The Stanley Cup could be decided tonight, the draft is less than a week away, and fantasy league off-season trading is at it's peak. I have received many questions in the past week or so about trades, prospects, and who to take in the draft. In this edition of Rich's Ramblings, [...]
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 [...]
Monday, June 10, 2013 With the 2013 NHL Entry Draft quickly approaching,fantasy leagues are also preparing for prospect drafts. With that in mind, I will present my rankings of who I think are the best fantasy prospects in this year's draft. This is not a mock draft or ranking of the best players, [...]
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 1st 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.
Sunday, May 19 The 2013 Memorial Cup is underway, and there are many top prospects participating, including the three top-ranked prospects for the upcoming draft. Portland's Seth Jones and Nathan McKinnon and Jonathan Drouin of the Halifax Mooseheads will be displaying their talents at the round-robin tournament. The three faced off in [...]
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 [...]
April 14, 2013 In a typical year, the regular season would be complete and we would be discussing who should win the Calder Trophy as the league's rookie of the year. However, due to the lockout, this has been anything but a typical season and the regular season still has a [...]
Monday, April 8th, 2013 Coming with some prospect notes on this fine Monday afternoon… I spent most of the week and weekend preparing for the OHL Priority Selection Draft. It has been a fun yet exhausting week. As I mentioned in my previous ramblings, Sean Day is a 15-year-old defenseman from [...]
Thursday, March 21st To start, I wanted to point out a few of my recent articles I have published over the past week… Sean Day – Skating Is Unmatched In the Ontario Hockey League, for the third straight season and fourth time ever, the league will feature a player who has been [...]