Welcome back for another edition of the Calder Power Rankings. For a look at any of the previous revisions of the Calder Power Rankings, check out the following links: 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 1. D, Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche (-) | 12-35-47 Cale Makar [...]
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings. It is time to drop my 2020 draft rankings again. There has been some freezing, minimal movement and large leaps! Get excited. Once again these rankings will be just my opinion, from what I have watched and read, of the top 50 prospects for the 2020 NHL [...]
The seasons for the three CHL leagues are winding down and with playoff races and scoring races coming into focus as we head down the stretch drive, we are going to take a look at the scoring leaders in each league. From draft-eligible stars to undrafted overage players, the scoring leaderboard for all three [...]
Kingston Frontenacs forward Martin Chromiak warms up prior to his Ontario Hockey League game against the Erie Otters at the Leon's Centre in Kingston on Friday January 3, 2020. Ian MacAlpine-Kingston Whig-Standard For this Sunday’s Prospect Ramblings, I’ve decided to look at a couple of Martin Chromiak shifts. Chromiak is a 2020 [...]
This year's NHL trade deadline seemed particularly more involved than several of the past few years, with one of the biggest reasons being because so many teams still seem to be in playoff contention. Despite a disproportional amount of teams buying, there were still a significant amount of prospects who have found themselves new [...]
Photo Courtesy of https://mayorsmanor.com/ On Thursday, the Los Angeles Kings called up center prospect Gabriel Vilardi from the AHL’s Ontario Reign. In his first game with the Kings, against the Florida Panthers, Vilardi recorded his first NHL goal on his very first shift. Vilardi had picked up the puck from defenseman Kurtis [...]
Back as promised and by popular demand, the mid-season expectation versus reality grades have quickly become the three-quarter-season expectation vs reality grades. To recap the concept of this piece, the 2019 NHL Entry Draft is more than 200 days old we’re quickly beginning to get a picture of how last year’s draft [...]
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. This week I will go over what teams I think will make deals to make the playoffs as they assume they are in. Same format as two weeks ago, so a couple notes. Also, #GoodTweet of the week: {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Only about 1000 games to [...]
Nolan Foote celebrating a goal at the World Juniors Every year around this point of the season, teams start to make moves and improve ahead of the trade deadline. Every trade that goes down is broken down on numerous all-day broadcasts but the one area they seem to lack at times is [...]
Brendan Brisson has emerged as one of the top draft-eligible prospects playing in the USHL. Brisson is the son of former QMJHL player and now renounced sports agent, Patrice Brisson, who represents several NHLers including John Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs), Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks), Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks), Anze Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings), Sidney [...]
