{"id":109661,"date":"2025-09-01T00:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/109661\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T00:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T00:09:08","slug":"deens-daily-avalanches-prospect-pool-ea-sports-nhl-26-ratings-can-zegras-produce-in-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/109661\/","title":{"rendered":"Deen&#8217;s Daily: Avalanche&#8217;s Prospect Pool; EA Sports NHL 26 Ratings; Can Zegras Produce in Philly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Avs prospect pool is ranked among the worst in the league. Also, players on the Penguins and Flyers have a lot to play for. Who\u2019s got the most pressure?<\/p>\n<p>All that and more on this edition of Deen\u2019s Daily \u2014 August 31.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche are in win now mode. And that\u2019s part of the reason why their prospect pool is among the worst in the NHL. The Athletic and Daily Faceoff both ranked the prospects for each of the 32 franchises, and the Avs are low on each one.<\/p>\n<p>At some point they\u2019ll have to get this figured out. Especially as the pieces around their core start to age out.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/30\/avalanches-prospect-pool-ranked-among-the-worst-in-the-nhl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avalanche\u2019s Prospect Pool Ranked Among the Worst in the NHL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around The NHL<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now:\u00a0Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/the-3-penguins-with-most-to-gain-or-lose-this-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three Pens<\/a> with the most to gain or lose this season.<\/p>\n<p>Philly Hockey Now:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/31\/the-3-flyers-with-the-most-to-gain-or-lose-this-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Same exercise for the Flyers.<\/a> I hate to spoil some of the article, but my colleague William James is spot on with Trevor Zegras being at the top of this list. Zegras has an opportunity to cement himself as a No. 1 center with great wingers like Travis Konecny and Matvei Michkov. This could be the big break he needs to get over the hump and take that next step in his career. Having Rick Tocchet at the helm sounds like it could be a perfect match for the former Anaheim Ducks center.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Hockey Now: Pavel Datsyuk was <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/31\/red-wings-magic-mans-team-wins-his-farewell-match-datsyuk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">victorious in his farewell match<\/a> in Russia. It\u2019s hard to believe the once NHL great is now 47 years old.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Hockey Now:\u00a0Were there parts of Will Smith\u2019s game that was better than Macklin Celebrini last season? <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-will-smith-macklin-celebrini-stathletes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheng Peng has more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boston Hockey Now:\u00a0I actually loved reading this a lot more than I thought I would. Andrew Fantuccio broke down the <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonhockeynow.com\/2025\/08\/31\/boston-bruins-ratings-nhl-26-08-31-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EA Sports ratings for several of the Bruins players<\/a>. He applied logic to something that sometimes doesn\u2019t have much of it. Who\u2019s overrated? Who\u2019s underrated? And who\u2019s perfectly rated?<\/p>\n<p>If anything, you should see where EA Sports has Casey Mittelstadt,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Avs prospect pool is ranked among the worst in the league. 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