The Plymouth Whalers acquired the rights to University of Michigan forward Robbie Czarnik and have signed the centre to an OHL player agreement. He’s expected to make his Whalers debut Wednesday night against the Windsor Spitfires. “We are excited to…
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Via The Score: 2009 Entry Draft – Update on Major Junior Forwards
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What follows here is a list of most of the major junior forwards taken in the last draft, and their performance so far this season. I’ve cut out all the players who were drafted as overagers to make things fairer.…
King, Pelech have passed chemistry test – San Bernardino County Sun
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The old cliché about an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object never addressed what happens when you put the two together on the same forward line in a hockey game. In the case of Dwight King and Michael Pelech, it…
From the Monarchs website: Russian Rookie Turning Heads
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Do you remember what you were doing on May 30, 1990? While Madonna’s Vogue was topping the charts on the radio, the Springfield Indians were battling the Rochester Americans for the Calder Cup, and Edmonton was fighting to get past…
Brandon Wheat Kings – News Article
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[T]he Wheat Kings will soon lose eight others to National Hockey League camps in September. They include Matt Calvert (Columbus), Jordan Hale (Ottawa), Colby Robak (Florida), Brodie Melnychuk (San Jose), Jay Fehr (Minnesota), Urbom (New Jersey), Scott Glennie (Dallas) and Brayden…
From Behindthenet.ca: Junior Hockey Projections
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Twenty years ago, almost all every NHL player was drafted from the Canadian Hockey League. Even today, the majority of NHL draft picks still come from the three Tier I junior hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario…
Utterly Irrational Trade Thought Involving Other People’s Stars
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I was just looking at San Jose’s numbers. They have a cap hit of $55.4 with seven players left to sign, to get to 23. That’s simply not doable, even if they populate the rest of their team entirely with…
From TSN: Tavares or Hedman? Remember “Daigle or Pronger?”
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Well if the year was 1993, the Ottawa Senators would select slick centre Alexandre Daigle and leave stalwart defenceman Chris Pronger for the Hartford Whalers. In some cases, having the second overall pick can work out pretty well. The New York Islanders…
Via Faceoff.com: Tough, skilled Kassian has caught Burke’s eye
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“He’s big, tough, skilled, hostile and belligerent. Naw, I don’t like him,” said Burke with tongue firmly tucked in cheek. “Why would I want a player like that?” Indeed, if there’s a player in this Friday’s NHL entry draft who…
From The Hockey News — A Scout’s Life: Combine influence
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Last season, Drew Doughty and Zach Bogosian were in a heated battle to go No. 2 at the draft behind Steven Stamkos. Doughty, who was a Kings fan growing up and who always had posters of Wayne Gretzky on his…