TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button produces monthly rankings (October-June) of the top players eligible for the NHL Draft. Troy Apke Redskins Jersey . Craigs rankings represent his own individual assessment of where players are slotted in the NHL draft. Leading up to the 2013 NHL Draft, scouts were flocking to watch the Halifax Mooseheads. Rightfully so, as two of the very best players available for that draft, Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin, were tearing it up and making every scout’s trek a worthwhile one. The lead up to the 2015 draft will see scouts making treks to two places to watch very different players, which will be essential for gauging how the draft will ultimately unfold. Erie, Pennsylvania has a long hockey history but one thing is certain, there has never been a star of the magnitude of Connor McDavid lacing them up for the hometown team. A trip to Erie will also afford the opportunity to watch another top prospect for the draft in Dylan Strome. Brother Ryan was the fifth overall selection to the New York Islanders in 2011 and Dylan could do one maybe two better than that. Approximately 550 miles to the East of Erie is Boston, Massachusetts. It’s a direct route on US Interstate I-90 with many service areas to fuel up along the way. Two Massachusetts natives will be the focal point of attention when scouts visit Boston. Jack Eichel, a native of North Chelmsford, may be the new ‘Can’t miss kid’ at Boston University, while Bobby Carpenter is the ‘old’ one. While Jack is taking on Connor for the honor of being selected first overall, defenceman Noah Hanifin at Boston College will be closely watched. A native of Norwood, he fast tracked his high school requirements to enroll at Boston College as a seventeen year old. A smooth, make-it-look-easy defenceman with high end skills, there is some thought that he deserves discussion, even token, about being in the class of McDavid and Eichel. One thing is certain during the coming season. Every trip to Erie or to Boston, will afford scouts the opportunity to see two excellent prospects and create ‘economies of scale’ in the scouting fraternity. 1. Connor McDavid (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Erie (OHL) CAN 13/01/97 L 61 195 lbs. 2. Jack Eichel (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Boston University (H.E.) USA 28/10/96 R 62 195 lbs. 3. Noah Hanifin (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Boston College (H.E.) USA 25/01/97 L 62 201 lbs. 4. Dylan Strome (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Erie (OHL) CAN 07/03/97 L 63 187 5. Daniel Sprong (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Charlottetown (QMJHL) NED 17/03/97 R 61 189 lbs. 6. Oliver Kylington (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Farjestad (Sweden-SHL) SWE 19/05/97 L 60 180 lbs. 7. Pavel Zacha (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Sarnia (OHL) CZE 06/04/97 L 63 210 lbs. 8. Mitchell Marner (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. London (OHL) CAN 05/05/97 R 511 154 lbs. 9. Mathew Barzal (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Seattle (WHL) CAN 26/05/97 R 60 178 lbs. 10. Lawson Crouse (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Kingston (OHL) CAN 23/06/97 L 64 211 lbs. 11. Zach Werenski (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Michigan (Big Ten) USA 19/07/97 L 61 201 lbs. 12. Travis Konecny (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Ottawa (OHL) CAN 11/03/97 R 510 173 lbs. 13. Kyle Connor (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Youngstown (USHL) USA 09/12/96 L 61 170 lbs. 14. Jeremy Roy (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Sherbrooke (QMJHL) CAN 14/05/97 R 60 189 lbs. 15. Evgeni Svechnikov (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Cape Breton (QMJHL) RUS 31/10/96 L 61 180 lbs. 16. Colin White (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. USA NTDP (USHL) USA 25/01/97 R 60 183 lbs. 17. Thomas Novak (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Waterloo (USHL) USA 28/04/97 L 61 174 lbs. 18. Jordan Greenway (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. USA NTDP (USHL) USA 16/02/97 L 65 222 lbs. 19. Jakub Zboril (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Saint John (QMJHL) CZE 27/02/97 L 61 184 lbs. 20. Nick Merkley (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Kelowna (WHL) CAN 23/05/97 R 511 188 lbs. 21. Ivan Provorov (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Brandon (WHL) RUS 13/01/97 L 60 193 lbs. 22. Matthew Spencer (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Peterborough (OHL) CAN 24/03/97 R 62 200 lbs. 23. Nicolas Roy (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Chicoutimi (QMJHL) CAN 05/02/97 R 64 202 lbs. 24. Jansen Harkins (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Prince George (WHL) CAN 23/05/97 L 61 181 lbs. 25. Brock Boeser (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Waterloo (USHL) USA 25/02/97 R 61 187 lbs. 26. Nicolas Meloche (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Baie Comeau (QMJHL) CAN 18/07/97 R 63 199 lbs. 27. Guillaume Brisebois (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Acadie Bathurst (QMJHL) CAN 21/07/97 L 62 170 lbs. 28. Graham Knott (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Niagara (OHL) CAN 13/01/97 L 64 192 lbs. 29. Paul Bittner (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Portland (WHL) USA 04/11/96 L 64 206 lbs. 30. Miko Rantanen (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. TPS (Finland-SM Liiga) FIN 29/10/96 L 64 211 lbs. 31. AJ Greer (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Boston University (H.E.) CAN 14/12/96 L 63 204 lbs. 32. Thomas Chabot (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Saint