A few weeks ago I posted a Prospect Pulse, entitled “Starting Point”, which explored how Illegal Curve would grade each season’s draft/signings. Since the Jets did not have an opportunity to sign college free-agents this spring, this first grade will be based solely on the draft. For reference, we have included the grades given to [...]
Word on the street today has former UND Fighting Sioux standout and Winnipeg native Jason Gregoire considering the possibility of signing with Winnipeg should he not be able to reach terms with the New York Islanders, who drafted Gregoire. Gregoire, a left-winger chosen in the 3rd round (76th overall) out of Lincoln in the USHL [...]
One of the Prospect Pulse columns from last week focused on who the Winnipeg franchise might call to the podium with the seventh overall pick on Friday. At the time, my best guess was Ryan Strome with an outside chance of Dougie Hamilton, Mika Zibanejad or a couple of others. As is often the case [...]
Interestingly, the Winnipeg Hockey Club has a couple of former 7th round draft choices on the cusp of making the NHL. One is the recently profiled Arturs Kulda, and the other is Paul Postma, the focus of this Prospect Pulse. Postma figures to fit in on the opposite end of the spectrum as Kulda, as [...]
In perusing the list of former Atlanta Thrashers prospects, one of the likely candidates to make the jump to the big club in Winnipeg is Arturs Kulda. The Latvian defender and former Peterborough Pete (and 7th round NHL draft choice) most likely figures to be a physical blueline presence that looks after his own end [...]
With the draft a little less than a fortnight away, the usual spate of mock draft lists are popping up. This year’s edition is a little tougher to gauge, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins only recently becoming the consensus #1, and that consensus isn’t slam dunk by any stretch. For today’s Prospect Pulse, I figured I would [...]
With the news that the Winnipeg Jets/Manitoba Jets/Falcons/etc. etc. announced Kevin Chevaldayoff as the new General Manager of the team, I wanted to take the time to outline how Illegal Curve will look at prospects/drafts/college free agent signings, and to ask for feedback from readers on the same. I think it’s important, for the time [...]
Editor’s Note: We welcome back Kyle to IC. Kyle was a longtime contributor to Illegal Curve writing On the Beat and Prospect Pulse. Here are some of his thoughts on prospect Carl Klingberg, drafted 34th overall by Atlanta at the 2009 NHL draft. To get more of his thoughts, why not follow him on twitter [...]