Draft Retrospective News & Stories
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Nov 15th, 19:37Draft Retrospective
Draft Retrospective: Is Alexis Lafrenière fulfilling his draft-year expectations?
David St-Louis breaks down the film and looks at Alexis Lafrenière's career since going first overall in 2020.
Oct 23rd, 16:07Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: What we missed with Ottawa Senators centre Tim Stützle
David St-Louis takes a deeper look at Tim Stützle's draft year and how he's proven in a re-draft he'd be No. 1 in 2020.
2023-11-21, 20:48Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: How Arber Xhekaj went from undrafted OHL depth to the NHL
The Montreal Canadiens defenceman had few expectations but turned nothing into something. Mitch Brown looks at his journey.
2023-10-25, 17:16Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: How Brandon Hagel went from unsigned prospect to top-six scorer
Brandon Hagel has taken the road less travelled, going from unsigned prospect to legitimate top-line forward. Mitch Brown looks at how that happened in the latest Draft Retrospective.
2023-10-18, 20:45Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Matthew Tkachuk was always a play-driver
Matthew Tkachuk was always going to be a star. This Draft Retrospective looks at all the signs from his draft year and those that followed.
2022-12-24, 20:00Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Lessons and leftovers
Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown empties the notebook from the Draft Retrospective series, looking at lessons learned and offering insight on players that didn't quite warrant a full article.
2022-12-21, 23:00Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Making sense of the highs and lows of Brock Boeser's career
Brock Boeser's name is on the trade block now after a handful of disappointing seasons, but he once had so much promise. What happened?
2022-12-14, 22:15Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: How Jason Robertson went from second-rounder to superstar
There were signs that Jason Robertson was going to be a star in his draft year. You just had to know what to look for.
2022-12-02, 20:00Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Clayton Keller and the importance of translatability
Clayton Keller is one of the NHL's forgotten stars. In this Draft Retrospective, Mitch Brown looks at his evolution over the years.
2022-11-30, 19:00Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Nico Hischier's evolution into one of the NHL's best two-way centres
Nico Hischier is starting to hit his stride as one of the NHL's top two-way centres. This is how he's done it.
2022-11-29, 19:03Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Kaapo Kakko and the challenges of delivering on promise
One of the finest Finnish draft prospects is still trying to find the answers that would help him reach similar stature in the NHL.
2022-11-23, 15:49Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Rasmus Dahlin and trying to go from elite prospect to elite NHL player
The former No. 1 pick was clearly one of the best prospects in the world, how he he's grown his game and works to become a top defender in the NHL going forward.
2022-11-22, 21:52Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Quinn Hughes' best has yet to come
The skating and the control of the game where always there offensively, it's just a matter of taking things further.
2022-11-17, 21:22Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Elias Pettersson from top prospect to top Canuck
How the Canucks center made a splash an than kept impressing after his draft eligible season.
2022-11-16, 16:25Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Cody Glass and the quest back to the top-six
The No. 6 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft is working his way back to what many expected in his draft year.
2022-11-15, 16:21Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Casey Mittelstadt has two years to bring it all together
The No. 8 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft has gotten better, but simple economics have put a time crunch on him finding the long-term fit in Buffalo.
2022-11-14, 19:48Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Devon Toews has always been ahead of his time
It took time for the game to catch up, but when it did Toews was ready.
2022-11-08, 18:53Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: The evolution of Cale Makar
Now Cale Makar is a known commodity, but Mitch Brown looks back at how the Norris Trophy winner put it all together.
