Category: National Hockey League Entry Draft

Scouting the NHL Draft: Connor McMichael is the home run swing for the Tampa Bay Lightning

By Hardev | Jun 12th 2019 | 9 min read |

The Tampa Bay Lightning love their offensively minded forwards who string plays together at a high tempo and beat teams with speed and skill. Connor M...

Scouting the 2019 NHL Draft: Ville Heinola is quietly moving up the draft board

By Justin G. | Jun 12th 2019 | 10 min read |

The Tampa Bay Lightning like drafting undersized players with high hockey IQ. They just don’t like to do it when that player is a defenseman. Consid...

Scouting the 2019 NHL Draft: Philip Tomasino would be a steal at 27th overall

By loserpoints | Jun 11th 2019 | 7 min read |

A couple of months ago, Philip Tomasino’s availability to the Lightning at 27th overall seemed more than reasonable. But through the draft process, ...

Raw Charge 2019 NHL Draft Coverage Kick-Off: Consolidated rankings, schedule, and more

By loserpoints | Jun 6th 2019 | 3 min read |

The 2019 NHL Draft is less than two weeks away and with the date creeping up on us, we’re going to ramp up our coverage here at Raw Charge. The firs...

2019 NHL Draft Rankings: The top 35 prospects

By Lauren Kelly | Jun 2nd 2019 | 15 min read |

With the 2019 NHL Entry Draft less than a month away, we decided to compile a draft ranking of the best 35 eligible draft prospects available to teams...

SBNation NHL First Round Mock Draft: Daily Updates

By loserpoints | May 28th 2019 | 28 min read |

Every year, the team sites here at SBNation do a mock draft of the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. This isn’t a traditional mock draft where we ...

NHL Mock Draft 2019: Tampa Bay Lightning select forward Jakob Pelletier with No. 27 pick

By Justin G. | May 24th 2019 | 9 min read |

With the 27th pick in the first round of the SBNation.com 2019 NHL Mock Draft, Raw Charge, on behalf of the Tampa Bay Lightning, selects forward Jakob...

2019 NHL Draft: Six draft-eligible CHL prospects the Tampa Bay Lightning could take in June

By Lauren Kelly | Apr 26th 2019 | 5 min read |

Even though Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko headline the 2019 draft class, there are still a number of interesting prospects that will be available to the...

First among firsts; where does Drouin stand compared to other Lightning 1st round picks?

By John Fontana | Mar 5th 2019 | 6 min read |

Yesterday’s comparison article regarding Jonathan Drouin and other players in Lightning team history to have worn the jersey number 27 was a bit...

Reviewing the 2010 Tampa Bay Lightning draft class

By Justin G. | Mar 5th 2019 | 9 min read |

It’s been five years since the 2010 draft class was selected. That draft happened just a few months after Jeff Vinik purchased the Tampa Bay Lightni...