Saskatoon Blades News & Stories
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- 2024-09-19, 19:30CHL
WHL 2024-25 Season Preview: Will the Kelowna Rockets take the next step?
Learn everything you need to know about the 2024-25 WHL season ahead of Friday's season openers - 2024-03-28, 18:45CHL
EP Rinkside CHL Power Rankings: Playoff preview and awards
There's a new CHL Power Rankings right in time for the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL playoffs. - 2024-02-27, 14:00CHL
The EP Rinkside 2024 CHL Free Agency Guide
Mitch Brown, Greg Balloch, and Lauren Kelly team up to break down this year's best offerings in CHL free agency with scouting reports, tools grades, and player rankings. - 2024-02-12, 20:30CHL
EP Rinkside February CHL power rankings
The EP Rinkside panel have updated their CHL Power Rankings for the month of January, and there's a new No. 1. - 2024-02-05, 14:00Fantasy Hockey
Prospect Prospective: Tanner Molendyk
Victor Nuño checks in on Tanner Molendyk's chances of becoming a fantasy asset long term. - 2024-01-16, 14:00CHL
EP Rinkside January CHL power rankings
The EP Rinkside team has ranked the 10 best teams in the CHL. - 2024-01-12, 20:45CHL
Breaking down the biggest moves of the 2024 CHL Trade Deadline
Mitch Brown breaks down the moves from the 2024 CHL trade deadlines as teams start to eye a trip to Saginaw for the Memorial Cup. - 2023-12-04, 20:31CHL
EP Rinkside CHL December power rankings
The EP Rinkside scouts have released their first CHL Power Ranking of the season. - 2023-11-25, 16:00CHL
What's next for Fraser Minten, Saskatoon Blades after blockbuster WHL trade
The Saskatoon Blades made their first big splash of the WHL trade period, acquiring Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Fraser Minten. Mitch Brown has more. - 2023-09-21, 19:00CHL
The WHL 2023-24 Season Preview: Who will break through in a year of turnover?
Mitch Brown previews the 2023-24 WHL season. - 2023-06-09, 17:462023 NHL Entry Draft
Film Room: Tanner Molendyk could become the 2023 NHL Draft’s best defenceman
Mitch Brown takes you into the Film Room™️ to look at how Saskatoon Blades defenceman Tanner Molendyk can become the 2023 NHL Draft's best defenceman. - 2023-05-26, 17:202023 NHL Entry Draft
Scout's Notebook: The Top Skaters From the 2023 NHL Draft
Cam Robinson looks at the top skaters for the upcoming NHL draft. - 2023-02-07, 17:00NHL Prospect Report
WHL Stock Watch: Nate Danielson becoming an offensive force in Brandon
This WHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Nate Danielson, Zach Benson, Alexander Suzdalev, Jagger Firkus, Reid Schaefer, and Conner Roulette. - 2022-12-01, 21:30NHL Prospect Report
WHL Stock Watch: Welcome to the Andrew Cristall show
Kelowna Rockets forward and 2023 NHL Draft prospect Andrew Cristall leads the way in this month's WHL Stock Watch. - 2022-10-14, 17:30NHL Prospects
Scout's Notebook: A quintet of early-season WHL standouts
The WHL is a hotbed for talent – there’s no denying that. It’s especially true this season, with an exceptional group of draft-eligible talent headlined by Connor Bedard. This early-season... - 2022-07-06, 21:302022 NHL Entry Draft
Film Room: Making sense of Brad Lambert's challenging projection
Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen takes you into the Film Room ™️ to look at one of the 2022 NHL Draft's most controversial prospects, Brad Lambert. - 2022-03-02, 17:322022 NHL Entry Draft
Brad Lambert believes playing up in age will pay off
Brad Lambert is one of the most interesting players in the 2022 NHL Draft. He could be a top ten pick when it’s all said and done. A lot of... - 2021-09-15, 23:30Prospect Pool Rankings
EP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 27-ranked Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks boast the NHL's 27th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's breakdown in the EP Rinkside 2021-22 prospect pool rankings. - 2020-11-29, 20:00Scouting Reports
The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 20-ranked San Jose Sharks
Just when it seemed like the San Jose Sharks prospect pool was starting to run shallow, they went and out cleaned up at the 2020 NHL Draft. Yes, it’s still... - 2020-10-06, 17:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
Mocking the First 3 Rounds, 92 Picks of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players, consulting with industry insiders, running the numbers, and it all... - 2020-09-22, 19:00Scouting Reports
10 Observations From 2 Years of CHL Data Tracking
In the pursuit for better CHL data, I’ve manually inputted event data in a spreadsheet for over 1200 games – including 900 in the past two seasons. For the most... - 2020-09-22, 15:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
