LGR4GM Posted July 3 Report Posted July 3 Scouting season officially kicks off with the Hlinka in August. Here's a look at the early list of players to keep an eye. Note: if you don't care about the draft, just leave it be. While 2024 was the year of defense, 2025 is forwards. 2 Quote
Weave Posted July 3 Report Posted July 3 (edited) I don’t wanna leave it be. Store Christmas decorations in September. only kidding. Sort of. Im not gonna dissuade conversation even if I could. Edited July 3 by Weave Quote
Flashsabre Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 I’m pretty confident the Sabres draft next year will be better than the 1990 Oilers draft. This story is unbelievable. The Oilers drafted 11 players and not one of them played a single game in the NHL.😳 https://thehockeywriters.com/edmonton-oilers-1990-draft-revisited/ 3 Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 4 Report Posted July 4 41 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: He's the #1 overall option. So we are finally going to have an elite forward again? Quote
Flashsabre Posted August 11 Report Posted August 11 6 hours ago, LGR4GM said: All 3 Canadians are impressive. Ivankovic is a really good goalie at a young age. Bedard’s cousin, McKenna is a special talent. 1 Quote
LGR4GM Posted August 11 Author Report Posted August 11 Quick note, Gavin McKenna won't be draft eligible until 2026. He may lead the WHL in scoring this year anyways. Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 4 hours ago, LGR4GM said: Quick note, Gavin McKenna won't be draft eligible until 2026. He may lead the WHL in scoring this year anyways. So we don't tank for 25,we Wait for 26 😜 1 Quote
LGR4GM Posted August 12 Author Report Posted August 12 40 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said: So we don't tank for 25,we Wait for 26 😜 1 Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 (edited) How about we make the playoffs? Although Charlton Trethewey is a great name. Edited August 12 by GASabresIUFAN 1 Quote
Two or less Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 8 hours ago, LGR4GM said: Quick note, Gavin McKenna won't be draft eligible until 2026. He may lead the WHL in scoring this year anyways. 2026 draft has several big time talents. McKenna will go first, but picks 2 and 3 are likely to be super stars as well. Stacked draft. Wonder if some teams start to "rebuild" if they start off slow this season and make some players available to position themselves nicely for 2026? Quote
Two or less Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 On 7/3/2024 at 4:57 PM, LGR4GM said: Scouting season officially kicks off with the Hlinka in August. Here's a look at the early list of players to keep an eye. Note: if you don't care about the draft, just leave it be. While 2024 was the year of defense, 2025 is forwards. I was bored last week and watched every available game of the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament. I'm as ready as ever for the draft. A lot of the top players projected here did not play though. Players that stood out to me- Matthew Schaefer, who's listed high on the projected list. He was one of the top players for Canada. Really liked Cameron Schmidt, tiny player but electric. Always moving and is everywhere. Reminded me of Logan Stankoven. Jakob Ihs-Wozniak was impressive for Sweden. Big body, smart player, quick release. My favorite player in this tournament was Adam Benak, also tiny, but he was everywhere. Cole Caufield vibes. Max Westergard for Finland was a nice player despite Finland having a really terrible team. He wasnt afriad to play physical, went to the net, nice shot, high compete. The best player on team USA i thought was #22 center Matthew Lansing who is actually from Buffalo. Hard working player, plays both ends, seems like a Ryan Callahan type of player. Quote
PerreaultForever Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 On 7/3/2024 at 7:06 PM, kas23 said: I guess it’s never too early. No, it most definitely is. Quote
SabreFinn Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 Penguins might be tanking to get McKenna. Some rumours say this is Malkins last season. Quote
French Collection Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 6 hours ago, Two or less said: 2026 draft has several big time talents. McKenna will go first, but picks 2 and 3 are likely to be super stars as well. Stacked draft. Wonder if some teams start to "rebuild" if they start off slow this season and make some players available to position themselves nicely for 2026? Pens may try to get McKenna to keep that Lemieux, Crosby lineage going. Quote
Two or less Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 3 hours ago, French Collection said: Pens may try to get McKenna to keep that Lemieux, Crosby lineage going. That would be insane “luck” to go from Mario to Crosby to McKenna. Quote
French Collection Posted August 12 Report Posted August 12 3 hours ago, Two or less said: That would be insane “luck” to go from Mario to Crosby to McKenna. Or an expansion of the conspiracy theory. Quote
LGR4GM Posted October 17 Author Report Posted October 17 2025 October Rankings from EP Rinkside. They have write-ups for all of them but here is the top 10: https://eprinkside.com/2024/10/07/the-elite-prospects-october-top-32-ranking-for-the-2025-nhl-draft 1 James Hagens (C) Boston College NCAA 2 Roger McQueen (F) Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 3 Michael Misa (C/LW) Saginaw Spirit OHL 4 Matthew Schaefer (D) Erie Otters OHL 5 Porter Martone (RW) Brampton Steelheads OHL 6 Malcolm Spence (LW) Erie Otters OHL 7 Jackson Smith (D) Tri-City Americans WHL 8 Victor Eklund (LW) Djurgårdens IF HockeyAllsvenskan 9 Lynden Lakovic (F) Moose Jaw Warriors WHL 10 Braeden Cootes (C) Seattle Thunderbirds WHL McQueen and Misa are my two favorites. Quote
LGR4GM Posted October 17 Author Report Posted October 17 Here are the consolidated rankings, top 10, as of October: James Hagens (C )Boston College (EP 1) Porter Martone (RW) Brampton Steelheads (EP 5) Anton Frondell (C) Djurgårdens IF (EP 15) Matthew Schaefer (D) Erie Otters (EP 4) Michael Misa (C/LW) Saginaw Spirit (EP 3) Roger McQueen (F) Brandon Wheat Kings (EP 2) Ivan Ryabkin (C) MHK Dynamo Moskva (EP 12) Malcolm Spence (LW) Erie Otters (EP 6) William Moore (C) U.S. National U18 Team (EP 23) Logan Hensler (D) Univ. of Wisconsin (EP 16) Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted October 19 Report Posted October 19 We should trade the top pick this year and get some immediate help Quote
JP51 Posted October 19 Report Posted October 19 12 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said: We should trade the top pick this year and get some immediate help To be honest...the last thing in the world is want is to entrust Kevyn Adams to make trades. 1 Quote
LabattBlue Posted October 19 Report Posted October 19 4 hours ago, JP51 said: To be honest...the last thing in the world is want is to entrust Kevyn Adams to make trades. To be honest Kevyn isn’t making any deals without Pegula giving him the green light. 2 Quote
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