Recapping Last Night: *** Anthony Mantha has proved his worth since being called up less than a month ago. The 6'5" power forward has recently been playing alongside Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Tatar, averaging nearly 17 minutes per game with significant power play time. In his 12 games played this season, Mantha has put up [...]
The biggest prospect event of the year outside of the NHL draft has to be the World Junior Tournament. Last year the two were synonyms with each other as the tournament was loaded with an unprecedented number of draft eligible prospects. Not only did the games feature draft eligible prospects across several nations rosters, the [...]
Knicks and knacks from the hockey world, and peeking at Sweden's leaked WJC roster in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Rumors are never worth banking on, but in the case of the Team Sweden World Junior Championship roster leaked by Swedish newspaper Expressen, things seem to check out. The official confirmatinon will happen tomorrow. {source}<blockquote [...]
A former 22nd overall draft pick of the Washington Capitals, Ilya Samsonov is one of the players Russia has named to its preliminary World Junior Championship roster. Russia has joined Canada in naming its preliminary roster for the looming World Junior Championship tournament in Quebec. Goalies: Anton Krasotkin, Ilya Samsonov, Vladislav Sukhachyov. Defensemen: [...]
Team Canada Releases Camp Roster: Yesterday, Team Canada named their Selection Camp Roster for their upcoming World Junior Championship Camp which will take place from December 11-14th. 32 players have been named to the selection camp roster, which will undergo 10 cuts before the final roster is released. Forwards: Mathew Barzal (NYI), Anthony Cirelli (TBL), [...]
Last week was a busy week on the road for me as I was able to take in four OHL live games in Peterborough and Kingston, seeing the Windsor Spitfires, Peterborough Petes, Kingston Frontenacs twice each as well as the Oshawa Generals and Sarin Sting. Here are some notes and observations. The Eastern Conference leading [...]
Looking at how the expansion draft will effect young players in this Sunday Ramblings…. […]
Defensemen Sheldon Souray (left) and Wade Redden followed long NHL careers in the minors and in disrepute, but once upon a time, they created an indelible junior memory for at least one longtime hockey fan. Normally, the only time you look backwards when considering prospects is to assess their body of work to predict [...]
Obviously Jack Eichel is a household NHL name after being drafted second overall in 2015 and a strong rookie season, but he has yet to play a minute of regular season hockey in 2016-17. That could be changing soon as he took to the ice today in Buffalo in his first practice with his [...]
The Canada Russia series ended last week which means the World Junior is just around the corner. The QMJHL won both their games against the Russians led by Carolina Hurricanes prospect Julien Gauthier in game one, and 2017 NHL draft prospect Maxime Comtois in game two. Other players who made a case for their inclusion [...]
