The 2018-19 U.S. National Team Development Program squad lined up for the anthem at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, MI. The 2001-born U.S. National Team Development Program team that commanded so much of the talk in the lead-up to the 2019 NHL Draft was up there with the strongest single collections of [...]
Photo Courtesy of NHL.com The following is an interview from Jack LeGwin's "BTS Hockey Podcast" with Carolina Hurricanes prospect Ryan Suzuki. The 2019 first-round pick was having an outstanding season and has seemingly taken another step since being traded to the Saginaw Spirit midseason and teaming up with 2020 NHL Draft prospect [...]
I'm sorry. Sometimes in life, we get it wrong. In prospect evaluations and draft rankings, we get it wrong all the time. Every year there are players that we may be lower on than others and we question how others see those players in such high regard. Six months later we realize that we [...]
The annual Bob McKenzie interview from the draft is here! Bob and Peter chat from the Draft in Vancouver to discuss the draft and players such as Kappa Kakko, Bowen Byram, Vasili Podkolzin as well as other fantasy impact prospects including Nikita Gusev, Ryan Poehling, debunking the Russian factor and more. Peter starts the [...]
image courtesy of CaliSportsNews *** Now that we've had a chance to digest the results of the 2019 NHL Draft, its time to start diving in to exactly what went down and how teams fared with their selections. Sam Stern takes on the Pacific division below, broken into two parts because of [...]
*** Welcome to Part 2 of my curiosity binge into draft statistics. Last week, I took a look at the leagues and countries that selections in the 2019 Entry draft came from. This week, I'm taking a more historical look at the draft. I've listed the heights and weights of first-round picks from [...]
Peter shares some thoughts and take aways from the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver, like player theme songs, media accessibility the emphasis on D this year similar to C last year and a look ahead to the CHL Import Draft. In the Interview segment Peter sits down with Shane Malloy and Russ Cohen during the [...]
Peter and Cam Robinson meet up just before the start of Round two at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver to discuss a variety of player and topics including Hughes vs Kakko and who has the better fantasy upside in the first year vs long term What is the Fantasy forecast with Cole Caufield [...]
*** If you've been reading my work over the years, you know that my Ramblings are sometimes just an excuse to find information on certain trends. The draft is a perfect time for this, and I suspect I'll be digging into the results long into the summer. In the immediate aftermath of Round 2-7, I've jumped [...]
Looking ahead to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Peter runs down his mock draft of the first round and top 31 picks. Answering your questions, Peter ranks the top ten fantasy prospects in the 2019 NHL Draft, as well as gives you ten players you may want to rank higher on your draft list than [...]
