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NHL Rookies

Teemu Selanne’s Unbreakable Record

September 11, 2020July 3, 2020 by Declan Schroeder
Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg Jets, Alumni Game, Heritage Classic

76 goals in a rookie season. It’s a total hard to wrap one’s head around. Everyone has a sports record locked in their mind that will live with them forever. …

Read moreTeemu Selanne’s Unbreakable Record

Categories Archives, Ducks History, Hockey History, Jets History, Player Profiles Tags Jets Archives, NHL Rookies, Teemu Selanne

Is Daniel Sprong Sidney Crosby’s Next Jake Guentzel?

January 6, 2018 by Shawn Nicholls
Jake Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins

December 2016 was a good month for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The reigning champions won their first seven games and their final four while registering just one regulation loss in 15 …

Read moreIs Daniel Sprong Sidney Crosby’s Next Jake Guentzel?

Categories Pittsburgh Penguins Tags Daniel Sprong, Jake Guentzel, NHL Rookies, Sidney Crosby

Sweden’s NHL Rookie Class of 2017-18

October 12, 2017 by David Carlsson
Robert Hagg Flyers

A total of 30 players from Sweden signed an NHL contract before the 2017–18 season. The last time another European country produced more NHL players was more than eleven years ago. …

Read moreSweden’s NHL Rookie Class of 2017-18

Categories Prospects Tags Calder Trophy, Jesper Bratt, Joel Eriksson Ek, NHL Rookies

Auston Matthews: The Record Breaker

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 by Will Billinghurst
Auston Matthews, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs

It seems like an unbelievable story. A boy from the desolate hockey market of Arizona grows up to play in the NHL. Not only is that journey an accomplishment in and of …

Read moreAuston Matthews: The Record Breaker

Categories Toronto Maple Leafs, Trending Tags Auston Matthews, NHL Records, NHL Rookies, Top Story

30 Teams 30 Prospects: Team-By-Team Top Prospects

September 10, 2016 by Shane Sander
Matthews Tkachuk, London Knights, OHL

The 2016-17 Top Prospects series continues with this final entry — a complete team-by-team listing of all 30 NHL franchises. For review, there have been four articles so far with …

Read more30 Teams 30 Prospects: Team-By-Team Top Prospects

Categories Previews and Predictions, Prospects, Trending Tags Auston Matthews, Jimmy Vesey, Mitch Marner, NHL Rookies

Atlantic Division: Team-By-Team Top Prospects

September 9, 2016September 7, 2016 by Shane Sander
Logan Brown, Mikhail Sergachev

Continuing our top prospects series we focus on the Atlantic Division. The 2016-17 NHL season is a month away and teams are getting their training camp rosters ready with a …

Read moreAtlantic Division: Team-By-Team Top Prospects

Categories Previews and Predictions, Prospects Tags Auston Matthews, Calder Trophy, Mikhail Sergachev, NHL Rookies

Pacific Division: Team-By-Team Top Prospects

September 9, 2016September 6, 2016 by Shane Sander
dylan strome

Continuing our top prospects series we focus on the Pacific Division. The 2016-17 NHL season is a month away and teams are getting their training camp rosters ready with a …

Read morePacific Division: Team-By-Team Top Prospects

Categories Previews and Predictions, Prospects Tags Calder Trophy, Dylan Strome, Jesse Puljujarvi, NHL Rookies

Patrik Laine: The Next Finnish Flash?

August 15, 2016 by Judson Rempel
Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets, NHL, World Cup of Hockey

No NHL player is loved the way Winnipeg loves Teemu Selanne. While he only played 231 of his 1451 total NHL games as a Jet, he is greeted with a chorus …

Read morePatrik Laine: The Next Finnish Flash?

Categories Jets History, Winnipeg Jets Tags Alex Ovechkin, NHL Rookies, Patrik Laine, Teemu Selanne

Calder Watch: Catching Up With The NHL’s Best Rookies

January 14, 2016 by Anthony Fusco
Max Domi

They are some of the best stories in the NHL every year. New players, both young and old, breaking into the league and trying to make their mark. Some of …

Read moreCalder Watch: Catching Up With The NHL’s Best Rookies

Categories Column, Commentary Tags Artemi Panarin, Calder Trophy, Colton Parayko, Dylan Larkin, Max Domi, NHL Rookies, Shayne Gostisbehere

By The Numbers: Can McDavid Still Win The Calder?

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 by Shane Sander
Connor McDavid

There’s a question that gets asked still around the league and it wouldn’t be asked if the player they were asking about wasn’t such a phenomenal talent. The question at …

Read moreBy The Numbers: Can McDavid Still Win The Calder?

Categories Edmonton Oilers, Previews and Predictions Tags Artemi Panarin, Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, NHL Rookies

NHL Rookies Rising Up and Making Impressions

September 15, 2020December 16, 2015 by Anthony Fusco
Artemi Panarin, Chicago Blackhawks

Coming into the 2015-16 NHL season, it was widely assumed that first overall pick and generational superstar Connor McDavid would win the Calder as the NHL’s top rookie. All that changed …

Read moreNHL Rookies Rising Up and Making Impressions

Categories Commentary, Elsewhere on the Web Tags Artemi Panarin, Connor McDavid, Dylan Larkin, Max Domi, NHL Rookies

Top 10 Calder Trophy Candidates

October 3, 2015October 3, 2015 by Shane Sander
Jack Eichel

It’s clear that the 2015-16 Calder Memorial Trophy race is led by a two-headed monster in co-favourites Connor McDavid (Edmonton) and Jack Eichel (Buffalo). After all the two did finish …

Read moreTop 10 Calder Trophy Candidates

Categories Previews and Predictions, Prospects, Top 10 Lists, Trending Tags Calder Trophy, Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, NHL Rookies
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