Mavrik Bourque News & Stories

How does the 2020 NHL Draft class look over half a decade later, and what lessons have been learned?

The Stars are out, and what comes next might be even harder for fans to swallow.

Ranking the hockey's best young talent: Who stands out, who’s rising, and what it means for the future.

David St-Louis takes you through the Dallas Stars' 14th-ranked prospect pool, with scouting reports and tools grades on its 13 best prospects.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, and J.D. Burke team up to rank the top 100 affiliated prospects ahead of the 2024-25 NHL season.

Mavrik Bourque led the AHL in scoring last year and was the league MVP. Next step, the NHL.

Victor Nuño checks in on a handful of AHLers who are looking to ascend to the NHL next season and potentially impact your fantasy roster.

The Dallas Stars are tied up in their series with the Vegas Golden Knights, and it's all because of a 20-year-old forward.

Sean Shapiro looks at the situation in Chicago and the rest of the league in his latest Unnumbered Thoughts.

The November AHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the performances of Mavrik Bourque, Logan Stankoven, Joshua Roy, Hendrix Lapierre, and Marco Kasper.

Sean Shapiro goes through the NHL in his weekly column, looking at Logan Thompson's return to the crease, gambling in hockey, player- and puck-tracking data, and more!

Welcome back to another edition of Prospect Prosepctive. In this series, we’ll be looking at a prospect who has yet to establish himself in the NHL. We’ll examine the reasons...

Mitch Brown tees up the Dallas Stars' 19th-ranked system, with scouting reports, tools grades, etc. on their 16 best prospects.

The Elite Prospects 2023 NHL prospect ranking countdown begins with a look at the 100th to 51st-best skater prospects.

Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown breaks down the Dallas Stars prospects pool ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline.

This month's AHL Stock Watch gives an update on Danila Klimovich, Jesper Wallstedt, Vasily Podkolzin, Nils Hoglander, and Mavrik Bourque.

The AHL is often the last step to the NHL. Who's on the cusp for each NHL franchise?

The latest Film Room™️ instalment has Mitch Brown breaking down Mavrik Bourque's game.

Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis reviews the performances of every Western Conference's top prospects in the 2022-23 NHL preseason

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings continue with a look at the Dallas Stars 12th-ranked system.

The EP Rinkside top 100 affiliated skater prospects countdown continues with Mitch Brown's article on the prospects ranked between 50-26.

Hockey Canada announced their 2022 World Juniors camp roster on Wednesday. Elite Prospects Dir. of NA Scouting Mitch Brown offers his thoughts on the camp roster, how the lineup might look, and offers a scouting report on each player.

The Dallas Stars boast the NHL's 23rd-best prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings countdown series.

Elite Prospects team of scouts have convened to rank the 100 best prospects outside of the NHL. The countdown continues with a look at the players they ranked between 50-26.

“When you look at the complete schedule for us, look at how we started based on the amount of time we had to prepare, and how our first couple weekends went, we feel really good about that." The Stockton Heat look back on a hot-and-cold season.

Not only did the Dallas Stars make it within two wins of the Stanley Cup. They did so without sacrificing any real draft capital or top-flight prospects in the process....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins surprised everyone with a trade. Yes, a real, actual trade in hockey. How exciting! This wasn’t just any old trade; three NHL players...

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...

One might think that two new rankings among a group of five public outlets might not result in a tectonic shift in the landscape of the NHL Draft, but that...

The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...

The best playmakers in hockey share one commonality — gravity. Rather than drawing one player into their orbit to make a play, they take in one or two defenders. It’s...

After months of careful deliberation, the NHL is ready to let the lottery balls spin and forever change the complexion of two or three lucky teams at the annual spectacle...

We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the...

If you’re in this space, then there’s a good chance you’re an avid follower of the NHL Entry Draft. It’s the best place to be for those sorts of people....

Under normal circumstances, I’d have just returned from the U18 World Hockey Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, fresh impressions of many of the 2020 NHL Draft’s best prospects foremost in my...

There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place. We don’t know how it’s going to work or when...

What was once a heated debate is now a coronation; Alexis Lafrenière has separated himself from Quinton Byfield, and by a not-insignificant margin at that. The decision at No. 1...

I’m so proud to finally share the hard work of our scouts in the form of this year’s first NHL Entry Draft ranking for the EliteProspects Rinkside audience. So much...

The last draft generally proved to be down years for the QMJHL. A few names managed to rise to the top, but the league was generally under-represented, especially on the...