Prospect Ramblings: Gleb Trikozov vs. Ivan Miroshnichenko — Toolkit vs. Tools
Welcome to my ramblings, where I’ll be writing down my thoughts on NHL and draft-eligible prospects once a week. I’ll be using the ramblings to keep you posted on the week's events, or let you [...]
2022 WJC Previews – Group B
Team Switzerland Alexander's Predicted Line Combinations The Swiss are coming into a tough group at the World Juniors this year and face an uphill battle to avoid relegation. Sitting in Group B with [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Drafted too high, developed improperly or injury-related – 2014
Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings. My plan for the next couple of ramblings will be to take a look at the past drafts and self-analyzing if the players were: drafted too high, developed improperly or injury-related. This will be for 2014-2019 as players earlier than that are [...]
April Draft Report: Mailbag, Defense and Mr. Safety
The NHL Draft Report is a monthly column that highlights a number of topics in the NHL Draft world at the time. Each month will have the main feature story, a themed ‘Team of the Month’, and a Prospect Spotlight that takes a bit of a deeper look at [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Searching for the Next ‘Elite Pest’
Will Cuylle (#13) and Donovan Sebrango fight each other at the CHL Top Prospects Game (Photo Courtesy of the CHL) With speed and skill becoming the hottest commodities in the modern-day NHL, the 'skilled pest' has become a bit of market inefficiency. Players like Tom Wilson and [...]
Feature Story: Triggermen – 2020 Prospects Who Know How to Fill The Net
Alexander Holtz setting up with Djurgårdens In the hockey world, glory can be achieved in any number of ways. It can be in the form or a timely save, a blocked shot, or a deft pass. But more often than not, the legends grow off of the [...]
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Prospect Ramblings: NCAA Signing Impacts
*** Welcome to the NCAA signings edition of the Prospect Ramblings! Today we look at the impact of some of the impactful players who were drafted and left college for the professional ranks, and [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Camp Rosters for U18 Worlds (April 8)
Just 10 more days to go before the 2019 U18 World Championship tournament starts! That means most European teams are arranging a training camp of some sorts, and there’s plenty of useful information in [...]
AHL Report: Year in Review
*** With the AHL regular season coming to a conclusion, it’s a great time to take a step back and review the year as a whole. When we kicked the year off in [...]
Prospect Ramblings: How valuable is a 100-point 20-year-old?
image courtesy of TipoftheTower *** As the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL seasons move through their respective playoffs, NHL organizations are vying over the best undrafted players who have had strong seasons. Every spring there are [...]
QMJHL Report: First Round of the 2019 Playoffs
Western Conference #1 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (4) def. #8 Shawinigan Cataractes (2) After a successful season which saw the Huskies finish 12 points ahead of the second-place team in the league, a first-round [...]
Prospect Ramblings – NHL Playoff Rookies
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings! You know what I have decided to do a bit of an odd thing for this ramblings, I will discuss prospects/rookies that can play (or stand out) for [...]