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Jayden Struble signs

The Montreal Canadiens have added another young defenceman as Jayden Struble signs a two-year, entry-level contract. Struble recently wrapped up a decorated college career at Northeastern University in the NCAAs. The deal will see the defender make $775,000 per season at the NHL level and starts in 2023-24 campaign. He also signed an AHL contract […]


2023 NHL Draft Rankings Ryan Leonard
Ben Kerr - Feb 6, 2023

In the offensive zone, his stickhandling allows him to control the puck and open up passing and shooting lanes. He has good vision and the ability to set up teammates for scoring chances.  Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. As we have now reached […]

Zach Benson 2023 NHL Draft Rankings
Ben Kerr - Jan 31, 2023

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. As we have now reached the end of January, we bring you our mid-season NHL Draft Rankings. Later in the year, we will bring you a daily column featuring a new player profile or topical article in […]

Connor Bedard, 2023 NHL Draft Rankings
Ben Kerr - Jan 21, 2023

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. As we have now reached the end of January, we bring you our mid-season NHL Draft Rankings. Later in the year, we will bring you a daily column featuring a new player profile or topical article in […]

Tim Thomas NHL Career
Justin Caron - Aug 15, 2022

In the first edition of our new weekly series where we analyze what happened to former NHL players, we will look back at the former Boston Bruin goaltender Tim Thomas. His road to the NHL, similar to climbing Mount Everest, being picked up in a helicopter and skydiving out of it, was lengthy and burdensome. […]

Rieger Lorenz Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 30, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for the […]

Cameron Lund Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 28, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for the […]

Kyle Pereira - Jun 22, 2022

The 2022 NHL Draft is fast approaching. The Tampa Bay Lightning are playing in the Finals yet again. They elected to keep their first-round draft selection for the first time in what seems like forever. But that hasn’t held them back before, with late-round picks like Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point. With the draft fast […]

Sam Rinzel Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 13, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for the […]

Lane Hutson Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 12, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for […]

Jack Hughes Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 11, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for […]

Adam Ingram Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 10, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for […]

Kyle Pereira - Jun 6, 2022

The 2022 NHL Draft is fast approaching. The Tampa Bay Lightning, preparing to play game four of the Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Rangers, elected to keep their first-round draft selection for the first time in what seems like forever. So, while they likely aren’t focusing too much on the draft, Last Word […]

Ryan Chesley Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 2, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for […]

Rutger McGroarty Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - Jun 1, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for […]

Jimmy Snuggerud Scouting Report
Ben Kerr - May 28, 2022

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical article in the lead-up to the 2022 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word for […]



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