After a point per game season in the AHL, Tyler Benson is an Oilers prospect that is getting a lot of buzz lately. Popular topics include what should be expected for his upside and whether he is ready to make the jump to the NHL for the 2019-20 season. To answer these questions, finding comparable … Continue reading WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TYLER BENSON
Welcome to the Blue Bullet 2017 NHL Entry Draft Guide. Another season is in the books, which means it is now time to turn our attention to those young men who each are trying to make the difficult goal of playing in the NHL. After countless hours of practice and games, 217 of the best … Continue reading BLUE BULLET 2017 NHL ENTRY DRAFT GUIDE
What will Connor McDavid do for his sophomore season? Can he crack the 100-point barrier? Is the Art Ross a possibility? Those are the questions on the lips of many hockey fans around the globe. Therefore, with the season just about to begin, predictions become all the rage with it being time to put your best educated … Continue reading CONNOR MCDAVID WILL CRACK THE 100-POINT BARRIER
The 2012 NHL Entry Draft was not a normal draft year to say the least. At the forward position, it was one of the weakest draft years with only two forwards selected in the top 10. Instead, the top end of the draft was littered with defenseman, though lacking what I would consider a true … Continue reading IN ALMOST ANY OTHER YEAR, YAKUPOV IS NOT A NUMBER 1 SELECTION
The Oilers had an okay October. This may be strange to say for a team that went 4-8-0 to start the season, but there is sometimes more than meets the eye. One item to take into consideration is quality of competition as a tough schedule can make a team look worse than they actually appear. … Continue reading OILERS WERE OKAY IN OCTOBER (UPDATED)
While the predominate focus of my blog is the analysis of prospects and the NHL draft there are times when I will veer off into more Oilers based posts. This is one of those times as we look at my predictions for the Edmonton Oilers 2015-2016 starting line-up. First off the men between the pipes: … Continue reading EDMONTON OILERS 2015-2016 PROJECTED LINEUP: THE GOALIES
In doing a series of articles related to projecting future offensive potential of a first year draft eligible forward from the CHL, there have been a few discoveries. The first discovery is that there is a strong relationship between junior stats and NHL stats. The second discovery is that age does play a factor with … Continue reading NHL PROJECTIONS: CROSBY VS MCDAVID
