Update in the NHL

For today’s blog I am going to do an update in the NHL. The season has started this season and most teams are already around 8 games in, which is almost a fifth of this shortened season.

Trades:

Last Saturday the Colombus Blue Jackets completed a trade with the Winnipeg Jets, sending Pierre-Luc Dubois there way and a 2022 3rd rounder in return for Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic. This trade may seem lopsided but really Laine is going to hate Tortarella (Colombuses coach) and having depth down the center will really help in the post-season this year for the jets. This move could really go either way, but only time will tell who wins.

Blue Jackets trade Dubois to Jets for Laine, Roslovic

There are two more small name trades to report that both happened this last week.

One was a trade between the Sharks and Ducks, with the Sharks receiving F Jack Kopacka, and the Ducks receiving D Trevor Carrick. Then, the Sharks traded away Jack Kopacka and a 7th for the Ottawa Senators defenseman Christian Jaros.

Standings:

The standings currently are

  1. Toronto

2.Washington

3.Montreal

4.Vegas

5.Boston

6.Philadelphia

7.Winnipeg

8.Colorado

9.Minnesota

10.Vancouver

11.St. Louis

12.Colombus

13.Pittsburgh

14.Dallas

15.Nashville

16.Los Angeles

The other teams standings are available following this link. The teams I put here are the teams that are in the top half of the league, meaning that these teams are probably either close or in a playoff spot right now. The reason they wouldn’t be in a playoff spot is because the spots are divisional, so the top 4 teams from each division will make it. The Jets, for example, area seventh in the league, but third in their division. The divisions are made up of 7-8 teams each.

Those are the updates around the league, Jan.29, 2021.

Here is a link to the trade tracker.

Here is a link to Jayden’s blog for more stuff about Hockey.

Tim Stutzle

Hi, today I am blogging about Tim Stutzle.

Tim Stutzle (Pronounced Tim Stootzleh) is an Ottawa Senators forward who was drafted last year behind Quinton Byfield and Alexis Lafreniere. He is German. He has played 4 games so far this year and has 1 goal for his only point. He is a minus 5, but for a rookie on the worst team of the league he is actually pretty good. He is 19 years old and wears jersey #18. He was born on January 15th, 2002.

Tim Stutzle played for Germany in the WJC and he played great there, racking up 10 points, 5 goals, 5 assists, in 5 games. And put into consideration that he was playing on Germany, obviously not the best team. He looks like he will be the core of the Senators, along with Brady Tkachuk and Thomas Chabot.  He plays center or left wing. I think if he stays with the Sens, he will win a cup at around 30 years old, once their team is all in their prime.

Tim Stutzle is a really good stickhandler and he is pretty fast too. He has incredible puck skills, and his first goal came by a puck flipping into the air and he slapshotted it right before it hit the ice. His only problem is playing physically, and that is a problem for the Sens, because they need some more grit. I think this year he is going to get around 20 points, and probably around 10 goals. He might be disappointing though, like Jack Hughes, who had less points then Kaapo Kakko last year. I think, though, that once he breaks out he will become an all-star on the Senators.

Tim Stützle – DobberProspects

This is a link to Tim  Stutzles Elite Prospects page.                                        

and here is a link to Jayden’s blog. He has really cool stuff on there so go check it out.                                                                               

Thanks for reading.

Fun Things to do in the winter

Hi welcome back to my blog. Today I am going to talk about fun things to do in the winter.

1. Playing Hockey

Hockey is my favourite sport and really my favourite thing. It is really fun to score a goal or get adrenaline when you get the puck so you go faster and get on a breakaway. I find that when I am skating hard in a game to get on a breakaway I don’t even get tired, I just focus on scoring. Plus hockey is a great team game and it is fun to be with the team travelling around which we unfortunately cant do this year.

The NHL's Most Valuable Teams

2. Skiing and snowboarding

I have never snowboarded before but I want to and I have skied before and it is really fun. This winter I went cross country skiing and the first 2 times it wasn’t that fun but then I got shorter poles that fit me and then it was fun. I like downhill skiing more though. I went downhill skiing in Stony Mountain last year and it was really fun. I like doing jumps on the ramps there.

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3. Building stuff out of snow

I like building snow forts sometimes, and this year after I shoveled our trampoline there was a massive snow pile at the entrance, but I never built a full fort yet. It is fun to make one with a secret entrance and then other people don’t know how to get in, and it is also fun to have a snow fight with your base and another person’s base.

