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The 2020-21 Arizona Coyotes have made some roster changes, mostly due to salary cap financial restrictions. With very little resources to work with, new general manager Bill Armstrong did his best to improve his roster. It’s clear his direction and goal is to make the Coyotes a tougher and more competitive team. He added players […] READ MORE
Canada’s record of 17 consecutive trips to the WJHC semi-finals ended in near-tears today. Their 6-5 defeat to host team Finland sealed their fate despite a tremendous showing by Maple Leafs top prospect Mitch Marner, among others. WJHC: Canada’s Reign Ends Nine minor penalties versus the best powerplay in the tournament, many of the retaliatory […] READ MORE
Canada’s world junior team answered the bell in convincing fashion this afternoon versus Denmark after opening on Boxing Day with a decidedly underwhelming performance, devoid of any real urgency. According to TSN analyst and former NHL’er Ray Ferraro, Canada’s coaches were preaching the following: “more blue-collar ways to get goals… pucks to the net, and […] READ MORE
Welcome back to Top Shelf Hockey Prospects. As we go through the Summer of 2015 I will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. I will go team by team through the NHL bringing you a look at each Teams Top Prospects. I will be following the order of the […] READ MORE
Welcome back to Top Shelf Hockey 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 2015 NHL Draft. Be sure to bookmark the site, follow me on Twitter, and spread the word […] READ MORE
Welcome to part two of our 2015 NHL Draft February Rankings. In this section we profile three high profile defencemen, and a pair of strong forwards. READ MORE
In the five years since Canada last won a Gold medal at the World Junior Championships, dynasty has been replaced by denunciation. The second Canada is eliminated the theories about why things went wrong float to the surface. After five years of disappointment almost nothing has gone uncriticised: the coaching, the goaltending and the construction of the […] READ MORE
Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column looking at Hockey’s Future Stars. Over the next week or so, we will be previewing the 2014 World Junior Championships, a tournament that will be played in Toronto and Montreal from December 26, 2014 to January 5, 2015. As always, you can check out the previous Top […] READ MORE
Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column looking at Hockey’s Stars. Over the next few days we will be previewing the 2014 NHL Draft by ranking our top 30 prospects and honourable mentions. As always, you can check out the previous Top Shelf Prospects articles here. With the CHL season a good 6 weeks […] 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.