2012 NHL Draft Top 30 Rankings (Collage Images courtesy of Aaron Bell/CHL Images) The Hockey Guys are pleased to release the inaugural “THG’s NHL Draft Top 30 Rankings”, a guide aimed at providing hockey fans with information on the upcoming 2012 draft class. Prospect guru Brendan Ross and credentialed OHL writer Todd Cordell team ...
By Todd Cordell (@ToddCordell) Score Colts – 5 / Spitfires – 1 Spotted scouts I can confirm scouts from the Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, and Buffalo Sabres were in attendance. Barrie Colts Notable scratches: Eric Locke (upper-body injury) C – Mark Scheifele, Jets – Scheifele was the best player on the ice, in my ...
By Mike Luciano and Todd Cordell So far the New Jersey Devils have shown a lot of promise early on in the season but Devils fans shouldn’t be done holding their breath just yet. After making a few observations about the team’s play, I was fortunate enough to get some valuable input from my fellow ...
By Todd Cordell (@ToddCordell) Score Colts – 8 / IceDogs – 6 Spotted scouts Scouts from the Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, and Washington Capitals were at the Colts/IceDogs game. There were more scouts across the rink from me, but I could not see which team they were representing. Barrie Colts Notable scratches: Mark ...
By Todd Cordell (@ToddCordell) Last night I covered the Barrie Colts / Peterborough Petes game on behalf of TheHockeyGuys. The Colts blew a 5-2 lead in the final 80 seconds of regulation, only to go on and win it a few minutes into overtime. It was by far the best game I’ve covered. Here is ...
By Todd Cordell (@ToddCordell) Last night I covered my first regular season OHL game for TheHockeyGuys, and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. The final score was Barrie, 7, Kingston, 4. Here is a look at how some draft eligible, and already drafted players performed last night. Spotted scouts There were a lot of ...
Anthony Mingioni, Todd Cordell and Dustin Leed have teamed up to bring you their individual Western Conference predictions for the 2011-12 season. See the madness below — Eastern Conference predictions can be seen here: http://thehockeyguys.net/?p=3601 Dustin Leed 1. Vancouver Canucks – Losing Ryan Kesler to start the season will hurt, the ‘Nucks are still ...
By Todd Cordell Detroit Red Wings 1. Niklas Kronwall will have a 45+ point season Though Kronwall was already a regular contributor offensively from the Red Wings blueline, I expect him to produce even more this season. As you all know Brian Rafalski retired, so Kronwall will now take his spot on the first powerplay ...
By Todd Cordell Minnesota Wild 1. Dany Heatley will benefit from change of scenery I really feel Heatley will benefit from moving from the San Jose Sharks to the Wild. He will obviously have less talent to work with, but in Minnesota he will be the ‘go-to-guy’. He’s motivated to prove he can still be ...
By Todd Cordell In case you missed any – or all – of the first three editions, I am doing team-by-team fantasy predictions sorted by division. In this six-part series, I will make fantasy predictions on two players from each team in every division and say why or why not I think that player will ...
