Underrated Players From the 2023 NHL Draft Class
Cover image: https://oakvillenews.org/ This year’s 2023 NHL Draft is absolutely loaded with diverse talent. At the very top is Connor Bedard, who has established himself as a franchise talent and is on another planet compared [...]
Prospect Risers via pNHLe: 2023-03-21
For those who aren’t familiar with pNHLe, it is a tool that attempts to estimate the peak production of a prospect in the NHL. This is based on many years of data and statistical similarities. [...]
Game Tape with Tony: RHD Oscar Plandowski of the Charlottetown Islanders
Oscar Plandowski (#7) plays defense for the Islanders. Photo courtesy of Charlottetown Islanders. (charlottetownislanders.com) On this edition of Game Tape, Tony sits down with Oscar Plandowski of the Charlottetown Islanders to talk about growing up with a father who scouts and a mother who is a skating [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Early Waiver Wire Pickups
Welcome back to Tuesday's Ramblings. We are right in the thick of things with regards to the fantasy hockey season, and it has been as hard as it gets trying to keep up with the waiver wire early on. With the abundance of COVID cases, postponed games, and of course, [...]
SHL Report: January 2021
Photo courtesy of https://www.shl.se/ Welcome to the very first SHL report in 2021. A lot has happened since the year began, so I did my best to keep you all posted. The most important news and player reports, including my own observations, backed up by some interesting stats. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Extremely Early Season Prospect Thoughts
BUFFALO, NY - JANUARY 15: Dylan Cozens #24 of the Buffalo Sabres warms up before playing in an NHL game against the Washington Capitals on January 15, 2021 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Photo by Sara Schmidle/NHLI via Getty Images Welcome to the Thursday [...]
2020 WJC Preview: Team Finland
Earlier today, Team Finland released their roster for their final training camp before the World Juniors. That roster includes 14 forwards, eight defensemen, and three goalies. The final roster can have 20 skaters and [...]
AHL Report for December
Nashville’s 2015 2 nd rounder Yakov Trenin scores his first-NHL goal in his second call-up game for the Predators (Photo courtesy of nhl.com) Highlights & Updates from November's AHL Report Joey Keane, D [...]
Interview: Los Angeles Kings prospect Lukas Parik
“We have a clear goal of finishing this tournament with medal.” On Monday, I, alongside my friend from our hockey blog in Slovakia, spoke to Los Angeles Kings prospect and Czech national under-20 [...]
USHL Update: the World Junior A Challenge
Taking A Look At The Draft Eligible USHL Talent At WJAC On Saturday, the World Junior A Challenge kicked off in Dawson Creek, British Columbia and several USHLers are playing in the tournament. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: What type of prospects will it take to land Hall?
*** One of the biggest story lines in the NHL right now is the (apparently) imminent trade of Taylor Hall, well before the trade deadline. Whether it's seconds before the deadline or early to [...]
QMJHL Report – December 2019
‘Tis the season! It’s time to gear up for the most wonderful time of the year for prospect watchers and the build-up to the World Junior Championships. There is a great pool of [...]
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