Don't Mess With The Metro

The always-hated-on Rangers’ prospect system has been revamped over the past few years. Currently, the Rangers have developed two Strengths: Defensive depth and Goaltending Potential. The prized possession being Igor Shestyorkin, arguably the top goalie prospect in the world, a monster who is shutting down the KHL in every start. Rangers fans are already soaking the...

Waterloo Blackhawks @ University of Vermont

UVM took their exhibition match over Waterloo 6-1 on Sunday. It was a dominating effort as they outshot Waterloo 49-21. Sophomore goaltender Stefanos Lekkas (UFA) had 13 saves on 14 shots through 2 periods of play while freshman goaltender Tyler Harmon (UFA) went a perfect 7 for 7 in the 3rd. Sophomore Forward Ross Colton (TBL) had ...

I watched the 2016-17 WJC, I don’t need the “BU BU BUT JEERRMEEYY BRRRRAACCCOOO” bullshit and don’t you dare think “BUT GRREEENNWAYYY”. Yes I also am aware that Ryan Gropp “only put up just over a point per game in an overage year!1!1!1” but please just hear me out here. Yes, I am the kid that is about to write an article about how Ryan ...

Last summer, the former Hobey Baker winner from Harvard, Jimmy Vesey, opted to not sign with the team that drafted him, the Nashville Predators. The talk of the entire 2016 offseason was, “Where will Jimmy Vesey Land?” On August 15, a month and a half after his rights were traded to the Buffalo Sabres for a 3rd Round Pick just before the NHL Draft, Vesey stuck to his word and ...

Philadelphia Flyers

Outlook: The Flyers didn’t really get to select their 2nd Overall pick this past draft they kinda just got handed the player New Jersey did not want. That player was Nolan Patrick not a generational talent but a potential top line center if he can put injuries behind him. After being the projected 1st overall pick since the age of 16 a leg...

Pittsburgh Penguins

Outlook: After winning back to back Stanley Cups you could imagine how this would go for the Penguins. Their best prospect (excluded from this list), you may have heard of him, Jake Guentzel probably should have won the Conn Smythe this past playoffs. Derrick Pouliot is another guy not included on this list due to his minor contributions to t...

A Dark Horse is a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds.

Training Camp for most sports teams is not only a great showcasing for both young and aged talent, but an event that manages to surprise people every year, especially the fans. It seems like just the other day the New York Rangers signed coveted free agent defenseman Kevin Shattenk...

Washington Capitals

Outlook: For a team who has been regular season dominant and picking at the tail end of many rounds for the past 5+ years the Capitals are equipped with a decent farm system. Ilya Samsonov is the crown jewel, he’s the best goalie prospect in Russia and probably the world at the moment, he projects as a franchise goalie at the next level. Jakub Vrana was a top prospect however after ending the season with the big club he has been excluded fr...

Columbus Blue Jackets

Outlook: The Blue Jackets don’t have many top prospects, their system really consists mostly of wingers that should be ready either to start this year or to next year however the prospects they do have look like they can jump right into a key role right from the first puck drop. Pierre-Luc Dubois has the highest ceiling of any Jackets prospect, tempting comparisons to Anze Kopitar, after...

Here is my weekly Prospect Profile. Few days off on “weekly”, but I can work on that.

This week we are doing it on the rising star, and number 1 overall draft pick in the NHL Draft, Nico Hischier.

Nico Hischier, 18, is a Swiss born hockey player. He played for the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL, before being drafted by the New Jersey Devils first overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. He pos...

This is going to be a weekly series by me in which I release a prospect profile for 1 player on each Metropolitan team. The first Prospect Profile I will be doing is on Columbus prospect Vitaly Abramov.

Vitaly Abramov, 19, posted incredible stats for the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL. Abramov was drafted to Columbus in the 3rd round (65th overall) i...

After a dreadful 2016-17 season the Hartford Wolf Pack have started their road to recovery, and we’re hoping this will go a little better than Johnny Manziel’s (No disrespect to Money Manziel it’ll happen one day brother). After a quite terrifying 54 point season the Wolfpack politely asked Head Coach Ken Gernander to get as far away from central Connecticut as possible, promoted Assistant Coach Keith McCa...