Tobias Björnfot News & Stories
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2020-12-22, 20:00Scouting Reports
The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 1-ranked Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings have the best prospect pool in the NHL, and it's not even all that close. That's how well they're navigating their rebuild to this point in the proceedings.
2020-10-30, 19:00PodcastsThe EliteProspects Podcast With J.D. Burke and Craig Button: An Interview With Los Angeles Kings Dir. of Amateur Scouting Mark Yannetti
It’s that time again. Time for another episode of the EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke and Craig Button. The 2020 NHL Draft may be way off in the distance of...
2020-10-14, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Scout’s Roundtable: EliteProspects’ Favourite Picks From the 2020 NHL Draft
No two draft picks are created equal. That’s as apparent in the immediate aftermath of any draft as it is five-plus years down the road, even if the true yield...
2020-10-01, 19:00Scouting ReportsRanking 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...
2020-06-27, 04:42NHL Entry Draft 2020BURKE: Chaos Reigns in Phase 1 of 2020 NHL Draft Lottery
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to… be determined at a later date. When that will happen, and for whom, we cannot say....
2020-04-29, 20:05NHL Entry Draft 2020BURKE: Mocking the First-Round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Under normal circumstances, I’d have just returned from the U18 World Hockey Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, fresh impressions of many of the 2020 NHL Draft’s best prospects foremost in my...
2020-01-03, 18:45EP NewsAround the AHL: AHL prospects take on the WJC
The IIHF World Junior Championship wraps up this weekend with a wide variety of returns for AHL prospects going into the semi-final round. Russia and Sweden will meet in the...
2019-12-23, 18:00World Juniors 2020Meet the Team: Sweden’s World Junior Hockey Championships Roster
The 2019 World Junior Hockey Championships did not end the way Team Sweden had hoped for. The Swedes suffered a gruesome defeat in the quarterfinals against the Swiss and failed...
2019-12-22, 16:00World Juniors 2020THE PIPELINE SHOW: The World Junior Hockey Championships Preview Show
This week on The Pipeline Show it’s the full preview of the 2020 World Junior Championship with in-depth analysis of the five main contenders with some fearless predictions thrown in...
2019-12-20, 16:00EP NewsAround the AHL: The AHL-World Juniors Connection Runs Deep
The IIHF World Junior Championship is an annual winter tradition, one where the AHL has always had healthy representation. This season will be no different, with several AHLers on their...
2019-12-05, 15:00World Juniors 2020BODIN: Sweden is Forced to Play Waiting Game Ahead of World Juniors
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The clock is ticking. When Swedish head coach Tomas Montén presented his preliminary roster for the upcoming World Juniors in the Czech Republic, there were some big...
2019-09-11, 20:03Scouting ReportsScouting Report: Anaheim Rookie Faceoff Wrap-Up, With Commentary From Players, Coaches
IRVINE, CA – Six teams took to the ice for the 2019 Anaheim Rookie Faceoff this past weekend in Southern California, featuring some of the best and brightest prospects that...
2019-08-17, 14:00Scouting ReportsEP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 2 Ranked Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings have an embarrassment of prospect riches. They’re rocking a running total of 38 prospects eligible for the EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Ranking, many of which rank...
2019-06-17, 13:00The Pipeline ShowTHE PIPELINE SHOW: A Draft Preview Special
This week on The Pipeline Show we present the annual NHL Draft Preview special in conjunction with our friends at HockeyProspect.com. The nearly 3-hour special features five scouts from the...
2019-06-14, 18:32NHL Entry Draft 2019EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects Top 93 Skaters for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft
Here we are less than a week removed from the NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver. NHL’s teams have spent the last few weeks consolidating their draft board, and next week...
2019-04-30, 11:22EP NewsThe little team that could – how Sweden captured their first ever U18 gold
ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, SWEDEN — They weren’t the favorites. Not even the second-most favored team. But thanks to strong leadership, a willingness to brush aside egos and a hat trick in the...
2019-04-25, 14:30World Juniors 20192019 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...
2019-01-29, 17:09Scouting ReportsSCOUTING REPORT: Holmström, Holtz, Björnfot dominant in Swedish Juniors
Hello again, today I am back with another update! Last weekend I went on a trip to Stockholm to catch three games in two days in J20 SuperElit. On Saturday,...