Ryan Merkley News & Stories
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2023-06-23, 23:00NHLScout's Roundtable: Greatest hits and misses covering the NHL Draft
The Scout's Roundtable shares their greatest hits, and misses, covering the NHL Entry Draft.
2023-01-26, 02:51NHLSan Jose Sharks acquire Jacob MacDonald, Martin Kaut from Colorado Avalanche for Ryan Merkley, Matt Nieto
The San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche have exchanged fledgling prospects in the hopes that a change of scenery will revitalize each player's career.
2021-10-21, 16:30NHL Prospects
The 5 prospects with the most to prove in the 2021-22 season
The distance between a bust prospect and a full-time NHL contributor is a thin one. Today, Elite Prospects Dir. of North American scouting Mitch Brown looks at five players who are on the verge of bust territory who need to prove otherwise in the 2021-22 season.
2021-10-08, 23:30NHL Prospect ReportReviewing the performance of Western Conference top prospects in the 2021-22 NHL pre-season
As the NHL pre-season wraps up, Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis checks in on the progress of top prospects in the Western Conference.
2021-09-27, 02:18Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 14-ranked San Jose Sharks
The lottery winners don't always come out of the draft with the best haul. We saw that again this year when the San Jose Sharks received arguably the best player...
2021-09-07, 19:21NHL ProspectsRanking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2021: Skaters 100-51
Elite Prospects team of scouts have convened to rank the 100 best prospects outside of the NHL. They start today with a look at the players they ranked between 100-51.
2020-11-29, 20:00Scouting ReportsThe EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings: the No. 20-ranked San Jose Sharks
Just when it seemed like the San Jose Sharks prospect pool was starting to run shallow, they went and out cleaned up at the 2020 NHL Draft. Yes, it’s still...
2020-09-30, 19:00RankingsRanking the NHL’s Best Prospects, Skaters 75-51
We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...
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...
2020-08-06, 19:00PodcastsThe EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke & Craig Button: Episode 1 with Tim Stützle and Doug Wilson Jr.
The introductory episode of the EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke and Craig Button is live. We had two excellent guests on the program this week. First off, Adler Mannheim forward...
2020-08-05, 17:00PodcastsIntroducing the EliteProspects Podcast with J.D. Burke and Craig Button
There’s a new podcast in town. I’ve teamed up with TSN’s Director of Scouting Craig Button, and we’re bringing you a bi-monthly show talking up all things about the NHL...
2020-01-30, 20:29RankingsBURKE: Re-Ranking the 2018 NHL Entry Draft
It seems like just yesterday that the stars of today and even tomorrow crossed the stage in Dallas, donning their new team’s colours for the first time as a just...