VHL News & Stories
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Dec 11th, 15:232025 NHL Draft
The Elite Prospects December top-50 ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft
Our scouts have convened for the second time this season and produced a December top-50 prospects for the 2025 Draft.
Dec 9th, 18:00NHL Prospect ReportRussia Stock Watch: Red Wings prospect Dmitri Buchelnikov can't be stopped
Dmitri Buchelnikov emerges as a top KHL scorer, while Magomed Sharakanov and Alexander Zharovsky are building strong cases for the NHL Draft.
Nov 5th, 19:15NHL Prospect ReportRussia Stock Watch: Ivan Demidov keeps getting better
With prospects taking over in Russia, Dylan Griffing highlights four standout performers, headlined by Ivan Demidov and Daniil But.
Jun 3rd, 19:302024 NHL DraftThe Elite Prospects 2024 NHL Draft Guide is available now!
The Elite Prospects 2024 NHL Draft Guide is now available for download with an Elite Prospects Premium subscription!
Apr 4th, 19:002024 NHL DraftElite Prospects' pre-U18 top 96 prospects 2024 NHL Draft ranking
The Elite Prospects scouting team has ranked the top 96 players in the 2024 NHL Draft ahead of the U18 World Hockey Championship in Helsinki, Finland.
Mar 2nd, 19:30NHL Prospect ReportRussia Stock Watch: Dmitri Buchelnikov thriving on loan with Admiral Vladivostok
March's Russia Stock Watch looks at the play of Dmitri Buchelnikov, Ilya Nabokov, Sergei Ivanov, Ilya Ivantsov, and Nikita Ishimnikov.
2023-12-02, 15:00NHL Prospect ReportRussia Stock Watch: Daniil But making a lot happen with very little ice-time at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
The December Russia Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Daniil But, Pavel Moysevich, Matvei Shuravin, and Prokhor Poltapov.
2023-11-07, 15:00NHL Prospect ReportRussia Stock Watch: Timur Mukhanov and Mikhail Ye. Ilyin taking off for Severstal Cherepovets
The November Russia Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Mikhail Ye. Ilyin, Timur Mukhanov, Ilya Fedotov, Yegor Graf, Matvei Babenko, Alexander Shen, Maxim Velikov, and Arsen Taimazov.
2023-10-20, 18:352024 NHL DraftScout's Notebook: A look at 4 2024 NHL Draft prospects with KHL experience
This week's Scout's Notebook zeroes in on Yegor Surin, Artyom Shchuchinov, Igor Chernyshov, and Matvei Shuravin.
2023-10-18, 18:30NHL ProspectsRussian hockey has been declining for years, it’s time to adjust how we view the prospects
Once a contender for second best league in the world, KHL has fallen in prospect development. Chace McCallum looks at the decline of hockey in Russia as evidenced by the KHL, VHL, and MHL.
2023-10-04, 23:37NHL Prospect ReportRussia Stock Watch: Everything's looking up Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Dylan Griffing kicks off Stock Watch with our first update from the 2023-24 hockey season, looking at whose stock is rising, steady, and falling in Russia.
2023-06-26, 12:142023 NHL Entry DraftFilm Room: Examining Mikhail Gulyayev's boom-or-bust profile
Lassi Alanen goes into the film to examine the Russian defender who could be one of the better picks on the blue line in this draft.
