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…
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Revisiting Minnesota Wild Drafts – 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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…