Thoughts on the Winnipeg Jets, Manitoba Moose, Winnipeg ICE, and the NHL
The Winnipeg Jets selected their second Finn of the 2017 NHL Draft in Santeri Virtanen with the 105th pick overall. Virtanen played last season with TPS U20 of the Junior A SM-liiga. He was ranked as high as #46 by McKeen’s Hockey. [Read more…]
Nolan Patrick and Cody Glass were the only two Manitobans selected in the first round on Day 1 of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. On Friday night, Nolan Patrick was taken second overall by the Philadelphia Flyers and Cody Glass was taken sixth overall by the Vegas Golden Knights (their first ever draft pick). On Saturday, there were six more Manitobans selected, bringing the total number selected in the draft to eight. [Read more…]
The Winnipeg Jets added Johnathan Kovacevic out of Merrimack College to their prospect pool with the 74th overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Bob McKenzie and TSN had him unranked but hockeyprospect.com had him penciled in at #72. [Read more…]
With the 43rd overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Kevin Cheveldayoff and the Winnipeg Jets plucked left-shooting defenceman Dylan Samberg from the neighbouring state of Minnesota. [Read more…]
For the second straight year, the Winnipeg Jets selected a Finnish winger with their first pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. [Read more…]
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