Tuesday 19 June 2012

Moving Day!

Attention all readers of League It To Us! 

We are proud to announce that we have officially transferred this blog to our own website. The site is now up and running with more features to be added as we progress. We are very excited to produce more news from the world of hockey with a new and easier setup. There will be more information and easier access to articles and statistics on the new site. 

Thanks for all your support!
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Saturday 9 June 2012

Paul Maurice to KHL





Paul Maurice has just signed with Magnitogorsk of the KHL. Maurice a former Carolina Hurricane, Toronto Maple Leaf, and Hartful Whalers Head Coach. Maurice has coached for 15 years in the NHL and was on the bench for a total of 1084 games, 460 wins, and 4 playoff apperances. He helped Hurricane's win the southeast division in 1998-99 and 2001-02. He also has made it to the Stanley Cup finals once in the 2001-02 season with the Hurricanes. Maurice had a tough go this pass season (2011-12) as Carolina fired him after 25 regular season games with a record of 8-13-4.

Avalanche Signings

Coloarado have re-signed foward David Jones on Thursday June 8th, 2012 to a 4 year deal worth 16 million. The Avalanche did not stop there as they also re-signed Matt Hunwick to a 2 year deal.





David Jones- RW
Number: 54
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210
Shoots: Right
Born: Aug 10, 1984 (Age 27)
Birthplace: Guelph, ON, Canada

“David has been one of our top offensive players over the past two seasons" said GM and Vice-President of the Avalanche Greg Sherman. Jones was drafted in the ninth round, 288th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry draft by the Avalanche. Jones is the lowest ever drafted player by the Avalanche to play in the NHL. David played his first game in the NHL in the 2007-08 season, where he went on to play 27 games in the season and 10 playoff games. Jones finished the 2011-12 season a total of 20 goals, 17 assist and 5 game winners in 72 games. He finished the season tied in 5th for points with McGinn. Jones best season was the 2010-11 season where he got 27 goals and 18 assist, Jones will be hoping to get back and maybe hit the 50 point total.






Matt Hunwick- D

Number: 48
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 190
Shoots: Left
Born: May 21, 1985 (Age 27)
Birthplace: Warren, MI, United States
Hunwick was drafted in the 7th round, 224th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry draft by the Boston Bruins. Hunwick was traded to the Avalanche in the 2010-11 season from the Bruins for Colby Cohen. Matt put up 3 goals, 3 assist and was a -3 in the plus/minus catagory in 33 games this past season.  

Tuesday 5 June 2012

2012 LeagueItToUs Mock NHL Entry Draft


2012 LeagueItToUs mock NHL Entry Draft

The 2012 NHL entry draft will be taking place in Pittsburgh on June 22-23. Five of the League It To Us writers have entered their top 30 picks for this upcoming draft (Josh Daniels, Luke Rachar, Scott Navarro, Dylan McAteer, and Josh Heuving). The way the this mock draft works is the player with the lowest number rankings from the writers (ex. Josh H picks player A 1st, player B 2nd and then Luke picks player A 1st and player B 3rd. well player A will have 2 points and player B has 5 points). If the player does not get picked by one of the writers they drop down to the next round. Before we get to the results, here’s a look at some notable first round picks.     

Notable 1st overall picks- Ovechkin (WSH, 04), Crosby (PIT, 05), Stamkos (TBL, 08)

Notable 2nd overall picks- Staal (CAR, 03), Malkin (PIT, 04), Doughty (LAK, 08)

Notable 3rd overall picks- Gaborik (MIN, 00), Bouwnmeester (FLA, 02), Toews (CHI, 06)

Notable 4th overall picks- Backstrom (WSH, 06), Pietrangelo (STL, 08), E. Kane (ATL, 09)

Notable 5th overall picks- M. Koivu (MIN, 01), Vanek (BUF, 03), Price (MTL, 05)

Notable 6th overall picks- Hartnell (NSH, 00), Gagner (EDM, 07)

Notable 7th overall picks- Lupul (ANA, 02), Skinner (CAR, 10)

Notable 8th overall pick- Coburn (ATL, 03)

Notable 9th overall pick- Phaneuf (CGY, 03)

