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KAMLOOPS — From his early days in Kamloops minor hockey, there were some questions about how far Logan Stankoven could go with his size, or a lack thereof. However, from being selected by the Blazers fifth overall in 2018 to winning gold with the U18 team this spring, the 18 year old has proven a lot of people wrong. “I’ve always been a smaller player growing up, and I don’t hear it too much, but maybe there’s a few comments here and there that I may be too small for the pro leagues, or I’m too small to play junior, or that small kid’s going to get crushed,” said Stankoven.

There’s a lot of needs that the Chicago Blackhawks have and a lot of needs that they could address in this year’s upcoming NHL Draft. Our wishlist for the NHL Draft already includes forwards in Mason McTavish, Chaz Lucius, Cole Sillinger and Jesper Wallstedt. Today we are looking at a familiar deficiency that the Blackhawks have in the prospect system: top-tier goal-scoring. Today’s draft prospect on my wishlist is Chicago Steel standout Matthew Coronato. Why He Fits Other than the fact that the Blackhawks would have had very easy access to scout Coronato over the past two seasons, be...

The Seattle Kraken announced the hiring of their first-ever franchise head coach on Thursday. After an extensive search, they have landed on Dave Hakstol, former assistant with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

When top prospect Brandt Clarke does interviews with National Hockey League teams the questions are often similar and expected. That's why the session with the New York Islanders stood out.  "They run you through a test and you sit on Zoom for like two hours and they have, like, a sheet of paper on the screen and you just answer math questions and [different] stuff," the Barrie Colts defenceman said. "I asked around and was like, 'Were they trolling me, or is that actually what they do?'" He found out that older brother Graeme, a third-round pick of the New Jersey Devils in 2019, experi...

For today’s prospect profile, we look at a potential #1 overall pick this year, a hulking defenseman with a quality all-around game. Will he be there at #4 for NJ? Maybe not, but this year, you just can’t be certain.