Draft Class Deep Dive: LW Alexis Lafrenière
There are so many questions going into the NHL Draft. One question that was answered pretty emphatically throughout this season was who the best player is today. It's Alexis Lafrenière. There is a conversation to [...]
ROBINSON: Five Bold Predictions For the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Every year, draft aficionados convince the public that there is a general consensus for where each player will go on day one. Yet every year we have a selection that elicits gasps from the crowd, [...]
Prospects Rambling: Scouting Notes From the OHL
Happy family day folks. I had a full weekend of hockey watching as Kingston hosted three games this weekend and swept all there to clinch a playoff spot. Here are some quick take aways from those games Friday February 16th Peterborough Petes Not a lot of star power on the [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Are we actually getting better at scouting?
*** One of the most fun (but often depressing) things to do is to look back at draft days from years past, and see the inevitable big misses. NHL teams' scouting departments aren't perfect and never will be, but with the amount of travel and video accessible to scouts these [...]
Liiga Report – February 2018
Miro Heiskanen keeps doing Miro Heiskanen things. He and Eeli Tolvanen have been named to the Finnish Olympic team. {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="fi"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoStars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoStars</a> prospect Miro Heiskanen scored in a 2-0 exhibition win over Czech Republic. <a href="https://twitter.com/seanshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seanshapiro</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/StarsInsideEdge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StarsInsideEdge</a> <a href="https://t.co/gwt0rVB7vn">pic.twitter.com/gwt0rVB7vn</a></p>— Finnish jr hockey (@FINjrhockey) <a [...]
USHL Update – Tyler Madden
As we hit the two-thirds mark for the USHL campaign, with teams clustered around the 40-game point in a 60-contest regular schedule, one prospect in particular has raced up the rankings. While the league’s generally most highly regarded and publicized this year (Oliver Wahlstrom, Bode Wilde and Joel Farabee) play [...]
Prospect Ramblings: CHL Playoff update, Blue Jackets NHL and AHL debuts (Mar 31)
A couple of Blue Jackets debuts; AHL and NHL, the CHL playoffs have begun and a few teams have swept the first round and a few are all tied up… […]
Prospect Ramblings, Jimmy Vesey Watch is on, Frozen Four
The Jimmy Vesey watch just took an interesting turn. The Hobey Baker finalist has informed the Nashville Predators he will be exercising his right to unrestricted free agency via TSN insider Bob McKenzie {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" [...]
Prospects Rambling – Development based on draft ranking
Taking a look at how long you should expect your freshest draft picks to take to become NHL-ready in this Sunday's Ramblings... *** This is me every year: draft day just wrapped up, my team [...]
Prospect Ramblings: Two Frozen Four top seeds fall (March 26)
The final eight NCAA men’s hockey squads, minus top bracket seeds St. Cloud State and Providence, are set to battle Sunday for Frozen Four glory after two days of intense competition. The top overall-seeded [...]
Prospect Ramblings: NCAA players to watch, Top draft prospects at World Championships and Alex DeBrincat
Take a glance at your calendar, people. The Frozen Four is upon us… and it couldn’t come a minute too soon. […]
Prospect Ramblings: CHL Playoffs, NCAA bracket, Mangiapane signs (Mar 24)
CHL playoff predictions, NCAA Bracket updated, Marlies clinched and a few signings… […]
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