Facing Off is a weekly column debating five of hockey’s hottest topics each and every Monday. From current events like trades and hat tricks, to bigger-picture stuff like scandals and expansion —…
‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news and analysis column running every Sunday throughout the season. NEWS Canucks sign Yan-Pavel Laplante The following is a press release from…
One thing’s for sure: the Canucks will end up with a very good player at fifth overall in this year’s draft. Assuming much of the fan base has accepted that it’s not…
Last time the Calgary Flames landed the sixth overall draft pick, they walked away with their soon-to-be first line centre, Sean Monahan. The Flames can only hope to repeat their…
The NHL draft lottery is now a recent memory, so teams will start looking more seriously at what they should do with their picks at the upcoming entry draft. The…
On April 30th, 2016, the most recent edition of the NHL Draft Lottery was completed, with the balls ultimately falling in favor of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Entering the event…
The Canucks and their fans knew they would be getting a pretty good asset come draft lottery day, but there’s always a feeling around Vancouver that the team should push for more, and…
Not only did the Edmonton Oilers fail to win the draft lottery this year, they also lost it. Slipping out of the top-three to number four wasn’t what the Oilers…
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) had a pretty good looking regular season this year and they’re already half way through the first-round of the 2016 playoff series. The…
Pierre-Luc Dubois is a surefire top ten pick in this years entry draft. Were I a betting man, I’d bet on that top-ten team being the Winnipeg Jets. Now, that…
If there is one thing Montreal Canadiens fans can look forward to after this train-wreck of a season, it is a high draft pick. Montreal will likely draft in the…
by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) The annual CHL Top Prospects Game is only one game in the season but many times it has been a harbinger of what’s to come…