5 Saskatoon Blades Make Cut in NHL Central Scouting Draft Rankings Jonathan Hodgson | July 8, 2020 The 2019-20 Western Hockey League season provided a glimpse of what is to come on the ice for the Saskatoon Blades in the coming seasons. After the emergence of the…
Saskatoon Blades Swing Big at 2020 CHL Import Draft Jonathan Hodgson | July 2, 2020 The Saskatoon Blades had a chance to take a big swing with their first-round selection in the 2020 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Tuesday, and they did just that.…
Saskatoon Blades Goaltenders Could Put Team Over the Top in 2020-21 Jonathan Hodgson | June 28, 2020 The Saskatoon Blades are heading into the 2020-21 season with confidence in net with the ability to return veteran goalies Nolan Maier and Koen MacInnes. Quality goaltending can be, and…
Saskatoon Blades Coach Love Is Pulling All the Right Strings Jonathan Hodgson | June 25, 2020 Mitch Love made a name for himself as a rough and tumble defenceman in the Western Hockey League (WHL), and he is doing the same now as head coach of…
Saskatoon Blades’ 1st-Round NHL Draft Picks Since 2000 Jonathan Hodgson | June 18, 2020 Inspired by 2019 third-overall NHL Draft selection Kirby Dach, I thought we would take a retrospective look at each of the seven first-round draft selections that the Saskatoon Blades have…
Saskatoon Blades Summer To-Do List Jonathan Hodgson | June 12, 2020 Summertime means roster decision time for clubs across the Canadian Hockey League, and the Western Hockey League’s Saskatoon Blades are no exception. Each off-season brings its own, usually quite familiar…
Saskatoon Blades Overagers Bring Stability in Transition Year Jonathan Hodgson | June 8, 2020 In a season marked by change with new faces in different roles, the Saskatoon Blades were able to remain a factor in the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference in 2019-20,…
Saskatoon Blades: Youth on Display in Retooling Season Jonathan Hodgson | June 6, 2020 Call it a retooling season for the Saskatoon Blades, not rebuilding. Expectations were high for the Blades coming into the 2019-20 campaign, and rightly so, after they finished the 2018-19…
Predraft Interview With Habs Prospect Nikita Scherbak Alessandro Seren Rosso | July 25, 2014 Before getting drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak had a great debut season in the WHL with the Saskatoon Blades. In this pre-draft interview by Roman Soloviev, Scherbak talks…
NHL Draft War Room: Nikita Scherbak Christopher Ralph | May 13, 2014 by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) Nikita Scherbak THW’s NHL Draft War Room Rankings (E-Mac): #21 (April 2014) THW’s NHL Draft Rankings – The Next Ones Edition (aka Chris’s List): #21 (March 2014)…
QMJHL: A Two Horse Race THW Archives | November 1, 2012 Yes. It’s only been a month and a half. Yes. It’s very early in the season. Yes. There are still roughly anywhere between 51-53 games yet to be played. However,…
The Next Undrafted Gems? Andrey Makarov & Michael Houser Anatoliy Metter | October 9, 2012 Andrey Makarov and Michael Houser were glossed over during the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, but that doesn’t mean they won’t strive to be NHL players one day.