Penguins’ 2016 Draft Class: Where Are They Now? Zach Alvarado | October 30, 2025 The 2025 NHL Entry Draft officially marked 11 years since the 2016 Draft. With six selections in the 2016 draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins were hoping to have at least one…
2026 NHL Draft Watch List: Scouting 3 Saskatoon Blades’ Draft-Eligible Players Dayton Reimer | October 30, 2025 The NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Player to Watch List is the official start of the draft season. It’s the first time the top draft-eligible players have all compiled into one…
2020 NHL Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now? Ben Novosyolok | October 23, 2025 The 2020 NHL Entry Draft was the first of two virtual drafts conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, five years later, we can assess the top ten picks from that…
5 Underrated Prospects on NHL Central Scouting’s 2026 Preliminary Watch List Jordan Orth | October 23, 2025 The NHL’s Central Scouting released its Preliminary Watch List for the 2026 Draft on Oct. 20. It is always interesting and fun to see where the prospects who could hear…
7 Spitfires Named to Preliminary 2026 NHL Draft Watch List Dave Jewell | October 21, 2025 The Windsor Spitfires could be busy at the 2026 NHL Draft. On Monday afternoon, Central Scouting released its preliminary NHL Draft Watch List for next summer’s draft, and the organization…
Ethan Belchetz Might Be a Top-3 Prospect in Stacked 2026 NHL Draft Justin Giampietro | October 19, 2025 In the early stages of the 2025–26 hockey season, the top projected picks for the 2026 NHL Draft have underwhelmed a bit. While top prospects such as Gavin McKenna and…
Chase Reid Poised to Climb 2026 NHL Draft Boards Justin Giampietro | October 17, 2025 Most consider draft-eligible Soo Greyhounds defenceman Chase Reid to be a borderline top-10 prospect in the 2026 class. That’s for good reason. Brilliant once he made the jump to the…
Ryan Lin: The Most Polished Player in the 2026 NHL Draft Justin Giampietro | October 15, 2025 Listed at 5-foot-11 and 176 pounds, “size” will be an inevitable knock on draft-eligible defenceman Ryan Lin. But if you take the time to watch the Vancouver Giants’ standout blueliner,…
5 Draft Day Regrets From Red Wings’ Last 15 Drafts Jordan Orth | October 9, 2025 Every team has made picks in a draft that when they look back at who they picked compared to who was available, they think “Maybe we should have taken this…
2012 Redraft: What if the Edmonton Oilers Didn’t Take Nail Yakupov? Evan Smyth | October 9, 2025 Nail Yakupov is one of the NHL’s most notable draft busts in recent memory. The Edmonton Oilers surely whiffed on this first-overall pick in 2012, as Yakupov contributed next to…
Prospects News & Rumors: McKenna, Hurlbert, Klepov & More Matthew Zator | October 5, 2025 As the NHL and American Hockey League (AHL) prepare to start their seasons in the next week or so, the NCAA and Canadian Hockey League (CHL) have already played their…
2026 NHL Draft: Preseason Top 10 WHL Players Dayton Reimer | October 3, 2025 The Western Hockey League (WHL) kicked off the 2025-26 season recently, giving many fans the first look at the top names heading into the 2026 NHL Draft. Of course, many…