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2024-09-24, 18:41CHL
OHL 2024-25 Season Preview: Can the London Knights repeat as OHL champions?
Learn everything you need to know going into the 2024-25 OHL season with this comprehensive preview.
2024-07-09, 18:302025 NHL DraftSix players who could challenge James Hagens for first overall in the 2025 NHL Draft
James Hagens is the undisputed top prospect coming into the year, but there are six other players who could challenge him for first overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.
2023-07-06, 15:42NHL ProspectsWhat you need to know about the 2023 CHL Import Draft
Mitch Brown and Lassi Alanen break down everything you need to know about the CHL Import Draft.
2022-12-24, 20:00Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Lessons and leftovers
Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown empties the notebook from the Draft Retrospective series, looking at lessons learned and offering insight on players that didn't quite warrant a full article.
2022-11-02, 16:48Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: How Dylan Strome took the unconventional route to being an NHL success story
Dylan Strome hasn't lived up to his draft status, but his development is still a success story.
2022-10-27, 19:00Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: Connor McDavid's evolution from generational prospect to NHL superstar
The next instalment in the Draft Retrospective series looks at how Connor McDavid evolved from a generational prospect into a generational superstar.
2022-09-28, 16:30Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2022 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 12-ranked Dallas Stars
The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings continue with a look at the Dallas Stars 12th-ranked system.
2022-03-16, 18:112022 NHL Entry DraftThe Elite Prospects March ranking of the top 64 prospects in the 2022 NHL Draft
The Elite Prospects team has ranked 64 players for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with their second board of the season.
2021-12-29, 23:15NHLEP Rinkside Mailbag: Connor Bedard's ranking among all-time greats, Chicago's rebuild, and Don Sweeney's work in Boston
EP Rinkside senior columnist Ryan Lambert solicited your questions on Twitter, and now he's answering them in the latest edition of the Rinkside mailbag. Looking at Connor Bedard's ranking among all-time greats, Chicago's rebuild, Don Sweeney's job in Boston, Michigan's ranking as a stacked college team, and more.
2021-09-20, 22:32Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 21-ranked Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks boast the NHL's 21st-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.
2021-09-02, 17:312022 NHL Entry Draft8 OHL players with something to prove after a lost 2020-21 season
The 2020-21 OHL season was lost to the ongoing pandemic. Elite Prospects Ontario regional scout Lauren Kelly looks at 8 players with something to prove when the league gets going in the fall.
2020-12-07, 16:00Scouting ReportsThe 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...
2020-10-14, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Scout’s Roundtable: EliteProspects’ Favourite Picks From the 2020 NHL Draft
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...
2020-10-06, 17:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Mocking 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...
2020-09-22, 19:00Scouting Reports10 Observations From 2 Years of CHL Data Tracking
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...
2020-09-22, 15:00NHL Entry Draft 2020J.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 2020The 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...
2020-08-11, 14:30Scouting ReportsFilm Room: Analyzing the Give-and-Take of Jamie Drysdale’s Game
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...
