Tim Stützle (left) and Drake Batherson celebrate a goal. Photo courtesy of the Athletic/Andre Ringuette / NHLI By Mike Kosciesza Fantasy Rookies Ottawa is looking for scoring forwards to surround the internet's favourite roommates Brady Tkachuk and Tim Stützle. Last year’s AHL rookie standout Josh Norris is an easy fit with the [...]
Photo courtesy of Reuters.com Now about a third of the way through the season, the race for the Calder Trophy is well underway, and there are some unexpected names that are proving their worth. With the constant lineup adjustments and players being unavailable, this has been the year for rookies to step [...]
Photo courtesy of https://www.hockeywilderness.com/ With injuries, postponements, and COVID-19 beginning to pile up for teams during this young season more and more rookies are getting their opportunity this season. While the teams may not be too happy having to rush the development of their prospects it sure gives the fans around North [...]
On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is joined once again by Brayden Olafson, DobberProspects QMJHL Scout, and the pair breaks down the pre-season favourites for the NHL's Rookie of the Year and then we make our picks for the Calder as well as a lightning round through the other NHL awards! We couldn't leave [...]
"Out of an abundance of caution, we have canceled our upcoming session due to potential exposure of COVID-19". Get used to this statement. We are likely to it hear often. We are roughly two weeks removed from NHL training camps opening their doors, and we have had four teams cancel practice, with one postponing their [...]
The Wild head into an important transition year with an excellent group of prospects, headlined by tenured elite prospect Kirill Kaprizov and recent 9th overall pick Marco Rossi. Both players could find themselves in impact roles next season, and the Wild have additional high-level reinforcements on their way in Matthew Boldy and Adam Beckman on [...]
Photo courtesy of the Canadian Hockey League With the recent news of the NHL and NHLPA agreeing upon a return-to-play format, it comes with the hope that certain timelines will follow in the near future. That means an increase in the amount of pre-draft hype that will circulate most social media [...]
MOSCOW, RUSSIA SEPTEMBER 27, 2018: CSKA Moscow's Kirill Kaprizov (L) and Spartak Moscow's Robin Hanzl in action in their 2018/19 KHL Regular Season ice hockey match at CSKA Arena. Mikhail Japaridze/TASS (Photo by Mikhail JaparidzeTASS ) Welcome to this week's ramblings! We are taking another crack at some Player A vs. Player [...]
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 [...]
Image Courtesy of The Athletic Welcome back to my weekly Prospect Ramblings. Some weeks are structured, some are a little more loose and random thoughts. This week is the latter. We're just going to go over some of the thoughts from the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend and the early week in the prospect [...]
