Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsMonday, Toronto Star sports columnist Damien Cox wrote a column which suggested the Toronto Maple Leafs may want to consider trading away sniper Phil Kessel. I wrote a similar column back in August, weighing the pros and cons of making this move, with varying views from the Leafs Nation coming my way. On the ...
For a 21 year-old that was chosen 8th overall in an NHL Entry Draft, things surely can’t be going exactly as expected for Texas Stars forward Scott Glennie. The hockey career of Glennie, who was picked by the Dallas Stars 8th overall in the 2009 draft, has been anything but consistent thus far, swinging drastically ...
Even though the NHL lockout is nearing it’s fourth month with no end in sight, hockey fans all over the world have one upcoming annual tournament to look forward to: the World Junior Hockey Championship. Every late December and early January the best hockey players under the age of 20 from the strongest hockey nations ...
With round-one of the 2012 NHL Draft complete, it’s time to give each pick an early grade on value and fit with the team that made the selection. For the second half of the first-round check-out Part Two. 1.) Edmonton Oilers – Nail Yakupov, RW, Sarnia Sting (OHL) – Despite constant rumors that they were looking to trade out ...
The Hockey Writers had all the first round action of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft covered utilizing Twitter hashtag #NextOnes. The following then is a Twitter recap, or a TweetCap if you will, of the first round highlighting all the selections and a few other notable tweets. The player selection specific tweets contain links to The Next ...
The Carolina Hurricanes have spent their last two first round picks on Kitchener Rangers prospects, taking Jeff Skinner (7th overall, 2010) and Ryan Murphy (12th overall, 2011) in consecutive drafts. With the highly-touted Radek Faksa likely available when Jim Rutherford makes the No. 8 selection on Friday, that streak may continue for another year. Faksa, ...
The Carolina Hurricanes have the eighth overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft Friday night. After finishing 12th overall in the Eastern Conference, and missing a playoff spot by 10 points, there are plenty of needs for the young Hurricanes. However, the cupboard isn’t as barren as you might think. Youth is well served ...
This week’s questions surround the thirty-fifth overall pick, who the team should take fifth overall and if the Leafs should acquire another top-five pick to select Nail Yakupov…
For the first part of the 2011-12 season, the Minnesota Wild looked as though they were going to be one of the best teams in the NHL. Thanks mostly to a team record 11 wins in November, the team found themselves on top of the league standings by December and it seemed as though they ...
Now that the 2011-2012 NHL season has wrapped up, and the Los Angeles Kings have won the Stanley Cup, the next big event for hockey fans to look forward to is the NHL Entry Draft. This year it will be hosted by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the CONSOL Energy Center on June 22 and 23. ...