John (QMJHL) CAN 30/01/97 L 61 181 lbs. 33. Ethan Bear (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Seattle (WHL) CAN 26/06/97 R 60 202 lbs. 34. Sebastian Aho (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Karpat Jr. (Finland-Jr.) FIN 26/07/97 L 511 172 lbs. 35. Blake Speers (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) CAN 02/01/97 R 511 177 lbs. 36. Mitchell Stephens (Centre/Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Saginaw (OHL) CAN 05/02/97 R 511 184 lbs. 37. Ryan Pilon (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Brandon (WHL) CAN 10/10/96 L 62 212 lbs. 38. Anthony Beauvillier (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Shawinigan (QMJHL) CAN 08/06/97 L 510 171 lbs. 39. Nathan Noel (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Saint John (QMJHL) CAN 21/06/97 R 511 170 lbs. 40. Ryan Gropp (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Seattle (WHL) CAN 16/09/96 L 62 184 lbs. 41. Jeremy Bracco (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. USA NTDP (USHL)) USA 17/03/97 R 59 173 lbs. 42. Jacob Larsson (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Frolunda (Sweden-J20) SWE 29/04/97 L 62 191 lbs. 43. Erik Cernak (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Kosice (Slovak) SLO 28/05/97 R 63 192 lbs. 44. Adam Musil (Centre/Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Red Deer (WHL) CAN 26/03/97 R 63 206 lbs. 45. Michael Spacek (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Pardubice Jr. (Czech Jr.) CZE 09/04/97 R 511 187 lbs. 46. Vladimir Tkachev (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Moncton (QMJHL) RUS 05/10/95 R 510 144 lbs. 47. Filip Chlapik (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Charlottetown (QMJHL) CZE 03/06/97 L 60 194 lbs. 48. Travis Dermott (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Erie (OHL) CAN 22/12/96 L 511 197 lbs. 49. Jonas Siegenthaler (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. GCK Zurich (Swiss 2) SUI 06/05/97 L 63 220 lbs. 50. Lukas Jasek (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Trinec Jr. (Czech Jr.) CZE 28/08/97 R 511 211 lbs. 51. Chaz Reddekopp (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Victoria (WHL) CAN 01/01/97 L 63 219 lbs. 52. Christian Fischer (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. USA NTDP (USHL) USA 15/04/97 R 61 212 lbs. 53. Gabriel Carlsson (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Linkoping (Sweden-J20) SWE 02/01/97 L 64 183 lbs. 54. Felix Sandstrom (Goalie) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Brynas Jr. (Sweden-J20) SWE 12/01/97 L 62 191 lbs. 55. Kameron Kielly (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Charlottetown (QMJHL) CAN 13/12/96 R 60 180 lbs. 56. Caleb Jones (Defence) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. USA NTDP (USHL) USA 06/06/97 L 60 194 lbs. 57. Filip Ahl (Right Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. HV71 (Sweden-J20) SWE 12/06/97 L 63 211 lbs. 58. Jared Bethune (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Lincoln (USHL) CAN 20/01/97 L 60 174 lbs. 59. Brent Gates (Centre) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Green Bay (USHL) USA 12/08/97 L 62 196 lbs. 60. Erik Foley (Left Wing) Team (League) Country Birthdate Shot Ht. Wt. Cedar Rapids (USHL) USA 30/06/97 L 60 185 lbs. Alex Smith Redskins Jersey . The league announced Thursday that Tom Higgins is leaving that post effective immediately. Jonathan Allen Jersey . Hes the same player he always was, only now his efforts are being rewarded. The rookie manager has made a habit of heaping praise on others when things are going well, and accepting criticism when they arent. But in the case of Hurtado, its what the coach is NOT saying that may be the secret to a superb run of form. http://www.redskinsrookiestore.com/Redskins-Geron-Christian-Jersey/ . Malone will become an unrestricted free-agent and as per the collective bargaining agreement, the Lightning will be responsible for two-thirds of the remainder of his contract over twice the length of the rest of the deal. SOCHI, Russia -- Canada was a second-half team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The medal intake in Sochi is forecasted to happen at a more measured pace. Starting with Saturdays mens snowboard slopestyle and womens moguls, Canada has at least one legitimate medal shot, if not more, virtually every day until the closing ceremonies Feb. 23. Chef de mission Steve Podborski and his assistants Jean-Luc Brassard and France St. Louis intend to be present at events where a Canadian is a front-runner for a medal. "I would say were booked every day," Podborski said at a Canadian Olympic Committee news conference Thursday. The host country won 18 of its 26 medals in Vancouver during the back half of the Games. Ten of the 14 gold medals came in the second half, including four on the final weekend. Sports making their Olympic debut helped balance the schedule of Canadas medal prospects in Sochi. Mens and womens snowboard slopestyle, the figure skating team event and the luge relay are among the new events over the first eight days of competition in which Canada has solid medal prospects. Thats in addition to Canadas strength in the entrenched sports of alpine skiing, moguls, short-track speedskating and cross-country skiing. "Sure there are new sports and we happen to be very, very good in the new ones because we are a great sporting nation," Podborski said. "With the support were getting now from corporate Canada, Own The Podium and the Government of Canada, we have an opportunity to be good in the traditional sports as well and thats where well make our great gains in the areas where are athletes are getting better . . . cross-country, alpine skiing." Canadas athletes have been waging