J.D. Burke’s Top 103 Skaters Ranking for the 2020 NHL Draft
We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in... - 2020-09-02, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is now Available
The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what... - 2020-07-10, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects Premium Presents Consolidated 2020 NHL Draft Rankings for July 10th
One might think that two new rankings among a group of five public outlets might not result in a tectonic shift in the landscape of the NHL Draft, but that... - 2020-07-08, 16:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
VIDEO: EliteProspects Scouts Meet to set 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with... - 2020-07-01, 16:21NHL Entry Draft 2020
BURKE: Wrapping up the 2020 CHL Import Draft
With the conclusion of the 2020 CHL Import Draft today, at least one such event occurred on schedule without a hitch. In June, no less. It’s a complicated process, so... - 2020-06-17, 15:30Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the... - 2020-04-15, 16:00Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 3.0
There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to work or when... - 2019-12-24, 15:00World Juniors 2020
Meet the Team: Czechia’s World Junior Hockey Championships Roster
After an impressive fourth-place finish at the 2018 event — their best since 2005 –, Czechia was expecting even bigger and better things in 2019. Three high-end, first-round forwards made... - 2019-08-31, 20:17The Pipeline Show
THE PIPELINE SHOW: WHL Season Previews for Tri-City, Seattle, Saskatoon, and Portland
Our tour around the Western Hockey League continues, as The Pipeline Show previews the 2019-20 season for four more WHL clubs with the help of either the team’s GM or... - 2019-08-19, 13:00Scouting Reports
EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 1 Ranked New York Rangers
I’m sure the excitement of most New York Rangers fans at seeing their team’s top spot in the EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings is met with equal parts bewilderment. We’re... - 2019-07-31, 21:17Scouting Reports
EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 17 Ranked Edmonton Oilers
In a perfect world, the Edmonton Oilers’ prospect pool rating in the bottom half of the NHL would signal a turn of fortune for the big league roster. To some... - 2019-06-19, 18:54NHL Entry Draft 2019
BROWN: Comparing WHL’s top prospects; Dylan Cozens, Kirby Dach, & Peyton Krebs
Throughout this past season, my favourite draft debate has been, “Dylan Cozens, Kirby Dach, or Peyton Krebs?” The three WHL centres all project as potential top-six pivots. All three have... - 2019-06-18, 13:00NHL Entry Draft 2019
The EP Rinkside Mock 2019 NHL Entry Draft
All 31 of the NHL’s teams are descending on Vancouver, holding court with their scouting departments, and consolidating their rankings in advance of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft this Friday.... - 2019-06-17, 13:00The Pipeline Show
THE PIPELINE SHOW: A Draft Preview Special
This week on The Pipeline Show we present the annual NHL Draft Preview special in conjunction with our friends at HockeyProspect.com. The nearly 3-hour special features five scouts from the... - 2019-06-14, 18:32NHL Entry Draft 2019
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects Top 93 Skaters for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft
Here we are less than a week removed from the NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver. NHL’s teams have spent the last few weeks consolidating their draft board, and next week... - 2019-06-13, 20:00NHL Prospects
EP Rinkside NHL Entry Draft & NHL Prospect Mailbag
I wasn’t playing around when I said earlier this week that we’d be stepping up our reader interactions. So begins the EP Rinkside NHL Entry Draft and NHL Prospect Mailbag.... - 2019-06-08, 14:00The Pipeline Show
THE PIPELINE SHOW: Nolan Maier, Dillon Hamaliuk, David Kope & the USNTDP
This week on The Pipeline Show we get to know another trio of 2019 eligible players that may be off the radar for the casual NHL fan. Some might consider... - 2019-06-06, 13:30NHL Entry Draft 2019
EP Rinkside NHL Draft Retrospective; All our Draft Coverage, Analysis in One Place
The NHL Entry Draft may still be over two weeks away — at the time of writing this, anyway — but we’ve been hard at work since EP Rinkside’s launch... - 2019-01-17, 18:52NHL Prospects
VICKERS: Slump doesn’t slow self-improvement in Dach
New year. Improved Kirby Dach. Dach, fourth overall in Future Considerations’ Winter ranking for the 2019 NHL Draft, has more than rebounded from a difficult holiday season that saw the...