Aatu Räty News & Stories

How does the 2021 NHL Draft class look half a decade later, and what lessons have been learned?

Our scouts take a look at how some of the NHL's best prospects faired in NHL preseason games.

David St-Louis breaks down things have gone for the Canucks top prospects in the AHL.

Daniel Gee goes into the how and why Aatu Räty has become an early-season roster lock for Vancouver.

David St-Louis reviews some of the top prospect action from NHL preseason games.

Cam Robinson takes you through the Vancouver Canucks' 21st-ranked prospect pool going into the 2024-25 NHL season, with scouting reports and tools grades on its 16 best players.

J.D. Burke, David St-Louis, Mitch Brown, and Lassi Alanen team up to give an updated look at the Vancouver Canucks prospect pool ahead of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline.

The February AHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Vasili Podkolzin, Shane Wright, Tyler Kleven, Danila Klimovich, and Aatu Räty.

David St-Louis reviews the performance of each Western Conference team's top prospects in the 2023-24 preseason.

Hello all! Victor Nuño here with my first column as the newest member of the EPRinkside Fantasy Hockey staff. I'm excited to bring you two columns a week that will...

Cam Robinson takes you through the Vancouver Canucks 20th-ranked prospect pool, 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 Film Scouting Cam Robinson brings a scouting report on all of the top prospects dealt at the 2023 NHL trade deadline.

Ryan Lambert grades every trade between now and the March 3 deadline.

David St-Louis takes a look at the film for the prospect heading back in the Bo Horvat trade.

Dimitri Filipovic breaks down the Bo Horvat trade, looking at the return the Canucks were able to get for him, and the impact he could have on the Islanders.

The Vancouver Cancuks have dealt captain Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders for Anthony Beauivillier, Aatu Räty, and 2023 first-round pick.

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

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings series continues with a look at the No. 23-ranked New York Islanders prospect pool.

EP Rinkside lead scout David St-Louis starts our countdown of the top 100 affiliated prospects with a look at the players ranked 100-51 for this year's series.

It's a mostly-Finnish version of the World Juniors notebook. David St-Louis looks at some of the top Finnish talents to see how they've performed in Edmonton.

Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen offers a player-by-player breakdown of the players likely to suit up for Finland at the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta.

The New York Islanders boast the 31st-ranked prospect pool in the NHL, and they're the subject of this writeup for the EP Rinkside NHL prospect pool rankings.

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.

The NHL Draft Lottery came and went, and now we're just left to guess which teams are going to pick which players. Cam Robinson tries to figure that out in this mock draft of the top 15 picks now that that part of the board is set.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 64 players long, crafted after the U18 in Frisco and Plano, Texas.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have convened to put together their latest draft ranking for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, a list that's 48 players long, and sets the stage nicely for the U18s, set to start in Texas in no time.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts came together to create their first board for the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. They've got the first-round covered in this 32-player ranking.

The Arizona Coyotes shocked the hockey world in back-to-back drafts, starting with the selection of Barrett Hayton at No. 5-overall in 2018. While Hayton’s unlikely to be the best pick...

When I introduced our readers to Finland’s roster ahead of the World Junior Hockey Championship, I declared the team slightly weaker than those of years’ past. With the benefit of...

This week on The Pipeline Show it’s the full preview of the 2020 World Junior Championship with in-depth analysis of the five main contenders with some fearless predictions thrown in...

Defending champions from last year, Finland comes to the tournament with a slightly weaker roster compared to previous years. Particularly the forward group doesn’t include as many high-end players as...

SUNDSVALL, Sweden — In the second part of my review of the Under-18 5 Nations tournament, we’re going to look to the performance of Sweden and their neighbours to the...

Season 15 of The Pipeline Show is now officially underway and by tradition, that means the in-depth season previews for all 22 Western Hockey League franchises are also beginning. But...

BRECLAV, Czech Republic — The dust has settled on the Ivan Hlinka, and perhaps even the small Czech town it called home for one week in August — not a...

BRECLAV, Czech Republic – As a testament to the commitment EliteProspects and EP Rinkside are making to taking the NHL Draft and prospect coverage by storm, I’m on the scene...