Avangard Omsk News & Stories

Dylan Griffing breaks down the notable performers in Eastern Europe over the last month.

2026 NHL Draft eligibles Viktor Fyodorov, Yan Melnikov, and Vladimir Laptev lead the way from Russia.

Lassi Alanen goes into the film to examine the Russian defender who could be one of the better picks on the blue line in this draft.

March's Russia Stock watch zeroes in on Matvei Michkov, Dmitri Simashev, Dmitri Vlasenko, Dmitri Buchelnikov, and Artyom Duda.

The Russian prospect Stock Watch returns with a look at Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alexander Suvorov, Nikita Grebyonkin, Gleb Trikozov, Vlad Lukashevich, and more!

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Ranking series continues with a look at the New Jersey Devils and their ninth-ranked system.

The 2022 EP Rinkside prospect pool rankings series continues with a look at the Washington Capitals and their No. 31-ranked system.

The Elite Prospects team has ranked 64 players for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft with their second board of the season.

J.D. Burke and his team of scouts have come together to produce their first draft ranking of the year for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, a board that's 32 players long.

A year after ranking dead last in EliteProspects’ Prospect Pool Rankings, the Columbus Blue Jackets are on the upswing. Some of that rise is the product of a handful of...

Syracuse Crunch head coach Ben Groulx is back for more next season. Patrick Williams has more on the leader of one of the NHL's best development pipelines.

The St. Louis Blues have a type — players who hit. If they don’t hit, they opt for the next best thing — players who have the potential to one...

One never wants to find themselves on the opposite end of an amateur scouting evaluation made by Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekäläinen, but that’s precisely the position we’ve...

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...

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...

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...

So begins the new debut of a monthly column, one in which we look at the NHL’s top rookies and determine their order in the Calder Trophy race. The Calder...