Rangers 2018 Potential Draft Strategies
New York Rangers fans should be eagerly anticipating the 2018 NHL Draft. With three selections in the first round, two selections in the second, and two in the third, general…
2018 NHL Draft
Rangers Rebuild Shouldn’t Last Long
Considering Jeff Gorton’s deadline moves last week, a fan might think that the New York Rangers are done contending for a while. A team whose defense relies on Neal Pionk and John…
Evaluating Evan Bouchard (His 2018 NHL Draft Value)
London Knights defensemen and captain Evan Bouchard has been one of the CHL’s best defensemen thus far, ranking first among all CHL defensemen with 76 points in 58 game played.…
2018 NHL Draft: WHL Hidden Gems
Drafting and development is cyclical and it’s not uncommon for a developmental league to have a lot of representation in the first few rounds of the annual National Hockey League…
Dunkley Making Most of Trade to Knights
At just 17 years old, Nathan Dunkley is suiting up for his second OHL team in two years and it has nothing to do with his calibre of play. In…
2018 NHL Draft Consensus Rankings – Mid-Season Edition
We’re midway through the 2017-18 hockey season and the players eligible for the 2018 National Hockey League entry draft have played a significant number of games. Several of them have…
UK Prospect Liam Kirk Eyeing NHL Draft
Great Britain hockey is certainly not what you are usually looking to when you’re trying to check out prospects for the next NHL Entry Draft. Things may change for 2018,…
Pike’s Picks: 2018 NHL Draft Rankings – January Edition
The calendar has flipped over from 2017 to 2018. Most junior teams have played in excess of 40 games, so there’s a fairly large recent sample size from which to…
2018 NHL Draft Prospects at the World Juniors
The annual World Junior Hockey Championship is an under-20 tournament, so typically it’s dominated by 18 and 19-year-old players who have already been selected by clubs in the annual National…
Pike’s Picks: 2018 NHL Draft Rankings – November Edition
The 2017-18 hockey season is well underway, with the majority of professional, major-junior and collegiate leagues already well into their regular season schedules. As such, many of the players vying…
5 Players With a 2nd Chance at the Draft
For young hockey players, there’s no joy greater than being selected in the National Hockey League entry draft and no larger disappointment than not being selected at that event. That…
Parallel Paths to NHL Draft for WHL Prospects
As far as the Western Hockey League is concerned, the 2018 NHL Draft class is defenseman-heavy at the high end. The only A-rated WHL player on the Central Scouting early…