Prospect Ramblings: 2nd round of CHL, AHL playoffs begin soon, more signings (Apr 14)
Mid second round CHL updates, AHL updates and a few more signings… […]
Prospect Ramblings: NHL Draft, College signings, KHL update and Leafs talk
With the NHL regular season now over, and a brief delay before the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin, let’s take a quick look at the NHL Entry Draft coming up. […]
Prospects Rambling – Frozen Four champions, future of Hobey Baker finalists, and OHL Draft results
The Frozen Four has its champions, discussing the immediate future of Hobey Baker finalists, and the OHL Priority Selection Draft results in this Sunday's Ramblings... Happy Sunday everybody! Lots of prospect-relevant news to discuss today from all reaches of hockey so lets get to it... *** The NCAA Frozen Four (Division I Men's Championship) [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Frozen Four down to two; NCAA awards announced (April 9)
Quinnipiac’s David will challenge North Dakota’s Goliath today for NCAA Division I men’s hockey supremacy as the Frozen Four has become a one-game, winner-take-all confrontation. Although the Bobcats are in their second championship game in the past four years, they have never won the national title. Conversely, the mighty Fighting Hawks are competing [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Hammer falls on Flint owner
The CHL has suspended controversial owner Rolf Nilsen of the Flint Firebirds for five years. The case of the Flint Firebirds just grew more precarious – and I doubt anyone is surprised. After the utter storm of incompetence that was the club’s inaugural 2015/2016 season, which featured not one but two direct [...]
Prospect Ramblings: IIHF U-18 update, CHL Rd 2 matchups; contracts signed (Apr 07)
Under-18 World Championship News, CHL Second Round of Playoffs and the NCAA Frozen Four begin tonight, and a few amateur tryout and entry-level contracts signed… […]
Prospect Ramblings, CHL playoffs and prospects assigned to AHL, OHL draft preview
The playoffs in the CHL continue and most of the first round series have concluded. Updating the leagues from East to West… […]
Prospects Ramblings – OHL playoff updates
Taking a look at OHL playoffs in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** These aren't the playoffs most people will be talking about these days, with the NHL season coming to a close a week from today, but crunch time has come for the best the OHL has to offer. Lets take a look at how the [...]
Prospect Ramblings, Max Jones Hit Hard, Leafs goalie prospects
Mute your television. Turn off the stereo. And listen very, very carefully. Can you hear that? If I didn't know any better, that's the sound of the draft stock of Max Jones (2016) falling...... hard. The London Knights product, speculated to be a first round selection in Buffalo this June, has not [...]
Prospects Rambling: GM Rutherford injured on job (April 1)
Pittsburgh Penguins’ GM Jim Rutherford required medical treatment April 1 for a serious case of writer’s cramp after a busy contract-signing March. Perhaps moving away from the team’s heritage of gaudy free-agent signings, Rutherford inked forward prospects Scott Wilson, Tom Kühnhackl and Bryan Rust in a one-day paperwork frenzy March 14. Affordable contract [...]