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- Aug 26th, 20:00Prospect Pool Rankings
EP Rinkside 2024 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 20-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs
Mitch Brown takes you through the Toronto Maple Leafs 20th-ranked prospect pool going into the 2024-25 NHL season with scouting reports and tools grades on its 17 best players. - Feb 28th, 13:00NHL
Taking Stock: A look at the Toronto Maple Leafs prospect trade chips ahead of 2024 deadline
David St-Louis, Lassi Alanen, and Mitch Brown team up to give an updated look at the Toronto Maple Leafs prospect pool ahead of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline. - 2023-09-28, 13:00Fantasy Hockey
Fantasy Hockey Rundown: Real life vs fantasy value - prospect edition (Part III)
In the first two parts of this series, we explored 10 prospects from the EP Rinkside top 51-100 affiliated prospects. Those players primarily featured towards the end of that list,... - 2023-08-30, 20:10Prospect Pool Rankings
EP Rinkside 2023 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 25-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs
Mitch Brown tees up the Toronto Maple Leafs' 25th-ranked system, with scouting reports, tools grades, etc. on their 18 best prospects. - 2023-08-21, 16:01Prospect Pool Rankings
Ranking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2023: Skaters 100-51
The Elite Prospects 2023 NHL prospect ranking countdown begins with a look at the 100th to 51st-best skater prospects. - 2023-02-15, 17:012023 NHL Trade Deadline
Taking Stock: A look at the Toronto Maple Leafs' prospect pool ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline
Elite Prospects Dir. of North American scouting Mitch Brown breaks down the Toronto Maple Leafs system ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline. - 2022-09-22, 17:45Prospect Pool Rankings
EP Rinkside 2022 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 20-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs
The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Ranking Series continues with the 20th-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs. - 2022-09-13, 12:00Prospect Pool Rankings
Ranking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2022: Skaters 50-26
The EP Rinkside top 100 affiliated skater prospects countdown continues with Mitch Brown's article on the prospects ranked between 50-26. - 2021-12-14, 19:31World Juniors 2022
Meet the Team: An early look at what Finland might look like at the 2022 World Juniors
Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen offers a player-by-player breakdown of the players likely to suit up for Finland at the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. - 2021-11-04, 11:47NHL Prospects
Film Room: How activation launched Topi Niemelä to the top of the Liiga scoring ladder
Topi Niemelä, the Toronto Maple Leafs third-round pick in the 2020 draft, is leading all Liiga defencemen in points. Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown takes you into the Film Room™️ to show you how he does it. - 2021-09-07, 19:21NHL Prospects
Ranking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2021: Skaters 100-51
Elite Prospects team of scouts have convened to rank the 100 best prospects outside of the NHL. They start today with a look at the players they ranked between 100-51. - 2021-01-11, 14:00World Juniors 2021
10 final thoughts on the World Juniors using manually tracked data
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. - 2021-01-07, 19:00World Juniors 2021
A player-by-player look at how Finland performed at the 2021 World Juniors
Team Finland won five of their seven games, only losing to the two finalists, and securing a bronze medal in the process. This tournament was a smashing success for Finland.Head... - 2021-01-02, 15:00World Juniors 2021
10 thoughts on the World Juniors using manually tracked data
Mitch Brown shares 10 observations on the World Juniors using his manually tracked data set. - 2020-12-31, 14:00World Juniors 2021
"A lot" to like about Topi Niemelä's development as an offensive star at the World Juniors
Topi Niemelä's offensive development is on full display at the World Juniors, where he's tied atop the scoring leaderboard among defencemen. - 2020-12-09, 19:30Scouting Reports
The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 10-ranked Toronto Maple Leafs
While there’s no disputing the shortcomings on the Toronto Maple Leafs roster, they have the right idea — insulate the stars with a plethora of cost-effective skill. To achieve that,... - 2020-10-08, 05:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
Grading Every Team’s Performance at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
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... - 2020-10-06, 17:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
Mocking the First 3 Rounds, 92 Picks of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
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... - 2020-09-24, 15:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
Mitch Brown’s Top 82 Skaters for the 2020 NHL Draft
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... - 2020-09-22, 15:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
J.D. Burke’s Top 103 Skaters Ranking for the 2020 NHL Draft
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... - 2020-09-02, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is now Available
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... - 2020-07-08, 16:00NHL Entry Draft 2020
VIDEO: EliteProspects Scouts Meet to set 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0
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... - 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... - 2020-04-15, 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... - 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... - 2019-11-20, 15:30Scouting Reports
Scouting Report: U18 5 Nations Wrap-Up, Part 2: Sweden & Finland
SUNDSVALL, Sweden — In the second part of my review of the Under-18 5 Nations tournament, we’re going to look to the performance of Sweden and their neighbours to the... - 2019-11-11, 20:00Scouting Reports
The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020 NHL Entry Draft Finnish Skaters Watch List
One could say of this year’s crop of draft-eligible talent coming out of Finland that it’s a relatively mediocre batch. It’s possible that we’ll see only one Finnish player cross... - 2019-10-11, 14:00Scouting Reports
Scouting Report: Checking in on Finnish Defence Prospects in Liiga Action
There is no shortage of promising Finnish skaters from the most recent draft playing in my locale this season. This is especially true on defence, where the likes of Lassi...