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 [...]
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 [...]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [...]
*** 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 [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: Pittsburgh Penguins Squeezed hard even against the increased $79.5-million salary cap limit, GM Jim Rutherford has had a hectic off-season. So far, he’s drafted four hopefuls, dealt Conor Sheary, Matt Hunwick, Carter Rowney and Jarred Tinordi, and signed UFAs who include Jack Johnson and Matt Cullen – as well [...]
It was more of the same for the Flyers on the 2018 draft floor as they made savvy, good-value picks that are calculated gambles in the worst case. Not a lot of flash, although this year’s crop of picks makes up for it in substance. While the team wasn’t busier and normal, for [...]
With five forwards, two defensemen, and a goalie, the Senators did well to fill up the cupboards in multiple areas. They managed to snag a nice mix of higher-end prospects in the early rounds along with some players that have some real sleeper potential later on. 1st Round, 4th overall – Brady Tkachuk [...]
31 in 31 Series, July: New York Rangers Draft Review The window to win for the Rangers was wide open back in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. The team went all-in on the veterans, Brad Richards, Marty St. Louis, Rick Nash, and it nearly worked. The greybeards took them all the way to the Stanley [...]
