All articles tagged with #player selections
Inter Miami CF selected five college players in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft, including talents from Bryant University, Duke, Indiana, and Vermont, showcasing their potential to strengthen the team with diverse and accomplished young athletes.
The 2025 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team features top talent from all 13 conferences and 54 schools, with Illinois State and UIW leading in selections. The team includes returning players and standout newcomers across offense, defense, and special teams, highlighting the high level of competition in the FCS for the upcoming season.
The Philadelphia Flyers selected nine players in the 2025 NHL Draft, including Porter Martone and Jack Nesbitt in the first round, and made additional picks across rounds two through seven, focusing on forwards and defensemen from various countries, with trades to optimize their draft position.
The Minnesota Wild selected five players in the 2025 NHL Draft, including defensemen and forwards, and made a trade with the Washington Capitals to acquire additional picks, focusing on young talent from various leagues.
Flyers assistant GM Brent Flahr discussed their draft strategy, emphasizing the importance of size, work ethic, and style, highlighting key picks like Porter Martone and Shane Vansaghi, and expressing satisfaction with their overall draft class for 2025.
Five Minnesota Wild players have been selected to represent their countries in the 4 Nations Face-Off, an international hockey tournament featuring teams from Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the USA. The players include Matt Boldy and Brock Faber for the USA, Jonas Brodin, Joel Eriksson Ek, and Filip Gustavsson for Sweden. The tournament will take place in February 2025 at the Bell Centre in Montreal and TD Garden in Boston, following NHL rules and a round-robin format.
Tori McElhaney, a member of the Atlanta Falcons editorial team, presents a seven-round mock draft, emphasizing quality over quantity and making strategic moves to secure future draft capital. The Falcons trade with the Broncos to acquire a future first-round pick, select EDGE Dallas Turner in the first round, make a trade with the Cardinals to pick CB Kool-Aid McKinstry in the second round, choose DT Braden Fiske in the third round, and trade with the Jaguars to select WR Javon Baker in the fourth round.
The Cleveland Browns, with only five draft picks, utilized a mock draft simulator to execute two trade-downs, resulting in four selections within the top 105 picks. The resulting five-player draft class includes an athletic left tackle, a versatile defensive end, a deep threat wide receiver, a potential running back replacement, and a developmental tight end, addressing various positional needs for the team.
Dan Parr's 2024 NFL mock draft 1.0 includes three trades, with the Bengals landing a pass catcher for Joe Burrow. The mock draft attempts to fill team needs as they stand in mid-February, projecting player selections and potential trades leading up to the NFL Draft. Notable picks include Jayden Daniels to the Falcons, Justin Fields to the Patriots, and a trade between the Bengals and the Cardinals.
Bay FC and Utah Royals FC made their player selections in the NWSL expansion draft, with Bay FC adding five players, including goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland, and Utah Royals FC selecting two players. The draft was criticized for its impact on players' lives and the lackluster broadcast. Now, teams can focus on free agency, where notable players like Crystal Dunn and Rose Lavelle are available.
The Tampa Bay Lightning made five picks during Day 2 of the 2023 NHL Draft, selecting forward Ethan Gauthier, forward Jayson Shaugabay, defenseman Warren Clark, forward Jack Harvey, and forward Ethan Hay. Gauthier was acquired in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche, while Shaugabay was acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators. The Lightning's draft picks come from various leagues, including the QMJHL, USHL, MJHL, and OHL.
The Detroit Red Wings selected nine players during the second day of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, including goaltender Trey Augustine, defensemen Andrew Gibson and Brady Cleveland, left wing Noah Dower-Nilsson, defenseman Larry Keenan, defenseman Jack Phelan, left wing Kevin Bicker, goaltender Rudy Guimond, and center Emmitt Finnie. The Red Wings added promising prospects to their roster from various leagues and countries, aiming to strengthen their team for the future.
Assistant GM Martin Madden discusses the Anaheim Ducks' 2023 draft class, expressing satisfaction with the selection process and highlighting key players such as Leo Carlsson, Nico Myatovich, Carey Terrance, Damian Clara, Coulson Pitre, Yegor Sidorov, Konnor Smith, Rodwin Dionicio, and Vojtech Port. Madden praises Carlsson's hockey sense and leadership, Myatovich's support play, Terrance's speed and scoring ability, Clara's potential as a young goalie, Pitre and Sidorov's offensive skills, Smith's physicality, Dionicio's rise as a defenseman, and Port's hockey sense and quickness.
The Carolina Hurricanes made 10 selections in the 2023 NHL Draft, including Felix Unger Sorum, the first Norwegian-born player ever chosen by the team. Other notable picks include Jayden Perron, Alexander Rykov, Stanislov Yaravoy, Charles-Alexis Legault, Ruslan Khazheyev, Timur Mukhanov, Michael Emerson, and Yegor Velmakin. The Canes focused on adding skilled forwards, defensemen, and goaltenders from various countries and leagues.