Here’s the roundup of the week’s original features appearing on Pro Hockey Rumors.
- Brett Barrett brought us the story of Swiss prospect Nico Hischier, who may have overtaken Nolan Patrick as the presumptive top overall 2017 draft prospect.
- Zach Leach discusses how the development of several young defenders has created newfound blue line depth in the Boston Bruins organization.
- With the trade deadline approaching, I looked at a handful of notable trades consummated in the month of January in recent seasons.
- Brian La Rose hosted PHR’s debut mailbag and fielded questions on several topics, including whether the Bruins have reached the point where they should consider a coaching change.
- Mike Furlano compiled a list of all teams who had prospects participating in the recent gold medal game of the World Junior championship game between Team USA and Team Canada.
- Brian brought us the latest installment of PHR’s 2005 re-draft series with the Washington Capitals on the clock with the 27th selection.
- Zach wraps up the week by writing about the teams satisfying expansion draft requirements by extending backup-type goaltenders. Each of the 30 current NHL teams must expose one goalie under contract for the 2017-18 season and several clubs are signing net minders in-season who otherwise would have to wait until summer for their next pact.