With the free agency pool almost dry now, there is still one lucrative free agent that teams are trying to sign. Unsigned rookie Jimmy Vesey‘s rights currently belong to the the Buffalo Sabres, but they only have have until August 15th to sign him. After that time he will become a free agent. Starting next week, any team can […] READ MORE
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Jimmy Vesey Scouting Report: 2016 Free Agent Watch
Welcome to the 2016 edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. As we go through the Summer of 2016 I will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. I will follow the order of the first round of the NHL draft (as if there were no trades). You can find all the […] READ MORE
Top 10 NHL UFA Forwards 2016
With free agency opening on July 1st, here's a look at the top ten NHL UFA Forwards who will be hitting the market on Friday. READ MORE
Buffalo Sabres Trade for Jimmy Vesey
The Buffalo Sabres have acquired the rights to former Nashville Predators third round pick, Jimmy Vesey. Vesey won the 2016 Hobey Baker Award as the top player in NCAA hockey. Vesey led the Harvard Crimson with 24 goals and 22 assists for 46 points in 33 games. The Sabres will give up a third round pick, 76th overall, […] READ MORE
The 2016 Frozen Four is Set
After an exciting and high scoring weekend of games the 2016 Frozen Four is set with North Dakota, Denver, Boston College and Quinnipiac. READ MORE
Durkin's Hump-Day Hits: News and Opinion, Leafs Edition
As the Leafs head into the home stretch to close out the inaugural season of the Mike Babcock era, Leafs fans are buoyed with optimism.Unlike other recent campaigns which ended as dreadfully or worse, this one has a remarkably different timbre to it. Imagine if you will a season’s-ending letter from the president which didn’t […] READ MORE
TSP: Nashville Predators Prospects
Welcome to the 2015 edition of Top Shelf Prospects. As the summer progresses, I will be featuring each NHL team’s top prospects, following the order of the first round of the 2015 NHL draft (as if there were no traded draft picks) —you can find all the articles here. Because we already published an extensive NHL Draft preview, I […] 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.