Cole Sillinger 2020-21 Team: Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)Date of Birth: May 16, 2003Place of Birth: Regina, SaskatchewanHt: 6-foot-0 Wt: 187 poundsShoots: LeftPosition: CenterNHL Draft Eligibility: 2021 first-year eligible Rankings NHL ...

When Thomas Chabot was unable to play against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 18, the Ottawa Senators looked lifeless, like the backbone of their team had been removed. And ...

Dmitri Rashevsky 2019-20 Team: Dynamo St. PetersburgDate of Birth: Oct. 9, 2000Place of Birth: St. Petersburg, RussiaHt: 6-foot-1 Wt: 165 poundsShoots: LeftPosition: WingNHL Draft Eligibility: 2020 second-year eligible Rankings NHL Central Scouting: unranked Eliteprospects: 61st The Hockey Writers (Forbes): 369th As the NHL draft draws closer, scouts and fans alike begin looking for hidden gems […]

The NHL has been under a redesign fever for the last several seasons. The Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars have been some of the boldest as of late, completely changing their colour scheme, but most teams in the league have undergone some form of an overhaul in the past 15 years. Even the Toronto Maple […]

In the early days of the NHL, a player’s number was a status symbol. The higher the number, the more important you were to the team. Goalies were given number 1, then the defence got numbers 2 to 6, and the team’s top forwards usually ranged from 7 into the low teens. Depth players would […]

Dylan Garand 2019-20 Team: Kamloops Blazers (#31)Date of Birth: June 7, 2002Place of Birth: Victoria, British ColumbiaHt: 6-foot-0 Wt: 172 lbs.Catches: LeftPosition: GoalieNHL Draft Eligibility: 2020 first-year eligible Rankings NHL Central Scouting: 6th (among NA goalies) Elite Prospects: 64th Larry Fisher (The Hockey Writers): 127th Ryan Kennedy (The Hockey News): 106th Steve Kournianos (The Draft […]

The 2020 NHL Draft Lottery was close to the worst-case scenario for the Ottawa Senators. After going in with the second and third-best odds to win the first overall selection, they dropped to third and fifth and were left to watch a placeholder team win the coveted first pick. The only team who fared worse […]

The Medicine Hat Tigers have been members of the Western Hockey League since 1970-71, becoming the fifth expansion team and the 10th franchise in the league. Since then, the team has had a storied history, which has seen them earn nine first-place finishes, five WHL championships, and two Memorial Cups. They’ve also been the starting […]

The 2020 Draft Lottery is now set for June 26, and the teams hoping for the first overall pick are starting to dream of adding that next great piece to their roster. The majority of top NHL draft picks do work out in some form or fashion, but not always. In 1993, the Ottawa Senators […]

Tristen Robins 2019-20 Team: Saskatoon Blades (#11)Date of Birth: November 15, 2001Place of Birth: Brandon, ManitobaHt: 5-foot-10 Wt: 174 poundsShoots: RightPosition: CenterNHL Draft Eligibility: 2020 first-year eligible Rankings NHL Central Scouting: 86th (among NA skaters) Future Considerations: 69th The Draft Analyst: 194th Andrew Forbes (The Hockey Writers): 106th Larry Fisher (The Hockey Writers): 61st Coming […]

As the old adage goes, the more selections you make at the draft, the better the results. It’s the reason we see struggling franchises sell their top players for as many picks and prospects as they can get their hands on. While everyone knows that in the end, the draft is more luck than skill, […]

Jake Neighbours 2019-20 Team: Edmonton Oil KingsDate of Birth: March 29, 2002Place of Birth: Airdrie, AlbertaHt: 5-foot-11 Wt: 201 lbs.Shoots: LeftPosition: Left WingNHL Draft Eligibility: 2020 first-year eligible Rankings NHL Central Scouting: 26th (among NA skaters) Craig Button, TSN: 43rd ISS: 26th McKeen’s Hockey: 30th Andrew Forbes (The Hockey Writers): 34th Josh Bell (The Hockey […]

In the months leading up to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the Ottawa Senators were in bad shape. They’d finished at the bottom of the league, and were forced into a complete rebuild without their first-round pick, which had been sent to the Colorado Avalanche in 2017 for Matt Duchene, and seemed destined to be […]

Martin Chromiak 2019-20 Team: Kingston Frontenacs (#8)Date of Birth: August 20, 2002Place of Birth: Ilava, SlovakiaHt: 6-foot-0 Wt: 181 lbs.Shoots: RightPosition: Left WingNHL Draft Eligibility: 2020 first-year eligible Rankings NHL Central Scouting: 30th (among NA skaters) Future Considerations: 44th Craig Button (TSN): 41st Andrew Forbes (The Hockey Writers): 59th Josh Bell (The Hockey Writers): 54th […]

Over 500 years ago, a group led by Menno Simons in Northern Germany created the Christian denomination of the Mennonites. They were persecuted for their pacifism and Protestant connections, which forced them to flee several European countries. Today, Mennonites live all over the world, though many are still in areas where their ancestors settled, and […]

Helge Grans 2019-20 Team: Malmö Redhawks (#2)Date of Birth: May 10, 2002Place of Birth: Ljungby, SwedenHt: 6-foot-3 Wt: 192 lbs.Shoots: RightPosition: DefenseNHL Draft Eligibility: 2020 first-year eligible Rankings NHL Central Scouting: 6th (among EU skaters) Future Considerations: 35th Craig Button (TSN): 69th Andrew Forbes (The Hockey Writers): 101st Josh Bell (The Hockey Writers): 50th Larry […]

Ozzy Wiesblatt 2019-20 Team: Prince Albert Raiders (#19)Date of Birth: March 9, 2002Place of Birth: Calgary, AlbertaHt: 5-foot-10 Wt: 183 lbs.Shoots: RightPosition: Right WingNHL Draft Eligibility: 2020 first-year eligible Rankings NHL Central Scouting: 19th (among NA skaters) Bob McKenzie, TSN: 35th Craig Button, TSN: 29th Future Considerations: 42nd Andrew Forbes (The Hockey Writers): 56th Josh […]

It would not be a stretch to say that the Ottawa Senators’ 2009 draft was a bust. A decade later, none of the nine players drafted are still with the franchise, and their first-round pick, which sat ninth overall, was one of the worst of the first round. While the team would find a number […]

Being an Ottawa Senators fan is tough. From the early days when the team broke the Washington Capitals’ record for most losses in a season, to more recent accusations that they’re the worst-run franchise in a league where the Edmonton Oilers exist, life has not been easy in Canada’s capital city. Yet there was a […]

Lukas Reichel 2019-20 Team: Eisbären Berlin (#44)Date of Birth: May 17, 2002Place of Birth: Nuremberg, GermanyHt: 6-foot-0 Wt: 172 lbs.Shoots: LeftPosition: Left WingNHL Draft Eligibility: 2019 first-year eligible NHL Central Scouting: 14th (among EU skaters) Bob McKenzie, TSN: 29th Craig Button, TSN: 37th HockeyProspects.com: 20th ISS: 31st Future Considerations: 48th Andrew Forbes (The Hockey Writers): […]