He's big, he's heavy, and he plays like it, but with some very interesting potential as a puck mover as well.

Oh, and there was some other hockey game.

Apparently I have Latvians on the brain this weekend. Latvian centers, specifically.

Murnieks' stats don't jump off the page at you, but he plays a quietly effective game that I think is better suited to professional leagues than junior.

PWHL Expansion continues. Marlies and NHL back in action Sunday.

Or thereabouts

A red-hot start to the season, including a few games up in the SHL, was cut off by a season ending knee injury in October but that potential he flashed lives in my heart.

Marlies in the final tonight.

Unlike what the refs may call for penalties, you can never have Too Much Måns.

More PWHL signings.

Bilecki has been buried in the depth chart for a strong Kitchener defensive group, but he's made the most of his time and stepped up when needed.

NHL to investigate Babcock.

If there's a player in this year's draft who gives me the same vibes as Koblar did last year, it's his Leksands teammate Adam Andersson.

And the SCF is back on.

Cover flashes a lot of high level skill thanks to one of the deeper set of tools in the draft, but some consistency issues could keep him out of the first round.

Once again, the Toronto Marlies are the only ones that can win.

Preston is a highly skilled winger whose skill can seem like magic, but he's become viewed as a big gamble and his rankings have tumbled as a result.

He's been my favourite prospect all year and it seems everyone's caught on to his potential and will probably take him out of Toronto's range so nobody talk to me I'm extremely upset.

We mark the passing of Cliff Fletcher

While he's not included in the top tier of defense prospects, Gustafsson is one of my favourites and I honestly think he should be up there with them.

It's that time of year again.

The biggest pure upside defenseman in this year's draft, at worst he will likely be a high-level glass cannon offense generator and at best has good defense on top of it.

It's now a best-of-three.

And several other teams as well.

One of the prospects with the hugest leap in his draft rankings this year thanks to constant improvements and an incredible playoff run.