Islanders Draft History: Missing Out on First-Round Selections Ryan Gagne | June 26, 2022 *This article was originally published in July 2021 The 2021 Entry Draft will occur on July 23 and 24th live from the NHL studios in New Jersey. This year’s edition…
Revisiting Minnesota Wild Drafts – 2017 Devon Platana | March 5, 2022 The 18th installment in this series has arrived after looking at how the Minnesota Wild did in their first 17 NHL Entry Drafts. If you missed any of them or want a…
Revisiting Flyers’ Decision to Draft Patrick Over Makar Rob Couch | January 12, 2022 Let’s bring it back to the 2017 NHL Draft. The Philadelphia Flyers had jumped up in the draft lottery and were picking second. It was widely accepted that Nico Hischier…
Stars’ Heiskanen & Oettinger Make 2017 Draft Class Best in Team History Sam Nestler | November 29, 2021 Although we have not reached 2017 yet in our Stars Draft Picks series, I wanted to skip ahead. Why? Because the 2017 draft class has had their fingerprints all over…
Stars’ 2017 Draft Picks Heiskanen, Oettinger & Robertson Provide Optimism Peter Knowles | May 5, 2021 Many times in hockey, we see the torch passed down from one generation to the next, both league-wide and within each of the 31 organizations, and the Dallas Stars are…
Redrafting the Golden Knights’ 2017 First-Round Draft Class Michael Vidakis | March 26, 2021 One of my favourite sayings of all time is the old adage, “hindsight is 20/20”. This saying explains that it’s easier to analyze and evaluate situations when we’re looking back…
Red Wings 2017 Draft Class: Expectation vs. Reality Tony Wolak | July 22, 2020 Red Wings’ 2019 Draft Class Red Wings’ 2018 Draft Class When the Detroit Red Wings finished the 2016-17 season with the sixth-worst record, the expectation was that they would be…
THW Throwback – Revisiting the 2017 NHL Draft Guide Bruce Hollingdrake | May 27, 2020 Take a walk down NHL Draft memory lane by taking a look at all of our great coverage of the 2017 Entry Draft. Check out where our prospect experts got…
Flyers Can Still Salvage 2017 NHL Draft Johnny Berman | March 19, 2020 The Philadelphia Flyers must have felt pretty good after the 2017 NHL Draft. They had the No. 2 and No. 27 overall picks and wound up drafting nine players in…
Pierre Dorion’s History at the Draft Josh Bell | June 3, 2019 The 2019 NHL Entry Draft will mark general manager Pierre Dorion’s fourth draft at the helm of the Ottawa Senators. Looking back over his picks, his record is pretty solid…
Ryan Poehling – 2017 NHL Draft Prospect Profile Thomas Conroy | December 31, 2018 (Originally published Apr. 27, 2017) Ryan Poehling 2016-17 Team: St. Cloud State Huskies Date of Birth: January 2, 1999 Place of Birth: Lakeville, Minnesota Ht: 6’2” Wt: 185 lbs. Position:…
Oilers 2017 Draft Picks Revisited Shane Sander | June 12, 2018 The upcoming 2018 NHL Draft comes at a pivotal point in the Edmonton Oilers current trajectory. The club has now missed the playoffs in two of the first three seasons…