In Thursday’s USHL matchup, the Dubuque Fighting Saints traveled to Fargo and beat the defending champions 7-4, bringing their season record to 5-1-0-0, which places them at the top of the league standings. While Dubuque showcased strong offensive skills, players Jonathan Morello and Kristian Kostadinski did not score any points. Morello performed better than inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 13, 2024”
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Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part Two
If you regularly read this blog, you’re likely familiar with the chart below. For those who are seeing it for the first time, I use this chart to assess whether a player is meeting their expectations production wise. Scoring points is not the only indicator of success. For example, you wouldn’t expect a strong defensiveContinue reading “Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part Two”
Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part One
We are gearing up for another season of coverage on Boston Bruins prospects. There’s no better moment to share my insights as players start to join their teams and leagues worldwide for the beginning of training camps. Every offseason, I start with the chart below. It helps me monitor the players during the season andContinue reading “Boston Bruins 2024-2025 Preseason Prospect Update: Part One”
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 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 Offseason Prospect Update: Part 2
PART 1 This is the second in a series of articles covering Boston Bruins prospects. Today, we will analyze the player’s performance. In the past, I have utilized a formula to assess a player’s expected output. Some fans doubt its effectiveness, and that’s valid as their viewpoints are significant and not ignored. However, one NHLContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update: Part 2”
Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update: Part 1
The offseason has begun, and this is the first article in a series of four focusing on Boston Bruins prospects outside the AHL and the season just completed. Those of you that are regular readers here may remember this chart. This is what it looked like in the preseason: The chart shows my assessment ofContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update: Part 1”
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 Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 21, 2024
Jackson Edward was in consideration for the OHL Player of the Week honors for the week ending April 14, 2024 by the OHL. On Monday, the Sioux Falls Stampede defeated the Tri-City Storm 6-5 in overtime to win game 1 of their best-of-seven playoff series. This marked the Stampede’s first postseason victory in 5 years.Continue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 21, 2024”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 14, 2024
On Wednesday, Latvia played another exhibition game in preparation for the World Hockey Championships, this time against Finland. The Finns took this one by a score of 3-2 in overtime. After scoring once in regulation and another in a shootout in two games against Austria last week, Dans Locmelis was held off the scoreboard inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: April 14, 2024”
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