...]
Draft Eligible Nils Höglander is making pro strides for SHL's Rögle December and January are interesting months when it comes to prospects tuning their craft in professional European leagues. With the World Juniors in mid-swing to start off the New Year, many teams lose their talented young players for those exciting few weeks. Upon [...]
