It’s Teuvo Teravainen Time in Chicago, and Blackhawks fans are more than willing to bring another 20-year old along for the party. READ MORE
Tag: 2012 NHL Draft
Nail Yakupov Is Bent, Not Broken
It’s all about confidence with Nail Yakupov. As a rookie in 2013, Yakupov was confident enough to have a pretty successful first season in the National Hockey League, but a coaching change in the following offseason contributed to gradually diminishing the young forward’s confidence, until he became one of the scapegoats of a struggling Edmonton […] READ MORE
Alex Galchenyuk Fulfilling His Potential
Alex Galchenyuk is not just a young kid starting his career in the NHL. Gone are the days when he would have spurts of promise playing with Brendan Gallagher and Brandon Prust, or when the Russian-American would shy away from physical confrontations in the corners. That was the old Galchenyuk. Now, the 20-year-old has completely refined […] READ MORE
NHL Free Agency Watch: Top 10 Forwards
Yesterday, I looked at the RFAs who were not qualified, so I am not going to rehash players like Latendresse, Wolski, Mueller, or Pouliot. What I am going to do though is look at the players who are in my opinion the Top Group III UFA forwards who are scheduled to be available at noon […] READ MORE
NHL Draft Weekend: Winners and Losers
Okay, I know its early to judge the winners and losers of this year’s NHL Entry draft. And yes, its true, the real winners and losers of Draft Day will not be known for 3-5 years, but thats not gonna stop me from giving my early opinion on the winners and losers of the 2012 […] READ MORE
Announcement: NHL Podcast Draft Coverage
Tonight during the NHL draft I will be appearing as a guest on Eric Smith’s “Fire The Cannon” podcast. Eric will be talking NHL Draft with myself and a panel of other guests. I highly recommend you tune in. You can find the podcast at http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eric-Smith/HOCKEYBUZZ-DRAFT-SHOW-STARTS-AT-7PM/96/45136 I am on from about 45 minutes […] READ MORE
NHL Draft Prospect Profiles: #71 – 80
So here we are, draft day… and so far we’ve brought you our top 70 Draft Prospect Profiles plus three honourable mentions. You can find them all here of course: NHL Draft Directory We hope you’ve enjoyed all our work leading up to the draft, and we’ve certainly enjoyed bringing you the reports. Keep your […] READ MORE
NHL Draft Prospect Profile #70: Mitchell Moroz
Drafted 32nd Overall by the Edmonton Oilers. A hard working winger, capable of being used in any situation, Mitch Moroz was a key component of the WHL Champion Edmonton Oil Kings this season. Used mainly in a grinding energy role, Moroz contributed to the Oil Kings success with solid play at both ends of the […] READ MORE
NHL Draft Prospect HM3: Devin Shore
Drafted 61st Overall by the Dallas Stars. Today we bring you another of our honourable mentions. Devin Shore spent the year playing for the Whitby Fury in the Ontario Junior A Circuit. This is another league with extremely limited coverage and unfortunately none of our contributors were able to see Shore play. Shore won awards […] READ MORE
NHL Draft Combine 2012, Official Heights and Weights
I’ve had many people ask about heights and weights of players in the NHL Draft. The official team released numbers by the prospects current clubs are often inaccurate. But I’ve managed to get the info from the recent NHL Combine. So here you guys go, a handy resource of accurate NHL draft prospect heights and […] READ MORE
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Ben Kerr
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.