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August 14, 2017
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FAST FORWARD IN PROGRESS
IN A YEAR with few sure things, the Canucks went out and got their guy. Vancouver grabbed the highly skilled Elias Pettersson with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 draft, bolstering a prospect pipeline that had run fallow for a few years before a more recent uptick. The ascent has dovetailed with the promotion of scout Judd Brackett to director of amateur scouting in the summer of 2015 and, for a team that was basically dragged into a rebuild, the future looks positive. Pettersson joins a promising young group that includes right winger Brock Boeser, defenseman Olli Juolevi and goalie Thatcher Demko, but Pettersson’s journey has just begun. The Swedish national was nearly a point-per-game player for Timra in Sweden’s second-tier Allsvenskan circuit this past season and earned himself a…
GOODS | GEAR | LIFE
AVOIDING GREEK TRAGEDIES ERIK KARLSSON AND Matt Cooke were tangled up along the boards in February 2013 when Cooke’s skate sliced Karlsson’s Achilles. The Ottawa Senators’ star blueliner required surgery and missed 31 games. Injuries like this, and others sustained by the likes of Tyler Seguin and Claude Giroux, inspired Peter Mehdizadeh, Speed Hockey’s president and CEO, to create The Savior Pro, a carbon-fiber guard that sits on the calf underneath the skate. It shields the calf from pucks, slashes and skate blades. There’s also an alternate version, trading the carbon fiber for plastic, but the concept stays the same. “The idea is to protect the player,” Mehdizadeh said. The NHL cleared both versions for in-game use in 2016 and, according to Mehdizadeh, it’s already being used by several players. (speedhockeyinc.com) – ALEX DEBETS BLUE…
THE COLUMBUS CONNECTION
FOR DAILY PROSPECT COVERAGE, VISIT THN.COM SERGEI BOBROVSKY WAS the best goalie in the NHL this past season, helping propel Columbus back to the playoffs. But the Vezina winner also doled out a key assist at the draft. See, his idol is Vadim Tarasov, who won goalie of the year three straight times in the Russian Super League – the precursor to the KHL – with Novokuznetsk from 1999 to 2001. Tarasov is now the goalie coach for Ufa, where his son plays for the KHL program’s junior squad. Daniil Tarasov missed the entire season due to a growth on his shin that had to be removed – he couldn’t even get his goalie pad on. But thanks to the connection between his dad and Bobrovsky, Tarasov stayed on the Blue Jackets’…
FRESH START ON THE ISLAND
THE SONG BY The Killers came blaring over the conference call, making it almost impossible to hear what Jordan Eberle was saying. In a way, though, it didn’t matter, because the newest New York Islander sounded a lot like Mr. Brightside as he talked about his first trade experience. “I’m excited,” said Eberle, who the Edmonton Oilers shipped to the Islanders for Ryan Strome June 22. “It’s been rumored for the past year, and to have it done with, it’s a bit of a relief. It’s a new chapter. It’ll be great to get a fresh start with a new team.” Let’s begin with the obvious. The Islanders get the best and most proven NHL player in the deal. Eberle is in his prime at 27 and has scored 20 or…
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