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William Eklund will likely be picked early at the NHL Draft on Friday. ©2021, NHL
William Eklund believes playing another season in the Swedish Hockey League will benefit his development, so whichever team picks the winger early in Friday’s NHL Draft will likely have to wait a year for him.
“I have one more year in Europe to develop into a better player here,” Eklund, a winger who has spent the last two seasons with Djurgardens IF, said on a Zoom call July 6.
NHL Central Scouting ranked Eklund first ... Read the full article
Dylan Guenther scored 12 goals and 24 points in 12 games last season with the Edmonton Oil Kings. ©2021, Andy Devlin, Edmonton Oil Kings
NHL Draft prospect Dylan Guenther was just 15, a neophyte up for his first taste of major junior hockey. Still, despite being one of the league’s youngest players, the winger turned heads during his eight-game stint, utilizing his lethal shot to score three times.
“Dylan’s a shooter,” said Brad Lauer, Guenther’s coach with the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings. “Right from 15 when we had him, he scored three goals for us that some ... Read the full article
Michigan defenseman Owen Power enjoyed a terrific freshman season. ©2021, Michigan Photography, TNS
The COVID-19 pandemic deprived top NHL Draft prospect Owen Power of the full college experience as a freshman at Michigan.
Power, 18, played in empty rinks, meaning he never felt the rush of playing in front of 5,800 raucous fans at Yost Ice Arena, one of college hockey’s most historic venues. The defenseman had to take online classes, so he spent most of his time at Yost or home.
After Michigan compiled a 15-10-1 record ... Read the full article