Photo courtesy of Frölunda Hockey Club The 2020-2021 SHL season has started. From now on, we finally get to see some of the most talented NHL prospects going toe to toe against men competition in one of the best European leagues. However, the first preseason games began in late August so there [...]
Jokke rejoins the podcast to help shed some light on this years crop of free agent talents potentially signing in the NHL, top prospects crossing the pond, and of course, draft eligible prospects. First up is Top players coming tot he NHL. Kirill Kaprizov may be the best player outside the NHL and his [...]
Photo courtesy of www.skd.se Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on [...]
Photo courtesy of hockeymagasinet.com Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on [...]
Photo courtesy of https://omni.se/ Ten minutes and fifteen seconds. That's the average amount of ice time that Lucas Raymond is playing when in the lineup with Frölunda. In that time, Raymond has just one goal and two assists through 14 games with his primary team in the SHL. For a prospect in [...]
SHL Report – Season Wrap-Up Kyle Stewart https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5qN_G8XkAA1jz1.jpg - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5oQwkoX4AA0u1v.jpg This summary edition of the SHL Report sets forward to highlight the key notes of several prospects playing in the SHL and/or Allsvenskan systems. For reports and information pertaining to the recent U18’s, I invite you to check out Jokke Nevalainen’s tournament reviews (Team [...]
Welcome to another edition of the SHL Report! Before taking a quick hit approach as to the latest and greatest in Swedish hockey prospects, if you do not follow the SHL closely it is important to mention that the 2019 SHL Playoff brackets are now underway! Concluding the 52-game regular season on March 14th, [...]
Welcome to the first SHL Report of the 2018-2019 season. The SHL season has been ongoing for a few weeks now, and all the teams in the league have played either eight or nine games. Let’s go through the teams in their current order, and see which interesting prospects are playing for each team [...]
Hockey is back! I know hockey fans in North America are always saying “Is it October yet?” but in Europe, the hockey season is ongoing already. The Champions Hockey League started on August 30th (my recap of the first week can be found from here), and the first major national league to start their [...]
Welcome to the May edition of the SHL Report. This time, I’ll focus on the SHL Awards, NHL free agents, prospects who have signed their entry level contracts, and the upcoming 2018 NHL Entry Draft. If you want to read about SHL Playoffs, check out my April Report. SHL Awards To the surprise [...]
