Minnesota Wild Run Over; Looking Forward to the Draft
And so the Minnesota Wild’s miraculous run has finally come to an end after an incredible end to the season which made the Wild one of the best teams in…
Travis Konecny
The Nashville Predators’ Loss is the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Gain
The Nashville Predators’ (arguably surprisingly) defeat at the hands of the surging Chicago Blackhawks on April 25, 2015 in the 1st-round of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is the…
NHL Draft Stock Watch: CHL Top Prospects Game
by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) BMO CHL Top Prospects Game The single game events (e.g. BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game) or short series events (e.g. U18s) should not affect a…
NHL Central Scouting’s Midterm Rankings: Top 10 Surprises
by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) The Top 10 Surprises Like all lists, NHL Central Scouting’s rankings contain a few surprises – players ranked higher or lower than you would have…
2015 NHL Draft War Room: Top 5 Undersized Forwards
by Eldon MacDonald (edited by @ChrisRalphTHW) Usually I am the one ranking the smaller forwards lower than others. Not this year; the top ranked smaller forwards have exceeded expectations as a…
Travis Konecny Selected 1st Overall, Day Waits Another Day
For the first time in the history of the exceptional status rule, the player deemed “exceptional” will not be selected first overall after the Ottawa 67’s announced Friday afternoon that team will be selecting forward Travis Konecny with the first pick of the 2013 OHL Priority Selection Draft.
The Future of Hockey: 2013 OHL Mock Draft
For the third time in as many years, an underage player has been granted exceptional status in the Ontario Hockey League allowing Sean Day, a standout defenseman from Detroit…
Inside the Scout’s Notebook: 2013 OHL Cup (Part I)
After six hockey-filled days at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, OHL scouts and fans can walk away satisfied following several eye-opening performances and countless thrilling games between twenty of…