Welcome to the first in a series of monthly check-ins on notable prospect performances in the SHL. Many argue that the SHL is the third best league in the world behind the NHL and AHL. Giving this idea some credence is the relative smooth transition we’ve seen recently of players coming over to the [...]
Every USHL team has played five to six games at this point in the season. It may still be early in the year, but there have been a few players who have stood out fantasy wise. Eeli Tolvanen: Top ten ranked prospect in the 2017 NHL Draft, currently playing for the Sioux City Musketeers and [...]
It has been an exciting opening two weeks in College Hockey, after kicking the season off on October 1st. Lets recap some of the storylines, players who performed, and a few of the disappointments of the past ten days. Ice Breaker Tournament Recap Denver, Boston College, Ohio State and Air Force took to the [...]
With the AHL season around the corner, well known and highly touted prospects are getting shuffled around. Recent NHL Entry Drafts have been some of the best in recent memory regarding the abundance of raw talent, but the number of jobs opening up with some NHL clubs has remained in short supply. Below are three [...]
NHL Central Scouting recently released their initial draft rankings for the year, and 34 Quebec Junior Major Hockey League players were on that list. Swiss-born Nico Hischier of the Halifax Mooseheads was one of only two players to receive an “A” rating on this inaugural list, while the majority received “C” ratings. [...]
The 2016-17 season has just gotten under way out west in the WHL. Highlighted by a star studded 2017 NHL draft class and a solid group of 20-year-olds. This year I feel the WHL is in good contention when it comes to winning the Memorial cup. To start the year, it seems as if a [...]
By:Kathryn Jean The NHL regular season kicks off in just over a week. NHL teams have already made their evaluations and started to adjust their squads for opening night. Over 160 OHL players were invited to 2016 NHL training camps. Only 30 of those players remain at camp and some have a good chance to [...]
The days of poor drafting are slowly coming to an end as Ron Hextall and Co. have been able to walk away from recent drafts with some pretty good hauls. The Flyers have bolstered their prospect pool, but most impressively done so by drafting from the back-end out. With players like Ivan Provorov (7th, [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have had great success in drafted and scouting in recent years, which has given them one of the better prospect pools in the entire National Hockey League. This year will be no different. After a solid draft and what was already a solid collection of youngsters, the Tampa Bay Lightning have [...]
The Washington Capitals are currently in Stanley Cup contention mode as they have made little to no roster moves throughout this off season. It appears the Capitals are keeping in mind the future of the organization by not moving many of their young prospects for rentals. With as many as six contracts potentially coming [...]
