Prospect Ramblings: 2021 Calder Candidates – Pacific Division
Welcome back to the third edition of the Prospect Ramblings quarantine mini-series where I’ve been looking into each NHL pipeline with a goal of uncovering each team’s best candidate for the 2021 Calder Trophy. [...]
DPR Episode 89: Carolina Hurricanes Top Prospects with Mike Dawson Head North American Amateur Scout
Mike Dawson, Head North American Amateur Scout for the Carolina Hurricanes joins the podcast. Mike shares his thoughts on several of Carolinas top prospects, what they like about each player and what the short term [...]
CHL Mid-Season Scoring Analysis
It’s about mid-season now, so I figured it’s a good time to check scoring numbers from the Canadian Hockey League. Because this is a fantasy hockey site, I’m only going to look at players who are either first-time draft eligible, have been drafted by an NHL team, or have [...]
2018 NHL Draft Rankings: Top 75 – January 2018 Edition
With the conclusion of yet another tremendous World Junior Hockey Championships, it’s time to revisit the 2018 NHL Draft Rankings. The scouting world gleaned a great deal of information over the last two weeks and while it’s important not to make too many hasty decisions based off a [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Regina Pats – Head start on the Memorial Cup (Jan 10 2018)
Sam Steel (ANA). Jake Leschyshyn (VGS). Josh Mahura (ANA). Nick Henry. (COL) Just a few names who are holding down the fort as help arrives. Regina Pats currently sit 16th overall in the WHL standings. With a 21-19-3 record, the Pats haven't shown even close to the dominance they showed last season. However, [...]
Advanced Stats Series
Welcome back, and a happy holiday season to you all! Last month we left off with the advent of tracking shots on goal, and making an attempt to justify finding even the smallest of competitive advantages through mathematics and analysis. Post-expansion, the NHL game transitioned through phases of exorbitant [...]
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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. […]