The prospect pool for the Philadelphia Flyers is consistently one of the more diminished gatherings of young talent every year, but they rarely miss on top-end talent when given the opportunity to acquire it. Because of their lack of picks and their aggressive style of team-building, it is far more important for the organization to consistently hit on their […]

Built almost entirely out of the later rounds of the draft, the San Jose Sharks NCAA prospect pool features a good mix of size and a small handful of potential NHL regulars. Of the 10 Sharks prospects who played college hockey during the 2012-13 season, eight were selected in the fifth round or later. While the Sharks are largely represented at the collegiat […]

The puck drops for the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup starting Friday evening at 6 PM CST. The host city’s Saskatoon Blades take on the Ontario Hockey League champion London Knights to kick off a tournament that features the CHL’s three top-ranked clubs (and the unranked hosts). In addition, several highly-ranked 2013 prospects plus many well-regarded NHL pros […]

The Calgary Flames prospects at the NHL level were unable to gain any post-season playing experience and the Abbotsford Heat failed to qualify for the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs. At the lower levels this spring, only the CHL prospects were experiencing playoff hockey as the European and NCAA prospects had already finished up their seasons. The Flames will be fo […]

The 2013 U18 World Junior Championship has come and gone, but it had little effect on the upper ranks of ISS Hockey's May ranking of the 2013 NHL Draft prospects. The most obvious change among the top 10 prospects is the drop from #2 to #4 of Russian forward Valeri Nichushkin. Nichushkin played in all but one game for Russia at the U18, where he finishe […]

I'm all for bringing Richards back next season. We should be right cap-wise this upcoming offseason, it's 12 months after that we'll struggle. Bringing Richards back would probably mean no Clowe. I'm ok with that. […]

---Quote (Originally by nyr2k2)--- No more Niemi. He signed a deal with HPK of Finland's SM-liiga. ---End Quote--- Gonna miss that fella. Hope he has a great career! […]

---Quote (Originally by SnowblindNYR)--- I'm really curious, what's goals vs threshold and how is it calculated? I know he was #1 Goals for percentage, that doesn't sound like that's what you're talking about. ---End... […]

---Quote (Originally by Bob Richards)--- Grandpa? BB, these are Ranger fans. That's his 43 year old father. ---End Quote--- My reference Your head […]

Some of you guys are being a bit silly. It is not Zooks and Stralmans job to prevent every kind of possible shot from taking place. They got back on a 2-1 to make it a difficult play for Boston. There are plenty of times we... […]