A plethora of first NHL goals and reflecting our our scouts' Prospect Draft in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Because I have a soft spot for the topic, I want to open this Ramblings with some NHL firsts. These kids worked incredibly hard to get to the NHL and are now being rewarded. Vincent Hinostroza [...]
QMJHL Takes Game Five of Canada-Russia Series Quite a night for the Carolina Hurricanes prospects playing in the fifth game of the CHL's Canada-Russia series with Team QMJHL winning 4-0. Val-d'Or forward Julien Gauthier was named player of the game, scoring two goals and adding an assist. Fellow Canes prospect Nicolas Roy (Chicoutimi) and Thomas [...]
Throughout the year there are so many leagues, prospects and situations to keep an eye on, it sometimes gets overwhelming. There are draft eligible players I want to gather information on, prospects from my fantasy teams I own I need to keep abreast on and the list goes on. With so much happening here are [...]
Recapping the CIBC Canada vs Russia series so far in this Sunday Ramblings… […]
Teenager Jakob Chychrun is playing on Arizona's blueline and is contributing after the Ducks drafted him 16th overall this year. More than a month ago, I examined the early progress of the first 15 picks of the 2016 NHL entry draft. Today, it’s time to update the progress (or lack thereof) of the [...]
Another big night of goalscoring across the NHL as 60 goals were scored in the 10 games played. Lets take a look at which rookies and prospects impacted their teams games... *** Patrik Laine posted his second hat trick in just 14 games played at the NHL level in Winnipeg's 8-2 domination of Dallas. The [...]
Taking a look at which prospects are earning the biggest minutes on their NHL squads, and who may be due for less good luck in this Sunday Ramblings... *** There are an incredible number of rookies and other young players in today's NHL, so much so that they are starting to eat into each other's [...]
Still looking for his first NHL start, Chris Driedger has been sent down to the AHL even though Ottawa is without injured goaltender Andrew Hammond and sometimes misses Craig Anderson when he's with his cancer-stricken wife. November is a time in the NHL season when prospects like Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews and William Nylander [...]
Welcome back to another Wednesday Ramblings! Plenty to sift through from 12 games in the NHL last night, as well as some CHL news and notes. *** Zach Werenski continues what I consider to be the most impressive rookie display of this young season. Not to take away from anything that Auston Matthews, William [...]
Who are the tricks and who are the treats a month into the season? […]
