Showing posts with label 2014 NHL Draft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014 NHL Draft. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
NCAA Hockey: 62 Players Selected in the 2014 NHL Draft
Originally posted at the Hockey Writers. This past weekend, the NHL held its 2014 Entry Level Draft. A total of 62 current and or committed college hockey players were selected in the 2014 NHL draft. Over half of the teams in college hockey were represented during the 2014 NHL Draft, 31-of-59 division I teams had players that were drafted (.525).
Four college bound players were selected in the first round of 2014 NHL Draft. That’s an increase over last year.
In the 2013 NHL Draft, there was one college bound player selected in the first round, Michael McCarron, the former Western Michigan recruit was selected 25th overall by the Montreal Canadians. After the 2013 NHL Draft, McCarron decommitted from Western Michigan, and signed a contract with the London Knights of the OHL.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Minnesota WIld: Free Agency Pondering
Michael Russo from the Startribune has some more free agent nuggets today. I love this time of year, this is where the big free agency moves happen. It will be interesting to see what the Wild do next week. I am excited about some of the names that are being thrown around.
Michael Russo, Russo’s Rants – Fletcher did set up meetings in Philadelphia with Thomas Vanek’s agent, Steve Bartlett, and Matt Niskanen’s agent, Neil Sheehy, who helped deliver Ryan Suter to the Wild in 2012. Remember, it was at the St. Paul Airport where I was hiding in the bushes behind a fence (I wish I was exaggerating) and witnessed Fletcher, Craig Leipold, Mike Yeo, Suter’s financial advisor Tom Sagissor and Sheehy get off of Leipold’s private plane after meeting with Suter in Madison.I am glad that the Minnesota Wild are looking at adding another high-end defenseman. I wrote about this subject over on the Hockey Wilderness. Matt Niskanen would really look good in a red Minnesota Wild jersey. I am sure that Running with The Dogs would love the move as well.
Leipold’s plane then gave Sheehy a ride back up to International Falls and about 18 hours later on July 4, Suter and Zach Parise were officially signed on the dotted line.
Well, perhaps Sheehy will soon ink another one of his clients on the Wild.
According to sources, the Wild has significant interest in Niskanen, 27, the right-shot defenseman who had a career year in Pittsburgh. But so do other teams, so it’ll be interesting to see how high and how long the Wild’s willing to go. Remember, you can only allegedly talk in general parameters about a contract but nothing can be binding until Tuesday after 11 a.m. CT. Niskanen is 100 percent going to become a free agent.
As for Vanek, he has made big money, so the question is how much does he want to play in Minnesota. I believe the Wild would love him to sign a contract between one to three years so it can also fill two holes.
In my humble opinion, the Minnesota Wild are a player or two away from having a really good d-corps. If the Wild could add a high-end free agent defenseman, and delete a defenseman (or two) they could shore up their d-corps substantially. While some might
disagree with me, I think that the Wild are a bit thin on blue line, and their top-six defenders could use an upgrade.
Perusing my twitter feed, a fair number of Wild fans have suggested that the Wild forget about signing the former Golden Gopher Thomas Vanek, and attempt to sign UFA Matt Niskanen during the 2014 free agent signing period. I don't think it's bad idea at all. However, based on how the former Bulldog played this past season, he's not going to come cheap, either. In 81 games with the Pittsburg Penguins, Niskanen scored (10g-36a-46pts). He was also a plus/minus rating of plus-33.
Draft Weekend - Links
Good morning… The NHL Draft is this weekend and a few UND recruits should be drafted this weekend. Nick Schmaltz should be a low first –second round draft choice. For all of your draft coverage, don’t’ forget to check out the Hockey Writers and the Hockey Wilderness.
Gino Odjick’s last fight: Beloved Canucks enforcer battles terminal heart disease
Sounds like Jets forward Evander Kane is on the way outin Winnipeg. It would be interesting to see what teams would be interested in trading for him.
According to Michael Russo, the Minnesota Wild are looking to resign Cody McCormick.
Friday, June 20, 2014
2015 NHL Entry Level Draft Order
Round 1
1. Florida
2. Buffalo
3. Edmonton
4. Calgary
5. NY Islanders
6. Vancouver
7. Carolina
8. Toronto
9. Winnipeg
10. Anaheim (from Ottawa)
11. Nashville
12. Phoenix
13. Washington
14. Dallas
15. Detroit
16. Columbus
17. Philadelphia
18. Minnesota
19. Tampa Bay
20. San Jose
21. St. Louis (conditional to Buffalo)
22. Pittsburgh
23. Colorado
24. Anaheim
25. Boston
26. Montreal
27. Chicago
28. Tampa Bay (from NY Rangers)
29. Los Angeles
30. New Jersey
The 2015 Draft is next weekend on July 27 and 28. The Minnesota Wild will draft 18th and the Boston Bruins will draft 25th. UND recruit Nick Schmaltz based on the mock drafts and other information that I have read, is probably going to be drafted somewhere between 23rd and 30th. He could drop down to the second round as well.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
NCAA Hockey players to be drafted
The 2014 NHL Entry Level Draft is on June 27 & 28, 2014. It looks like the Boston College Eagles could have three players drafted in the first round of this year's entry level draft. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been combing through numerous mock drafts from the Mock Draft Database, and it appears that Boston College Eagles recruit Alex Tuch "should" be the first player drafted with college hockey ties. Boston College Eagles recruit Sonny Milano should end up being drafted right behind him.
Alex Tuch – Boston College, range 11-28
Dylan Larkin – Michigan, range 15-24
Thatcher
Demko – Boston College, range 18-29
Nick Schmaltz – North Dakota, range 23-30
Josh Jacobs – Michigan State, range 30
Jack
Glover – Minnesota, range 22-28
Jack Dougherty – Wisconsin, range 20-22 Sunday, May 18, 2014
UND Hockey: UND Recruits in the 2014 NHL Entry Level Draft
You can check out my full list at the Hockey Writers. The 2014 NHL Entry Draft is on June 27-28, 2014. I have compiled a list of future UND hockey players that are eligible for the 2014 NHL Draft. This list was based on the Central Scouting’s rankings.
Rhett Gardner, Forward, Okotoks Oilers AJHL, North Dakota, Elite Prospects Page
#24 – Nick Schmaltz, Forward, Green Bay USHL, University of North Dakota, Elite Prospects Page
Ryan Mantha, Sioux City USHL, University of North Dakota, Elite Prospects Page
Austin Poganski, Forward, Tri-City USHL, University of North Dakota, Elite Prospects Page
Chris Wilkie, Forward, Tri-City USHL, University of North Dakota, Elite Prospects Page
Shane Gersich, Forward, USNTDP USHL, University of North Dakota, Elite Prospects Page
**Drake Caggiula, Forward, University of North Dakota, Elite Prospects Page
**UND forward Drake Caggiula is still eligible to be drafted, and there’s a possibility that he could be drafted up by a team in the 2014 NHL Draft.
#ISS Hockey Top 30 Prospects Rankings [LINK]
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