Jake Sanderson News & Stories

The preseason is here and it's time to decipher line combinations. Michael Clifford has the scoop on who's trending in the proper direction.

For most 21-year-old rearguards, a 38-point season would be a huge win. But for Jake Sanderson, there is clearly more to give. Michael Clifford breaks it all down.

Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson already looks the part of an NHL veteran, but as David St-Louis writes in his Rookie Midterm -- the best is yet to come.

Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis reviews the performances of every Eastern Conference's top prospects in the 2022-23 NHL preseason

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings continue with a look at the Ottawa Senators and their 10th-ranked prospect pool.

Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis highlights one prospect from each of the NHL's 32 teams and tells you why they're the one to follow at their team's training camp.

The Elite Prospects affiliated skater prospects ranking countdown comes to an end with J.D. Burke's writeup on the 25 best prospects yet to establish themselves as full-time NHLers.

The NCAA tournament starts tomorrow, and EP Rinkside senior columnist gets you prepared with this preview of the annual college hockey tournament.

The United States and Canada are using college players to fill out their rosters at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing. Ryan Lambert looks at the playoff picture with so many high-end players out of action during the games.

This is truly the greatest time of the year. The holiday eating is in full swing. The fireplaces are roaring. And the national team jerseys are out. The holidays mean...

Elite Prospects American regional scout Joey Padmanabhan offers a player-by-player breakdown of the players invited to Team USA's World Junior roster camp as we get you ready for the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer.

EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert surveys the field of trophy candidates for the 2021-22 NCAA Division I hockey season, looking at the Hobey Baker and Mike Richter trophy candidates specifically.

Embattled Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion tried to walk back his comments from earlier in the year, but even his most recent assessment of this team's fortunes seems optimistic. Are the core pieces really in place?

The Ottawa Senators boast the 13th-best prospect pool in the NHL, according to our team of scouts. They're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool countdown.

Elite Prospects team of scouts have convened to rank the 100 best prospects outside of the NHL. Today, the countdown ends with a look at the 25 best prospects outside of the NHL.

Jake Sanderson was a bit of a surprise with the No. 5-overall pick, but the Ottawa Senators are looking smart for betting big on him.

Mitch Brown, our Dir. of North American scouting, manually tracked data from every single game of the 2021 World Juniors, and now he's sharing some insights made with that data on Rinkside.

The Ottawa Senators prospect pool, long lauded for its depth and lamented for its lack of credible top-of-the-lineup talent, now has more than enough of both to set the foundation...

The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship is just around the corner, and I had the opportunity to chat with Team USA head coach Nate Leaman about this year’s squad. What...

It only took about eight hours on top of yesterday’s three-or-so, but we finally, almost mercifully, reached the conclusion of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. 217 draft picks later, the...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players, consulting with industry insiders, running the numbers, and it all...

We’re less than two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which means it’s time for yet another draft ranking. After the EliteProspects team published their final ranking and...

In the pursuit for better CHL data, I’ve manually inputted event data in a spreadsheet for over 1200 games – including 900 in the past two seasons. For the most...

We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in...

It’s hard to conjure a better fit for Jake Sanderson (EliteProspects’ No. 9-ranked prospect in 2020) than the University of North Dakota. Questions about Sanderson’s offensive upside will be answered...

The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what...

When scouts describe the 2020 NHL Draft as a down year for defencemen, they do so with one caveat — that Jamie Drysdale, the top blueliner in the class, is...

The New York Rangers hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Representatives from the eight teams participating in Phase 2 of the NHL Draft Lottery...

One might think that two new rankings among a group of five public outlets might not result in a tectonic shift in the landscape of the NHL Draft, but that...

The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...

Well, we’ve got some clarity concerning the 2020 NHL Draft. At the very least, we know where most of the first eight picks are headed, save for the most important...

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....

The silver lining to this three-month void of hockey has been the chance scouts like myself have had to watch and rewatch USNTDP U18 defenceman Jake Sanderson‘s tape from the...

After months of careful deliberation, the NHL is ready to let the lottery balls spin and forever change the complexion of two or three lucky teams at the annual spectacle...

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...

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....