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Draft Preview 2016
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FAMILY TIES
13. Max Jones Father: Brad Jones (148 NHL GP) 14. logan Brown FATHER: Jeff Brown (747 NHL GP) 15. Julien Gauthier UNCLE: DENIS GAUTHIER (554 NHL GP) 26. Brett Howden BROTHER: Quinton Howden (92 NHL GP) 38. Lucas Johansen BROTHER: Ryan Johansen (351 NHL GP) 45. JONATHAN DAH LEN FATHER: ULF DAH LeN (966 NHL GP) 47. Tage Thompson FATHER: Brent Thompson (121 NHL GP) 53. GRIFFIN LUCE Grandfather: don luce (894 NHL GP) 74. TRA VIS BARRON UNCLE: Andrew Cassels (1,015 NHL GP) DAVID QUENNEVILLE 2ND COUSIN: Joel Quenneville (803 NHL GP) TY RONNING UNCLE: Cliff Ronning (1,137 NHL GP) LU KE MCINNIS FATHER: Mart y Mcinnis (796 NHL GP) BEN GLEASON COUSIN: Tim Gleason (727 NHL GP) GRAHAM MCPHEE FATHER: GEO RGE MCPHEE (115 NHL GP) GARRETT PILON FATHER: Rich Pilon (631 NHL GP) KRISTIAN REICHEL FATHER: Robert Reichel (830 NHL GP) REM PITLICK FATHER: Lance Pitlick (393 NHL GP) KEVIN & KELLY KLIMA FATHER: PETR KLIMA (786 NHL GP)…
FINNS ON THE MOVE
OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON, all of Finland caught World Junior Championship fever. It was understandable. The tournament was held right in the capital, Helsinki, and the home side captured gold in a thrilling overtime victory over the Russians for a second WJC title in three years. The two players front and center for Suomi fans were Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi – 2016 draft-eligible phenoms, good friends and roommates at the world juniors. After the WJC ended, however, they went back to being opponents in the Finnish League, eventually facing off in a post-season matchup between Laine’s Tappara and Puljujarvi’s Karpat. Laine, who scored six goals in the series, stole the headlines in the seven-game showdown. He tied Game 5 with 52 seconds remaining and Game 6 with just one second…
RE-LEAF IS ON THE WAY
So you’ve just won the 2016 NHL draft lottery – what now, Toronto? Everything about Auston Matthews indicates he’s ready for NHL duty right away, but the Maple Leafs can still shelter him in the lineup. Toronto recently signed center Nazem Kadri to an extension, and while Kadri is best suited as a No. 2 pivot, he should draw the hardest assignments in the early stages of Matthews’ career. Matthews has proven adept at finding chemistry with creative players, like he did with Robert Nilsson in the Swiss League, so why not try Auston on a second line with William Nylander? Although Nylander did play center this season, Leafs’ brass prefers him on the wing. A crease presence would also help Matthews since he does such great work in the corners and…
SORRY, BRAIN. THE LEGS AREN’T HOME
THE STRAIGHT EDGE WITH RYAN KENNEDY @THNRYANKENNEDY FOR YEARS I HAVE COVERED the NHL draft combine and, with my very unscientific eye, tried to read just how hard the players were pushing themselves on a couple notorious bike tests: the Wingate, an anaerobic test, and the V02 Max, an aerobic test. The Wingate is the shorter of the two, taking just 30 seconds. But players fear it nonetheless. St. Louis Blues prospect Luke Opilka went through the combine last year and, because most of the events were on the same concourse, he could hear his fellow draft hopefuls subjected to the bike torture way before he even got to that station. “You’re pretty nervous, because it sounded terrible,” he said. “I blacked out when I did it. I was seeing dots.” In the past, I…
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