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, developed improperly or injury-related. This will be for 2014-2019 as players earlier than that are quite established NHLers, yes there [...]
| Patrik Nemeth, D | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 230 |
| Born: 1992-02-08 | Hometown: Stockholm, Swe. | Drafted: 2nd round 2010 (41st overall) |
| Brayden Point, RC | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 5-9 | Weight: 161 |
| Born: 1996-03-12 | Hometown: Calgary, AB, CAN | Drafted: 2014 by Tampa Bay Lightning, 79th overall |
| Jake Virtanen, RW/C | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 209 |
| Born: 1996-08-17 | Hometown: New Westminister, BC, CAN | Drafted: 2014 by Vancouver Canucks, 6th overall |
| Nick Schmaltz, C | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-0 | Weight: 172 |
| Born: 1996-02-23 | Hometown: Verona, WI, USA | Drafted: 2014 by Chicago Blackhawks, 20th overall |
| Jakub Vrana, LW/RW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-0 | Weight: 187 |
| Born: 1996-06-28 | Hometown: Praha, CZE | Drafted: 2014 by Washington Capitals, 13th overall |
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| Kevin Labanc, LW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 185 |
| Born: 1995-12-12 | Hometown: Brooklyn, NY, USA | Drafted: 6th round 2014 (171st overall) |
Nick Ritchie, LW Shoots: L Height: 6-2 Weight: 232 Born: 1995-12-05 Hometown: Orangeville, ON, CAN Drafted: 2014 by Anaheim Ducks, 10th overall Observations: September 2017 – Ritchie has put his stamp on the NHL. He finished 8th in the league in hits with 247 in 77 games and finished with another 52 hits [...]
What an ....... off season for the Capitals. First it was another disappointing exit at the hands of the Penguins (sorry for mentioning), then resigning the 2015-2016 astronomically high percentage shooter Oshie and as a result trading a younger player on a better contract for picks, doing not enough to keep Nate Schmidt from [...]
