This has been a weird year for the AHL but for fans of prospects and player development, it has been a treat. Typically. a rookie AHL standout is a specific type of player, they need to be good enough to be a point per game in a professional men’s league but also not such a [...]
Despite the tournament being the first look scouts have gotten at some of the 2021 NHL Draft eligibles, discussion surrounding the 2021 IIHF World Championship was dominated by players not eligible until next year - and in the case of Matvei Michkov and Connor Bedard, not eligible for two years. Those two, along with Team [...]
The regular season has now officially come to a close and the President’s Cup Playoffs are now in full swing. With the qualifying playoff round completed the matchups are set for the quarter-finals. While there haven’t been too many upsets thus far there was one big one that saw the 15th ranked Rimouski [...]
Welcome back to the Thursday Prospect Ramblings. This week I just would like to discuss some of the remaining field of Calder eligible players for this season. It is an easy money bet that one of Kirill Kaprizov and Jason Robertson will win the award, but what can be said about the remaining [...]
Photo courtesy of Mayors Manor We are in the midst of the Under 18 World Championships, which incorporates the best players in the world not owned by NHL clubs. Well not everyone but mostly everyone, Owen Power, Matt Beniers, Kent Johnson and William Eklund should have their name called early in the NHL [...]
Photo courtesy of the IIHF The 2021 World Under-18 Championships are four days in now with four games on the schedule again after a light two-game day on day three. Canada and Finland, the top team in each group after two games, had the night off with others looking to push their way [...]
Photo courtesy of the IIHF It was a light schedule for the U18s on day three with Canada playing Latvia and Finland taking on the Czech Republic. In predictable fashion, Canada handled its business beating the Latvian team 4-2 but was it ever close as the Canadians avoid the scare. The Finns and [...]
Welcome to the Thursday Prospect Ramblings. With the season winding down more teams on the outside of the playoffs are adding prospects to their rosters to see what they have, or give a chance to showcase themselves. Additionally, teams going in to the playoffs may add in a prospect or two to give [...]
Photo courtesy of the IIHF Well, this tournament certainly hasn't disappointed! Day two was filled with action and unfortunately, it was a bit one-sided on a couple of occasions. Belarus showed that they aren't going to be pushed around and put a thumping on the Swiss. Group A's other game featured another blowout [...]
Team Ässät Pori (U20) Birth 2003-05-08, Pori, FIN Position D Shoots R Height 181 cm / 5’11’’ Weight 78 kg / 172 lbs Brief scouting report Heimosalmi is a versatile, offensive-minded two-way defender. He moves the puck well, possesses a good vision, and has really good puck skills. While he doesn’t have the [...]
