If you look at statistics of draft prospects who get picked to play NHL, it is very apparent that the vast majority of players who get to picked, come from major junior hockey in Canada - the CHL. In fact the average entry for the past three years, CHL has provided 48.7% of the players in the NHL draft. Leagues that Lead To Play NHL Here are three years worth of NHL draft … [Read more...]
2011 NHL Entry Draft
The first thirty picks in round one of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft: 1. Edmonton Oilers -Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (C, Red Deer (WHL)); 2. Colorado Avalanche - Gabriel Landeskog (LW, Kitchener (OHL)); 3. Florida Panthers - Jonathan Huberdeau (C, Saint John (QMJHL)); 4. New Jersey Devils - Adam Larsson (D, Skelleftea (Sweden)); 5. New York Islanders - Ryan Strome (C, … [Read more...]
2010 NHL Draft Proceedings
Seven rounds of grueling strategic wheeling and dealing began last night and will continue to be televised today. It sounds and looks like something you'd see on Wall Street, or Bay Street. It's the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and 400 NHL prospects from around the world are being dealt like commodities. Like the stock market, first round trading has been less than … [Read more...]
NHL Draft Prospect Statistics
How many of the 2010 NHL Draft Prospects are Canadian or American? The top 20 skaters of the 210 North American hockey players on the prospects card were: 11 canadians 6 americans 2 russians 1 swede Four Hundred NHL Draft Prospects in 2010 360 Skaters— European 46.1% (166) American 23.3% (84) Canadian 30.6% (110) 40 Goalies— European 32.5% … [Read more...]
2010 NHL Draft Prospects
2010 NHL Draft Happy Fathers' Day to all you proud hockey dads out there, especially fathers of NHL Draft Prospects! On June 25th and 26th, 2010 the NHL Entry Draft will be televised live from Staples Center in Los Angeles on Versus in the United States, and on TSN and RDS in Canada. All media in the NHL Network will broadcast the 2010 NHL Entry Draft too, of … [Read more...]