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Cam Robinson's Top 80 Prospects for the 2024 NHL Entry Draft
Director of Film Scouting Cam Robinson provides his personal ranking for the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. - 2020-10-06, 13:00Scouting Reports
Ranking the NHL’s 15 Best Goaltending Prospects
Last week, EliteProspects counted down the 75 best skater prospects outside of the NHL. Next up, the goaltenders. I’ve gone to the liberty of ranking the 15 best targets outside... - 2020-10-02, 19:00Rankings
Ranking the NHL’s Best Prospects, Skaters 25-1
We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This... - 2020-10-01, 19:00Scouting Reports
Ranking the NHL’s Best Prospects, Skaters 50-26
We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This... - 2020-09-30, 19:00Rankings
Ranking the NHL’s Best Prospects, Skaters 75-51
We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This... - 2020-06-17, 15:30Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the... - 2020-06-02, 14:00Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects Premium Presents Consolidated 2020 NHL Draft Rankings for May 29th
If you’re in this space, then there’s a good chance you’re an avid follower of the NHL Entry Draft. It’s the best place to be for those sorts of people.... - 2020-04-15, 16:00Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 3.0
There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to work or when... - 2020-02-14, 15:30Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 2.0
What was once a heated debate is now a coronation; Alexis Lafrenière has separated himself from Quinton Byfield, and by a not-insignificant margin at that. The decision at No. 1... - 2020-01-30, 20:29Rankings
BURKE: Re-Ranking the 2018 NHL Entry Draft
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... - 2019-11-29, 17:52Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 1.0
I’m so proud to finally share the hard work of our scouts in the form of this year’s first NHL Entry Draft ranking for the EliteProspects Rinkside audience. So much... - 2019-10-23, 07:00Rankings
BURKE: Re-Ranking the Class of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft
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... - 2019-10-16, 19:18Rankings
BURKE: Performing an Audit on my 2017 NHL Entry Draft Ranking With the Help of NHLe
It feels as if decades have passed since the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Such is the state of the contemporary NHL, a constantly shifting landscape that is getting populated by... - 2019-06-07, 17:15Scouting Reports
BURKE: The Best Overage Players in This Year’s NHL Entry Draft
Time has proven nothing if not the fallibility of the NHL’s amateur talent evaluators. Even with all the recent advances in the industry, particularly in the realm of data-science and... - 2019-05-30, 13:00Scouting Reports
BIECH: An In-Depth Look at the Biggest Risers for the Draft According to NHL Central Scouting
The NHL Central Scouting Service has been around since 1975, and although it isn’t the master list for NHL teams to use when drafting, it does offer insight into how... - 2019-05-23, 18:30Scouting Reports
VICKERS: ‘He was a Star Tonight,’ on Jack Hughes’ Player of the Game Performance at the Worlds
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Team USA forward Jack Hughes saved his best for last. And his best has left a lasting impression. Hughes, the projected No. 1 selection in the 2019... - 2019-05-22, 17:01Rankings
COHEN: Chicago Steel Have a Pair of Talented Draft Hopefuls in Nick Abruzzese & Robert Mastrosimone
Chicago Steel forwards Nick Abruzzese and Robert Mastrosimone are moving up in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. They both produced late in the playoffs for the Steel and went on... - 2019-05-20, 16:00Rankings
ROBENHYMER: Moritz Seider Flying Under the Radar at Worlds; Just How He Likes It
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — With all the attention around Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko at the 2019 IIHF World Championship taking place in Slovakia this month, there’s another top prospect that... - 2019-05-14, 16:05EP News
DRAFTIN EU: Top 10 drafted prospects from Europe
Prospects eligible for the NHL Entry Draft are Draftin Europe’s primary focus, but with the big number of European players leaving for North America early in their career, there is... - 2019-04-25, 14:30World Juniors 2019
2019 DRAFT: Draftin Europe’s Top 15 European Prospects
At Draftin Europe we focus exclusively on scouting prospects playing in Europe. This is the last ranking for the 2019 draft that we are going to publish before the final... - 2019-04-20, 10:08Rankings
LIST: Seven Likely Calder Trophy Candidates For 2020
It’d be a tough job disputing Elias Pettersson’s claim to the Calder Memorial Trophy in 2018-19. The resume is full. Pettersson had 66 points (28 goals, 38 assists) are the... - 2019-04-17, 16:28Rankings
EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects Top 93 Skaters 2019 NHL Draft Ranking
With the Under-18 World Hockey Championships right around the corner, now seems as good a time as any to take stock of the prospects that will have a significant part... - 2019-04-16, 15:49Rankings
AHL POWER RANKINGS: Checkers conquer regular season, playoffs next
For the final time in the regular season, EP Rinkside serves up the weekly AHL Power Rankings, a look at the top Calder Cup contenders across the 31-team circuit and... - 2019-04-12, 15:47Rankings
AHL ON THE ROAD: Handing out awards in the AHL
Each week, EP Rinkside brings thoughts, observations, issues, and a few opinions for the NHL’s top developmental league. This week brings a look at what makes the AHL such a...