Islanders Draft History: Missing Out on First-Round Selections
*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…
2001 NHL Draft
Revisiting Minnesota Wild Drafts – 2001
In the previous installment of this series, we took a look at the Minnesota Wild’s first-ever draft in 2000. Aside from Marian Gaborik and Nick Schultz, the team’s selections that…
Revisiting David Poile’s Drafts – 2001
For the past few weeks, I’ve been diving into David Poile’s draft history as general manager of the Nashville Predators. Since he’s been the franchise’s only GM, he’s been at…
9 Little-Known Facts About the NHL’s Third Star, Mikko Koivu
Monday morning, the NHL announced its ‘Three Stars’ for the week of Dec. 13-20. Along with Semyon Varlamov and T.J. Oshie, Minnesota Wild captain Mikko Koivu was named third star…
Blue Jackets 2001 Entry Draft, Where Are They Now?
The year was 2001. George W. Bush was sworn into office, Wikipedia was launched, Apple introduced the IPod, and the Columbus Blue Jackets drafted 10 players in the 2001 NHL…