NHL Entry Draft The Jets used all eight of their picks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and the clear focus was stocking the prospects cupboard full of defensemen. The team selected just two forwards at the draft, while obtaining plenty of size to go along with skating ability on the back end. [...]
The San Jose Sharks were movers and shakers this offseason as is the custom of general manager Dealin’ Doug Wilson. Wilson sent a wave through his prospect pool with a pair of deals that sent two first round picks packing and had a solid 2017 Entry Draft even if the front office seemed to go [...]
In what has been a roller coaster off-season for Montreal, the draft was a bright point as the Canadiens put together what looks like a very strong haul. Aside from locking down two skilled centerman in the first couple of rounds, the Habs nabbed four defenseman who can make plays at both ends of the [...]
The Predators have been doing wonderful things in the NHL Entry Draft these past few years. After Barry Trotz left town, it seems that the Preds have drafted more skilled forwards than they did when Trotz was still the head coach in Nashville. On April 14, 2014 the Predators announced that Trotz would not return [...]
After a lackluster 2016-17 campaign, the offseason has been a whirlwind thus far. The Dallas Stars fired Lindy Ruff, hired Ken Hitchcock, lost center Cody Eakin to Vegas expansion, bought-out Antti Niemi, traded for Marc Methot, signed free agents Martin Hanzal and Alexander Radulov, and hope to have finally found a reliable goalie Ben Bishop. [...]
After a disaster of a 2016-17 season, wrapped up by losing even the draft lottery, the Colorado Avalanche had a big off-season ahead of them. Step 1 was the NHL Entry draft, which overall was very successful. They had a total of seven picks, and got good value with most of them relative to where they [...]
The Buffalo Sabres came into NHL Draft weekend with seven total selections. When the Vegas Golden Knights had the interest of selecting Linus Ullmark in the Expansion Draft, the Sabres needed to deter them by supplying them with a sixth-round pick and in return Vegas selected Will Carrier instead. Losing Carrier was still somewhat of [...]