Leksands IF News & Stories

Jamiro Reber wasn't drafted in 2024, but has already played his way into consideration for the 2025 NHL Draft as an overager.

Victor Nuńo checks in on a plethora of Swedish prospects who have very bright futures in the league and on your fantasy squad.

The Elite Prospects YouTube channel shares an exclusive interview with Buffalo Sabres prospect Isak Rosén about his hockey journey.

The November Sweden Stock Watch highlights the performances of Anton Johansson, Felix Unger Sörum, Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Noah Östlund, Filip Bystedt, and Theo Lindstein.

Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown breaks down the Dallas Stars prospects pool ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline.

The Swedish prospect Stock Watch returns with a look at Dennis Hildeby, William Wallinder, Filip Bystedt, Lian Bichsel, Emil Andrae, and Theodor Niederbach

A look at which teams were viewed the most on Elite Prospects in 2022.

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings continue with a look at the Dallas Stars 12th-ranked system.

Get to know Swiss defenceman Lian Bichsel in this one-on-one, Q&A interview with our colleagues over at EP Rinkside DE, translated for an English-speaking audience on EP Rinkside.

EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert grades every transaction as the NHL gears up for the 2021-22 trade deadline.

The 2022 Elite Prospects draft rankings are out. Mitch Brown explains the decisions behind the biggest risers and fallers on the board.

The Elite Prospects team has ranked 64 players for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with their second board of the season.

Emil Heineman's strong SHL season has him looking like a long-term NHL player as soon as next season.

In this edition of the Scout's notebook, we continue our tour of the World Junior Under-20 tournament, which starts officially in a couple of days. We will take a look...

This week's Scout's Notebook focuses on a trio of first-time draft-eligible skaters primed to play critical roles for their country at the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. Lian Bichsel for Switzerland. Marco Kasper for Austria. Jiří Kulich for the Czech Republic. They highlight this week's notebook.

Every season, a handful of prospects take a leap forward, accelerating past players taken ahead of them. Here are five prospects poised for a breakout.

The Buffalo Sabres boast the NHL's 12th-best prospect pool according to our scouts. They're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown.

Of all 32 prospect pools in the NHL, it’s tough to think of one with a stronger identity than the No. 18-ranked Calgary Flames. They aren’t afraid of taking mediocre...

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 64 players long, crafted after the U18 in Frisco and Plano, Texas.

The Swedes are the reigning champions of the U18 World Hockey Championships, and our Swedish regional scout Jimmy Hamrin thinks they've got a good chance to repeat. Here's his look at the Swedish roster.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 48 players long, and sets the stage nicely for the U18s, set to start in Texas in no time.

The Florida Panthers final move of the deadline is a pretty substantial one, as they pried Sam Bennet from the Calgary Flames (along with a sixth-round pick) for Emil Heineman and a second-round pick. J.D. Burke has more.

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 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...

The Swedish presence at the NHL Entry Draft is well-established. Their draft year, a little more ambiguous. Most of the Swedes hearing their name called are first-time draft-eligible players, but...

Despite putting together a solid 2017-18 season, Axel Bergkvist didn’t hear his name called in Dallas at the end of his first year of draft-eligibility. What did Berqkvist do in...