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
Tag: Slater Koekkoek
TSP: Tampa Bay Lightning 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
TSP: Tampa Bay Lightning Prospects
Welcome to the 2014 edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. As we go through the Summer of 2014 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 […] READ MORE
2013 OHL Preview: West Division
Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects. We continue previewing the CHL for the 2013-14 season, going East to West across the country. After looking at the OHL Mid-West Division yesterday, we finish with the OHL’s Wesst Division. As always you can check out the previous Top Shelf Prospects articles here. The OHL’s West Division is […] READ MORE
NHL Draft Headquarters Directory
NHL Draft Headquarters Directory Official NHL Combine Heights and Weights Preview The Year of the Injury Review: NHL Draft Weekend Winners and Losers Mock Draft Part 1 – Picks 1-14 Mock Draft Part 2 – Picks 15 – 30 Mock Draft Part 3: Picks 31-48 Mock Draft Part 4: Picks 49-65 Rankings #1- Nail Yakupov […] READ MORE
NHL Mock Draft Part II – Picks 15 – 29
Yesterday I brought you the first half of our NHL Mock Draft. You can read Part 1 (picks 1-14) here and Part 3 (picks 31-48) here and Part 4 (Picks 49-65) here Before we move into the second half, lets quickly review the FAQs about this mock draft. – Our draft Rankings are arrived at […] READ MORE
NHL Draft Prospect Profile #21: Slater Koekkoek
Drafted Number 10 Overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Our #21 rated prospect, Slater Koekkoek is a perfect example of the two big themes of this year’s draft class. Koekkoek is yet another impressive offensive defenceman prospect, and he’s yet another high end prospect who has suffered with the 2012 Draft Class Injury Curse. Before […] READ MORE
NHL Draft 2012: The Year of the Injury
Just one year ago, NHL GMs and Scouts were salivating at the thought of the 2012 draft class. It was originally thought to be one of the deepest in years and star talent (especially defencemen) were thought to be available well into the 20s on draft boards. All that has now changed, and the draft […] 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.