NHL teams are often the problem when it comes to prospect development. These teams either don't know what to do with the player (Linus Omark a famous example) or have others in the queue who are ...

This is NHL rookie scoring in January of 2013. The Oilers had a couple of freshmen tearing up the blacktop, and there were a few fast starts that did not turn in to NHL careers. The best Oilers rookie ...

This is a list of 'certain' Oilers in September 2015. We were waiting for the backup goaltender, the fourth-line RW and one ...

This is me in the summer of 1971, the Montreal Canadiens having ripped my heart out just a few weeks earlier. This is 17 ...

One of the important aspects of evaluating young players in the AHL is correctly projecting them to specific roles. Projecting David Pastrnak was easy a decade ago (what the hell was he doing in the ...

Mark Fayne and Martin Marincin saw tough minutes and started from their own five-yard line. The coaching staff gave Justin Schultz a zone-start push and (often) the best young partner available (Oscar ...

This is Ziggy, not using her pineapple bed. When she's asleep, the world's most spoiled dog is at rest, cute as a button, and easy to love. Awake, she prowls the house in search of any dropped morsel ...