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DRAFTPRO – GET TO KNOW – DAVID JIRICEK

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022Features

By Samuel Dummer (@Dummer_Coleman) DAVID JIRICEKHC PLZEN, CZECHIAPOSITION: D HAND: RHEIGHT: 6’3” WEIGHT: 190 LBS The lights of the World Junior Championships were shining bright. Big, draft eligible defenseman David Jiricek from the Czech Republic

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DRAFTPRO –POST 2022 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SCOUTS NOTES

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022Features, Reports

By DraftPro staff I know, I know, what a disappointment the abbreviated World Juniors were, not only to the fans, the players, the coaches, trainers and countless volunteers, but also the NHL types who really

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DRAFTPRO – 2022 MID-SEASON ‘DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH’

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022Features, Reports

By DraftPro staff Every draft season there are a handful of names that slip through the cracks for one reason or another and become late round gems. The prospects who were not getting all the

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DRAFTPRO – SCOUTING FOCUS – MATTHEW POITRAS

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021Features, Reports

By Jared Brown Matthew Poitras And His Early OHL Season Success Matthew Poitras was one of many 2004 born OHL rookies who were robbed of their 16 year old DY-1 season. The former Whitby Wildcat

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DRAFTPRO – SCOUTING FOCUS – MATS LINDGREN

December 23, 2021January 18, 2022Features, Reports

By Kai Farenholtz As the game of hockey continues to re-image itself along the blueline, more and more smaller statured, slender footed, puck-moving defensemen have come to man the point and become real difference makers

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DRAFTPRO – FIFTEEN 2022 DRAFT ELIGIBLES TO WATCH AT THE WORLD JUNIORS

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021Features

By DraftPro Staff The IIHF U20 World Junior Championships is a marquee event highlighted on the annual prospect world’s calendar. A event with heavy focus from the national media, and NHL executives alike, that pits

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DRAFTPRO – THE CURIOUS CASE OF BRAD LAMBERT.

November 30, 2021December 1, 2021Features

By Samuel Dummer “Our lives are defined by opportunities; even the ones we miss.” The titular character says the line in the film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and while the words are said

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DRAFTPRO – NOVEMBER 2021 U18 5-NATIONS REVIEW

November 19, 2021November 22, 2021Features, Reports

by Matt Hnatiuk International Chablais Hockey Trophy Tournament Breakdown MONTHEY, Switzerland – This tournament went pretty much how I had figured it would have. The ultra dominant USA team coming out on top, followed by

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DRAFTPRO – THE YOUNG GUNS OF DJURGARDENS

November 2, 2021November 4, 2021Features

By Samuel Drummer (@Dummer_Coleman) September 10, 2021 The ice is fresh in Hovet Arena located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden early in the J20 Nationell Norra season. Three young forwards jump over the

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DRAFTPRO – GET TO KNOW – JOAKIM KEMELL

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021Features

By Samuel Dummer (@Dummer_Coleman) JOAKIM KEMELLJYP JYVASKYLAN, LIIGAPOSITION: RW HAND: RHEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 176 LBS “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take,” said Wayne Gretzky in 1983. It was during a season he

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