Posts About "2015 NHL Draft"
Ranking the Flyers' Last 11 Drafts
April 7th, 2020 Over the last decade, the Philadelphia Flyers have undergone one of the NHL’s more subtle rebuilds. The team never bottomed out following their Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2009-10, but strong drafting and scouting have helped them establish one of the league’s best prospect pipelines. Former GMs Paul Holmgren (left) and Ron...
Revisiting Doug Armstrong's Drafts — 2015
March 23rd, 2020 We have been traveling back in time to revisit St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong's draft record, and evaluate the claim that he is a strong drafter. For other entries in our series, view the index below: 2010: Two stars arrive2011: Second round success2012: A diamond in the rough2013: A year to forget2014: Success after...
Is Travis Dermott NHL Ready?
February 17th, 2017 Much hoopla has been made of the Toronto Maple Leafs' prospect pool. Once a team with bare cupboards, the Leafs have used the last few NHL drafts to stock up and amass a talented prospect pool that is the envy of most teams. Good drafting is most obviously exemplified in the big three rookies, William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Auston...
NHL Needs to Show McDavid and Eichel In Primetime
August 9th, 2016 In a League where the team always comes first, the NHL needs to take a page out of the NBA playbook and put players on center stage, specifically Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel. The first go-round when Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin entered the League piqued interest and became the rivalry for hockey fans, but it didn’t push far...
One Year Later: Oilers Excellent 2015 NHL Draft Picks
June 14th, 2016 There will be a bevy of draft content coming out over the next week or so, and as part of the festivities we will be reviewing the Edmonton Oilers performance at the 2015 NHL Draft. It was just one year ago at the draft that the Oilers would walk away with arguably the biggest star since Sidney Crosby when they selected Connor McDavid....
Nobody Wants Aho and Nobody Knows Why
June 1st, 2016 This time of the year is, for many prospects eligible for the NHL entry draft, filled with both excitement and horror. As soon as the picks are done they know that people tend to quickly forget the names that never got called. And no one wants to become that forgotten player. Just ask Sebastian Aho. The talented Skellefteå...
Lightning Prospect Anthony Cirelli Signed to 3-Year Contract
May 19th, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman has signed 18-year-old forward Anthony Cirelli to a three-year, entry-level contract. Even though his team is deep in the playoffs fighting for their Stanley Cup lives against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Yzerman is still looking toward the future and who he wants to see at training...
Examining the 2015 NHL Draft
April 12th, 2016 The 2015 NHL Draft was held almost 10 months ago and the first post-draft season is soon in the books. How did the season go for some draftees and did they live up the expectations? Let’s take a look at last year’s draft rankings and look at how the year has been going for some prospects. I came up with some obvious and some less...
Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid Face-Off For the First Time
March 1st, 2016 For the first time in their NHL careers Jack Eichel and Connor McDavid will face-off against each other. Of course the remainder of the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers rosters will be on the ice as well, but lets not kid ourselves on what tonight's game is about. Eichel and McDavid were built up as two future superstars of the...
The Trailblazing Youth Movement in Calgary: A New Kind of Re-build
September 18th, 2015 With the start of training camp bringing a formal end to the NHL off-season, there is perhaps no organization that has altered its standing in the NHL more in the past year than the Calgary Flames. The current buzz and optimism that surrounds the Flames seems almost incomprehensible for a franchise that is only one year removed from...
Maple Leafs Ready For Annual Rookie Tournament
September 10th, 2015 With the month of September continuing to roll on, each and every day brings us closer to the long awaited return of NHL hockey. Teams are beginning to chart their rosters and get everything prepared for their upcoming training camps. Before those start however, there is the matter of the annual rookie tournaments. Teams throughout the...
Mitch Marner Is Living The Dream
August 4th, 2015 Growing up in southern Ontario, Mitch Marner did what a lot of other kids his age did. He watched the Toronto Maple Leafs on television, wearing a Leafs jersey, dreaming of one day playing for his favourite team. This past June, Marner was drafted fourth overall by the Maple Leafs at the 2015 NHL Draft. On July 28, he took another...
Dylan Strome Is Focused On Making The NHL Next Season
August 3rd, 2015 Dylan Strome had a hectic 2014-15 hockey season. In his draft-eligible year, he spent a chunk of the summer in the Czech Republic for the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (capturing a gold medal). Then the OHL season began in earnest, where he and Connor McDavid led the Erie Otters on a lengthy playoff run that was unfortunately...
