Posts About "Top Story"
2012 NHL Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now?
September 28th, 2018 Despite how often people try to evaluate a draft class as players are selected, it can take years for new draftees to grow into their roles with the teams that selected them. As time rolls on, you can begin to see who struck gold with their first-round selections, and who would love to take a mulligan on their pick. With the 2012...
Buffalo Sabres Prospect Pyramid
September 27th, 2018 As the availability of hockey news and statistics continues to grow, fans have been able to track the progress of their team's top prospects more efficiently. As a result, writers across the league release hundreds of numerical prospect rankings every year. While these articles tend to inspire healthy discussion, they don't necessarily...
Penguins Seeing Results of Shero's Draft Day Moves
September 26th, 2018 Ray Shero's time as the Pittsburgh Penguins general manager is often seen as a failure. After all, he had both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin throughout their early and mid-20s and only managed to win one Stanley Cup out of it. He was often praised for the trades he made, most notably acquiring a trio of wingers for essentially next...
OHL Sunday Seven: Making Sense of 12-1
September 23rd, 2018 The OHL Sunday Seven is back for the 2018-19 season. Every Sunday or thereabouts, we will go over seven stories or noteworthy items from the Ontario Hockey League. For our first installment of the new season, we try to make sense of Erie's 12-1 win over Flint in their home opener. What does this say about the two teams if anything? 12-1...
Which Canadien Gets a Shot with Deslauriers Out?
September 23rd, 2018 Opportunities tend to present themselves during the preseason, both to prospects looking to make a name for themselves and fringe NHLers trying to stay in the show. Sometimes, in Montreal Canadiens forward Nicolas Deslauriers’ case, those opportunities come about at the expense of others. Deslauriers Out Indefinitely The facial...
Kelowna Rockets Passing Torch to Top Draft Prospects
September 23rd, 2018 Gone are the big three. Now it’s all about the next three for the Kelowna Rockets. The big three — Cal Foote, Dillon Dube and Kole Lind — are graduating to the pro ranks this fall, be it the NHL or AHL. The next three — Nolan Foote, Kaedan Korczak and Lassi Thomson — are entering their draft year as potential...