Snow fort - Wikipedia

4. Sled Racing

Here in Arborg you cant sled race because the hill we have isn’t big enough, although it is pretty big, but in Hecla beside the resort there is a huge hill that you can race down and it is really fun. I like sledding when I have fast sleds, because then you really have fun. I tried to make a ramp this year but I plowed right through it because the ramp wasn’t strong enough, but if I ever find or make a better ramp it would be fun to jump.

Sledding Safety - National Safety Council

5. Read a book

When it is too cold outside to do anything you can just sit inside and read a book. Some books I read are kind of boring but what you have to do to make it not boring is find your reading level and then it is really fun to read. Sometimes at school they look at your reading level, but they look at how good you can read, not what interests you. So if you can read words at high school level, you might be better with language but you wont have as much fun as reading at your level.

The 12 Most Impactful Books to Read in 2018 | Inc.com6. Snowmobiling

Snowmobiling is really fun, and besides hockey it is my most favourite winter thing to do. I love driving around in the snow. It is also really fun to get some air. Another good part about snowmobiling is that you can go for a long time until you run out of gas, and then you can fill it up again.

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Thanks for reading, put what you like to do in the winter down in the comments. Here is a link to the NHL website  

and here is a link to my friend Jayden’s blog. Be sure to check it out because he has really cool posts on there.               

 

Writers Workshop Publication #4- Jack Smith and the One Hundred Million Dollar Robbery

We have been working on another writers workshop and I chose to do a descriptive since that was the only one I haven’t done yet. It is called Jack Johnson and the One Hundred Million Dollar Robbery

Elijah

Jan. 11

Mr. Ewert

Writers Workshop

Jack Smith and the $100,000,000 Case

My name is Jack Smith. I’m a private eye, but you can call me a detective. I solve crimes for a living. One morning, as I was paying my bills, I was presented a case.

A bald, big man slammed open the door of my dark, dirty office. He didn’t look like the type to present an easy case, but then again, none of them do. He said his name was John Johnson, owner of Johnson bank, the largest one in this side of the milky way. It was big, and rich too. I had heard of it before, and after all, who hadn’t? He told me what happened.

He was leaving work after a meeting. Only the secretary, Gary Gorilla, and the electrician where there. Gary was helping the electrician fix a broken ATM machine. John had told Gary he could leave, but Gary wanted to stay late to earn more money. Besides, It was important to fix it, as 3 bank robbers in the area had escaped prison. Casie Jones, Frank Miller, and Bob Birdbrain. It was a Friday, so when he returned to work on Monday, all the money in the vault was gone. That was all the knowledge on the case. The three robbers caught though, all on Sunday evening. Casie Jones and Frank Miller were both caught at the Big Win Casino, but Bob Birdbrain was caught on Elmer Street, the same street as the bank was on. The police report said he had a sack, but when he ran through a couple alleys and they caught him, he didn’t have it anymore.

I went to the local prison and talked to them all. The prison was very grey and boring. Not the place you would want to be stuck in. Frank Miller admitted that he was robbing the casino but he was never on Elmer Street once. Casie Jones was very quiet, except a few grunting noises. Then as I was just about to leave and add him to a top runner, he said that if he was ever on Elmer Street, I could call him banana. I chose to trust him, or at least not put him on the list of my top suspicions. I wanted to know from everyone first before putting him up there just because he didn’t speak much.  I went to the real suspect, Bob Birdbrain. He told me that the sack was empty and he was just looking for some food, because he was starving. He said his sack was stolen by some guy wearing a fancy suit. Then, the guy who stole it climbed up the side of the building. I asked him if he knew the guys name. He said there was a nametag but he was sworn to secrecy. He pounded his chest as I walked away, as if to say, “You cant get anything out of me.” Although I did get quite a bit out of him. A person who makes that story must be the real robber.

I still thought I should get more information, as I could’ve just interpreting something wrong. I met up with my friends, Luis Mendoza and Kenny DeSmith, at an old coffee shop. The smell of coffee helps me concentrate. After I told them what I had so far, Luis said, “I don’t think it was any of your suspects. They were giving clues about something else.” He was deep in concentration, and he seemed like he was on the verge of an answer. Then Kenny said, “I just moved into a new neighbourhood and I haven’t met anyone yet. I do know that someone got there late Friday night in a red convertible. They both carried suitcases and one had a sack. One person had a fancy suit that looked all shredded, but I couldn’t make out the faces because it was so dark. They were gone the next morning, but there could be clues at their house. One paper was on their driveway and knowing that you might need it because of all the sketchy stuff happening around there, I took it. It says 341-287.”

