February 14 2016
A Valentine's Day Ramblings spreading our love for mid-season draft rankings, the latest NHL call-ups, and the best around the CHL… […]
February 11 2016
Mathew Barzal continues to score goals, Dryden Hunt is the WHL scoring leader and Jakub Vrana has a four game point streak… […]
February 10 2016
Kingston Frontenacs forward and Los Angeles Kings prospect Spencer Watson is having a banner season. He was a standout at the team Canada junior team selection camp, and scored two goals in the Super Series against Team Russia […]
January 29 2016
The BMO Top Prospects game went last night in Vancouver and Team Orr continued its streak with another victory over Team Cherry. The Top Prospect game has been an excellent scouting opportunity for NHL teams to help prioritize their draft list, and the same can be said for scouting your fantasy hockey draft. [...]
January 27 2016
Rambling about Top 3 Draft Eligibles, the hat-trick frenzy in the WHL, the CHL Top Prospects game… Let's start with the two 2016 Draft eligible Finnish prospects, Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi, who have slowed from their almost two point per game scoring pace at the WJC, but they're still scoring at a [...]
Ramblings: Draisaitl, Nylander, Pastrnak and more (Jan.25)
Rambling about Toronto prospect Nylander, as well as young NHLers Pastrnak, Wennberg and Draisaitl After weeks of speculation since his injury in the tournament, William Nylander has returned to practice in a non-contact capacity with his Toronto Marlies teammates. The extent of one’s head-related injuries very much varies from case to case but it [...]
Ramblings: Drouin, Nedeljkovic, Boston College & more (Jan.24)
Rambling about the Drouin saga; Canes' Nedeljkovic soars; how stacked is Boston College? And more... If you caught Steve Yzerman being interviewed about Jonathan Drouin this week, you could see the fire in his eyes. Trade requests are nothing new in the world of the NHL. Not even for young players. The Eric Lindros [...]
GM Benning will decide Virtanen’s short-term fate
{youtube}c3bsIGPQu-0{/youtube} Here’s Jake Virtanen at his physical, rambunctious best, not the undisciplined, penalty-prone version on display at the 2016 world junior championship. * The Canucks have an important decision to make about Jake Virtanen within two days. The budding power winger is back in Vancouver after the crushing disappointment of a sixth-place finish at the [...]
January 5 2016
Changes of scenery for Panik and Morin, WJC wrap-up, OHL, WHL and QMJHL trade deadline movement, and more… […]
Prospects Ramblings World Junior Preliminary Rosters
It’s all about the World Junior Championships and the recently released rosters, snubs and surprises in today’s ramblings. Controversary around USA Hockey`s announcement, Canada deals with injuries and Sweden gets the Nylander brothers. Tuesday, December 8th December marks one of the busiest prospect news months of the year and the past few days have witnessed [...]