Ovechkin confident of his arrival
Alexander Ovechkin is comfortable -- and somewhat cocky -- as the NHL's top-ranked prospect.
View ArticleNHL Draft Blog - Rising, falling and the Bruins conundrum
Making a good last impression is important for any prospect in any draft class but doubly so for Kingston defenseman Erik Gudbranson, a potential top ...
View ArticleNHL draft blog -- Mock draft -- Every pick from Edmonton Oilers to Washington...
With the trade deadline passed and the draft order a little closer to its final look, the picture becomes a little clearer. Since our last mock draft ...
View ArticleNHL draft blog -- Draft success a tall order for short prospects
Six feet: It's the biggest lie in hockey. It's told by a lot of hockey prospects who roll up on the balls of their feet when they talk to you. It's re...
View ArticleNHL draft blog -- 10 reactions to Central Scouting's final rankings
The NHL Central Scouting Services final rankings were released today and there are a few things that I find just flat out odd. In fact, here are 10 th...
View ArticleNHL draft 2010 - Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Brett Connolly and finding talent at...
The popular notion is that there's at least one NHL scout at every major junior game that's played -- and usually there's more than one. It's true,...
View ArticleNHL draft 2010 - Alexandre Daigle and the biggest NHL draft busts since 1994
Every draft provides a whole host of busts, but some are much more spectacular and painful than others. I've been covering junior hockey and NHL dra...
View ArticleNHL draft 2010: Greg McKegg, Steven Shipley among NHL draft sleepers
One thing we can be sure of: Five years from now we'll look at a list of names from the second or third round of the 2010 draft and we'll be asking, "...
View ArticleNHL mock draft 2010: Taylor Hall remains No. 1 in final projection
In Gare Joyce's final NHL mock draft before the actual event, Taylor Hall remains No. 1, Tyler Seguin remains No. 2, and the player darting up boards the quickest is Brandon Gormley, who could become...
View ArticleNHL draft 2010: Five moves that could entirely alter the draft
LOS ANGELES -- Things are starting to crystallize in tonight's draft. While we don't know for sure whether Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin will be the No....
View Article2011 NHL draft: Adam Clendening, Brandon Saad shine at U-20 evaluation camp
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Four players eligible for the 2011 NHL entry draft went to Lake Placid (most famous in the hockey world for this moment) for the ...
View ArticleNHL draft 2011: Adam Larsson to Edmonton Oilers tops Gare Joyce's first mock...
In Gare Joyce's first 2011 NHL mock draft, D Adam Larsson takes the top spot, but the top 10 is dominated by forwards. Such is life in the higher-scoring NHL.
View ArticleNHL draft 2011: Ryan Strome overtakes Gabriel Landeskog in latest mock
In Gare Joyce's second 2011 NHL mock draft, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the No. 1 pick and Ryan Strome overtakes Gabriel Landeskog in the top five.
View ArticleNHL draft 2011: Ryan Nugent Hopkins tops Gare Joyce's third Mock Draft update
In Gare Joyce's third 2011 NHL mock draft, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the No. 1 pick while Mika Zibanejad keeps rising.
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