We’re continuing out prospect profiles by talking about the brother of New Jersey Devil and former 2nd overall selection, Simon Nemec. Adam NemecPosition: Left WingShoots: LeftHeight: 6’0″Weight: 176lbs This one is a little hopeful on my part, as Adam is generally ranked around the late 1st to mid 2nd round in terms of where he’ll … Read more
Alright folks, we’re off and running towards the NHL Entry Draft here in Leafs Nation, while the rest of the world is awaiting the puck to drop on the 1st round of the playoffs. We’re not going to speak about the young men at the top of the draft just yet. There’s a better chance … Read more
To say the least, goalies are very tough to pin down in terms of career projections and almost none of them make an immediate impact at the NHL level. If you draft one it’s understood that you have taken on a project. Take Joseph Woll for example, who was selected in the 3rd round of … Read more
The Leafs made the decision to trade back from their first round selection, #23 overall, to garner more picks in this years draft. They trade pick #23 to the Anaheim Ducks, for #31 and #58 in this year draft. Considering the fact that they didn’t have a 2nd or 3rd round selection this year, nor … Read more
We’re just 2 days away from the NHL Entry Draft, which means we’re just 2 days from finding out that even if I wrote 40 of these I’d somehow still not have covered the player the Leafs are going to pick, because my entire life is Leafy. We’ll strike another name off the list though, … Read more
Tonight the Stanley Cup will be awarded to the Edmonton Oilers or Florida Panthers. It would be really fun to be talking about the Leafs in that scenario someday, but here we are wondering if they’d be better off taking winger Nikita Artamonov in the draft on Friday instead. Nikita ArtamonovPosition: Left WingShoots: LeftHeight: 5’11”Weight: … Read more
While the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers head towards a 7th game in the Stanley Cup Final, we’re just under a week away from the NHL Entry Draft. Based solely on the rankings, we’re getting thin on prospects to talk about that may be available at #23, as we’ve covered quite a few. One under … Read more
The NHL Entry Draft is just 1 week away, so we’ll get as many of these in as possible before that date. Emil HemmingPosition: Right WingShoots: RightHeight: 6’2″Weight: 200lbs Over the course of 40 games for TPS in the Liiga this year, Hemming scored 7 goals and 11pts, which is impressive for a 17 year … Read more
I’m not overly thrilled at the idea of adding another winger to the system, but best player available is generally the rule of thumb while drafting and at #23, if he’s still on the board, it’s quite possible that Chernyshov will be that player. Igor ChernyshovPosition: Left WingShoots: RightHeight: 6’2″Weight: 192lbs Chernyshov is a player … Read more
I’d like to start this one off by wishing all of the father’s out there a Happy Father’s Day. Kick back and try to relax!! I’ll follow that by pointing out the absurdity of writing about Trevor Connelly on Father’s Day and I’ll explain why. Trevor ConnellyPosition: Centre/Left WingShoots: LeftHeight: 6’1″ Weight: 160lbs The skinny … Read more