The salary cap era has added a new dimension to roster management in the NHL and, as a result, fans and journalists have never been as eager to crunch numbers as they are today. Over the course of the past half decade, general managers have discovered clever ways to circumvent the predetermined limit and ease cap hits […]

When the Philadelphia Flyers came away from the first-round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft with highly-touted centers Jeff Carter and Mike Richards many thought general manager Bobby Clarke had gotten away with grand larceny. Richards, named captain of the Flyers in 2008, quickly developed into one of the league’s best two-way pivots while amassing […]

Consistency. It’s what makes or breaks an organization. It’s the difference between a good market and a bad market, between winning and losing. It is also one of the hardest things for major junior hockey teams to achieve year in and year out. When one looks at the best organizations in the Ontario Hockey League, it’s […]

Sometimes receiving a little less attention than your peers pays off in the end. In the case of Logan Couture, not having to shimmer the Calder Trophy every other day over the course of the summer could very well end up helping him in the long-run. A trusty young center for the new-look San Jose Sharks, the […]

Of all the positions within the front office of a professional hockey team, the general manager receives the most credit for a successful season, but the praise doesn’t come without the risk of bearing the majority of criticism when things end poorly. While all GMs are bound to make at least a few critical mistakes during their […]

It’s every young hockey player’s dream to one day have their name called at the NHL Entry Draft, but when you find out you’ve been selected to the same team as one of your best friends and junior teammates, it makes the experience that much more surreal. Recently, Niagara IceDogs forwards Ryan Strome and Mitchell Theoret had a chance to experience […]

It wasn’t long ago when Canada had a plethora of riches between the pipes. Patrick Roy, Martin Brodeur, Ed Belfour and Curtis Joseph were all among the elite goaltenders in the world, making the act of selecting a Team Canada roster extremely difficult. This abundance of talent at the position descended from a long line […]

As the elite prospects of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft were wiped off the draft board one-by-one, scouting departments and management staff alike held hands in preparation for a jump into the proverbial deep end. Like in any sport, drafting decisions made after the first couple rounds can be considered on par with a drunken […]

The 2011 NHL Entry Draft has come and gone and the order in which it all went down wasn’t too far off what we predicted prior to the event in these very pages – for starters at least. TheGP‘s NHL Mock Draft accurately called the first four selections with flair before the New York Islanders […]

One of the most interesting aspects of the NHL Entry Draft is filtering through the hundreds of prospects to find potential steals or sleeper picks. Year after year, diamonds in the rough slip through the fingers of general managers and head scouts. There are a myriad of factors that contribute to a player’s sleeper status, […]