Brogan Rafferty In last weeks ramblings I mentioned I was going to see Utica play in Belleville with a close eye on Vancouver Canucks prospect Brogan Rafferty. Brogan Rafferty was as advertised, very impressive. He is the Comets top defenseman on a team with deployment in offensive zone faceoffs, short handed and of course the [...]
Philip Tomasino in his new Oshawa Generals sweater Welcome back to my weekly Prospect Ramblings, this week will be a bit less formal as I go through my notebook and talk about some of the notable performances or players that stuck out in some recent games that I've watched. I'll take a [...]
On Friday, the OHL had their trade deadline. Let’s catch you up to speed on which prospects went where. Player (New Team, Draft Eligible or What Farm System They Are In) Ryan Suzuki (Saginaw, Carolina Hurricanes) Martin Hugo Has (Guelph, Washington Capitals) Akil Thomas (Peterborough, Los Angeles Kings) Cameron Butler (Niagara, [...]
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft is more than 200 days old and we’re approaching the halfway point of their D+1 season. Today seems like a good day to begin looking back at how some of the players from the first round of that draft have developed and progressed. Over the next several weeks, using [...]
https://twitter.com/iihf_wjc Welcome back to my Thursday ramblings. I cannot let the World Juniors go by without a final recap on some stand outs I watched. I hope you watched as well since the tournament was fantastic as usual. Just my annual reminder to not over value prospects based on their [...]
Back to normal life resumes as the holiday season has concluded along with the World Junior Championship. There has been so much excellent WJC coverage here I decided to go back to a more regular ramblings style, so here goes. On Wednesday I am going to watch the Utica Comets in Bellville as the Canucks [...]
Photo Courtesy of kelownadailycourier.ca The World Junior Championships are an annual tradition around the holidays for hockey fans. With it being the top U20 tournament around the world, it has become an event known to be dominated by 19-year-old players. Every year there are a few draft-eligible players that get into the [...]
Welcome back for another edition of the Calder Power Rankings. As we make our way into the New Year (and apparently decade… that seems to be a big deal), the rankings are becoming more impacted by injuries and certain players’ mid-season surges. The top of the rankings have been relatively consistent since the beginning [...]
Congratulations to Canada on a Spengler Cup Championship. That tournament wrapped up today and Canada takes Gold again. Not many fantasy hockey relevant prospects compete in this tournament but 2020 NHL Draft eligible Rodion Amirov who failed to crack the Russian World Junior roster played in three games and had a goal. There were also [...]
2019 has been an exciting year in the world of prospects. With the year coming to a close on Wednesday, I thought that today’s Prospect Ramblings would be a good opportunity to review some of the biggest stories from the last 360 odd days in the world of hockey prospects. 10. 2017 Draft Prospects [...]
