Jimmy Hamrin provides a detailed profile of highly touted prospect Rasmus Dahlin. He has been touted as a potential number one pick for the 2017 NHL draft. It is early in the season and the [...]
Welcome to McKeen’s Hockey’s 2017-18 prospect coverage. “My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as [...]
We are very proud to release the 23rd edition of the McKeen's Hockey Pool Yearbook. It is now 250 pages packed with information. We have expanded our coverage this year on both our NHL profiles [...]
By Jimmy Hamrin, October 20th, 2017
Jimmy Hamrin provides a detailed profile of highly touted prospect Rasmus Dahlin. He has been touted as a potential number one pick for the 2017 NHL draft. It is early in the season and the [...]
By Roman Solovyov, October 19th, 2017Russian prospect scout Roman Solovyov provides a detailed look at Bruins prospect Alexander Khokhlachev, drafted in 2011. He scored 68 points in 60 AHL games in 2015-16, but frustrated by his handling by the Bruins [...]- Welcome to McKeen’s Hockey’s 2017-18 prospect coverage. “My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as [...]
Vince Gibbons debuts with McKeen's Hockey with an early breakdown of two draft eligible skaters Andrei Pavlenko of the Edmonton Oilkings and Riley Sutter of the Everett Silvertips. He also updates us on two Brandon [...]
Anaheim Ryan Getzlaf – Sustained a lower-body injury last week and hasn’t resumed skating yet. A couple days back Ducks coach Randy Carlyle did say on Saturday that he expected Getzlaf to play in the [...]
Anaheim Ryan Miller – Missed Wednesday’s practice and Thursday’s preseason game with an upper-body injury. It’s not clear if he’s in any danger of missing the season opener or not. Kevin Bieksa – In the [...]![22 February 2016: Columbus Blue Jackets center Alexander Wennberg (41) [10389] holds the puck. The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Boston Bruins 6-4 in a regular season NHL game at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photograph by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire)](https://www.mckeenshockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Alexander-Wennberg-e1506546211483-152x112.jpg)
Anaheim Patrick Eaves – He hasn’t been skating due to a lower-body injury and hasn’t played in a preseason game yet. The hope is to get him into a practice and then an exhibition contest, [...]
It is early in the pre-season, but Ryan Dadoun brings a round up of the news so far. Nothing earth shattering, but lots to keep an eye on. McKeen's will do an update end of [...]- We are very proud to release the 23rd edition of the McKeen's Hockey Pool Yearbook. It is now 250 pages packed with information. We have expanded our coverage this year on both our NHL profiles [...]
By Ryan Wagman, September 16th, 2017The goaltender paradox is one of the last and most difficult-to-overcome issues remaining in hockey. On the one hand, some of the best goaltenders of all time were lightly regarded as amateurs – or not [...]
TOP 31 / McKeen's 2017 NHL Draft Rankings
| RANK | PLAYER | POS | TEAM | HT/WT | DOB | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nolan Patrick | C | Brandon (WHL) | 6-2/200 | 1998-09-19 | Canada |
| 2 | Nico Hischier | C | Halifax (QMJHL) | 6-1/175 | 1999-01-04 | Switzerland |
| 3 | Miro Heiskanen | D | HIFK Helsinki (Fin) | 6-0/170 | 1999-07-18 | Finland |
| 4 | Gabriel Vilardi | C | Windsor (OHL) | 6-3/200 | 1999-08-16 | Canada |
| 5 | Casey Mittelstadt | C | Eden Prairie (USHS-MN) | 6-1/200 | 1998-11-22 | USA |
| 6 | Owen Tippett | RW | Mississauga (OHL) | 6-1/200 | 1999-02-16 | Canada |
| 7 | Cale Makar | D | Brooks (AJHL) | 5-11/180 | 1998-10-30 | Canada |
| 8 | Cody Glass | C | Portland (WHL) | 6-2/180 | 1999-04-01 | Canada |
| 9 | Kristian Vesalainen | LW | Frolunda (Swe) | 6-3/205 | 1999-06-01 | Finland |
| 10 | Michael Rasmussen | C | Tri-City (WHL) | 6-6/215 | 1999-04-17 | Canada |
| 11 | Elias Pettersson | C | Timra (Swe 2) | 6-2/165 | 1998-11-12 | Sweden |
| 12 | Martin Necas | C | Kometa Brno (Cze) | 6-0/170 | 1999-01-15 | Czech |
| 13 | Urho Vaakanainen | D | JyP Jyvaskyla (Fin) | 6-0/185 | 1999-01-01 | Finland |
| 14 | Juuso Valimaki | D | Tri-City (WHL) | 6-2/205 | 1998-10-06 | Finland |
| 15 | Robert Thomas | C | London (OHL) | 6-0/190 | 1999-07-02 | Canada |
| 16 | Nick Suzuki | C | Owen Sound (OHL) | 5-11/185 | 1999-09-10 | Canada |
| 17 | Lias Andersson | C | HV 71 (Swe) | 5-11/200 | 1998-10-13 | Sweden |
| 18 | Isaac Ratcliffe | LW | Guelph (OHL) | 6-5/200 | 1999-02-15 | Canada |
| 19 | Erik Brannstrom | D | HV 71 (Swe) | 5-10/175 | 1999-09-02 | Sweden |
| 20 | Timothy Liljegren | D | Rogle (Swe) | 6-0/190 | 1999-04-30 | Sweden |
| 21 | Klim Kostin | C | Dynamo Moscow (Rus) | 6-3/195 | 1999-05-05 | Russia |
| 22 | Eeli Tolvanen | RW | Sioux City (USHL) | 5-10/175 | 1999-04-22 | Finland |
| 23 | Conor Timmins | D | Sault Ste Marie (OHL) | 6-1/185 | 1998-09-18 | Canada |
| 24 | Kailer Yamamoto | RW | Spokane (WHL) | 5-8/160 | 1998-09-29 | Canada |
| 25 | Jason Robertson | LW | Kingston (OHL) | 6-2/195 | 1999-07-22 | USA |
| 26 | Ryan Poehling | C | St. Cloud State (NCHC) | 6-2/195 | 1999-01-03 | USA |
| 27 | Nicolas Hague | D | Mississauga (OHL) | 6-6/215 | 1998-12-05 | Canada |
| 28 | Josh Norris | C | NTDP (USA) | 6-1/195 | 1999-05-05 | USA |
| 29 | Shane Bowers | C | Waterloo (USHL) | 6-1/185 | 1999-07-30 | Canada |
| 30 | Cal Foote | D | Kelowna (WHL) | 6-4/215 | 1998-12-13 | USA |
| 31 | Henri Jokiharju | D | Portland (WHL) | 6-0/180 | 1999-06-17 | Finland |
