Tuesday, November 6th   Hopefully all of you hockey-starved fans out there tuned into Sportsnet (or NHL Network in the USA) to catch some of the world’s top prospects in action. Here are my quick thoughts on who stood out and those that didn't impress as much as I would have liked.   Earlier [...]

  Thursday, November 1st, 2012   Justin Schultz (Edmonton Oilers) has been named American Hockey League Player of the Month (October) after posting 12 points in seven October games to lead the entire AHL as a defenseman.  There is no guarantee that Schultz’ AHL production will translate seamlessly to NHL production whenever action resumes but [...]

    Tuesday, October 23rd In case you missed it, I wrote a piece last week on Canadian Hockey Players who are likely to head to NHL (mini) training camp if the lockout ends…soon.  If the lockout ends, who is staying? Who is going?     Another piece of mine, CHL Import Draft: Sarnia Sting [...]

  Tuesday, October 2nd Check out my "Hockey Canada World Junior Roster Benefits from NHL Lockout" piece over at The Hockey Writers where I speculate on the potential star-studded lineup. Hunter Shinkaruk, a personal favourite of mine for the upcoming 2013 NHL Draft, earned WHL Player of the Week honours after scoring one goal and [...]