Are you kidding me? Seriously? After many long years, and many many injuries, Tyler Pitlick arrived as an NHL player this fall. He scored at will, and even though he got hurt again, it was pretty clear there was NHL ability with this player. Finally! So, Peter Chiarelli, sign him up! One problem. The injury…
This past year was a special one for the Alberta Junior Hockey League as three players were selected in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. In the first round, the Colorado Avalanche made history by selecting Cale Makar from the AJHL’s Brooks Bandits. Makar broke the AJHL’s record for highest drafted player which had been previous…
A weekend spent stocking the prospect shelves has the Edmonton Oilers in a better position. There is plenty of work to do and we should be seeing more additions for the bubbling under group before summer’s end. Peter Chiarelli arrived in Edmonton with some outstanding talent (and Connor McDavid on the horizon) like Leon Draisaitl…
You could have a good debate if you asked a room full of hockey fans to name the best-ever defense pairings in the NHL. Whether you’re old school and think it might be Larry Robinson and Serge Savard or younger and Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis get your vote, chances are you’d also have the…
With the NHL Draft over for another year, we thought we’d offer a few quick notes from this past weekend.
