Prospect Ramblings: Goaltenders and Height Biases in NHL Drafting
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 [...]
Post-World Juniors Way-Too-Early 2022 NHL Mock Draft
After the World Juniors were unfortunately cut short due to Covid protocols, it is time to look ahead towards the NHL draft. Although teams only played in 2 games, we were able to get a [...]
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 [...]
Prospect Ramblings: The Most Improved Prospects
https://cdn.ontariohockeyleague.com/uploads/hamilton_bulldogs/2019/03/30183843/Jan-Jenik.jpg Every year at the NHL Entry Draft, NHL teams are always looking to find the hidden gems. Of course, they are also trying to grab the marquis players like Alexis Lafrenière, Quinton Byfield, Lucas Raymond, Tim Stützle and Jamie Drysdale, but teams are also looking [...]
Prospect Deep Dive: – Tristen Robins – Saskatoon Blades (Interview + Video)
Tristen Robins - C - Saskatoon Blades Central Scouting didn't rate him pre-season. 134th NA - Midterm rankings 86th NA - Final rankings 14th in WHL scoring 3rd in First Year Draft eligible scoring Monster second half with 54 points in 33 games. Who is Tristen Robins? Drafted in the [...]
Prospect Profile: Pavel Tyutnev
PAVEL TYUTNEV, C/RW – LOKO YAROSLAVL Player Information courtesy of Elite Prospects Pavel Tyutnev is a player who, on paper, would likely be thrown in the ‘undersized Russian group’, but there is a lot to unpack in his game. Offensively, he’s always a threat on the ice. He uses [...]
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Projecting Prospect Point Potential Using PNHLe:
(Photo Credit to Icing.no) Over the course of a long season, a prospect’s point production can swing greatly based on many variables: linemates, usage, time-on-ice, slumps and streaks, only to name a few. However, [...]
Prospect Ramblings: WHL Playoffs Primer
*** We have a few more weeks to go in the NHL, but in the Canadian Junior Leagues its finally playoff time! To kick off the coverage, here's a rundown of the prospects to [...]
NCAA Report – Ryan Poehling (March 2019)
The St. Cloud State University Huskies finished this season as the number one ranked team in the nation for the second consecutive year, with a 28-4-3 record. Led by an experienced group of [...]
Prospect Ramblings – NCAA and Other Signees
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings. I am going to go over recent signees out of the NCAA and a couple other signings. Time to get in [...]
DPR Episode 52: Junior Scoring Leaders, Shane Wright, and NCAA Free Agents
Episode 52 deep dives with USHL Scout Dave MacDonald as he joins the show to review the OHL Cup final, Shane Wright who is headed to the Kingston Frontenacs as the Sixth player to be [...]
SHL Report – March 2019
Welcome to another edition of the SHL Report! Before taking a quick hit approach as to the latest and greatest in Swedish hockey prospects, if you do not follow the SHL closely it is [...]