With the world akimbo after the Erik Karlsson news dropped on Thursday afternoon, most were focused on the implication to the NHL rosters. However, there were a handful of prospects that exchanged organizations and we’ll take a look at those players here now. The Senators somehow decided it was a good idea to [...]
Note: WOW this graphic is WAAAAY better than Jokke's graphics! Welcome to the new new and improved Thursday prospect ramblings, or the same ones as always but now I am back gearing up for the fantasy hockey year! I am going to go over the last 16 teams (alphabetically) and pick a prospect [...]
Hockey is back! I know hockey fans in North America are always saying “Is it October yet?” but in Europe, the hockey season is ongoing already. The Champions Hockey League started on August 30th (my recap of the first week can be found from here), and the first major national league to start their [...]
*** September 9th 2018. There were two separate games this afternoon between the Canadiens and the Maple Leafs’ rookies in Laval, Québec. The first one lasted 15 minutes and showed a dominant, confident, skilled and also intimidating Toronto team. The power play was producing, thanks in good part to players like Timothy Liljegren, Rasmus Sandin, [...]
September 8th 2018 – It was an interesting rookies showdown between the Sens and Leafs this afternoon in Laval, Québec. The first half of the game was punctuated by middle zone turnovers and tight defence when all a sudden this matchup turned into an offensive blast with great passing plays and high pace transitions. [...]
image courtesy of The Buffalo News *** Last week I took a scroll through the long Fantrax player list of rookies, and hand-picked some under-owned players that weren't being drafted nearly high enough for their current status. This was a fun exercise and got fun feedback from readers, so this week I'm going out [...]
September 7th2018 It was a tough night to say the least for the Montreal Canadiens rookies against the Senators’, but it was also a rather unfair matchup between the two teams who suited much different lineups at the Bell Place in Laval, Quebec this Friday night. So the not-so-young Senators won the game, 4-0. But it [...]
Welcome to the new and improved Thursday prospect ramblings, or the same ones as always but now I am back gearing up for the fantasy hockey year! I am going to go over the first 15 teams (alphabetically) and pick a prospect (or young player in case some teams have no room) to [...]
The Champions Hockey League started last week. Even though it’s supposed to be this amazingly interesting league where the top teams from different European leagues play against each other to see which one is the best, it’s not super popular even in Europe. But regardless of that, it’s a great scouting opportunity because there [...]
image courtesy of Blackhawk Up *** Fantasy season is here, which means its time to start digging through pages and pages of player lists to find the buried treasures. Good luck for you - that's exactly what we're here for. I've gone through Fantrax's full list of rookie players to find the [...]
