2025 NHL Draft Profile: Michal Svrcek
Svrcek may not be the most highly skilled player I am profiling this year, but he is still very fun to watch because of his high speed, pace, energy and tenacity that seems ideal as a third-line play-driver and supporting winger.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Gustav Hillström
Hillström is a player for people who loved Fraser Minten. He's a big, solid, smart two-way pure centre with skill to help facilitate and connect offense even if it doesn't generate goals and points for himself.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Hayden Paupanekis
Paupanekis seems like an ideal third line centre candidate with a mix of size, physical play on both sides of the puck, and defense that make him seem like a solid bet as a third or even second round pick.
Weekend FTB: Let the overpay Mitch Marner sweepstakes begin!
It's nice that the Leafs aren't actually in on one of these for once.
Signing and Trading and Cap Space
Or why you might not get news too quickly this June.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Ryker Lee
Lee is up there with Zharovsky for the most purely fun skilled player on my list of draft profiles this year, with some similar but some different weaknesses that make him more likely to be a second- or third-round pick.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Alexander Zharovsky
Zharovsky is one of the most purely fun, skilled players I've watched this year, but has question marks around the quality of competition he faced and how well you can project him to pro hockey.
Thursday's FTB: Game 4 and Awards on tap
More hockey. Hopefully it's actually hockey and not another line brawl.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Quinn Beauchesne
Beauchesne is an averaged sized, right shot defenseman who has potential as a solid all around two-way defenseman. He may not have a lot of hype, but he's quietly been one of the more effective defenders in the OHL.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Max Psenicka
Psenicka made the jump from Czechia to the WHL halfway through the season but has made an immediate impact and big improvements already in his short time with Portland.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Haoxi (Simon) Wang
Wang will be the third ever Chinese-born player to be drafted to the NHL, thanks to his mix of size and skating and raw potential as a defenseman.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Henry Brzustewicz
Brzustewicz is an interesting but raw two-way defenseman prospect who played with Cowan on the prospect factory that is the London Knights, and may be relatively unknown because of how blocked he is by the pure talent on the best team in the OHL.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Carter Amico
Amico is arguably the best of the big defensive defensemen in this draft as far as his pure potentia. But a big question mark is a season-ending injury that kept him out of almost the entire year.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Cameron Schmidt
Schmidt is one of the smallest players in this draft, and the age old question of if he has enough skill to make up for that will likely see him fall a lot at the draft.
Friday FTB: Updating PWHL expansion and Game 2
Memorial cup champion goalie Austin Elliott will be at Leafs training camp.
2025 NHL Draft Profile: Ben Kevan
Kevan is one of my favourite prospects to watch in this year's draft in terms of pure fun with the puck on his stick, but he has some underrated off-puck skills to make him an interesting swing.