Panthers Finnish Prospects Thriving With Liiga Loans
On Dec. 2, the top professional hockey league in Finland, Liiga, announced that the season would be suspended starting Dec. 3 until Dec. 19 due to new COVID-19 regulations in…
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Prospects News & Rumors: Rubtsov, Saarela, Tolvanen & More
The Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators have each loaned one of their prospects overseas. A Florida Panthers prospect and pending restricted free agent (RFA) has signed in Finland and we…
Reloaded IceHogs Looking for a Successful 2019-20 Season
The Rockford IceHogs cannot wait to erase the 2018-19 season from their collective memory. After a fantastic playoff run during the spring of 2018, which took them all the way…
Meet the New Blackhawks: Aleksi Saarela
As we covered in the previous installment of this series, shortly after the draft, the Chicago Blackhawks acquired defenseman Calvin de Haan from the Carolina Hurricanes for Anton Forsberg and…
Blackhawks Acquire de Haan From Hurricanes
The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defender Gustav Forsling and goaltender Anton Forsberg in exchange for veteran defender Calvin de Haan and forward Aleksi Saarela. This trade comes just a few…
‘Canes Prospect Aleksi Saarela to Miss Prospect Tournament
Carolina Hurricanes prospect Aleksi Saarela will miss the 2016 Traverse City Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan, the team announced Tuesday. Saarela has undergone an unspecified “minor surgery.” While the…
Eric Staal Trade Just What The Doctor Ordered For Rangers
It’s not often that a team can find exactly what they’re looking for on the trade market, but that’s precisely what the New York Rangers managed to do on Sunday…
Assessing the Eric Staal Trade
In the end, most New York Rangers fans knew it was inevitable. The Rangers are big-game hunters, having picked up Keith Yandle and Martin St. Louis in the last two trade…
Three Draft Prospects With Excess Baggage
In the NHL, squeaky wheels don’t get oil; they get demoted. Stay in your lane, don’t make waves, and that train ticket to the minors sticking out of Jack Adams’ pocket…
Aleksi Saarela: Hockey Prodigy Turns Prodigal Son
Not long ago, his name was spoken in the same breath as Mikael Granlund, Teemu Pulkkinen, Teuvo Teräväinen, Rasmus Ristolainen and Aleksander Barkov. Not long ago, he won awards named after Sami…