“Woah! That’s the vault password!” I nearly spit out my cappuccino when Kenny said that.

I figured I’d go investigate the bank. There was a lock on the door of John Johnson’s office, but he opened it for me. I looked in his office, which was neat, except for in one place. I walked over to an old shoe box, where there was a slit cut open on the top. It looked like it was cut open from a small rectangular shape, like a nametag. John told me that was where he hid the piece of paper with the vault password. I walked out of his office and saw the ATM was fixed. I investigated it and saw a nametag was shoved in there, keeping it in place. The name was smudged off, but there was a picture of a gorilla on it, like it was a joke someone pulled. Mr. Johnson said he hadn’t seen the nametag before. Then, suddenly it clicked.

“John, have you seen a red convertible here before?”

“Yes! It was driven by Gary Gorilla. He moved away just on Saturday. He was so polite. He wore the nicest suits.”

“I’ve solved your case! It was Gary Gorilla, your secretary. He stayed late on Friday to get the money with the electrician, who you gave the keys to your office so he could access anything he needed. He used  the key to get in and used one of Gary’s old nametags. The cutting smeared off the name, but they didn’t realize the picture hadn’t. They thought it was all good, but they threw the nametag in the ATM just in case. The electrician was the only one who would ever look in the ATM anyway, or so they thought. Coincidentally, the ATM started working anyway, but they never noticed. They opened the vault because they now had the password and took the money. Then, when they were about to leave, they saw Bob Birdbrain looking at them. He ran away, and a police car came and found him. Gary and the electrician didn’t want him to tell the police, so they ran though another alley to find him. They took his sack so he wouldn’t get caught, and they ran away. They went up an old fire exit but in the darkness, it looked like they were climbing walls. Their first mistake was a nosy neighbour.” And I winked at Kenny, who had just shown up.

Gary and the electrician went to prison, and I stayed in my coffee smelling, messy office where I wait until my next case.

 

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Mark Rober

Mark Rober is an American YouTuber who uses science to do cool stuff, like making an ice cream safe, or a glitter bomb, making the worlds largest lemon powered battery, or making a squirrel American Ninja Warrior course,  and he does other things too, like seeing if sharks can actually smell blood, or what type of blood they like the most, and an honesty test where he dropped 10 wallets in different cities like Winnipeg, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas, plus some smaller towns. They are really interesting videos. Today I am going to talk about him.

My favourite video from Mark Rober is not really any of them because I like them all so much because they are all interesting. My top ones would be one of the two shark blood videos, glitter bomb 3.0, the squirrel ninja warrior course, the honesty test, the jello pool, or the carnival scam science, but I am sure I missed a few. The reason I like these are because they have science in them but they are things that also are not just like breaking down the human body or something boring like that. He makes sure all his science experiments are fun and interesting. He had a science fair ideas video and he said that you should be sure to do something that applies in real life which is really smart and it makes everything way more fun.

Mark Robers most popular video is “Skin a Watermelon Party Trick” and it is really interesting and cool. His next 5 are “Worlds largest Jello Pool” and “Liquid Sans Hot tub” and “Testing if Sharks can Smell a Drop of Blood” and “CARNIVAL SCAM SCIENCE” and “Worlds Largest Elephant Toothpaste Experiment” These videos all have upward of 60 Million views, and “Skin a Watermelon Party Trick’ has 111 Million Views. Mark Rober has 16.1 Million subscribers. His newest video is “Glitter Bomb 3.0” Because every year he makes a fake amazon package at around Christmas time that you can tell is fake if you read all the packaging, but none of the thiefs ever do. When they open the package they get a surprise bomb of glitter going all over the place, and also some fart spray releases. He has 4 phones inside the bomb taping out of small holes in the box so that you can get a 360 view of what is happening. He gets a reaction every time and it is really funny. This year he added Skunk fart spray to make it smell even worse, and he added voice and some police lights. It goes like this, (opens box) (glitter releases) “WOAH! AHH IT’S ALL OVER THE PLACE! WHAT IS THIS (some yelling from the other room begins and more people walk into the room where it was opened.) then it makes police lights, police noises, and releases the fart and skunk fart spray. Then, a countdown begins, “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 , (the person who opened it is sprinting to get it out of the door by now) 4, 3, 2, 1” Then Mark goes to recover the box after they throw it out the door and he puts it in front of another person’s house who volunteered and it happens all over again.

YouTuber uses glitter bomb, fart sprayer to punish package thieves - CNET

This is Mark in a fake Mustache and he is pretending to be the bad guy.

