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Meet your Makar, King Patrick
Meet your Makar, King Patrick
It was not without much deliberation for weeks on end that I finally decided to move Brooks Bandits’ defenceman Cale Makar into the top two of Recrutes draft rankings and drop Brandon Wheat Kings’ center Nolan Patrick to third overall. If one had said six months ago that Patrick might not be a top-two pick, […]
Bandits’ Star Fails to Makar Difference
Bandits’ Star Fails to Makar Difference
The Okotoks Oilers fell into a defensive shell all game long and managed to keep the offensively explosive Brooks Bandits far more subdued than they usually are, but in the end, the Bandits’ superior speed and skill were simply too much to be stopped as they skated away with a 3-0 victory and a 3-1 […]
If you Choose Left, is it Right?
If you Choose Left, is it Right?
Over the past decade at numerous times I have had draft followers mention that such-and-such would or wouldn’t be a good fit as a draft selection because they shoot left or right. I have never in the past ten years factored the way a player shoots into my draft evaluations or mock draft scenarios. To […]
Tippett Tepid in Steelheads Series Win
Tippett Tepid in Steelheads Series Win
The Ottawa 67’s were left in a McLeod of dust on Sunday as the high-powered top line of Mississauga featuring the McLeod brothers finally proved too much for the young Ottawa squad. Michael McLeod was unstoppable in the game, picking up two goals and three assists while dominating at both ends of the ice with […]
Game Reports – Mississauga vs Ottawa, Mar 30 & Mar 31
Game Reports – Mississauga vs Ottawa, Mar 30 & Mar 31
The Mississauga Steelheads took a stranglehold on the opening series against the Ottawa 67’s on Thursday night with a 6-3 win. With their backs up against the wall in stranger territory the following night, however, 67’s netminder Leo Lazarev pulled out his biggest performance of his OHL career, stopping 51 shots to secure a 5-3 […]
Elias versus Lias
Elias versus Lias
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Tri-Harder-Cities
Tri-Harder-Cities
Tri-Cities season is over and it was mostly disappointing for draft-eligible prospects. Kyle Olson got his first and only point tonight on a goal, Rasmussen missed the playoffs with a broken scaphoid bone, Juuso Valimaki had just one one assist and struggled defensively at times. After a 90-point regular season..once the checking got tighter Morgan […]
Draft Eligible Stats – Mar. 31
Draft Eligible Stats – Mar. 31
Some notable performances from draft eligible players tonight: Ben Mirageas 1g 1a Casey Mittelstadt 1g Mario Ferraro 2a Robert Thomas 1g Morgan Frost 3a Conor Timmins 3a Linus Nyman 1g 1a Jason Robertson 1g 2a Jack Studnicka 1g Nick Suzuki 1g 1a Nico Hischier 1g 2a Shawn Boudrias 1g Josh Brook 1a Kyle Olson 1g […]
Ra Ra Rasmussen…
Ra Ra Rasmussen…
It appears that Michael Rasmussen has become the whipping boy this season for the advanced stats aficionados as I have gotten plenty of feedback on how having him top five or even top seven is much too high. I have received several tweets suggesting rather strongly that his goals stats are inflated because he got […]