Mikko Koskinen, G Shoots: L Height: 6-07 Weight: 209 Born: 1988-07-18 Hometown: Vantaa, Finland Drafted: 2009 by New York Islanders, 31st Overall Observations: May 2016 – Mikko Koskinen put himself back in the minds of North American hockey fans at the 2016 World Championships in Moscow. The big Finn was [...]
Team Canada won the Gold Medal at this year’s World Championship but the predominant story line this year was the head-to-head matchup of Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine for the top ranking heading into the 2016 NHL Entry draft in Buffalo on June 24th. {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finland's <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrikLaine29">@PatrikLaine29</a>, 18, missed out on [...]
| Johan Sundstrom C/RW | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 201 |
| Born: 1992-09-21 | Hometown: Gotenborg, Sweden | Drafted: 2011 by New York Islanders, 50th overall |
| Justin Florek,LW | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-4 | Weight: 210 |
| Born: 1990-5-18 | Hometown: Marquette, MI | Drafted: 2010, 135th overall by Boston |
| Brady Brassart, C | ||
| Shoots: R | Height: 6-2 | Weight: 196 |
| Born: 1993-06-15 | Hometown: Vernon, British Columbia | Drafted: Signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Wild, 2014 |
| Guillaume Gelinas, D | ||
| Shoots:L | Height: 5-10 | Weight: 185 |
| Born: 1993-14-06 | Hometown: Quebec City, Quebec | Drafted: Undrafted |
The Memorial Cup begins on Friday May 20 and the quest for the hardest trophy in all of sports begins. The final four teams include the Host Red Deer Rebels and the WHL Champions Brandon Wheat Kings. They are joined by the QMJHL Champion Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and the OHL Champions London Knights. The Memorial Cup [...]
Welcome back to my weekly Prospects Ramblings column! While I had planned on unveiling a mock draft that was conducted by myself and a few other members of the scouting community, the multiple seven game series have delayed that to next week. Stay tuned, as I’ll unveil the first round next Friday, coupled with the [...]
| Petteri Lindbohm, D | ||
| Shoots: L | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 209 |
| Born: 1993-09-23 | Hometown: Helsinki, Finland | Drafted: 6th round 2012 (176th overall) |
The 2016 World Championship is underway in Russia and it has proven to be an excellent source for scouting prospects for fantasy hockey. Last year Russian sniper Artemi Panarin gave a sneak peek to North America as to his skill set, and the astute fantasy player took notice and drafted him early in their league [...]
