Update and Announcement: Today as we record episode 31 our thoughts are with Dobber as today is his day zero as he receives his stem cell donation and as his doctors describe it, he is “reborn”. This is obviously a very important step in his battle with cancer and we are thinking of him today. [...]
With North American hockey fans waiting impatiently for the return of NHL play, many have an eye on the Kontinental Hockey League. In the middle of their second regular season week, its 27 teams across Belarus, China, Finland, Khazakstan, Latvia, Russia and Slovakia feature widespread NHL prospects, former players, and potential future players. Among [...]
The Winnipeg Jets failed to reach the playoffs for the second straight year and there were a lot of moving parts in and out of the lineup last season. However, the Jets front office managed to stock the prospects cupboard full and once again continued to target the blue line through the draft. For [...]
Andreas Athanasiou is stuck in neutral without an NHL extension because the Red Wings are over the cap limit and GM Ken Holland has yet to reach agreement on a contract with his young RFA. Just when it looked like things couldn’t worsen for the overpaid, over-the-hill and over-the-cap Red Wings, a KHL offer [...]
We are slowly but surely getting there. After some late summer tournaments and preseason matches, European leagues have fired up their regular season schedules. The U20 and U18 crowd have had summer showcases and we had another highly entertaining Ivan Hlinka tournament. Now, many of you are gearing up for prospect drafts. We [...]
What an ....... off season for the Capitals. First it was another disappointing exit at the hands of the Penguins (sorry for mentioning), then resigning the 2015-2016 astronomically high percentage shooter Oshie and as a result trading a younger player on a better contract for picks, doing not enough to keep Nate Schmidt from [...]
Vegas Golden Knights are about to turn five months old and they already have three, four, maybe even five blue-chip prospects in their system. There may not be many other teams you could say have that many blue-chip prospects in their system who have been around for years, and even decades. Where the Golden [...]
Starting with the big news over the weekend in the announcement that Hobey Baker winner Will Butcher has signed with the New Jersey Devils. By signing with the Devils, Butcher instantly becomes their top defensive prospect and should even be given an extended opportunity to make the NHL roster to start the year. What is [...]
As the focus slowly shifts from backyard barbeques and relaxing floats on the lake to fantasy drafts and eventually, puck drop, the realization that there is no offseason for prospect junkies becomes clearer. With an eye towards helping you prepare for all your scouting needs, we’ll continue our offseason tour of 31 organizations by [...]
*** I had planned to write about UFA Will Butcher's fit with whatever team he decides on, but it seems his life-changing decision schedule doesn't match up with my rambling schedule. But this weekend has provided me with some unanticipated UFA signings that are going to hurt people with prospects on the bubble. I hate [...]
