With the off-season all but upon us, one thing is clear, the Toronto Maple Leafs have some decisions to make in order to improve for next season. It’s evident that one year of additional experience for players like Matt Frattin, Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner and even Luke Schenn will make the Leafs a better team. ...
Scott Kosmachuk THW Close-Up: Date of birth: January 24th, 1994 Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario Ht: 6-0 Wt: 185 Shoots: Right Position: Right wing NHL Draft Eligibility: 1st time eligible in 2012 THW Ranking (May): 34th Other Rankings CSS (North American skaters): 24 McKeen’s: 35 ISS: 47 Craig Button: Hockey Prospectus: 61 *** *Click here for ...
It is that time of year, the Stanley Cup Playoffs have come to a close, the NHL’s future stars have gone through the rigorous tasks that come with the NHL Combine and the fan bases for those teams that haven’t been fortunate enough to be playing over the last two months have turned to researching ...
Welcome to part two of our Vancouver Canucks 2012 NHL Draft preview. For a look at who the Canucks currently have in their system check out Daniel Schöpf’s look at their prospects. For all of your NHL Draft needs, prospect profiles and team previews be sure to check our NHL Entry Draft Guide. Now that ...
He’s been referred to as, “No. 1 on the Red Wings’ wish list.” He’s been almost unanimously touted as the cream of 2012’s free agent crop. He’s the defenseman that 30 NHL teams would love to have, and only 1 will get. He’s Ryan Suter, but is he really all he’s cracked up to be? ...
Craig MacTavish will forever be known as the last NHL player to play the game without wearing a helmet. He came into the league before helmets were mandatory, and didn’t feel a need to wear one. He retired from playing in 1997. A four time Stanley Cup Champion with the Oilers and New York Rangers, ...
The Los Angeles Kings are Stanley Cup champions. The Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils in six games to claim hockey’s ultimate prize. After two one goal, overtime wins in New Jersey, the Kings then dismantled the Devils 4-0 in Game 3 to take a stranglehold 3-0 series lead. It was a deficit only three ...
Nail Yakupov THW Close-Up:
Nail Yakupov. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Taylor Hall. John Tavares. Steven Stamkos.
Detailed hockey analytics are not required to decipher the connection between the above five hockey players.
No matter how hockey media and the experts tried to convince hockey fans, there was ultimately no doubt as to who would get drafted first overall in the past four drafts. Nail Yakupov looks to make it five years running that this trend continues.
The New Jersey Devils put up a good fight, but a 3-0 series deficit was too much to overcome on Monday night, as they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Although the season ended in disappointment, especially when one considers that this could be the last time ...
1) Evander Kane – The Jets left-winger is one of the biggest keys to improving its place in the Eastern Conference standings. Kane has excellent wheels, a terrific shot, plenty of size at 6’2” 195 pounds (and he’s not yet 21) and a willingness to use it. One of the cornerstones the organization can build ...