fierce foosball tournaments in their village lounge while they await Fridays opening ceremonies, according to Podborski. But Olympic competition started early for some Canadians with Thursdays preliminary rounds. Canada sat in second place, two points behind host Russia, after the first day of the new team figure skating event. Torontos Patrick Chan was third in the mens short program, then Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., were second in the pairs short to give Canada 17 of a possible 20 points after the first two events. Sebastien Toutant of LAssomption, Que., and Max Parrot of Bromont, Que., advanced to the mens snowboard slopestyle final Saturday, while Charles Reid of Mont-Tremblant, Que., and Reginas Mark McMorris will attempt to join them via the semifinal earlier in the day. The Dufour-Lapointe sisters from Montreal -- Justine, Chloe and Maxime -- all qualified for Saturdays womens moguls finals as did Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City. Reigning world champion Spencer OBrien of Courtney, B.C., qualified for the womens slopestyle final Sunday. Hockey Canada also made the decision to replace injured forward Steven Stamkos with Tampa Bay teammate Martin St. Louis. No competition is scheduled Friday because of the opening ceremonies. In addition to slopestyle and womens moguls on opening weekend, skiers Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., Calgarys Jan Hudec and Manny Osborne-Paradis of Invermere, B.C., are medal prospects in Sundays downhill. Canadas figure skaters are favoured to win a medal in the team event, which ends Sunday. Canadas objective in 2010 was to top the overall medal count and the target remains the same in Sochi. The host team was third in total medals, but won the gold-medal race four years ago. Because of the new sports, there are 36 more medals to be won in 2014 than in 2010. That will help fill Canadas coffers, but also those of top rivals Germany, Norway, the United States and host Russia. "Canada is here to compete and win," COC president Marcel Aubut said. "Our aim is to contend for the number one spot in medals won. Jonathan Allen Redskins Jersey. ." "This is an ambitious goal, but we Canadians like it this way. Our athletes expect nothing less of themselves but the highest achievements." Added Podborski: "You dont try to come "somewhere up there." We expect great things in Canada now. Its an ideal approach. "We may not win the medal count this time. We may not win it the next time but one day we will because we are striving to be number one in the world in the medal count." While Canadas preparation for 2010 seems a successful model to copy for Sochi, the Canadian Olympic Committee took a different approach. The 2008 Summer Games in Beijing posed similar challenges to Sochi in terms of distance to travel, time-zone difference and unfamiliar language, food and culture. Virtually all of Canadas Olympians competed, trained or at least visited Beijing in the year prior to those Games to get comfortable with the place. The same practice was done for Sochi. There was less emphasis on pre-Games visits for the 2012 Summer Games in London. "If we look at the Beijing experience and we look at the Sochi experience, its actually very similar," COC chief sport officer Caroline Assalian says. "New and unfamiliar environment for most countries. "We ensured that the athletes and support teams as much as possible are familiar with this environment." The COC has conducted exit interviews with athletes, their coaches and support teams following Olympic Games since 2006 to better plan for the next. The athletes were asked "what made the difference in your performance?" "Their number one factor? Feeling part of a larger unified team, more than anything," Assalian said. "Thats what made the difference for them. Coaches and support team? Familiarity with the Olympic environment." And where Beijing was also a benchmark for Sochi was in Canadas conversion rate, which the number of athletes ranked in the top five at their most recent world championships make it onto the podium at the subsequent Olympic Games. The COC employs conversion rates to compare how Canadas athletes are performing compared to other countries. Even though Canada won just 18 medals in Beijing, the conversion rate there was 67 per cent compared to 59 per cent at the Winter Games of both 2010 and 2006, according to Assalian. The Canadian team needs at least match Beijings conversion rate to be in the hunt for the overall title in Sochi. "Our bar now is Beijing," Assalian says. "We know we need to convert better than we ever have at any Winter Olympic Games." The Canadian team will attempt this without the advantage it had in Vancouver and Whistler of home ice and home snow. Own The Podium chief executive officer Anne Merklinger says many winter sport teams have stronger leadership and better coaches since 2010. Both areas were priorities coming out of Vancouver and Whistler and she hopes improvements there compensate for the additional challenges of Sochi. "Weve come a long way in that regard," she says. "Without coaches, were behind the 8-ball. Its the most important success factor. "I think there are a number of examples where weve brought in great coaches, but weve lost some too. We need to find a way to continue to retain the good ones we have and attract new ones." "Were investing in that. Thats what it takes. Its a competitive industry." OTP oversees athletes competitive lives between Olympic Games and allocates about $62 million a year in federal government funding between summer and winter sports. The COC prepares athletes for the Games environment and looks after their needs and wants on the ground in Sochi. Wholesale Hoodies NFL Shirts Outlet Jerseys NFL Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '