"Let's face it, the present and immediate future look pretty grim these days. So let's all do like Fleetwood Mac and Don't Stop (Thinkin' About Tomorrow). And by tomorrow, we mean the 2023 NHL draft, which is shaping up to be not only outstanding, but incredibly intriguing as well.

By now, you've probably heard that Connor Bedard Michael Jordan Unc Jersey, an offensive dynamo from North Vancouver, was granted…

"In a normal world, USA Hockey's National Team Development Program holds a week-long tryout for players hoping to join the under-17 squad. This year, the global Coronavirus pandemic put the kibosh on that, so the NTDP brain trust picked the team based on the scouting they had done on the age group for the past two years.

On paper, the NTDP will have another strong class headlined by names such as Rutger McGroarty, Cruz Lucius and Maddox Fleming up front. On defense, Tyler Duke is an…

"That was the same year another local kid, Scott McCrory, led the OHL with 150 points playing for the Oshawa Generals, then scored 37 points in 24 playoff games, leading the Generals to two seven-game triumphs over the North Bay Centennials, the first in a Super Series to decide which team would host the Memorial Cup and again in the OHL final. McCrory's father, Gerry, basically ran minor hockey in Sudbury for years and now has an arena named after him.

One of the great things about bad…