First, it was Lukas Hansen. Then, it was Brandon Lisowsky and Tanner Molendyk. Finally, it was leading scorer Ben Riche. All veterans with the Saskatoon Blades that were traded away in less than two weeks.
We’re into the stretch drive of the junior hockey schedule, friends, and soon we’ll be into that part of the collegiate calendar, too. The World Juniors are done with and everyone’s starting to adjust their rosters for the stretch drive.
The World Junior Championship is fast approaching, and already, Hockey Canada has been scouting out potential members of the roster they’ll send to Ottawa.
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?
It seems the NHL is in a good place. Ratings are up, talent levels are high, and the league added two teams to get up to 32 in the not-too-distant past.
How much more can Tanner Molendyk prove at the junior hockey level? It’s a question Nashville Predators brass are surely pondering after their 2023 first-round pick posted a career year with the Western Hockey League’s Saskatoon Blades in 2023-24.
Following their respective Round 1 playoff series wins, Nashville Predators prospects Tanner Molendyk and Kalan Lindwill face off in the second round of the Western Hockey League Playoffs.
No one questioned whether Tanner Molendyk deserved a spot on Canada’s roster for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship. The only concern the 18-year-old defenseman had to address was whether he was healthy enough to truly compete with the other nine defensemen invited to Canada’s World Juniors selection camp.
On Wednesday Hockey Canada announced their final roster for the 2024 World Juniors and Nashville's two first round picks from this year's NHL Draft will be heading to Sweden to compete for Team Canada.