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The Toronto Maple Leafs have strayed away from the status quo with a couple of interesting moves in the past week involving the Toronto Marlies.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are having quite the year in the American Hockey League. The team has the second best record and are among the top-scoring teams.
via Last Word on Hockey, By Gabriel Foley The Edmonton Oilers are receiving praise from some fans, after they finally sent down winger Jesse Puljujarvi and placed goaltender Jonas Gustavsson on waivers. Both players have been struggling in the first half of the season, and would profit more in the AHL. Edmonton Oilers Send down Jesse […]
By Griffin Schroeder (Associate Editor) The Detroit Red Wings have placed defenseman Alexey Marchenko on injured reserve with a nagging shoulder injury, one that caused him to miss eight games before returning for three contests a week ago. #RedWings call up Nick Jensen, place Alexey Marchenko on IR. … Mike Green out tonight at Hurricanes. — […]
The relationship between the NHL and the AHL is truly unlike anything else in North American sports. The closest comparison would be in baseball, but with their three-tiered development system, but it’s not remotely the same. These AHL clubs have great value, as they give the prospects too old for junior hockey a chance to […]
The Vancouver Canucks need to move the Utica Comets west if they want to give themselves the best player pool to draw from.
via Last Word on Hockey, by Nick Seguin The Detroit Red Wings have claimed Martin Frk off the waiver wire. After two regular season games with the Carolina Hurricanes, the team decided that there was no space on their roster for Frk. This was the second time Frk was waived this season after the Red Wings […]
via Last Word on Hockey, by Noah Cirisoli The Arizona Coyotes re-assigned center Christian Dvorak to the Tuscon Roadrunners of the American Hockey League. The Roadrunners are the Coyotes affiliate team, and will be where Dvorak will remain and play until further called upon. Dvorak notched three assists in seven games played this season. He was a […]
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As the NHL gets set for a night of Second Round playoff action, the 2021 NHL Draft Lottery was held before the games tonight. The Seattle Kraken came away with the second overall pick, while the Buffalo Sabres won tonight’s grand prize. They’ll pick first overall at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. The Draft will […]
Swedish hockey is taking a massive step forward this year. It has always been a powerhouse hockey country, but this season, it is on another level. In my rankings, there are seven Swedes projected to go in the first round. Of those seven, one forward by the name of Simon Robertsson sticks out. He has […]
The 2021 NHL Draft does not pose the same excitement as the 2020 NHL Draft did. However, there are still plenty of players that teams can build around for the future. There’s another future star goaltender in this class, falling in line with goalies like Spencer Knight and Yaroslav Askarov before him. There are several […]
The 2021 NHL Draft does not pose the same excitement as the 2020 NHL Draft did. However, there are still plenty of players that teams can build around for the future. There’s another future elite goaltender in this class, falling in line with goalies like Spencer Knight and Yaroslav Askarov before him. There are several […]
Over the last several months, I have been crunching numbers, trying to solve the many questions of player development. With that, we here at Last Word On Hockey will be starting a new series on how to properly develop prospects from all different spots throughout the draft. All advanced stats in this piece were taken […]
Everyone was excited when the Colorado Avalanche drafted Bowen Byram. He was the team’s first pick in the loaded 2019 Draft. The Cranbrook, British Columbia native immediately rewarded them with a very good season playing for the WHL’s Vancouver Giants. Byram has joined Colorado’s training camp for the 2020-21 season and could start as soon […]
The Minnesota Wild has announced via Twitter that forward Marco Rossi is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury. The centreman represented Austria at the 2021 World Junior Championship in Edmonton. He underwent a seven-day quarantine before being able to take part in the training camp activities with the Wild this week. NEWS: #mnwild forward Marco Rossi […]
Carson Lambos is one of many players in the 2021 NHL Draft class who could go first overall. But he’s far from earned the consensus. With so much talent from players like Owen Power, Brandt Clarke, and Matty Beniers, there’s no real favourite this year. And Lambos hasn’t really helped his case much. He managed […]
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