Posts About "2014 NHL Draft"
Philadelphia Flyers 2014 Draft Revisited
August 27th, 2020 It is April 2014, and the Philadelphia Flyers are coming off a Game 7 first-round exit in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the New York Rangers. Fast forward two months, as first-year general manager Ron Hextall was set to tackle his first and biggest task yet with a Flyers team at a crossroads heading into the offseason. The team had...
Revisiting Jim Benning's Drafts - 2014
July 13th, 2020 Since Jim Benning became general manager of the Vancouver Canucks in 2014, he has presided over six drafts and selected 43 players. Amongst those are current NHL stars Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes, and Elias Pettersson. That's quite the success rate for a team that has struggled in the past at the draft table. Related: Who's Never...
Revisiting the Anaheim Ducks' 2014 Draft
March 7th, 2020 A lot has changed since 2014. Barack Obama was still president of the United States, Connor McDavid was still playing for the Erie Otters and the Anaheim Ducks were still a Stanley Cup contender. With nearly six years of hindsight, it’s been long enough that the Ducks 2014 NHL Draft can be analyzed to measure the effect it had on the...
Bruins' Draft Class of 2014 Potentially Historic
November 22nd, 2017 Though a Stanley Cup Championship in 2011 was probably worth it, Peter Chiarelli's tenure with the Boston Bruins is (for better or worse) largely tainted by miscalculations. Swings-and-misses in free agency and at the draft. Rash, compromising, franchise-altering trades. Egregious misappropriations of precious funds which served to...
What to Make of Sonny Milano’s Hot Start
October 13th, 2017 Columbus Blue Jackets forward Sonny Milano is off to an unexpected hot start with four goals in the first trio of games. For a player that hadn’t been successful at the NHL level before this season, it has to be a great feeling to begin the year like this especially considering his journey to this point. Milano’s Road to the...
Jets' Ehlers Making an Impact
December 7th, 2016 The Winnipeg Jets have one of the league's top point producers, the top goal scorer, and the biggest defenceman. Josh Morrissey is proving that he belongs in the league and Joel Armia is really making the Buffalo Sabres miss him. And Connor Hellebuyck is taking over the No. 1 role in net. The team is hovering around .500 this...
Red Wings Trade Draft Pick for Shark's Prospect Sadowy
May 27th, 2016 Since the San Jose Sharks had a day or two off before their first game in the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals, and the Detroit Red Wings have had time to make a list of players they want, the two teams made a deal on Thursday for Sharks prospect Dylan Sadowy. The Wings acquired left wing Sadowy from the Sharks in exchange for a third-round...
Sabres Sign Forward Vaclav Karabacek to Three-Year Deal
May 27th, 2016 The Buffalo Sabres announced that they have signed forward Vaclav Karabacek, 20, to a three-year, $695,000 per year contract. The Sabres originally drafted Karabacek out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in the second round (49th overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Without this agreement the Sabres would have lost...
Avalanche Sign Defenseman Lindholm Before Draft Rights Expire
May 24th, 2016 The Colorado Avalanche announced Tuesday that the team has signed Swedish blue liner Anton Lindholm to a three-year, entry-level contract. The Avalanche selected Lindholm with the 144th overall pick at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, and weren't far away from losing his draft rights before locking him up with this contract. Born in...
2014 NHL Draft Redux: Whose Stock Skyrocketed?
June 17th, 2015 It's impossible to draw conclusions about winners and losers of the 2014 Draft already. It's only been a year, and guys that may look like busts will end up stars, and some that look like sure fire things won't pan out. However, a number of players have clearly increased their stock in just one year since being selected. This is not...
Flyers Find Gem in Prospect Sanheim
June 8th, 2015 Last summer, the 2014 NHL draft was held in Philadelphia for the first time. The Flyers were coming off of a first round playoff exit and held the 17th selection. With a packed arena full of prospects, families, hockey royalty, and scouts, the Flyers faithful watched as the hometown team's pick drew closer and closer. Before long, the...
Flyers to Stay the Course Under Hextall
May 18th, 2015 When the Flyers promoted Ron Hextall to General Manager in May of 2014, he told the Flyers faithful that he would be as transparent as possible while building the team through the draft and allowing younger players to mature into what should be fruitful careers in the City of Brotherly Love. Fast forward one calendar year and the Flyers...
Getting Up to Speed: Columbus's 2014 Draft Picks
February 2nd, 2015 So, where are they now? It has been about seven months since seven young prospects were selected by the Blue Jackets during last year’s entry draft. The class represents three different nations and its players skate at five different positions. Unlike the NBA and NFL, NHL draft picks rarely see ice time at the highest level the...
