Analyzing Central Scouting’s Midterm Rankings
After publishing two “players to watch” lists in September, respectively November, the NHL Central Scouting Bureau published its midterm rankings this week. I analyzed the rankings and compared it to…
2016 NHL Draft
2016 NHL Mock Draft: The Next Ones Midterm Edition
This is the latest instalment of The Next Ones NHL Mock Draft – Midterm Edition. We’ve ran a simulation of the NHL Draft Lottery and have all the first round picks with commentary. Who won and who did your team pick?
3 Players the Maple Leafs Could Look to Draft in 2016
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in rebidding mode. The franchise has determined that the plans of the past simply did not work for a variety of reasons. The coaching staff…
The Edmonton Oilers and 2016 NHL Entry Draft
As of this moment, the Edmonton Oilers sit in the basement of the Western Conference with 38 points and find themselves ahead of just one team in the overall league…
Top 20 WHL Prospects for 2016 NHL Draft at the Halfway Point
The 2016 National Hockey League Draft is still about six months away, and based on a lot of preliminary rankings it looks to be rather heavy with youngsters from the…
2016 NHL Draft Dark Horses: Carsen Twarynski
Across the hockey world, in arenas big and small, scouts are looking high and low for players that will make their organizations better. Not only are the 30 National Hockey…
First Overall in Sight, Gold in Mind
With the World Junior Championship in Helsinki just 10 days away from puck drop, the most important weeks of the year for U20 national teams are just around the corner. Training…
Top Group Expands In November Central Scouting List
The National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Service has released the November edition of its annual watch list, identifying and classifying the top few hundred prospects for the upcoming 2016 NHL…
2016 NHL Mock Draft: Fallout Edition
“Whether it be the Boston Bruins going off the board to take Zachary Senyshyn, the rapid rise or fall of a Swedish blueliner’s stock, or Nikita Korostelev free-falling to the seventh round,…
Five Nations Cup Offered Plenty of Talent
The November break in most European leagues is an important date in a scouts diary. Whether it is the Deutschland Cup, Karjala Cup, U20 or U18 tournaments, there is a…
2016 NHL Draft November Alternate Rankings – Pike’s Picks
As Canadian Thanksgiving passes and American Thanksgiving approaches, it’s probably a good time to take stock of the 2016 NHL Draft class. Every major league has gotten going and played…
NHL Draft: Patrik Laine’s Stock Is Rising
While the hockey season in North America is still in the very early stage, most European leagues are already a month old. Therefore it isn’t too early to have a…