The NHL Entry Draft is little more than a month away, and as usual there is a flood of interest in 2013 mock drafts, player profiles and NHL team needs. Most of the talk centers around the consensus top prospects and big name talents. Just how good will Seth Jones be? Will Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin be franchise cornerstones? ...
The 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup gets underway this Friday in Saskatoon with the hometown Blades getting things started against the London Knights. There are plenty of interesting storylines in this year’s tournament including the amount of draft eligible talent and potentially the first three picks in this year’s NHL Entry Draft with Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon and ...
Cody Corbett THW Close-up: Team: Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) Birthdate: December 14, 1993 Hometown: Lakeland, MN Height: 6’1″ Weight: 196 lbs Position: Defence Shoots: Left NHL Draft Eligibility: 2013 (2nd year eligible) Twitter: @nippintwine THW The Next Ones Ranking: NR CSS Final Rankings: NR ISS: NR **** [NHL 2013 Draft Guide - The Next Ones Draft ...
The Edmonton Oilers may be continuously scuffling to make the playoffs and still trying to establish themselves, but they are still the envy of many teams in the NHL for their collection of young talent. With names like Hall, Eberle, Nugent-Hopkins, Schultz and Yakupov all in their early 20′s or younger and all with the potential ...
Dakota Mermis - THW Closeup: Team: London Knights (OHL) Birthdate: January 5, 1994 Hometown: Alton, IL, USA Height: 5′ 11″ Weight: 190lbs Position: Defence Shoots: Left Twitter: @dmermis06 THW Ranking: 115 CSS Final Rankings: 95 (NA skaters) Mermis was originally drafted by the London Knights as a 12th round draft pick in 2010. The reason for going so low however, had nothing to do ...
It’s no secret that the Edmonton Oilers have a number of holes to fill going forward, and new GM Craig MacTavish will have a full to-do list to prioritize in the off-season. One of those positions to address is goaltending. Devan Dubnyk did not play poorly, but he also did not put up the numbers ...
Laurent Dauphin THW Closeup: Team: Chicoutimi Sagueneens Birthdate: March 26, 1995 Hometown: Repentigny, QC Height: 6′ 0″ Weight: 166lbs Position: Centre Shoots: Left Twitter: @flippers27 THW Ranking: 30th CS Final Ranking: 28th (North American skaters) TSN Craig Button Ranking: 26th A player who’s stock is trending up, Dauphin has continued to impress as the year has gone on. ...
The Edmonton Oilers’ season has come to an end and for most players at this time their hockey is done until training camps open next fall. That isn’t true of a number of the Oilers this season however, as there will be at least six members heading to the IIHF World Hockey Championships to represent their ...
The Edmonton Oilers ended their season on a high with a 7-2 win in game #48 against the Vancouver Canucks. The win though is small solace to Oiler fans as they are still just one more year without playoff hockey. Coming into the season, then GM Steve Tambellini stated that the goal for 2013 would be ...
Nail Yakupov closed out 2013 with a bang. The 2012 first overall pick scored a third period hat trick in game 48 to finish out the Oilers season with a 7-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. The hat trick was the first of the young Russian dynamo’s career and very likely not the last. He finished ...
