With COVID-19 delaying the start of junior leagues, what is the next step for prospects? By Jonah Fleisher The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly put an end to both pro and amateur hockey leagues in mid-March. Still
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Making or Breaking the Case for tonight’s Phase II Draft LotteryBy Mitch McBeaudry Fans of the National Hockey League were in an uproar this past Friday night when both the Pittsburgh Penguins and Edmonton Oilers
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THE ANALYTIC DARLINGS OF THE 2020 NHL DRAFTBy Dan Stewart In my humble opinion, advanced stats or analytics, whatever you want to call them, are not and can never become a substitute for actually getting
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By DraftPro staff. Inevitably Toronto Maple Leaf great Borje Salming and Detroit Red Wings legend Nicklas Lidstrom come to mind when the topic of best Swedish defenders to play in the NHL comes up. And
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Well you asked for chaos, and chaos you got from the NHL brain trust in charge of putting the Draft Lottery that we witnessed on Friday June 26 together. Yes, it brought viewership to the
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Get your hands on the Draft Prospects Hockey comprehensive 150 plus page NHL Entry Draft Guide chalk full of information on the 2020 NHL Draft crop as well as profiles and notes on lots of
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Here we are, at the end of a long season. But one unfortunately cut short by unprecedented circumstances with the COVID19 pandemic. Our staff of evaluators haven’t been sitting on their duffs after the rinks
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With video viewing of past games about all we can do at this point and no tournaments or fresh data to provide insight on for visitors of our website we at Draft Prospects Hockey thought
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The Under-18 Five Nations tournament in Chomutov, Czech Republic was a significant scouting stop along the road to the 2020 NHL Draft as it is the second last “big” evaluating event of the season before
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Here we are, fresh into 2020 and the draft picture is getting more and more clear. 2020 vision as to whom the top prospect available is in Rimouski winger Alexis Lafreniere. The offensive juggernaut is
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