*** I got a little distracted from the prospects path for this week's Ramblings, but in the end I do think it's relevant when setting player expectations for young forwards. We know it takes a special talent to be a first-line forward. We also think that second and third line players are better if they [...]
Elias Pettersson looks to keep his torrid pace going for Team Sweden at the upcoming WJHC Just a quick one today, folks… but you know what they say, sometimes the best things in life come in small packages. …Although I’m pretty sure Johnny Gaudreau started that phrase. ** My esteemed colleagues, [...]
Well it’s December now, which means Christmas is coming fast, and with it the World Junior. Teams are starting to name preliminary rosters as Finland and the United States have recently done so, let’s start there. Looking back at the World Junior summer showcase, the American top line of Logan Brown, Casey Mittelstadt and Kailer [...]
Well now after an intense week I am back with another ramblings, but this ramblings will have to be a quick and not well set up ramblings as previous as I am writing this late at night. Do not fret reader next week this will be better and more coherent. I will [...]
Kyle Connor! Ivan Provorov! Who should you be truly watching on Florida?? ------------------------------ It's been 9 games now since Kyle Connor had less than two shots on net. He had 18:33 in ice time and 4:07 in PP time against MIN. He's the example of what can happen for a potential offensive star to start [...]
*** Rookies have been getting the cold shoulder this week - Puljujarvi is getting bumped by Cammalleri on McDavid's wing, Keller is on Richardson's wing rather than Stepan's, and Tim Heed has been a scratch for San Jose despite being the second-highest-scoring D on the squad. Now that we're past the quarter-pole and teams [...]
Jordan Kyrou, Jonathan Dahlen and Alexander Nylander This happens sometimes; a player on a championship-calibre junior team gets buried down the lineup in his draft year. They play well and show flashes of what’s to come, but teams tend to sleep on them and they end up slipping out of [...]
Welcome back to Pat Quinn's Thursday ramblings, where I pretty much just ramble. Or as I would say I ... RAMBLE ON! {youtube}zg2njQzgMWg{/youtube} ************** Henrik Haapala has been called up by the Florida Panthers to try and help them address the teams depth scoring needs as he looks to line [...]
This rambling is certainly going to be a bunch of random thoughts from me. Let's take a look a look at the WHL and QMJHL action from Tuesday night and see what we can notice. ------------------------------- First off, Cody Glass is once again off to a hot start for Portland and continues to lead them in [...]
Leading off today’s prospects ramblings is the news of DobberProspects Radio new host Aynsley Scott making his debut on the podcast. Aynsley joins myself on the show and we introduce two new segments we think will be well received in Draft profile and prospect spotlight. Have a listen to the podcast here. We talk about [...]
