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Just wanted to get a few thoughts down after the first round, and figured a good way to do that would be to recap things in a team grade format. Nothing wildly insightful, but a good way to round things up. Here goes: A+ NYI: It's been a good few days for Islanders fans. A Tavares re-signing...

These are my top 217 rankings. They are my own. I watch a lot of hockey. I read a lot(and I have certain people's opinions that I take into account), but these rankings are from my own observations. This is the order I would draft these guys in without considering need, tendencies, etc. Please...

Hey all. I tend to post on the Flyers thread and share my copious (oh so copious) amount of prospect blather there, and since I've been a member I've done a ranking of draft eligibles. But this year I decided to go all out and synthesize all that blathering and do a REAL write-up thing, which I...

Each year I keep a list of each team's offseason (since the trade deadline) acquisitions and subtractions. I've tried to summarize them here, as some people might find it useful or interesting. The formatting kind of sucks right now, and hopefully I'll figure out a new way to present it that...

Here's my top 100 skaters for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. I'm no goalie expert so I won't bother with those, but here's my opinion on the skaters. Below I've shared my opinion on potential draft steals that aren't included in my top 100 can be had in the latter potion of the draft. I’ve invested a...

Good morning! I have posted mock drafts in the past before, but this year is the first where I am confident enough in my number of viewings that I can give a firm ranking of my own. As you see, I have bias for the first round; for anyone beyond that, just ask and I will give you my take. Again...

These are the results of the 2018 mock draft done by the team boards of HF. Every fan base selected the player they would want to draft based on who was still available. For results of previous years, see 2015, 2016, and 2017. Some notes: Dahlin and Svechnikov didn't receive 100% of the votes...

I've taken draft class data from 2003 to 2016, with career games played and points, and cup winners from 2004 to 2018 to give a visual representation how each Draft Class compares to each other as well as give a breakdown of which teams have accumulated the most amount of First Liners/Top 4...

Final Rankings: Text version: I named those my final rankings but I might make slight alterations until draft. Remarks: - Dahlin is decidedly ranked at #1, while Svechnikov is decidedly ranked at #2 with Svechnikov being a lot closer to 1 than 3. - 3rd overall is a toss up for me...

I've seen quite a few discussions lately about whether or not the Wings should target a defenseman with the 6th OA pick. While it seems like the consensus is that people prefer a defenseman, there seems to be a disconnect whether or not it's crucial that they do so, with some people being...

My annual preview of draft-eligible Russian prospects has arrived. At the beginning of the season I made a statement that this is a "boom or bust" year and actually I think I rarely have been as precise as that time. I mean, we have a huge (no, really HUGE) attacking potential on the table this...

So with the Stanley Cup Finals starting on Monday, I figured it would be a lot of fun to look at perspectives of the Knights before October 1st and how the masses (Including most of us) have been wrong about this team. Below are some of the links to articles and HF threads to show how much...

Okay, flame away, or maybe even agree. Why does a red-blooded Canadian guy like me get tired of playoff beards now? Here is why. EVERYONE has them. It started with the Islanders and correct me if I am wrong but Butch Goring, among others, is often credited for starting this process of not...

I thought it would be fun to measure the "value" of a Stanley Cup, year-by-year, as determined by the number of teams competing for it. This idea came about when I was thinking about how the 1950s Habs 5-straight Cups weren't as impressive to me as say; the Hawks 3-in-6. The reason is that I...

Here's where I think we lost this season, kind of in order: -Scheduling. Too many B2B games, with 2nd game in different city than the 1st game, and 2nd game coming against non-B2B teams who were rested. After playing almost 3 seasons worth of hockey in 2 years, I have no idea why the NHL...

As my 2nd last ranking, I can say that this is one of my favorite classes ever. I love some of the plays and think there are some real dark horse players in here. Next month for my final ranking, it will include and in depth write up on all 217 of my projected draft picks. Enjoy, and as always...

September 20. 1990 was when hockey was born in Tampa Bay and I was there. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A crowd of 25,581, more than 4,500 above the National Hockey League single-game record, turned out Wednesday night to see the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Kings, 5-3, in an exhibition game at the...

MY TOP 31 Players for the 2018 NHL Draft *Players not ranked have not been considered, basically. Some players excluded due to not getting enough eyes on them are Demisenko, Barret Hayton and Dominik Bokk. *This is not a mock draft, its my top 31 created with the aim to -- with the best of my...

As a computer science major and huge fan of hockey, I’ve been looking for ideas for a side project to combine the two interests. Although I have no expectations for this project to produce anything useful, I think it will be a good exercise in data science and will give me a reason to learn...

“It’s a knee jerk reaction,” “let’s not have our judgement clouded by one bad game,” these will be the arguments in defense of Jake Gardiner, I’m not here to bury Jake Gardiner I’m here to try and trade him, and to convince you that it is the rationale sober minded option. Even if we forgive...