Notable 10th overall pick- A. Kostitsyn (MTL, 03)

Notable 11th overall picks- Carter (PHI, 03), Kopitar (LAK, 05)

Notable 12th overall picks- M. Staal (NYR, 05), Myers (BUF, 08)

Notable 13th overall picks- Hemsky (EDM, 01), Semin (WSH, 02), D. Brown (LAK, 03)

Notable 14th overall pick- Seabrook (CHI, 03)

Notable 15th overall pick- Karlsson (OTT, 08)

Notable 16th overall pick- Umberger (VAN, 01)

Notable 17th overall pick- Parise (NJD, 03)

Notable 18th overall pick- Fehr (WSH, 03)

Notable 19th overall pick- Getzlaf (ANA, 03)

Notable 20th overall picks- Zajac (NJD, 04), Del Zotto (NYR, 08)

Notable 21st overall pick- Rask (TOR, 05)

Notable 22nd overall picks- Giroux (PHI, 06), Eberle (EDM, 08)

Notable 23rd overall pick- Kesler (VAN, 03)

Notable 24th overall pick- M. Richards (PHI, 03)

Notable 25th overall pick- Ward (CAR, 02)

Notable 26th overall pick- Boyle (LAK, 03)

Notable 27th overall pick- Carlson (WSH, 08)

Notable 28th overall pick- Perry (ANA, 03)

Notable 29th overall picks- Kronwall (DET, 00), Green (WSH, 04), Downie (PHI, 05)

Notable 30th overall pick- Despres (PIT, 09)



Here's how the 2012 NHL Entry draft will take place

1- EDM

2- CBJ

3- MON

4- NYI

5- TOR

6- ANA

7- MIN

8- CAR

9-WIN

10-TAM

11- WSH (TRADED FROM COL)

12- BUF

13- DAL

14- CGY

15- OTT

16- WSH

17-SJ

18- CHI

19- TBL (TRADED FROM DET)

20- PHI

21- BUF (TRADED FROM NSH)

22- PIT

23- FLA

24- BOS

25- STL

26- VAN

27- PHO

28- NYR

29- LOSER OF STANLEY CUP FINALS

30- STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS



Here's the League It To Us 2012 mock NHL entry draft results for the 1st round


Prospect Rankings
Player
Scott's
Luke's
Josh D's
Dylan's
Josh H's
Total Points
Nail Yakupov
1
1
1
2
1
6
Ryan Murray
4
4
2
4
4
18
Mikhail Grigorenko
2
5
4
3
6
20
Alex Galchenyuk
3
2
5
8
2
20
Filip Forsberg
5
3
3
5
5
21
Mathew Dumba
6
6
6
1
3
22
Morgan Rielly
9
7
7
7
7
37
Griffen Rienhart
10
9
11
6
8
44
Teuvo Teravainen
13
8
8
9
9
47
Cody Ceci
8
14
10
11
10
53
Jacob Trouba
11
11
9
17
11
59
Radek Faksa
12
12
14
12
12
62
Olli Maatta
7
10
12
25
13
67
Matt Finn
18
15
18
14
15
80
Tom Wilson
21
17
17
18
17
90
Brendan Gaunce
14
18
15
30
14
91
Sebastien Collberg
22
16
13
23
18
92
Derrick Pouliot
16
21
24
20
21
102
Tomas Hertl
28
22
29
22
24
125
Hampus Lindholm
2nd+ round
13
20
10
16
59
Zemgus Girensons
24
2nd+ round
16
15
16
71
Malcolm Subban
19
19
2nd+ round
19
20
77
Pontus Aberg
2nd+ round
25
22
16
22
85
Andrei Vasilevski
2nd+ round
29
19
29
19
96
Dalton Thrower
26
30
26
2nd+ round 
27
109
Phillip Di Giuseppe
29
2nd+ round
30
28
29
116
Stefan Matteau
17
28
2nd+ round
2nd+ round 
25
70
Brady Skeji
2nd+ round
23
25
2nd+ round 
23
71
Colton Sissons
15
2nd+ round
28
2nd+ round 
30
73
Tanner Pearson
23
27
2nd+ round
2nd+ round 
26
76