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NHL Prospect Watch: How to Solve a Problem like Stamkos
A little more than three years ago, Tampa Bay superstar Steven Stamkos slid skates-first into the post in Boston, shattering his leg. The Lightning at the time were fortunate to have a couple of...
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NHL Prospect Watch: Coyotes Wood catching fire
In a lost season, a team should feel free to trade off as many expiring assets as it can. The Arizona Coyotes (once again) found themselves in such a position last season and took the opportunity to...
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NHL Prospect Watch: World Junior Preview – Canada
Next Monday is Boxing Day in Canada. Monday also marks the opening faceoff of the 2016-17 WJC – also in Canada, incidentally enough, with the tournament being shared by Montreal and Toronto. With Team...
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NHL Prospect Watch: World Junior Preview – USA
Next Monday is Boxing Day in Canada. Monday also marks the opening faceoff of the 2016-17 WJC – also in Canada, incidentally enough, with the tournament being shared by Montreal and Toronto. After...
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NHL Prospect Watch: Finishing school at the WJC
As I begin writing this post, Team Finland is only a few hours removed from securing their continued participation in the highest level of U-20 global hockey, having outlasted one-and-done Latvia in a...
View ArticleOn the rise in Sioux Falls – Notes on the 2017 USHL Top Prospect Game
After driving through whiteout conditions through SE Minnesota, I was fortunate enough to arrive in Sioux Falls last night (Tuesday, January 10, 2017) with minutes to spare before the first puck...
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Scouting Reports: USHL – David Farrance, Ben Mirageas, Casey Mittlestadt,...
A note on the 20-80 scale used below. We look at five attributes (skating, shooting, puck skills, hockey IQ and physicality) for skaters and six for goalies (athleticism/quickness, compete/temperament,...
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Scouting Reports: Finland – Miro Heiskanen, Otto Koivula, Roope Hintz, Otto...
A note on the 20-80 scale used below. We look at five attributes (skating, shooting, puck skills, hockey IQ and physicality) for skaters and six for goalies (athleticism/quickness, compete/temperament,...
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NHL Prospect Watch: UN of D
Between the WJC and the USHL Top Prospect game, these columns have been thematic of late. Not wanting to move away from a good thing, this one is, too. Contrary to what you might have thought from the...
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Scouting Reports: WHL – Sam Steel, Adam Brooks, Cale Fleury, Nick Henry,...
A note on the 20-80 scale used below. We look at five attributes (skating, shooting, puck skills, hockey IQ and physicality) for skaters and six for goalies (athleticism/quickness, compete/temperament,...
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Scouting Reports: QMJHL – Nico Hischier, Nicolas Roy, Mathieu Joseph,...
A note on the 20-80 scale used below. We look at five attributes (skating, shooting, puck skills, hockey IQ and physicality) for skaters and six for goalies (athleticism/quickness, compete/temperament,...
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NHL Prospect Watch: Central cuts
BUFFALO, NY - Sep 24, 2015 : 2015 CCM/USA Hockey, All American Prospects Game. Riley Tufte #16 of Team Roenick (Photo by Tim Bates / HHOF) How about another themed article? Or four? Over the next four...
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Scouting Reports: Sweden – Timothy Liljregren, Elias Pettersson, Oskar...
McKeen's Hockey welcomes Jimmy Hamrin. Jimmy lives in Sundsvall, Sweden, where he also was born. His hockey background is mostly as a writer/blogger and analyzer (both in text and broadcasting) in...
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Scouting Reports: OHL – Cliff Pu, Mitchell Vande Sompel, Adam Mascherin, Owen...
McKeen's welcomes Scott Crawford. Scott grew up in Etobicoke, Ontario playing minor hockey in the Humber Valley Sharks program. Gary Roberts was his inspiration to play hockey. He went to university at...
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Scouting Reports: Czech, Swiss – Ostap Safin, Jonas Siegenthaler, Patrik...
McKeen's Hockey welcomes Dennis Schellenberg. Dennis lives in Zurich, Switzerland, the city of his birth. Dennis covers Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia as well as the Czech Republic for...
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Scouting Reports: Russia – Kirill Kaprizov, Miro Aaltonen, Ilya Samsonov,...
McKeen's welcomes Roman Solovyev. Roman was born in Glazov, a small town in the Udmurtiya region of Russia, and home to longtime NHLer Fedor Tyutin. Having been based in Moscow for the past 10 years,...
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NHL Prospect Watch: Rising in the Pacific
As a perennially high-achieving team, the San Jose Sharks rarely get to draft early. Often enough, by the time late June rolls around, the Sharks do not have a first round pick at all. Last year, they...
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Scouting Reports: USHL – Ryan Poehling, Maxim Zhukov, Cayden Primeau, Evan...
A note on the 20-80 scale used below. We look at five attributes (skating, shooting, puck skills, hockey IQ and physicality) for skaters and six for goalies (athleticism/quickness, compete/temperament,...
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Scouting Reports: Finland – Robin Salo, Emil Oksanen, Markus Nurmi, Tarmo...
A note on the 20-80 scale used below. We look at five attributes (skating, shooting, puck skills, hockey IQ and physicality) for skaters and six for goalies (athleticism/quickness, compete/temperament,...
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Report: U18 5-nations from Sweden
Skilled defensemen and 2018 draft eligibles shine. Jimmy Hamrin attended the U18 5-Nations tournament in Sundsvall, Sweden and provides notes. Josh Norris scores in overtime versus Russia in the U18...
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