The electrifying yet maddeningly inconsistent Teemu Pulkinen has moved from one desert NHL team to another, being claimed by Vegas in the expansion draft from Arizona. His contract situation remains murky. In two recent columns, I rambled about new RFAs and UFAs and whether their contract year performances helped or hurt their chances of [...]
| Tyler Pitlick, C | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 195 |
| Born: 1991-11-01 | Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota | Drafted: 2010 by Edmonton, 31st overall |
A slightly less publicized deadline has passed in the NHL this week: that for RFA qualification. Teams had until the 26th to qualify their RFA, stopping them from becoming UFAs on July 1st. Qualification means that a team reserves the right to match any contract offer that player gets from another club, whereas [...]
The CHL Import Draft took place this morning with 72 players being drafted across 54 OHL, QMJHL and WHL teams. The Barrie Colts had the first overall pick, and snatched up the potential 2018 NHL first overall draft pick in Andrei Svechnikov, who had been playing his junior hockey for Muskegon of the USHL before [...]
We’re back again for another rousing edition of the DobberProspects’ Mailbag! The Entry Draft has just concluded, and now you need to know who’s worthy of being selected for this coming year and long term as well. Many of these questions were posed and answered pre-draft but we’ve always got next month to hone in [...]
We all know the deal - Friday and Saturday marked one of the most exciting hockey prospect event of the year: the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. I'm not going to list every single pick from every single team (you can check out the DobberProspect team pages for in-depth thoughts on all fantasy-relevant prospects), but I [...]
Giorgio Estephan, C Shoots: R Height: 6-0 Weight: 196 Born: 1997-02-03 Hometown: Edmonton, AB Drafted: 2015 by Buffalo Sabres, 152nd overall Observations: June 2017 – Estephan was not drafted in 2017. May 2017 – The Buffalo Sabres have opted to not sign Giorgio Estephan to an entry-level contract and [...]
NHL Entry Draft - Round 1 New Jersey Nico Hischier Philadelphia Nolan Patrick Dallas Miro Heiskanen Colorado Cale Makar Vancouver Elias Pettersson Vegas Cody Glass New York Rangers (from Arizona) Lias Andersson Buffalo Casey Mittelstadt Detroit Michael Rasmussen Florida Owen Tippett Los Angeles Gabriel Vilardi Carolina Martin Necas Vegas (from Winnipeg) Nick Suzuki Tampa Bay [...]
Well, the day is finally upon us. Draft time is a special time of year for so many: the players themselves (obviously), the parents, GMs, scouts, fans, fantasy junkies… it’s just such a hopeful and wonderful weekend before the weight of pressure begins pressing and pushing down on those fresh-faced 17 and 18-year-olds. As [...]
No more expansion mock drafts, the Vegas Golden Knights plucked their expansion player off the other 30 NHL teams yesterday and in combination with several trades (and more to come no doubt) teams depth charts make an adjustment. Here is a quick reaction to some prospects that are poised to move up the depth chart [...]
