NHL Entry Draft 2020 News & Stories
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2021-09-01, 13:00NHL Prospects
Washington Capitals prospect Hendrix Lapierre is back on track
Lapierre's 2019-2020 season was filled with injuries and frustrating performances. 30 games later, he's back on track.
2021-08-26, 17:45NHL ProspectsJake Sanderson looks the part of a future top-pair defender
Jake Sanderson was a bit of a surprise with the No. 5-overall pick, but the Ottawa Senators are looking smart for betting big on him.
2021-08-25, 14:00NHL ProspectsA Year Later, Shakir Mukhamadullin's NHL upside is more evident than ever before
Shakir Mukhamadullin was the first big surprise of the 2020 NHL Draft. A year later, the New Jersey Devils' decision to take him in the first round is a lot more understandable.
2021-04-27, 16:00NHLFilm Room: An examination of Quinton Byfield's progress with the AHL's Ontario Reign
The best players find ways to adapt when facing new and better competition. Top prospect Quinton Byfield has done exactly that with the AHL's Ontario Reign.
2021-02-24, 20:00NHLWhy is Tim Stützle out-scoring Alexis Lafrenière?
When it comes to prospects, we know that it is not about who arrives first in the NHL, but who improves the most over their career. On the other hand,...
2021-01-15, 18:49NHLTyson Foerster and Zayde Wisdom made the most of an NHL training camp introduction unlike any other
Tyson Foerster and Zayde Wisdom, a pair of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks from the 2020 NHL Draft, got an extended look at Flyers training camp, and made a really solid impression. Russ Cohen shares their story.
2020-11-06, 14:30NHL Entry Draft 2020The Unclaimed: Execs & Scouts Dish on why EliteProspects Canadian Ranked Players Passed Through the 2020 NHL Draft
EliteProspects ranked 129 players for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and 20 of them passed through the draft unclaimed. That’s pretty much par for the course. The average team ranks...
2020-11-05, 14:30NHL Entry Draft 2020The Unclaimed: Execs & Scouts Dish on why EliteProspects American Ranked Players Passed Through the 2020 NHL Draft
EliteProspects ranked 129 players for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and 20 of them passed through the draft unclaimed. That’s pretty much par for the course. The average team ranks...
2020-11-04, 15:30NHL Entry Draft 2020The Unclaimed: Execs & Scouts Dish on why EliteProspects European Ranked Players Passed Through the 2020 NHL Draft
EliteProspects ranked 129 players for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, and 20 of them passed through the draft unclaimed. That’s pretty much par for the course. The average team ranks...
2020-10-29, 16:00World Juniors 2021Brock Faber’s Defensive Details Give him a Chance at World Juniors Success
The Los Angeles Kings stayed true to the best player available mantra when they drafted Minnesota defender Brock Faber with the 45th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. They’d...
2020-10-28, 13:30Scouting ReportsSober Second Thoughts on the Yegor Chinakhov Pick
The Columbus Blue Jackets had a choice. They could draft Yegor Chinakhov with their first pick, 21st overall, and steel themselves for the questions that would follow. Alternatively, they could...
2020-10-20, 19:00PodcastsThe EliteProspects Podcast With J.D. Burke and Craig Button: Recapping the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
We’re back! The 2020 NHL Draft has come and gone, and we’re now ready to share our thoughts on the annual showcase with all of our listeners. Which teams crushed...
2020-10-15, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Scout’s Roundtable: EliteProspects’ Least Favourite Picks From the 2020 NHL Draft
No two draft picks are created equal. That’s as apparent in the immediate aftermath of any draft as it is five-plus years down the road, even if the true yield...
2020-10-14, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Scout’s Roundtable: EliteProspects’ Favourite Picks From the 2020 NHL Draft
No two draft picks are created equal. That’s as apparent in the immediate aftermath of any draft as it is five-plus years down the road, even if the true yield...
2020-10-08, 05:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Grading Every Team’s Performance at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
It only took about eight hours on top of yesterday’s three-or-so, but we finally, almost mercifully, reached the conclusion of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. 217 draft picks later, the...
2020-10-07, 05:51NHL Entry Draft 2020The Best and Worst Picks From the First-Round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
The first-round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft came and went, and it was full value, as always, with its fair share of awesome picks, duds, and totally out of...
2020-10-06, 19:00Scouting ReportsAfter a Tough Draft-Year, it’s no Longer a Matter of ‘When’ but ‘If’ for Justin Barron
Before Jamie Drysdale starred in the OHL and Jake Sanderson sported the NTDP’s jersey — Justin Barron established himself as a top prospect. A November 2001 birthdate, Barron was eligible...
2020-10-06, 17:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Mocking the First 3 Rounds, 92 Picks of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players, consulting with industry insiders, running the numbers, and it all...
2020-10-05, 19:00Scouting ReportsHow Whichever Team Drafts Quinton Byfield can Unlock his Superstar Potential
It’s hard to remember an NHL Draft in recent memory that has conjured as much disagreement and consternation in the top 10 as this year’s class. The one thing everyone...
2020-10-05, 15:30NHL Entry Draft 2020Theodor Niederbach is the Best 2020 NHL Draft Prospect You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Theodor Niederbach didn’t generate much buzz in draft circles at the beginning of the year. It was a strange development considering how much attention he’d captured only two years prior...
2020-10-05, 13:00Scouting ReportsJean-Luc Foudy is the 2020 NHL Draft’s Most Fascinating Prospect
Jean-Luc Foudy is the ultimate Rorschach Test in the 2020 NHL Draft. No two scouts see the same player, and what they do see is more of a reflection on...
