Preston is a highly skilled winger whose skill can seem like magic, but he's become viewed as a big gamble and his rankings have tumbled as a result.

He's been my favourite prospect all year and it seems everyone's caught on to his potential and will probably take him out of ...

Yesterday David Pagnotta went on a podcast, and then in the way of things, multiple people repeated bits of what he said and it got passed around as new information. It sort of is. There was a lot of ...

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Chase Reid may be considered the top defense prospect in the draft, but there are a lot of others in the top 10 who are considered – at least by some scouts, and probably some NHL teams – to be close, ...

The biggest pure upside defenseman in this year's draft, at worst he will likely be a high-level glass cannon offense ...

He is under contract for three more years at $5.625 million, which is a bargain in the rising cap world. He also has a ...

One of the prospects with the hugest leap in his draft rankings this year thanks to constant improvements and an incredible ...

Brackett is 49, originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and began his professional career as a US scout for the Gatineau ...

The main competitor to McKenna for first overall in this year's draft is a guy who would signal a different direction for the ...

Yesterday was June 1, and that's the day where various forms of draft rights expire. In order to hold onto players whose ...