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The Minnesota Wild have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Jordan Greenway who saw six games of NHL action last season picking up his first NHL point in the process. Also on the roster is  Brennan Menell, who turned last years free agent tryout performance into an NHL contract with the Wild.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 7 – 11 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, and St. … Continue Reading

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The Chicago Blackhawks have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  an allstar blueline including three first round draft selections: Nicolas Beaudin,  Adam Boqvist and Henri Jokiharju. Another defenseman, Blake Hillman, saw four games of NHL action after finishing his collegiate career last year. Swedish forward, Victor Ejdsell, also saw 6 games of NHL action last season picking up his first career assist for the Hawks.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 7 – 11 and will feature teams from … Continue Reading

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The New York Rangers have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil who were the 7th and 21st overall selections in the 2017 NHL entry draft. Also on this years team are Ty Ronning (son of former NHLer Cliff Ronning) and Brett Howden who was originally drafted by Tampa Bay but was included in the trade for Ryan McDonaugh.  Jeremy Brodeur, son of New Jersey legend Martin Brodeur, makes his third appearance in the tournament … Continue Reading

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  their first round selection from June’s NHL entry draft,  Liam Foudy. Also included is offensive forward Maxime Fourtier who racked up 32 goals and 75 points playing for Halifax of the QMJHL. The Blue Jackets entire blueline except for Ryan Collins is comprised of undrafted free agents.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 7 – 11 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, … Continue Reading

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The St. Louis Blues have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Dominik Bokk  and  Klim Kostin who were the teams first round selections from the past two years. Also on the roster is defenseman Mitch Reinke who saw a single game of NHL action last season after signing is a college free agent.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 7 – 11 and will feature teams from  Dallas,  Detroit,  Columbus,  Chicago,  Carolina, Minnesota, New … Continue Reading

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The Carolina Hurricanes have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  the teams the second overall pick from this past June Andrei Svechnikov. Also included are first round pick from 2017,  Martin Necas and 2016 first round draft picks Jake Bean and Julien Gauthier. The team also features Cliff Pu, who was acquired in the Jeff Skinner trade this offseason and Janne Kuokkanen, who saw four NHL games in 2017-2018

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The Detroit Red Wings have invited eight free agents to round out their roster for the NHL Prospect Tournament beginning in Traverse City on September 7th.

Among those auditioning are offensive forwards Pavel Gogolev (pictured) and Nicolas Guay. Also included on this years roster are a handful of players inked to AHL contracts including Marcus Crawford, Trevor Hamilton, Jordan Topping and Trevor Yates.

Following is a review of the invitees (listed alphabetically).

• Marcus Crawford – The 5-foot-11, 190 pound defenseman finished his fourth and final year with Saginaw of the OHL. The 21 year-old … Continue Reading
  

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The Detroit Red Wings have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features top ten picks from 2017 and 2018, Michael Rasmussen and Filip Zadina. Other prospects to watch include Joe Valeno, Dennis Cholowski, and  David Pope. Also making his first appearance at the NHL Prospect Tournament is Christopher Ehn who is expected to remain in North America this season. To round out their roster the Wings have invited 8 free agent tryouts though several of those are already under contract … Continue Reading