2020-10-04, 18:30Scouting ReportsThomas Bordeleau’s Hockey Sense, Awareness Makes him a Legitimate First-Round Prospect
If you’re familiar with EliteProspects’ draft coverage, then you’re well aware at this point of my affinity for Thomas Bordeleau, the No. 23-ranked prospect in our 2020 NHL Draft Guide....
2020-10-04, 13:00Scouting ReportsJan Myšák is an Intriguing Prospect but Top-Six Upside in the NHL Seems Unlikely
Jan Mysak’s journey to the 2020 NHL Draft has been nothing short of fascinating. At 16, Mysak established himself in the Czech Extraliga, before leading the relegation round in scoring....
2020-10-02, 14:00Scouting ReportsMaking Sense of Hendrix Lapierre’s Long-Term Projection
Hendrix Lapierre captivated his audience at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup during the first scene of the 2020 scouting season. He dangled through defenders, set up teammates with cross-ice passes, scored on...
2020-10-01, 14:00Scouting ReportsAn Introduction to the USHS and USHS-Prep Prospects of the 2020 NHL Draft
NHL Draft prospects coming out of the United States high school ranks come shrouded in a veil of mystery. Today, we’re going to offer a look behind the curtains, with...
2020-09-30, 14:00Scouting ReportsA Look at Sweden’s Four Best Offerings on the Blue Line at the 2020 NHL Draft
The EliteProspects Draft Guide has Helge Grans (No. 19) as the best Swedish draft-eligible defenceman, by far. But it wasn’t always like that. On EliteProspects’ first 2020 Draft Board, Emil...
2020-09-29, 19:00Scouting ReportsSome Team is Going to Take Ridly Greig in the First-Round, but Should They?
It’s tough to imagine a scenario where Brandon Wheat Kings centre Ridly Greig isn’t a first-round pick. Yet, Greig doesn’t appear anywhere in EliteProspects’ top-62. In fact, he doesn’t show...
2020-09-29, 14:30NHL Entry Draft 2020Noel Gunler is the 2020 NHL Draft’s Signature Boom-or-Bust Prospect
Every NHL Draft comes with its fair share of players labelled with the high-risk, high-reward tag. Two summers ago, it was Dominik Bokk, and last summer it was Arthur Kaliyev....
2020-09-28, 19:30NHL Entry Draft 2020A new way to rate Prospects: Introducing Future Value V 1.1
In EliteProspects’ pursuit for the internet’s most comprehensive prospect coverage, we’re borrowing a term from baseball scouting: Future Value (FV). The goal of FV is simple: Provide a single number...
2020-09-28, 12:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Meet Kristóf Papp, the Standard-Bearer for Hungary at the 2020 NHL Draft
Only five players with a Hungarian passport have ever heard their name called at the NHL Entry Draft. Kristóf Papp hopes to be the sixth. It’s all he’s ever wanted...
2020-09-25, 14:30NHL ProspectsThe 10 Most Drastic Risers and Fallers in Two Years of CHL Tracking Data
The CHL has a unique appeal compared to the NHL. Lower-quality hockey, no doubt, but there’s no replacing the insane swings in player and team quality from year to year....
2020-09-24, 15:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Mitch Brown’s Top 82 Skaters for the 2020 NHL Draft
We’re less than two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which means it’s time for yet another draft ranking. After the EliteProspects team published their final ranking and...
2020-09-22, 19:00Scouting Reports10 Observations From 2 Years of CHL Data Tracking
In the pursuit for better CHL data, I’ve manually inputted event data in a spreadsheet for over 1200 games – including 900 in the past two seasons. For the most...
2020-09-22, 15:00NHL Entry Draft 2020J.D. Burke’s Top 103 Skaters Ranking for the 2020 NHL Draft
We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in...
2020-09-21, 19:00Scouting Reports4 Finnish Sleepers Worth Keeping an eye on for the 2020 NHL Draft
What this year’s crop of Finnish draft-eligible skaters might lack at the top-end of the draft, they endeavour to cover with some intriguing late-round bets that could present excellent value...
2020-09-16, 19:15Scouting ReportsSarnia Sting forward Jacob Perreault is one of the 2020 NHL Draft’s Best Finishers
There’s far less obstruction on the path to the NHL if you’re from an established hockey family. It’s one of the perks of membership! You’re around the game as a...
2020-09-15, 13:00NHL Entry Draft 2020Barrie Colts forward Tyson Foerster is the 2020 NHL Draft Prospect Built for the Modern Game
The game of hockey is changing. Where ten years ago players with size and strength were all the rage going into the draft, it’s since shifted to speed and skill....
2020-09-11, 16:16NHL Entry Draft 2020After a Late Start, Spokane Chiefs Forward Bear Hughes is Charging at the NHL
The bear has held cultural prominence in the Pacific Northwest for centuries but Spokane Chiefs forward Bear Hughes is at the spear’s tip, taking his animal’s namesake into the hockey...
2020-09-04, 14:00Scouting ReportsJohn-Jason Peterka vs. Lukas Reichel — Which German 2020 NHL Draft Prospect Reigns Supreme
The future of German hockey is bright. For perhaps the first time in this budding hockey nation’s history, as many as two or three German players could hear their names...
2020-09-02, 14:00NHL Entry Draft 2020The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is now Available
The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what...
2020-08-24, 19:45PodcastsThe EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke & Craig Button: Ep. 2 with Seth Jarvis of Portland Winterhawks
The second episode of the EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke and Craig Button is live, available wherever you get your podcasts. This week’s program starts with a lengthy discussion about...
2020-08-17, 13:00Scouting ReportsThe High-Level Habits That Drive Rodion Amirov’s Value
Many players build their game around exceptional skill and figure out the rest along the way. When they make the jump to the professional ranks, they find their speed and...