Toronto hosted their annual Rookie Tournament again this year with the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens participating in a three game mini-tournament. Our Minnesota Wild writer Will Scouching was able to take in the games and here are his notes as to who played well and who did not. Toronto Maple Leafs Dmytro Timashov: [...]
Last year the Leafs had a massive influx of rookie talent that had a profound positive impact on the roster, but at the same time depleted the reserves significantly as well. That being said the cupboards are far from empty and the Leafs Management team has done an admirable job of feeding the beast this [...]
Hockey is back! The World Cup is dominating hockey headlines and the annual rookie tournaments which usually have no competition this time of year are an afterthought. There are some prospects playing in the World Cup and Hayden Soboleski looked at that in his Prospects Ramblings on Sunday. There are Rookie Tournaments across North America [...]
The 2016 Rookie Tournament hosted by London will kick off September 16th until the 18th. It showcases four teams playing a round-robin. The four teams include Montreal, Ottawa, Pittsburgh and Toronto prospects. There will be two games each day. The schedule is posted below. Friday, September 16, 2016 3:35pm – GAME 1 – Pittsburgh [...]
As the rebuild continues for the famed franchise, the 2016-17 season might be the most important and intense season since the early 90s. Much of the foundation has been laid, now the bricks get to be put in place. While 13 prospects skated in several games last year to get a taste of what they [...]
This time of year, we watch closely on those players who are headed for Salary Arbitration… ***JULY 27 UPDATE – Only Tyson Barrie (Jul 29), Martin Marincin (Aug 3) and Michael Stone (Aug 4) are left unsigned, the rest have settled. **JULY 25 UPDATE – Brayden Schenn (Jul 25), Peter Holland (Jul 25) and Frank Corrado (Jul 26) have signed. [...]
It’s a busy time of the year in hockey, and this past weekend was the Christmas morning equivalent for hockey prospects and hockey scouts as the hockey world converged in Buffalo New York for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. It was also yours truly first time at the draft. […]
OHL Finals is set, AHL playoffs are midway through the first round and the other two CHL league finals are almost set. […]
With the NHL regular season now over, and a brief delay before the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin, let’s take a quick look at the NHL Entry Draft coming up. […]
The NHL trade deadline is a week away, but trades are starting to happen already. Today the Calgary Flames traded Markus Granlund to Vancouver for Hunter Shinkaruk. […]
