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- 2023-03-06, 23:15NHL Prospect Report
Sweden Stock Watch: David Edstrom's turning heads with Frölunda in the SHL
This month's Sweden Stock Watch zeroes in on David Edstrom, Carl Lindbom, Dalibor Dvorský, Mattias Hävelid, Noah Dower Nilsson, and Oliver Johansson. - 2022-12-19, 21:302023 NHL Entry Draft
The Elite Prospects December ranking of the top 32 prospects in the 2023 NHL Draft
The Elite Prospects scouting team has put together their first draft ranking of the season for the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, with scouting reports on their top 32 players. - 2022-12-03, 20:46NHL Prospect Report
Sweden Stock Watch: Axel Sandin Pellikka's draft stock is soaring
Defenceman Axel Sandin Pellikka's stock is soaring with his play thus far in the J20 and the SHL, in this edition of the Sweden Stock Watch. - 2022-09-15, 15:00Prospect Pool Rankings
EP Rinkside 2022 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 31-ranked Washington Capitals
The 2022 EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings series continues with a look at the Washington Capitals and their No. 31-ranked system. - 2021-09-15, 19:30Prospect Pool Rankings
EP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 28-ranked Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals boast the NHL's 28th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's writeup in our EP Rinkside prospect pool ranking countdown for the 2021-22 season. - 2020-12-07, 16:00Scouting Reports
The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 12-ranked Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks and their 12th-ranked prospect pool in the NHL might be as unfairly maligned a team as you’ll find in this entire process. The future is Orange County... - 2020-12-04, 20:00Scouting Reports
The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 13-ranked Colorado Avalanche
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... - 2020-11-02, 14:30Scouting Reports
3 Changes Driving Jonatan Berggren’s Offensive Explosion in the SHL
Jonatan Berggren’s breakout was inevitable. Selected by the Detroit Red Wings with the 33rd overall pick in 2018 on the heels of one of the highest-scoring J20 Nationell seasons in... - 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... - 2020-08-03, 19:00NHL Rookies
Philip Broberg Makes Solid First Impression at Oilers Camp, Eager for Encore Opportunity
When Philip Broberg boarded the flight that would take him from Arlanda, Stockholm to Edmonton he didn’t know what to expect. The plan for the 19-year-old was to gain some... - 2019-12-05, 15:00World Juniors 2020
BODIN: 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... - 2019-09-20, 16:31Scouting Reports
Scouting Report: Round 1 of Champions League Hockey Wrap-Up
While we anxiously and impatiently wait for training camp and the extensively long pre-season schedule to conclude in the NHL, squads around Europe have been playing for keeps for some... - 2019-08-12, 19:20Scouting Reports
Scouting Report: Hlinka-Gretzky Cup Wrap-up With Commentary From Coaches, Players
BRECLAV, Czech Republic — The dust has settled on the Ivan Hlinka, and perhaps even the small Czech town it called home for one week in August — not a... - 2019-08-12, 16:30Scouting Reports
EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 7 Ranked New York Islanders
The New York Islanders have been building an impressive group of prospects. Drafting is a part of the equation and player development is the other. Both of these areas have... - 2019-08-08, 19:22EP News
WILLIAMS: Let’s Play AHL Match Maker Part 3
So far, EP Rinkside has analyzed options in net and on the blue line for NHL clubs looking to strengthen their organizational depth charts, land a first-recall option, and provide... - 2019-08-01, 20:15Scouting Reports
EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 16 Ranked Arizona Coyotes
The Arizona Coyotes are just a few years removed from being widely considered a team with a top-five prospect system in the league — and that may feel a little... - 2019-07-31, 21:17Scouting Reports
EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 17 Ranked Edmonton Oilers
In a perfect world, the Edmonton Oilers’ prospect pool rating in the bottom half of the NHL would signal a turn of fortune for the big league roster. To some... - 2019-06-26, 15:30NHL Entry Draft 2019
Post-Draft Prospect Profiles: Nils Höglander No. 40 to the Vancouver Canucks
Rögle BK winger and Vancouver Canucks draft pick Nils Höglander has been on the radar as a top prospect for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft for quite some time. Now... - 2019-06-22, 18:52NHL Entry Draft 2019
Post-Draft Prospect Profiles: Philip Broberg No. 8 to Edmonton Oilers
AIK defenceman Philip Broberg established himself as one of Sweden’s top prospects for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft with a fantastic performance at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in August of... - 2019-06-22, 06:46NHL Entry Draft 2019
BURKE: Winners and Losers From Day One of the NHL Entry Draft
VANCOUVER — Don’t let anyone ever tell you that grading a team’s Draft, whether in real time or the moments afterwards, is a fool’s errand. It’s about extracting the most... - 2019-06-18, 13:00NHL Entry Draft 2019
The EP Rinkside Mock 2019 NHL Entry Draft
All 31 of the NHL’s teams are descending on Vancouver, holding court with their scouting departments, and consolidating their rankings in advance of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft this Friday.... - 2019-06-17, 13:00The Pipeline Show
THE 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 2019
EXCLUSIVE: 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... - 2019-06-13, 20:00NHL Prospects
EP Rinkside NHL Entry Draft & NHL Prospect Mailbag
I wasn’t playing around when I said earlier this week that we’d be stepping up our reader interactions. So begins the EP Rinkside NHL Entry Draft and NHL Prospect Mailbag....