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Martin St Louis Redux? Ryan Duncan / Hobey BakerUndrafted mite wins the Hobey Baker.http://fightingsioux.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58684&SPID=6405&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=850165It's a heckuva pedigree. One story listed him at 5'6" and another at 5'8". Betting the former is closer. That's what they list on the team website. UND got off to...
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April 07, 2007
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Polling the OHL Coaches (with 100 Games footnotes)2006-07 Ontario Hockey League Coaches Poll – Western Conference ResultsMost Underrated Player1. Trevor Kell, Sarnia Sting (22)2. Mike McLean, Guelph Storm (18)3. Scott Aarssen, London Knights (16)Most Improved Player1. Tom Sestito, Plymouth Whalers (30)I wrote about Sesito in an earlier blog. A 2006 third-rounder by the Columbus...
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April 05, 2007
Who's back from the summer u-18s and what are the storylines:GBACK Cann, Trevor-Peterborough (OHL)-2007consensus top NA goaltender but lacked support and didn't play meaningful games with the Petes being so weak this yearOUT Leclerc, Justin-Lethbridge (WHL)-2007DBACK - Doughty, Drew-Guelph (OHL)-2008might be in the running for top 10 if not a late birthdayBACK - Grant, Alex...
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April 04, 2007
Pietrangelo Unlikely for U-18s ... it seemsKnow that I posted that Mississauga's Pietrangelo would be a desired add to the Canadian u-18s ... Hockey Canada hasn't sent the email with the roster just yet but word is the IceDogs talked to him about not dressing in playoff games--seems his knee was a lot more painful than he let on and coach Mike Kelly was concerned about doing...
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April 04, 2007
CSS's Final Rankings: Likely Two Americans in Top ThreeIf only NHL draftniks could fill out brackets like NCAA fans. Anyway, there should be a fairly dramatic shift in the final rankings submitted by the NHL Central Scouting Service in a little bit. Here's what the top of the mid-term rankings looked like:1. ESPOSITO, ANGELO-QMJHL-QUEBEC-C2. VAN RIEMSDYK, JAMES-USDP-USA U...
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April 04, 2007
Canada's Spring Under-18s: Younger, BetterBeen away on book assignment for a stretch, but also coming back with the inside dope on the world under-18s and the 2007 entry draft. So here goes:As strange as it sounds, the Canadian team that goes to Finland this month for the world under18s might in fact be better than the squad that won the gold medal at the summer u-18 World Cup...
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April 03, 2007
Blowout Special: Sending a message ("I'm stupid" or, possibly, "Kick me!")At St Mike's last nighthttp://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=12914Oshawa blew the doors of the Majors, who can thank Michael Haley for sending a message. Here it is:1 - TOR Haley, 0:37 - Instigator , 2 min (PP)1 - TOR Haley, 0:37 - Fighting , 5 min (3...
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March 07, 2007
Cheechoo: Background on the ESPN The Mag storyWent up to Moose Factory before Christmas to do a story on Cheechoo. While it would seem like an interesting place to visit for a hunting or fishing trip in season (if you can give up having a beer for the duration), let me talk you out of the notion of heading up there in late December. No place to eat ... the hotel dining room was closed...
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March 04, 2007
Trading Deadline Holiday: Quick Takes and My .02There's a heckuva separation between the public's perceived value of draft picks and that of NHL GMs. First rounders were being passed over the counter like Canadian Tire money. As we said before, if you're looking at real first-rounders, you're looking at Top 10 picks, not No. 29, and maybe not even No. 15. After the...
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February 27, 2007
100 Games Holiday Edition: Trading Deadline AdviceOkay, I'll keep it brief. Here's a few things you should keep in mind on deadline day.This year's draft lacks star talent up top (no Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin). Fact is, the top pick in this year's draft (Kane, Esposito, Van Riemsdyk, whoever) would likely be no higher than fourth or fifth in last year's draft....
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February 27, 2007
Steve Downie: Canadian Hero (TM), 100 Games ZeroCount me among those who have no time for Steve Downie. Downie was the guy you couldn't take your eyes off at the world under-20s in Vancouver, the one who goaded crucial third-period penalties out of a US team at this year's global jr event in Sweden. Downie was the guy who basically willed the Windsor Spitfires out of a 0...
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February 26, 2007
Back up the Pick-Up Truck: Gaming out Flyers' PickThe other day I made the case for Patrick Kane being the favorite to be No. 1 on NHL scouts' lists. Here's one reason that he won't be the first called in June.The Flyers.The Flyers' scouting philosophy can be neatly summarized by an anecdote. A few years ago a Philly scout was greeted by a friend upon his return...
