Under-the-Radar Finns Eligible for the 2021 NHL Draft In the last decade, Finland has been producing more and more high-end NHL players. Whether it’s star players such as Aleksander Barkov, Mikko Rantanen, Patrik Laine, Sebastian Aho, Miro Heiskanen, or more recently selected players such as Kaapo Kakko and Anton Lundell, the country has a lot [...]
If the NHL has taught us anything about goalies over the past few seasons, it’s that being an NHL number one goalie is tough. You can probably count on one hand, if you are being generous, the number of goalies you know will be bonafide number one's next year. By that, I mean that their [...]
WHL Wrap Up Report Part 1 - May 2021 Welcome back to the second instalment of the 2021 WHL report! If you missed our April edition you can find it Here. With the season now wrapped up we will be taking a look at how each team faired in the new divisions and [...]
It has been a great past eight or so months, but the 46th SHL season is now over, and we got to know the new champion. Växjö Lakers with prospects Pontus Holmberg, Jack Drury and Fredrik Karlström defeated Rögle BK in five games and raised the Le Mat Trophy above their heads. It is [...]
Welcome to the ALL-Vibes 2021 NHL Mock Draft presented by Feeling Good and #Analysis The NHL is a league where teams draft a player based on being "6'5" every time he steps onto the ice". Despite being the most reserved league of the major sports in North America, they may draft off of vibes more [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. This week I am going to go over some prospects drafted in 2016 who should either in the NHL or making more of an impact soon. I made the cut off for “still to come” under 10 games as a few players have only had a small [...]
Welcome back to Tuesday’s Ramblings. Folks, we made it. Despite months of uncertainty, and even stretches during the regular season where there were doubts to continue on, we have made it to the post-season. Unless, of course, you are a Vancouver Canucks (me) or Calgary Flames fan. In that case, thanks to late-season Covid-19 complications, [...]
Photo courtesy of Neutral Zone Hockey The final seed in the East versus the top team in the West. David versus Goliath. Your hand versus the Pringles can. We’ve heard this story before: the underdog with faith on their side, against the monolith who seems undefeatable. From the start of the [...]
This has been a weird year for the AHL but for fans of prospects and player development, it has been a treat. Typically. a rookie AHL standout is a specific type of player, they need to be good enough to be a point per game in a professional men’s league but also not such a [...]
Despite the tournament being the first look scouts have gotten at some of the 2021 NHL Draft eligibles, discussion surrounding the 2021 IIHF World Championship was dominated by players not eligible until next year - and in the case of Matvei Michkov and Connor Bedard, not eligible for two years. Those two, along with Team [...]
