Welcome to the Thursday prospect ramblings where I have some news and notes to go over. Is this a good note to start on? https://twitter.com/FHPQuinn/status/1400510320595017729 I soon hope the act of sports reporters asking the coach of the player in trouble what he thinks dies out as it is always the [...]
This year's World Championships was a memorable one if you're a Canadian. It was certainly a memorable one if you are an Arizona Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, or Calgary Flames fan, with strong showings from Connor Garland, Darcy Keumper, Connor Brown, Nick Paul, and tournament MVP Andrew Mangiapane. There didn't seem to be the same high [...]
Courtesy of LitterBoxCats.com Welcome back to Tuesday's Prospect Ramblings. While a handful of teams are enjoying the second round of their battle towards becoming Stanley Cup Champions, the remaining outliers are making moves to try and build their own contender. While trades are suspended until the end of the postseason, there is one [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect Ramblings. Guess what happened last night? If you tuned in at 5pm mountain time and waited 20 minutes you were able to watch the lottery unfold. Unfortunately, it was not as excited as everyone hoped for with no movements from picks 4-16, and no we did not get [...]
Courtesy of NHL.com Team JYP Jyväskylä (Liiga) Birth 2002-11-26, Järvenpää, FIN Position C Shoots L Height 199 cm / 6’6’’ Weight 94 kg / 207 lbs Brief scouting report Samuel Helenius is a defensive-minded two-way center with an occasional offensive contribution. He is very responsible defensively and brings physical impact to [...]
Welcome back to Tuesday's Prospect Ramblings. While some get the privilege of enjoying cutthroat playoff hockey, the remaining fanbases are forced to look towards much less nail-biting events. In this case, it's the NHL Draft Lottery, which is set to run on Wednesday, June 2nd. This will be our first look at Ron Francis and [...]
Under-the-Radar Finns Eligible for the 2021 NHL Draft In the last decade, Finland has been producing more and more high-end NHL players. Whether it’s star players such as Aleksander Barkov, Mikko Rantanen, Patrik Laine, Sebastian Aho, Miro Heiskanen, or more recently selected players such as Kaapo Kakko and Anton Lundell, the country has a lot [...]
If the NHL has taught us anything about goalies over the past few seasons, it’s that being an NHL number one goalie is tough. You can probably count on one hand, if you are being generous, the number of goalies you know will be bonafide number one's next year. By that, I mean that their [...]
WHL Wrap Up Report Part 1 - May 2021 Welcome back to the second instalment of the 2021 WHL report! If you missed our April edition you can find it Here. With the season now wrapped up we will be taking a look at how each team faired in the new divisions and [...]
It has been a great past eight or so months, but the 46th SHL season is now over, and we got to know the new champion. Växjö Lakers with prospects Pontus Holmberg, Jack Drury and Fredrik Karlström defeated Rögle BK in five games and raised the Le Mat Trophy above their heads. It is [...]
