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Justin Azevedo: Too Small For The NHL?

August 7, 2008 by 12 Comments

EL SEGUNDO, CA — Did you know that the leading scorer in the Ontario Hockey League for the 2007-08 season was not Steven Stamkos, the consensus top prospect and first overall selection in the 2008 National Hockey League Entry Draft?

In fact, Stamkos was a fairly distant fifth in overall scoring in the OHL.

So what happened to the leading scorer, who finished the season with 43 goals and 81 assists for 124 points with 69 penalty minutes in 67 games?

On draft weekend last June, he waited. Read more of this post

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Wayne Simmonds Turns Heads Again, But Size Could Be A Problem

August 3, 2008 by 20 Comments

EL SEGUNDO, CA — Wiry but rugged right wing Wayne Simmonds turned a lot of heads at the Los Angeles Kings’ 2007-08 training camp after being selected in the second round (61st overall) of the 2008 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Almost one year later, he turned heads again at the team’s annual Development Camp last month.

Standing out at the camp comes as no surprise, given Simmonds’ performance in training camp last season as well as his improvement in junior hockey. Read more of this post

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