Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013     Before touching on how teams did at the 2013 NHL Draft, here is an (obviously, incomplete) list of notable players that were passed over at the draft (italicized the really surprising ones for me):   QMJHL: Kurt Etchegary, Matt Murphy (D), Peter Trainor (OA), Jean-Sebastien Dea (OA), [...]

  Monday, July 1st, 2013     HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We love hockey and …….beer!   The 2013 NHL Entry Draft is in the books and what a day! A looooong day! There were certainly some surprises both on the draft floor with trades and on the draft stage with selections.   I was shocked [...]

    Monday, June 17th   The 2013 NHL Draft is thirteen days away and I have never been more excited to see how the top end of the draft turns out.   Trying to put all of my biases aside as a prospect junkie, I still enter the 2013 draft believing this is an [...]

    Monday, June 17th   The 2013 NHL Draft is thirteen days away and I have never been more excited to see how the top end of the draft turns out.   Trying to put all of my biases aside as a prospect junkie, I still enter the 2013 draft believing this is an [...]

Tuesday, May 21st

Good morning hockey lovers! I apologize for the lack of ramblings but life has been extremely busy and all my free time is being dedicated to the Fantasy Prospect Report scheduled for a June 1^st release. In the guide I personally profile 90+ draft eligible players for the upcoming 2013 NHL Entry Draft as well as include several fantasy hockey related lists and an extensive mock draft.

I am taking a few minutes from the prospect report writing to spit out a few thoughts on some prospects….an overdue assignment, as Dobber graciously pointed out in his ramblings haha.

Let me start with my baby – the Canadian Hockey League’s Memorial Cup, aka the best junior league tournament in the world (excluding the World Junior Championships). This year in particular features an extremely talented lineup of top prospects – both drafted and undrafted. Without researching, I think it would be extremely hard to find a CHL Memorial Cup tournament to feature the top three projected draft eligible skaters. Portland Winterhawks’ Seth Jones and Halifax Mooseheads’ Jonathan Drouin and Nathan MacKinnon are slated to be drafted with the first three selections in the upcoming draft and this tournament gives them one last chance to show scouts who deserves to be drafted first. One outstanding tournament won’t decide the fate of these players since scouts have watched these players for several years but it could definitely bump a player up enough to separate them from the rest.

      Happy Friday Hockey Fans…   Since this a fantasy based website and we are nearing the end of the NHL regular season…let us take at the bunched-up rookie scoring race with plenty of fantasy worthy star power….     Jonathan Huberdeau (47GP-14G-14A-28P, -16, 18 PIM, 112 SOG) The Panthers and fantasy owners [...]