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, [...]
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 [...]
Prospects Ramblings: World Junior Breakout Prospects, AHL All-Star Prospects to Watch and CHL Super Stars Traded
The World Junior concluded this weekend and what a show it was. As always the tournament never disappoints from an entertainment standpoint and there were breakout performances from all sorts of players. In case you missed it, our NHL Draft feature writer Steve Kournianos from the Draft Analyst yesterday submitted [...]
2018 NHL Draft: Top Overage Players at World Junior
by Steve Kournianos With a lot of attention every year going to the first time eligible NHL Entry Draft eligible prospects at the World Junior it is easy to overlook the players competing for their countries that were passed over in the draft and will be hoping to be drafted [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Season-long rookie TOI charts
*** Anyone who reads my content regularly knows that I'm always interested in discussing the particular ice time and usage prospects see in the NHL. Some get into lots of games but in a role so limited they become fantasy irrellevant, whereas others truly jump into the important role they [...]
QMJHL Holiday Trade Report
January QMJHL Report Holiday movers and shakers The Joe Veleno blockbuster wasn't the only trade made across the QMJHL this holiday season. After the pre-Christmas trade that sent the one-time exceptional status 15-year-old to Drummondville for three first-rounders and a pair of second-rounders, the [...]
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Shoots: L | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 183 |
Born: 1991-04-16 | Hometown: Turku, Finland | Drafted: 2009 by Calgary Flames, 171st Overall |
Prospects Rambling – AHL Awards, All-Star Squads and All-Rookie Teams
Wrapping-up the top honors that have been awarded in the AHL in this week's Sunday Ramblings... As the AHL season comes to a close today, the league has named their All-Stars, All-Rookies, and winners of [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Hope in AHL; signings keep coming (April 16)
An RFA after the season ends, is Seth Griffith doing enough to earn a new contract from the Boston Bruins? With the AHL regular season ending Sunday, it appears Boston prospect Seth [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Canucks fretting about Demko?
Is Thatcher Demko (VAN) a No-Go in Vancouver? This statement is two things – a bit of a play on words (har-dee-har-har), but also the worst fears of many a Vancouver Canuck fan. [...]
Prospect Ramblings: 2nd round of CHL, AHL playoffs begin soon, more signings (Apr 14)
Mid second round CHL updates, AHL updates and a few more signings… […]
Prospect Ramblings: NHL Draft, College signings, KHL update and Leafs talk
With the NHL regular season now over, and a brief delay before the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin, let’s take a quick look at the NHL Entry Draft coming up. […]