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Due to the nature and speed in which the NHL is evolving this contract is about a lot more than just William Nylander and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The last several years the league has seen an incredible influx of young talent that have proven to be impact players much sooner than previous...
A bit late to the party this time, but let's start the yearly thread, just because. A bit of an input from me: Top 20 + 18 other interesting names + 12 overagers, that's 50 total, looks fine for a start.
1. RW/LW Vasiliy Podkolzin (6'1", 190 lbs; SKA-1946 St. Petersburg, MHL)
Not sure if I...
Jack Hughes
Kaapo Kakko
Kirby Dach
Alex Newhook
Anttoni Honka
Dylan Cozens
Vasili Podkolzin
Victor Soderstrom
Alex Turcotte
Raphael Lavoie
Matthew Boldy
Trevor Zegras
Cole Caufield
Bowen Byram
Ryan Suzuki
Moritz Seider
Arthur Kaliyev
Pavel Dorofeyev
Peyton Krebs
Matthew Robertson
Daniil Gutik...
So what put me on this thought train was actually talking with some Ducks fans about Gibson and how he has really been their MVP. I made the point that if their defense was so good, why do they need their goalie to stand on his head night in and night out? The point was made that the talent is...
HERE WE GO AGAIN FOR 2018/19
I would like to share with you team rankings based on the ELO rating system.
This is purely mathematical based on wins and losses. Each team has a score. That score increases or decreases based on wins and losses. The amount of change is based on the score of the...
This was a very interesting crossroads series- a young up and coming Penguins against a veteran Flyer team that, contrary to what I once though, did not have a ton of old guys (only 6 players on this roster were 30 or older), but had a lot of playoff experience and postseason mileage.
To set...
Jim Nill and the Dallas Stars need a banner year this upcoming season. Benn and Seguin’s primes will only last for so long, and the Stars need more success (namely, playoff success) before their elite talent runs out. A team that’s often been surprisingly difficult to garner expectations for...
There's been a lot of talk this offseason about tax. Certain teams have an unfair advantage due to having lower taxes than other who have high taxes. Tampa Bay tends to be the main team people are complaining about, although others like Dallas, Nashville get lumped in as well.
So I wanted to...
As a bit of a goal this year, I've decided to throw up some early write-ups based on my notes so far throughout the year. Here they are, so let me know what ya think.
1. C Jack Hughes - U18’s, USNTDP
A dynamic offensive player with electrifying skill who plays a smart and deceptive game, using...
I mentioned this the day of the trade, but with the Karlsson transaction having included Chris Tierney and Rudolfs Balcers ( :cry: ), the trade extended the life of a chain of deals that can be traced unbroken back all the way to the 1993 draft and the Sharks' first round pick that year. So in...
I thought with the CHL season starting, and with NHL camps starting to make cuts, it would be interesting to see what notable prospects have been sent back to the CHL, Europe or AHL camp. I got this idea after checking out the Soo vs Saginaw tonight to notice that Morgan Frost was already back...
Well, it's that time of year again!
Time to start measuring up a wholly inconsequential and non-predictive stat!
Who will be this year's Preseason Champion!?
Team
GP
SSG
W
L
OT
Pts
Pt%
OTW
OTL
SOW
SOL
GF
GA
+/-
ANA603306
0.500
00001923-4
ARI724219
0.643
010024213
BOS8451212
0.750
022024213...
Been working on this a while and I think this is the first list I’ve posted that I’m 100% sure about atm
This draft is stacked and aside from Dahlin, I like this draft’s 1st round better than 2018’s. Not a fan of the depth in the 2019 class though, 2018’s 2nd-4th round was very good and I even...
RankPlayer NamePosTeamLeagueBirthplaceHeightWeight
1Jack HughesCUS National U18 Development ProgramNTDPOrlando, FL, USA5'11"170
2Alex TurcotteCUS National U18 Development ProgramNTDPWalled Lake, MI, USA6'2"189
3Kaapo KakkoRWTPSLiigaTurku, Finland6'1"181
4Alex NewhookCVictoria GrizzliesBCHLSt...
After Rasmus Dahlin went all season last year as the consensus first-overall 2018 NHL Draft choice, it is quite obvious that sometimes players are too far ahead of their peers to be caught. For a while, it seemed that Jack Hughes would be a similarly advanced player whose status as his year's...
Okay baseball fans, and even casual ones, you know about Carlton Fisk's famous home run in the bottom of the 12th inning in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series at Fenway Park. Walk off home run to win the game right off of the foul pole. Probably among the top 5 most famous home runs in baseball...
So before reading this, there's a few things I'd like to say just to clear confusion and FAQ's.
-There are no goalies in this ranking, I'm not a goalie scout, and I'm not very good at evaluating them!
-The MAX number of games played in the NHL to be included is 25. I could have missed out on a...
September sees the start of leagues and the start of hockey again! Thankfully I've gotten my list in better order to start the season than the last few years. Defensemen have had their handedness added for convenience.
1. C Jack Hughes
2. RW Kaapo Kakko
3. C Alex Turcotte
4. LW Alex Newhook
5...
Last year I wrote a similar but shorter Hlinka write-up for the Flyers board. Thought I’d share this year's version with you (mostly) fine people. It's in the attached PDF, so you don't have to scroll for 40 days and 40 nights! Been writing this and mulling over the rankings for the last month...
During the summer, we've been running Organizational Prospect Ranking polls to see where HFBoards ranks each team's prospect pool.
Along with HFBoards, I've also included some other media sources often cited around this site, and have added some tables to show analysis on the rankings...
