Morin's Argumentative Analysis

"This guy's resilient, he's got a great attitude, great character, he's versatile. He's a guaranteed first-round pick. Thought that all along, but then the injury you thought maybe could be a factor. But the workouts solidified him. The tape, the workouts, the character, he's going in the first round said Mel Kiper.

Taken 13th overall by the New York Rangers, Sulliman played 11 NHL seasons with the Rangers, Hartford, New Jersey and Philadelphia. He then worked as an assistant coach for three seasons in New Jersey and also three with Phoenix.That works out to an impressive 17 years in the “show.”

A rookie NHL All-Star, the number one overall pick, an 18 year old from Arizona, and the future of the NHL, number 34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews is fifth overall in total goals this season. Auston Matthews was born in San Ramon, California on September 17, 1997 and at two months old, moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. To start, his Uncle had season tickets to then, Phoenix Coyotes games, now Arizona Coyotes, where Auston went to his first hockey game when he was three years old and fell in love with the sport. He first started hockey at age five and was once better at baseball than he was at hockey. He was good baseball because he had good eye-hand coordination and hitting was his strength. Anyhow, there weren't

It's June 25th, 2010, an 11 year old just finished elementary school and is excited to watch his first ever draft and he doesn't even have to stay up past his bedtime as Edmonton picks first. He's been hearing a lot of buzz from sports media about the draft, especially "Taylor vs Tyler" and he knows who he wants the Edmonton Oilers to pick. Taylor Hall plays in Windsor with the Spitfire, whom won the memorial cup just a month prior and just like the kid, he is an Alberta boy. The kid dreams about centering a line with Hall and Jordan Eberle, shattering all of Wayne Gretzky's records. Daydreaming, the kid notices that the Edmonton's GM, Steve Tambellini, is already on the podium ready to make the pick.

Condon has won his first four games in the League, including the Canadiens' 6-2 victory at the Calgary Flames on Friday. The 25-year-old rookie started his second game in a row in place of Carey Price, who is out for a week because of a lower-body injury.

His sophomore year production was ridiculously good. Like I mentioned previously, analysts were already labeling him as a future top-five draft pick after an incredible year for LSU. He was even the first

The nine-teen year old Konecny who was selected 24th overall by the Flyers a summer ago is knocking on the door of the NHL. Konecny is a highly skilled forward who isn’t a afraid to play physical. Konecny scored 30 goals last season in the Ontario Hockey League. Konecny totaled 101 points in 60 games. Flyers General Manger Ron Hextall had this to say about Konecny “Travis is a High-Character kid. Works hard. He’s got speed and a lot of attraibutes we value. Konecny has played with both Claude Giroux and Jackub Voracek in the preseason so far and hasn’t disappointed the flyers. Konecny has 2 goals and 2 assists in 4 games for the Flyers this preseason.

Known for his physical fitness during his career and even after his career, but, it did not start well. He thought his summer lacrosse schedule would keep him in proper shape heading towards his first NHL training camp. Yet, Coach Bob Johnson disagreed and labeled him as someone not committed to being a hockey player.

The Minnesota Wild goalie,Devan Dubnyk,had stopped 96 shots before giving up a goal. He was 14th overall draft pick to the Oilers in 2004. He was also part of their 12 game win streak( with the Wild). He also made into the NHL All Star game for the central division with the wild with the Wild defenseman, Ryan Suter. He is also playing very good this season. The Minnesota Wild are ranked 1st in the Central Division. Their record is 37-12-6 record this season. Devan Dubnyk has a 933 save percentage.The Wild lost against the ducks 1-0 on Tuesday.Almost all of the second period they were in the offensive zone getting shots.While in the offensive zone almost everyone got a shot or two.But they could not get one past the ducks goalie. The Ducks scored because the rebound went right out front of the net and a uncovered Ducks player hit it into the open net.That gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead and they kept through the game.The Minnesota Wild are the only team in the NHL that has not replaced a starting goalie.

Vladimir is better when he is on offense because he knows how to shoot the puck into the goal fast and smooth. He shoots left handed and most people are right handed so when he shoots it is at a different angle than when people shoot right handed.Overall, in the seasons he has played for KHL and NHL he has scored 382 points including the points he got in the play offs. As it came to 2015 Tarasenko recorded his first hat tricks against the Dallas Stars and got another one in the year 2016 against Tampa Bay Lightning.

Patrick Kane was a great player in his childhood. Born on November 19, 1988 This Right wonder was born for destiny. When he went to the OHL he was great.. His First Team was Mite division in Cazenovia. Patrick Kane played on OHL Knights as his first OHL team. His First season his line racked up 344 points. AFter that he went on to play on the U.S National Development Program.

a good person to start with. In the article “Where are They Now: Eric Lindros” by Michael

In Quebec City, Patrick Roy was born on October 5, 1965. His parents were doing very well in life. His father was a great tennis player as well as an amateur baseball player. His mother was a nationally ranked swimmer for her country. Patrick began his journey playing hockey at the age of six years old. He never started out playing in the net but when the goalie on his local team got hurt, Patrick said he would give it a try and never left that position ever since. An interesting fact was that he loved it so much, at home, he would strap pillows to his legs using them as pads. He loved playing goalie so much, he started playing that position for his local junior and midget hockey leagues. Patrick Roy dropped out of school in the eleventh grade and with the help of his parents he played in the Quebec junior league. He played for the team the Granby Bison’s which didn’t go so well for the team but great for Patrick Roy. What I mean by that is the team finished the season with a record of sixteen to

On-ice performance: achieved playoff contention every year since 2003; Ranked third of thirty teams in NHL

On February 8, 2016, NHL player Dustin Byfuglien, signs a 5 year contract extension with the Winnipeg Jets. Dustin Byfuglien, nickname Big Buff, age thirty, at six foot and 260 pounds, is apart of the NHL Jets team and their long term plan. Dustin signs a 5-year $38 million contract with the Jets, as he has proven to be a valuable player; Dustin can both put up points and defend big hits. Dustin says that he had no intention to leave the Jets; he believes that with time he can win the Stanley Cup with the Jets. The Jets’ general manager states that ‘Byfuglien has grown in maturity on both the ice and off’. He states that he is like family to the team, and can take his hockey skills to new levels. Since Dustin Byfuglien is off the NHL free agent