Ryan Mast, a towering right shot defenseman standing at 6’5″ and weighing 221 lbs, had drawn interest among NHL scouts mainly because of his physical presence. Born on January 14, 2003, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Mast’s journey from a young hockey enthusiast to professional player is worth a look at. Early Career and Draft Mast’sContinue reading “Ryan Mast: What’s the Forecast?”
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Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 16, 2025
Casper Nassen For a team that hasn’t won a hockey game since the opening month of the season, having to face Ty Gallagher and Colorado College on back-to-back nights was not an easy task. It started off poorly as CC took the opener on Friday night 6-1 and dropping Miami’s record to 3-22-2 on theContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 16, 2025”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 1, 2024
Casper Nassen Miami had a bye week last week. Dans Locmelis U-Mass defeated Army 3-1 on Friday and improved to 7-6-2 on the season. Locmelis had an assist on the opening goal, had 2 SOG and was a plus-1 with 19:59 TOI. With 15 points on the season, he is third on the team inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: December 1, 2024”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 17, 2024
Casper Nassen Things are not going well for Miami as they suffered their fifth consecutive loss on Friday, this time to Minnesota-Duluth, by a score of 5-0. Nassen obviously finished with zero points, was a minus-2 and had 1 SOG with 17:14 TOI. Just when you think things could not get any worse, the twoContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 17, 2024”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 10, 2024
Casper Nassen Miami suffered its third consecutive loss on Friday, falling 3-2 in overtime to St. Cloud State. This marked the third straight game where Casper Nassen did not score any points. He had one shot on goal and played for 17 minutes and 33 seconds. Miami has not won any game in which NassenContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: November 10, 2024”
A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2021
Previous drafts: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 What constitutes a successful draft or a failing draft? The hockey community looks at NHL games played to determine success, although some choose to look at 100 games as successful while others look at 200 games. Fans in droves prefer to look at stats. Harman Dayal andContinue reading “A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2021”
Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 4: Your Questions
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 Mike has four questions: Lysell- interesting first half of the season, was called out, then showed marked improvement from what I can tell. What are the next steps for him to make that final push/jump? I maintained my belief in Fabian Lysell, and bluntly put, I thought he neededContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 4: Your Questions”
Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings
PART 1 PART 2 The Boston Bruins prospect rankings are criticized for lacking top-tier prospects, attributed to their consistent competitiveness leading to low draft positions and trading high picks to pursue Stanley Cup victories. Building a championship-quality roster requires a variety of players. Despite lacking top prospects, the Bruins have a strong prospect pool forContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 28, 2024
Game 3 between the Dubuque Fighting Saints and the Youngstown Phantoms was a nail-biter on Tuesday, with the teams locked in a scoreless tie until late in the third period. Dubuque finally broke through to take a 1-0 lead at the 13:33 mark, but Youngstown evened the score at 1-1 with just 1:42 remaining toContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 28, 2024”
Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update Part Four: The Conclusion
Part One: Prospect Chances Part Two: Prospect Production Part Three: Providence Bruins This is the conclusion to my four-part series looking at Boston Bruins prospects. If you missed the first three parts, you can find them at the links above. Much has been written about the Bruins prospect pool and it hasn’t been kind toContinue reading “Boston Bruins Mid Season Prospect Update Part Four: The Conclusion”
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