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Welcome to the 2021 Top Shelf Prospects series. As we go through the Summer of 2021 LWOH will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. You can find all the articles here. Since we had an extensive NHL Draft preview, we will not be reviewing the players who were drafted in […] READ MORE
The Detroit Red Wings announced prospect Jared McIsaac underwent successful shoulder surgery today. The recovery time is five to six months, meaning McIsaac will miss the entire NHL season, whenever it is. The earliest he can return to action is April. It’s another setback for the promising defense prospect. An update on Jared McIsaac: pic.twitter.com/GBcAwUiJHn […] READ MORE
Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects. It’s that time again, major junior hockey is back and we’re here to preview the new season for you. All three leagues recently kicked off their new seasons. With that in mind, we will start our division previews today and make our way around the country. Today, we bring […] READ MORE
Welcome to the 2019 Top Shelf Prospects series. As we go through the Summer of 2019 LWOH will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. We will be following the order of the first round of the NHL draft (as if there were no traded draft picks) and you can find […] READ MORE
The hiring of Steve Yzerman to become the Detroit Red Wings new general manager made it a good Friday for their fans. Yzerman returns to the city he spent all 22 years of his NHL career in. It’s a franchise where he brought home three Stanley Cups as a player and one as an executive. […] READ MORE
No one knows what to expect from the Detroit Red Wings 2019’s installment of the NHL trade deadline. Many people think that Detroit will continue the long rebuild by trading valuable veterans like Gustav Nyquist, Jimmy Howard, and Luke Glendening. However, general manager Ken Holland said that he’d be willing to re-sign Howard, Nyquist and Nick Jensen […] READ MORE
The IIHF World Junior Championships start today in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia and four Detroit Red Wings prospects will be part of the events. Jared McIsaac, Joe Veleno, Filip Zadina and Malte Setkov will skate for their respective countries. Zadina and Veleno may be the prospects that everyone is paying attention to, but McIsaac […] READ MORE
Detroit Red Wings prospect Filip Zadina will play for the Czech Republic at the upcoming World Junior Championships. Zadina confirmed the news to Corey Pronman of The Athletic. General manager Ken Holland also told the news to the media on Tuesday. Filip Zadina confirms he'll be released to the World Juniors for the Czech Republic. […] READ MORE
Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects. It’s that time again, major junior hockey is back and we’re here to preview the new season for you. All three leagues are kicking off this week. With that in mind we will start our division previews today and make our way around the country. You can check out all […] READ MORE
Welcome to the 2018 Top Shelf Prospects series. As we go through the Summer of 2018 LWOH will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. We will go team by team through the NHL bringing you a look at each Teams Top Prospects. We will be following the order of […] READ MORE
Ben is a sports fan from just outside Toronto, Canada. In his day job he works as a lawyer. At night he is the COO of Last Word on Sports. Most of his articles are focused on hockey prospects.