Report: YouTuber Mark Rober working as Apple engineer to create VR tech for  self-driving cars - 9to5Mac

Thanks for reading. Comment what your favorite Mark Rober video is

Here is a link to the glitter bomb 3.0 video (Warning, there is swearing, but he always beeps it out) and here is a link to his youtube channel.                                                             

Top 5 players of the Next Generation in the NHL

Hello, I am back from Christmas break and I am going to talk about the top 5 players of the next generation who are in the first two years or first year of the NHL right now.

5. Lucas Raymond

Raymond is the first round draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings, 4th overall in the draft. He was a surprising pick so high but he ended up showing that Yzerman was smart taking him with his play in the WJC. He is a right handed right winger who has the puck on a string and he has speed. He is almost guaranteed to make the roster this year, especially on the falling Red Wings. He was a smart pick for the Wings, because they are deep on center and left wing but not Right wing so that will help them a lot. His numbers last year in the Champions Hockey League tournament in Europe was 3 points in 6 games, which is really good considering it is the Memorial cup (Canadian Hockey League) of Europe. He has put up 12 points in 23 games so far in this year of the SHL, which he played in during the time of no hockey here. I think Raymond, along with Mantha, Larkin, Bertuzzi, Zadina, and Velenoe will be a dominant force in a couple years and they have the potential to win a cup.

Prospect Ramblings: The Curious Case of Lucas Raymond – DobberProspects

4. Kaapo Kakko

Kakko is the second overall pick of the New York Rangers in 2019. He had a disappointing rookie year but he passed  the first overall player who was also disappointing. Kakko will be hungry and come back stronger than ever next year. In a 56 game season I see him putting up around 40 points. He is on a strong Rangers team with Panarin, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Kreider, and Lafrieniere. The team just has to improve defense and they could be a cup contender. I don’t see an instant cup in their future, but I think once Kakko and Lafrieniere can improve to elite top 3 players, they have a chance to be close if not a winner. Kakko will improve every year and I think he can hit 100 points at some point in his career. His numbers for last year where 23 points in 66 games, 10 goals and 13 assists. If he improves his playmaking ability, they could put the 6’3″ player on any line and he could produce.

OFFICIAL: Rangers Sign Kaapo Kakko to Entry-Level Contract - Blueshirt  Banter

3.Quinton Byfield

Byfield was the first round draft pick of the LA Kings, 2nd overall. He is a center, and that will help on the Kings because Anze Kopitar is getting old and not as productive anymore. Byfield was the obvious choice for the second overall pick. He had 82 points in 45 games for the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL last year. He is a power forward standing at 6’4″ and he has insane potential to be among some of the greatest players who ever played for the Kings. I see a Stanley cup or two in his future.

2020 NHL Draft: Quinton Byfield has rare combination of size and speed -  Eyes On The Prize

2. Jack Hughes

Hughes had a terrible rookie season and his older brother stole the spotlight, but he was only 18. His brother only made the NHL at 19 and ended up leading the NHL rookies for points and coming extremely close to the Calder. Obviously Hughes will have a harder time producing in the shortened season, but he trained hard this offseason, having almost a year off just to train. He has added a lot of muscle to his 5’11” frame. He needs a better team to produce, but he can be the player to make his team better. His rookie year ended worse than the second overalls point total, with 21 points in 61 games, getting only 7 goals. If Hughes had a team like Kakko he could maybe produce more, but his team sucks. Him and Hischier are really the only good players on the entire team. I don’t think he will ever win a cup with this team, but if he stays with them he could close to the end of his career when the Devils finish rebuilding and start contending. I think once he becomes a UFA he will sign with a new team so he can win a cup.

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1.Alexis Lafreniere

The obvious choice for the number one spot in both this and the draft, Lafreniere has potential to be the next Crosby. I won’t say McDavid, because he might not put up numbers that high, but he will get a lot of points. The Rangers took him first overall. He had second in the CHL with 112 points in 52 games, only second to Marco Rossi, a true contender for this list, that had four more games and 8 more points then him, and had the most points per game in the CHL. He is 6’1″. He plays left wing. He is known for his passing ability and hockey sense, but he also has dangles like Patty Kane.

Alexis Lafreniere signs max entry-level contract with New York Rangers

That is my list. I would’ve put Marco Rossi on it but he slipped to #9 in the draft and the NHL scouts know a lot more than I do so I kept him off.

Thank you for reading. Here is a link to the top scorers in the CHL. https://chl.ca/article/2019-20-chl-season-in-review-top-scorers