NHL Rookies News & Stories

Lane Hutson's skill set has changed the Montreal Canadiens offensive zone play. Here's how he does it, and how teams try to contain him.

Elite Prospects' first Calder Power Ranking is here, and just in time for the what looks like the most competitive race in years.

It looked like Pavel Mintyukov would need a year to adjust to the NHL. Try a few weeks. This Rookie Midterm looks at how he's made the jump with such ease.

Preseason is always full of surprises, but preseason success doesn't equal NHL success.

Lukas Reichel has a chance to link up with Connor Bedard and the two could make magic together

Logan Cooley is leaving school and heading for the desert where he has his eyes set on climbing the rookie mountain and taking home the Calder Trophy.

Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting takes you into the Film Room to look at how Juuso Pärssinen has developed into a top-six centre in Nashville.

The subject of today's Rookie Mid-Term is Carolina Hurricanes winger Seth Jarvis. EP Rinkside's Mitch Brown looks at how the 5-foot-10 forward creates at the NHL level with physicality and adaptability as a rookie, and what it means for his projection.

The subject of today's Rookie Mid-Term is Detroit Red Wings defenceman Moritz Seider. The former sixth-overall pick is well ahead of schedule, looking the part of a No. 1 defenceman already.

In a sport without much credible star power or many must-watch talents, Trevor Zegras is already the exception to the rule. And he's the subject of today's Rookie Mid-Term.

Next up in our Trophy Watch series, Ryan Lambert looks at the field of candidates for the Calder Memorial Trophy in the 2021-22 NHL season, awarded to the league's best rookie.

The New York Rangers are banking on Nils Lundkvist and Braden Schneider to become big parts of their blue line long-term. Russ Cohen spoke to the two at Rangers training camp.

Marco Rossi is the next star in Austria's hockey sky. In this guest post from EP Rinkside Germany, we share a 1-on-1 interview with the next Austrian NHLer, looking at his traumatic year and how he hopes to bounce back.

The Canucks have recalled Jonah Gadjovich from the Utica Comets, with his debut expected to come any day now. EliteProspects Rinkside film scout Daniel Gee takes an exhaustive look at the 2017 second-round pick's game.

Joey Daccord won his first-career NHL game on Sunday night. Maren Angus has the story.

David St-Louis goes into the film room to examine Tim Stützle's game, and the early returns are pretty spectacular, in some respects. Get the full breakdown in this exclusive film room deep dive on Rinkside.

K'Andre Miller has been one of the season's best early storylines, proving once and for all that last season was the exception, not the norm, for this high-flying, super-mobile defender. Mitch Brown goes into the film room to break his game down in detail.

The Minnesota Wild are suddenly appointment viewing, and Dimitri Filipovic lays most of the responsibility at the feet of Kirill Kaprizov.

There was trickery, highlight-plays and multi-point performances throughout Thursday night's 14-game slate.

Nils Höglander is the latest rookie sensation to grace the Vancouver Canucks lineup. Mitch Brown goes into the film room to break down his hot start.

A pair of first-round pick defenders make their NHL debut tonight with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Arizona Coyotes. Meanwhile, Ty Dellandrea debuts as the Stars do against the J.D. Burke has more.

Alexander Romanov seems to get better with each step up professional hockey's ladder, Mitch Brown writes for Rinkside. Step into the film room, as Brown looks at Romanov's game in agonizing detail.

Kevin Lankinen, a player the Chicago Blackhawks mined from the European free agent ranks, is set to start for the Chicago Blackhawks tonight. It's the first of his NHL career.

Today's edition of Rookie Watch features a pair of Canadian teams pitting their prospects against each other in their NHL debuts, and one former SHL star seeing NHL ice for the first time south of the border.

The New York Islanders could debut Ilya Sorokin against the Rangers on Saturday.

The long-awaited NHL debut of German-phenom Tim Stützle will happen on Friday night.

Tyson Foerster and Zayde Wisdom, a pair of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks from the 2020 NHL Draft, got an extended look at Flyers training camp, and made a really solid impression. Russ Cohen shares their story.

After a solid showing from the first group of rookies on Opening Night, Thursday gives hockey another epic night of NHL debuts.

Rookie Watch is Rinkside's newest home for instant analysis on players making their NHL debut.

When Philip Broberg boarded the flight that would take him from Arlanda, Stockholm to Edmonton he didn’t know what to expect. The plan for the 19-year-old was to gain some...

“When you feel like you’ve hit rock bottom… That’s when you got to dig a little deeper. In the end, it’s always worth it”. The words are Buffalo Sabres goalkeeper...

It seems like just yesterday that the stars of today and even tomorrow crossed the stage in Dallas, donning their new team’s colours for the first time as a just...

It’s just about a dead heat for the pole position in the ultra-competitive Calder Trophy race between Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes. One could make a compelling case for either...

It looks increasingly like this year’s Calder Trophy race is going to come down to a photo finish between two early emerging contenders, a pair of defenders who put miles...

    John Marino paused his college studies in psychology to play hockey with a couple of the world’s best players on the Pittsburgh Penguins. Here he talks about the...

When you get selected second overall in an NHL Draft, fans will put a value on a player and create expectations in their minds as to how good they should...

EliteProspects Rinkside reporter Kajsa Kalmeus spoke with New York Islanders rookie defenceman Noah Dobson about adjusting to life in the NHL, the upcoming ten-game mark and the beginning of his...

So begins the new debut of a monthly column, one in which we look at the NHL’s top rookies and determine their order in the Calder Trophy race. The Calder...

Vegas Golden Knights forward and former sixth-overall pick Cody Glass has one hell of a hockey dad. You’ll often hear about hockey moms — and rightly so — but Jeff...

GLENDALE, Arizona — Eric Comrie‘s development path made him a technical ‘poster child’ long before the Winnipeg Jets eventually drafted him 59th overall, in the second round of the 2013...

Hockey players develop at their own pace, and there’s no magic potion to get them to the NHL faster. Every team ascribes to its own philosophy to help the players...

In keeping with Wednesday’s theme, we’re reviewing the NHL draft class of 2017 and trying to determine which players have helped raise their profile and which have seen it drop...