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And here it is!

Looks like Rathbone has been promoted to the top pair with Fox! Only took him one game to impress the coach I guess.

Anyone wanting to watch Quinn play against NHL quality players (Matthews, Parise and Jones to name a few), he's participating in USA Hockey's Stars and Stripes Showdown. The first period is about to begin. Livestream can be found here: https://www.usahockeyarena.com/starsandstripes

So that should put an end to this story...

Well, 2018 Gaudette might be better than 2018 Kesler so that's a start...

He has been excellent. Plays the game like Mathew Barzal but as a defenceman.

We definitely miss him more than a lot of people would give credit for. I am curious to see if he might be able to rediscover some of his offensive game if Green tries him on a line with Dahlen and Pettersson next year. It might be a decent fit as Eriksson has proven he can score with talented line-mates and he could be a good Swedish mentor to the pair and cover the defensive gaffs that are bound to come with rookies.

Eriksson has a full no movement clause for this season meaning he can't be waived. However, I believe it becomes a limited no trade starting next year which means he could be waived then. It also means he can be exposed to Seattle whenever they have their expansion draft in the coming years.

Pettersson scores on a breakaway! NEW RECORD!!!!!!!!

He has tied Nilsson's record with his 3rd point of the game! 54 on the season with 1 and 1/2 games to go!

And I'm pretty sure he just got another on the powerplay!

He's got an assist! 1 point from tying the record!

With the hat-trick and primary assist tonight, Lind has taken over the league lead in primary points per game at 1.49. He now has 76 primary points and 85 points total in 50 games played. This means that 89.4% of his production is primary points - which is insane. Even more impressive when you factor in the injuries he's dealt with this season. The kid is a machine!

Just for comparison sake, I took a look at the deeper numbers Lind (75 pts in 46) is putting up compared to Aleksi Heponiemi (96 pts in 42 gms). The results were quite surprising. Here's how they stack up (all stats taken from http://prospect-stats.com/): Also of note: Lind is leading the whole WHL in even strength primary points (goal and first assist) per 60 minutes at 3.61. The next highest is over-aged Braydon Burke at 3.4. His stat line at even strength reads 15(G)- 27(A1) - 3(A2) - 45(P) His stat line in all situations is 29(G) - 38(A1) - 8(A2) - 75(P) He's 3rd in the league in primary points per game (1.46) in all-situations trailing only Heponiemi (1.52) and over-aged Jayden Halbgewachs (1.46). To summarize: Lind is having a freakin' amazing year. Side note to all people who love following prospects: http://prospect-stats.com/ is an amazing website if you are interested in in-depth stats for players in the CHL, USHL and AHL I don't remember how I first got there, but I was lucky to stumble on it last year, and I saw on twitter that they had added this years stats.

He just scored again haha!

Just got another one! The kid is killing it! 2 goals in the final 10 minutes of a must win game to give his team a 4-2 lead!

Love this pick! He's got a pic of Marty St. Louis in his twitter banner. That shows he believes he can make because its been done before. Welcome Petrus!

I've got to say, I give full marks to Juolevi for sacrificing himself to draw that penalty. He put himself in a position where he's either able to shield the puck and move it safely or his opponent will (stupidly) run him from behind and likely take a penalty (especially in junior). I'm not saying I want him regularly setting himself up to be boarded but, given the high stakes involved, that was a gutsy play.

Game 7 OT upcoming!

Out of the players ranked 6-10 on that list, I'd probably go: 6. Tippett is the best of these 5 (though I don't think we necessarily need him as we all hope Boeser can be a 1st line RW). 7. Makar is having an astronomical rise through the rankings and has received such high praise that you get the feeling he might be something like EK65 (honestly, I'm just jumping on the hype train for this ranking haha) 8. Necas I like his skillset and the fact that he is a C. 9. Tolvanen is someone I have been interested in since last year, however, his lack of showing anything at the WJC scared me off a bit. 10. Rasmussen scores all his points on the powerplay. That's a huge red flag for me. This a more in-depth read on Rasmussen from CanucksArmy: http://canucksarmy.com/2017/2/2/let-s-talk-about-michael-rasmussen Here's a table from the article showing how he gets his points: Sit. G A1 A2 P1 P Rank All 32 12 10 44 54 7th 5v5 12 3 4 15 19 T-21st 5v4 15 6 5 21 26 1st 5v3 0 1 1 1 2 T-5th 4v5 2 1 0 3 3 T-5th 4v4 2 0 0 2 2 T-1st 3v3 1 1 0 2 2 T-3rd I probably wouldn't take Rasmussen until pick 15-20. That's just the way I see it though. For all we know, he could end up the best player in the draft.

I'm also on the Mittelstadt bandwagon, and I'd even be ok if we took him up to #3. I'd also be willing to bet he's Benning's pick around that spot, JB has shown that he's not afraid to take players from the USHL.

Hischier showing what he's about. 2Gs, 1a against Canada with most of third period to go and looking dangerous every shift!

Don't forget Barzal as well! I'm really looking forward to watching Canada this year. I always love watching the world juniors, but last year was painful as the Canadian team was clearly much weaker than in recent years (I think the team might have missed McDavid a bit ). The only upside (at the time) was getting to dream about picking Puljujaarvi or Laine in the draft. Here's hoping we get to cheer on Brisebois at this tournament, and maybe a future Canuck in Patrick as well!

Nice video, obviously the kid has some serious wheels. However, when it comes to the comparison part (especially with McDavid and Mackinnon), it seemed as though the players he was being compared to were carrying the puck, whereas he was simply skating full out in pursuit. As elite a skater as he might be, it's a whole other animal carrying and handling the puck at that speed. It's what separates the McDavids and Mackinnons from the Raymonds and Hansens. It's also what makes me think we might have a future #1 center in Horvat already. When Bo gets going, his hands and brain can keep up with his skating. I like Hischier and I'm going to have to watch more tape on him. Obviously the trend in the league is towards a fast, skilled game and he could definitely develop into an exciting player in the NHL. As unheralded as this year's draft is, it has the potential to produce some gems like the 2014 draft (also though of as not really having a franchise player and then Ekblad exploded).