*** I'm upset with myself. One of my favorite things to talk about in my weekly Ramblings is any first NHL goals scored by kids the previous week. I try to stay up to date, leading to and end-of-the-year Top Ten goals list (here's my 2016-17 compilation if interested). But while I've been using my [...]
Before we delve into the 2018 class and where some of these talented youngsters should go in your fantasy drafts next fall, I want to talk about a kid who isn’t going to hear his named called until June 2020 but is quickly becoming the talk of the CHL. When the Rimouski Océanic [...]
Picture courtesy of MyNHLTradeRumors.com Well if it isn’t Thursday again, Smarch has begun, time for some ramblings from me. I will go over my top five prospects per team from the Atlantic division. I am ranking them on future NHL likelihood and an ability to put up points. Next week should cover [...]
The NHL trade deadline was yesterday and leading up to and on the deadline there was the usual bevy of trades. For a full recap of all the trades, be sure to check out the handy Trade Tracker on Dobber. The main Dobber site has plenty of excellent break downs and analysis on all the [...]
*** Trade activity has already started this weekend, with Nash and Brassard deals shipping picks and prospects across the league and even more to come. The obvious fallout of this is the big name added to one roster, with prospects or picks being added to the other organization. But if this prospect isn't NHL-ready, the [...]
Earlier this week I opened up the monthly Mailbag. Those pieces are always a favourite of mine as I get an eclectic mix of questions and honestly, the format allows me to ramble on a little more than usual (although I do slide in some decent rambles from time to time… like right now [...]
Credit: Live 105 Halifax's Best Rock Welcome again to the Thursday prospect ramblings. No music this time as I thought I’d change things up a bit. Actually this week’s ramblings will not highlight my top five prospects in the Metro or Atlantic divisions. Instead I will focus on the prospects who [...]
Happy family day folks. I had a full weekend of hockey watching as Kingston hosted three games this weekend and swept all there to clinch a playoff spot. Here are some quick take aways from those games Friday February 16th Peterborough Petes Not a lot of star power on the Petes this year, they have [...]
*** One of the most fun (but often depressing) things to do is to look back at draft days from years past, and see the inevitable big misses. NHL teams' scouting departments aren't perfect and never will be, but with the amount of travel and video accessible to scouts these days, I would assume that, [...]
Well, I’m back! I’ve been on the shelf for a few weeks after a little snowboarding incident resulted in the dreaded concussion-like symptoms (aka. a concussion - see it's not that hard to just say it. Take note, NHL clubs) but the keyboard was calling to me and we’ve got a plenty of [...]
