Jean-Luc Foudy News & Stories

Mitch Brown takes you through the Colorado Avalanche's 17th-ranked prospect pool, with scouting reports and tools grades on its 12 best prospects.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, Lassi Alanen, and J.D. Burke team up to give an updated look at the Winnipeg Jets prospect pool ahead of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline.

The AHL is often the last step to the NHL. Who's on the cusp for each NHL franchise?

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

The 2022 EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings series continues with a look at the Colorado Avalanche and their No. 29-ranked prospect pool.

The Colorado Avalanche are one of the league's most credible Stanley Cup contenders even if they've struggled to make much hay in the last few playoffs. David St-Louis looks at which prospects they might move at the deadline to get the pieces that could push them over the top.

The Colorado Avalanche boast the 8th-best prospect pool according to our Elite Prospects scouts, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool ranking countdown.

The final two AHL teams left standing meet this week in a best-of-three division final. Patrick Williams looks at the series.

The Texas Stars play an exciting, rambunctious style. Patrick Williams examines their start.

The Colorado Avalanche must be the envy of many a general manager. Not only have they unearthed their core through the draft and careful maneuvering elsewhere. They’ve locked many of...

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...

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...

Jean-Luc Foudy is the ultimate Rorschach Test in the 2020 NHL Draft. No two scouts see the same player, and what they do see is more of a reflection on...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If you’ve watched the Windsor Spitfires lately, you may have noticed someone zipping up and down the ice with ease. That player is none other than Jean-Luc Foudy, a potential...