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February 25, 2007
Much Aliu About Something: Sudbury Draft EnigmaSo what do you do with Akim Aliu?Pass him by, do you?A scouting report by Dr Seuss,Wouldn't be of much use.Few in his year match him for skating,Yet so many avow Akim-hating.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzrLzLMJeGA&mode=related&search=Okay, I'll stop.Caught Sudbury's shoot-out win over Mississauga yesterday.http...
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February 24, 2007
On the Wounded Prospects: Uncertain, Hurtin'Checked out the Ottawa-Missisauga game last night. Not a game you'll see every day.http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=12893Stefan Legein (a little draft-eligible player, in the 30s among North American skaters according to Central Scouting, and a guy who is growing on me) scores a 5-on-3 short-handed...
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February 24, 2007
Ryan Parent: The High Price of Forsberg RentalCount me as one who thought Philly maximized returns on the Peter Forsberg dump, uh, deal. Ryan Parent has been my favorite defenceman at the last two world U-20s. Quietly efficient, stay-at-home, just a young player who fills in your D on a winning team. I don't know about his high end--can he be a Top 2 guy if he's not a significant...
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February 22, 2007
Patrick Kane: Likely No. 1 Central Scouting Be DamnedIn the mid-term draft rankings NHL Central Scouting has forward Patrick Kane (London Knights) fourth among North American skaters. Hard to figure. The rumbles in the scouts' room in Kitchener last night where the Knights played the Rangers: Kane's the best draft-eligible player out there.It stands to reason that CSB has...
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February 21, 2007
Three-Game Sunday: The Scouting Hat TrickSo much for the day of rest. The O neatly schedules three games in the Toronto 'burbs that are almost manageable--first in Brampton at 2, then in Mississauga at 4 and Oshawa in the evening. Thus NHL scouts can get two-and-a-half periods with the Battalion (today vs Soo), the game in Mississauga (on this occasion vs Colbert's Saginaw...
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February 11, 2007
2006 CHL Import Draft: Taking AttendanceIn a previous post we looked at an old CHL Euro draft; here's the latest.Again, what I said about the inefficiency of the Euro draft stands--it's not the weakest teams getting the best available talent, but rather what deal can be cooked (and who has the gelt to land the prizes). There is a rich-get-richer aspect to something that is...
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February 11, 2007
CHL Euro Draft: Hockey's Biggest CrapshootJonathan Jackson, a dogged reporter with the award-winning Owen Sound paper, properly upbraided me about the CHL rights of Sergei Samsonov back when. (See comment on the previous post.) Did the quick search and indeed, Samsonov was claimed by Owen Sound (the Platers back then). My understanding, though, is that Samsonov wouldn't report...
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February 10, 2007
Sergei Samsonov Waiving Bye with Habs: RetrospectiveI wouldn't bet on Sergei Samsonov being done, waived or not. But I'm only saying that because I lost a bet the other night that SS won the Calder. (I thought Drury won his year. What do I know? Right. Precisely nothing.)Anyway, I first saw him when he came over as an underage to world juniors. He seemed like a prodigy (but...
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February 09, 2007
Anointed and Disappointed: Espo No. 1 But UnlovedI’m trying to remember when a player projected as the first overall pick in a NHL entry draft generates so little enthusiasm as Angelo Esposito. Over the years many, maybe even most, had knockers. Some didn’t like Vinny Lecavalier’s skating. Others worried about Ilya Kovalchuk’s attitude. But if some poked holes in the prospects...
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February 09, 2007
Power Outage: No Heirs to Wendel, Cam ApparentA notion floated by SI's Muir, the fast-disappearing power forward.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/allan_muir/02/05/canadian.talent/index.html?section=si_latestOne quibble: Am I the last guy who objects to the use of a basketball term in hockey? Never liked the "power forward" term in hoops (3s, 4s and 5s are...
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February 05, 2007
Cold War: Freeze-out of the RMC-West Point GameInteresting story in the Globe today by friend Mirtle about the possible end to one of hockey's richest traditions: Royal Military College vs West Point.http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070204.cis-rmc05/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070204.cis-rmc05I've had a chance to see a couple of these and they...
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February 05, 2007
Skating in the Shadow of Junior Phenoms: Brett MacLeanA busy travel week limited missives here. A little catching up is in order.Caught Oshawa's win over Kingston yesterday.http://www.chl.ca/CHLNews0607/0131.htmlJohn Tavares's empty-netter was his 100th goal in the OHL and he had more than a few of his signature moments. It can't be any coincidence that his game has taken...
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February 05, 2007
Where Legends Go to Get Out of the Cold: Sask SHoFIn frigid Regina today (at about minus-25 why keep counting). Got within 100 yards of the Hotel Saskatchewan when I thought my nose was dropping off. Ducked into a building to count my appendages. (Clean it up). The building just happened to be the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.http://www.sshfm.com/Per capita Saskatchewan turns...
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February 02, 2007
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