While the Vancouver Canucks have taken a significant stumble down the standings from their days of winning back-to-back President’s Trophies in 2011 and 2012, their prospect pipeline has certainly been trending in the right direction. This is in large part to the hiring of oft-maligned GM, Jim Benning and a re-shuffling of the scouting [...]
Ever since the major shakeup in the organization in January 2013, the Managements commitment to drafting and proper development has been very evident. Not many picks since that off season have made the full jump to the NHL, but this year the world changes as they start with a radical fulltime youth movement [...]
A combination of deft scouting and shrewd picks has enabled the Blues to remain competitive for a sustained period of time. For examples look no further than recent draftees Robby Fabbri and Colton Parayko. Both players were huge contributors for the Blues this past season and played critical roles in their march to the Western [...]
The San Jose Sharks prospect depth chart does not stack up against some of the recent rebuild efforts elsewhere in the NHL's Western Conference. A 14-win Stanley Cup Playoff run, a brilliant trade for a young starting netminder and a franchise that has missed the playoffs once in the past dozen years will do [...]
The Penguins needed, and got, significant contributions from prospects en route to a Stanley Cup championship. A case could be made that netminder Matt Murray was Pittsburgh’s playoff MVP. Forwards Conor Sheary, Tom Kühnhackl and Bryan Rust also contributed significantly to the team’s post-season success, while forwards Oskar Sundqvist and Scott Wilson as well as [...]
On the whole, the draft has not been a kind beast to the Senators this decade. While they have had a measure of success in unearthing potential gems in the later rounds, a number of their first round picks have not panned out as hoped. This tweet was included in last month’s article but it [...]
The New York Rangers partially compensated Friday for trading their past four first-round draft picks by signing prized free agent Jimmy Vesey. Inking a two-year, entry-level contract worth a total of $1.85 million and bearing an annual cap hit of $925,000, the 23-year-old Harvard grad leaps to the top of the Rangers’ prospect depth [...]
The Islanders continue to boast one of the best prospect pools in the league. The talent they have up front is unparalleled, with the possible exception of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The impressive part about the Islanders is that they have, for the most part, been able to accumulate this talent using mid to late [...]
The Devils are currently lacking some high end talent in the prospect pool. However, they did add six forwards in this year's draft and addressed the need to improve that position. The organization does have solid pieces at center, including Pavel Zacha and Michael McLeod, who was drafted in June and has a ton of [...]
The Nashville Predators continue to show an ability to retool on the fly as they have a solid set of prospects despite being a consistent contender in the Central division. The Predators average first pick in the draft over the last five year is 25th. The strength of the Predators prospect is, as usual, [...]
