Prospect Ramblings: Updated Stand Out Prospects and Series Predictions
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect ramblings. I realized after my last week rambling predictions of top prospects that could make a difference if given a chance, well a bunch of them were left [...]
Draft Class Deep Dive: Mavrik Bourque
2020 NHL draft-eligible prospect Mavrik Bourque of the Shawinigan Cataractes In hockey, manipulating and deceiving the defense is an art form. Some of the best playmakers in today's NHL are masters of [...]
SHL Report – April 2018
Welcome to the playoff edition of the SHL Report. If you want to know how your favourite SHL prospect did during the regular season, I suggest checking my March report. If you want to know more about draft-eligible Swedish prospects, I suggest you check my U18 World Championship [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Catching up on… everything
*** We are 10 days into the NHL playoffs, 3 days into AHL playoffs, amid the semifinals of OHL, WHL, and QMJHL playoffs, and a month and a half of SHL playoffs just wrapped up. My point here is that there's been so much imortant hockey being played, you would [...]
U18 World Championship Preview: Canada, USA & Russia
We continue our dive into the upcoming World U18 Hockey Championships. This is the last major scouting event for most 2000-born draft eligible prospects and features some prominent names and some others looking to improve their position leading up to the June Entry Draft. Earlier this week [...]
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Aaron Ness
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Shoots: L | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 184 |
Born: 1990-05-18 | Hometown: Bemidji, USA | Drafted: 2008 by New York Islanders, 40th overall |
Colorado Avalanche: August 30 in 30
*** The mantra of players and management in Colorado this season: This is the year. This is the year the Avalanche will either take a step forward with a better supporting cast than they've [...]
Chicago Blackhawks: July 30 in 30
After a magnificent, though ultimately heart-breaking, seven-game series with the St. Louis Blues, the Chicago Blackhawks were in an unfamiliar position. Accustomed to sitting atop the throne going into the post-season, the Hawks found themselves [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Entry-level Contracts and Team Composition (August 7, 2016)
How many budget entry-level contracts does a team need on their NHL roster to be afford to be competitve? I take a look in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** Its no secret that many teams hancuff [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Spotlight too hot for Canada in Showcase
Calgary prospect Tyler Parsons stymied Team Canada in a 5-1 U.S. victory to conclude the World Junior Summer Showcase. Finland’s junior hockey players continued their hot streak by winning the World Junior Summer Showcase, [...]
Carolina Hurricanes: August 30 in 30
By: Kevin LeBlanc Tying a bow on 2015-16: Carolina has built up their prospect pipeline in the last few seasons by focusing on building around talented players with size. Since Ron Francis took [...]