Minor Leagues

McLeod Watching

Draft year In 2018, the Oilers had the 40th overall selection in the 2nd round of the NHL Entry Draft. With that pick, the Oilers drafted Ryan McLeod, who played for the Mississauga Steelheads in the OHL and had a phenomenal draft year, putting up 70 points (26 goals, 44 assists) through 68 games. As […]

In Classless Move, OHL Announces Reinstatement of Logan Mailloux In Midst Of World Juniors Chaos

In what would appear to be an ‘incidental’ occasion, the OHL has randomly decided to release the reinstatement of Logan Mailloux during what is an absolutely chaotic hockey news day. In case you missed it, the World Juniors have been canceled. With the news breaking on Twitter and everyone discussing the tournament, the OHL released […]

Trade Alert: Blues and Wild Swap Prospects

Fresh off a Holiday break, the St. Louis Blue and Minnesota Wild have made a trade! Swapping AHL prospects just before the Winter Classic, the Blues send Nolan Stevens to Minnesota in exchange for Will Bitten. Stevens was selected in the 5th round, 125th overall in 2016 by the Blues. Stevens played in the NCAA […]

Bedard scores FOUR goals. Will he be better than McDavid?

Connor Bedard is the real deal. He is only sixteen years old and just scored four goals, including a natural hat trick. Connor Bedard would go on to finish the game versus Austria with five points. Bedard is the first sixteen-year-old to have a hat trick in the tournament since Wayne Gretzky back in 1977. […]

Breaking News: Team USA Forced To Forfeit At World Juniors

The defending World Junior gold medalists have run into some adversity in just their second game of the 2022 tournament. It was announced that Team USA has been forced to forfeit their game against Switzerland scheduled due to multiple positive tests for COVID-19. The game was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Red Deer, Alberta. The […]

The NHL Needs To Bring Back The World Cup Of Hockey

With NHL players officially withdrawn from participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the urge to play in a best-on-best tournament is higher than ever in recent memory. But don’t take it from me. Take it from Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid, who had this to say after the league officially withdrew from the Winter […]

Oil Kings Defenceman Kaiden Guhle Named Captain Canada

On Monday afternoon, Canada announced their leadership group for the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer. The player that will carry the title of Captain Canada will be none other than the recent Edmonton Oil Kings acquisition and 2020 first-round pick of the Montreal Canadiens – Kaiden Guhle. Edmonton had just […]

Will Chicago Recall Reichel to the NHL soon?

Lukas Reichel has been removed from the concussion protocol and looks prime to join the Rockford IceHogs in Ceder Park, Texas, Where they will take on the Texas Stars. Reichel was off to a hot start to his first professional season in North America. Reichel got into 15 AHL games Before taking a disgusting hit […]

Jonatan Berggren carries the puck through the neutral zone

Red Wings Prospect Updates: Part 1 – Forwards

A three-part series looking at where the I slot Wings prospects in the 23-man depth chart. With all of the draft picks over the last four years, it’s easy to lose track of how prospects are performing. Starting with the 2018 draft, I selected 23 players to fill out the first Red Wings prospect depth […]

Kurashev recalled from Rockford. Is a resurgence coming from him?

Philipp Kurashev has been recalled from the Rockford IceHogs and placed on the Blackhawks roster after an injury to Jujar Khaira. The 22-year-old from Davos, Switzerland. Kurashev started the season on the NHL roster following a strong rookie campaign. In his rookie season, he scored eight goals and eight assists and showed a lot of […]