*** In my weekly Ramblings, my favorite content is featuring the first NHL goals of players achieving their hockey dreams. Now that we've hit the summer, I took the opportunity to look back over the 2018-19 season and pick out my top ten first goals of the year. I don't have an official rating [...]
Drafts are being held all over the place at this time of year. If your draft is coming up, and you’re looking for some potential breakout candidates from players that have changed teams, here is my list of the 15 best forwards. Artemi Panarin - an elite talent that will produce no matter where he [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Ramblings, I have decided this week to go over the current state of the Devils and the Rangers; the teams’ drafts, off season, outlook for 2019-2020, and rookie impacts. As a life long Devils fans I feel I must compare the two enemy franchises and what I think this [...]
*** After all the excitement of draft day and free agency, a few persisting trade rumours have not yet come to fruition. Maybe this means that the prospects involved will remain with the organizations for another campaign, or maybe the summer still has some excitement left for us. Today I'm looking at a few [...]
With Development camps in the rear view for the most part, the focus of draft junkies moves towards the next wave. The first major showcase event of the draft year is the World Junior Summer Showcase (WJSS) hosted by USA Hockey. One of the issues is that it is not well publicized and [...]
Happy Thursday to you all, for these ramblings my prospect draft is finally complete in my one pool, and I think I am stuck with my late picks in the other one that is taking forever. First here are my draft grade ramblings from the past two weeks: Prospect Ramblings – Team [...]
*** Fantasy superstar prospects come out of every league in the world. I'll admit, however, that when it comes to estimating which players will have an NHL impact in the near future, I have a bias towards prospects with AHL experience, especially ones who have seen success there. I've never actually evaluated this inherent respect I've had [...]
Most of the major names from the 2019 free agent class have now dropped off the board, and some of the dust has now settled. The Nashville Predators, New York Rangers and Florida Panthers landed some of the biggest names on the market and have helped to bolster their teams' depth and competitiveness immediately. [...]
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings where I will give grades to NHL teams based on my opinion of their drafts and highlight what I liked and did not, or what I found interesting. Basically just my thoughts. The scale will be letter grade ratings because I am boring occasionally But first here is [...]
I’d like to take a look at what the Chicago Blackhawks have done in this years free agent frenzy. Personally, I think that the moves they have made are positives across the board. Having addressed the biggest weakness from the previous season, that being the defensive side of things, through trades prior to the [...]
