The Best NHL Prospect From Each Country

With the NHL’s 2023-24 regular season just around the corner, I thought I’d round out my offseason prospect coverage with a ranking of the best NHL prospects from each country. I am only including players who have been drafted by NHL teams and who I bel...

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#NHLEntryDraft #Prospects #ConnorBedard #DavidReinbacher #LoganCooley #MatveiMichkov
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Red Wings’ 5 Most Important Prospects

Ever since Steve Yzerman returned to the Detroit Red Wings as their general manager, the only thing Red Wings fans could really hang their hats on was the prospect pool. While many haven’t quite panned out yet, which is the most likely ...

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#DetroitRedWings #NHLEntryDraft #AxelSandinPellikka #MarcoKasper #NateDanielson #SebastianCossa
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Rangers Have Reaped Major Successes From 4th Round of Draft

Brody Lamb, Kalle Vaisanen, Talyn Boyko and Noah Laba might not know it, but they've got a tradition to uphold.

The foursome represents the New York Rangers' "haul" of fourth-round draft picks taken since 2021. Based ...

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#NHLEntryDraft #RangersHistory #IgorShesterkin #JohnVanbiesbrouck #RyanCallahan #TonyAmonte
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2024 NHL Draft Rankings: Baracchini’s Way Too Early Top 32

It only feels like yesterday that the 2023 NHL Draft came to an end. With that draft in the books and the upcoming Hlinka Gretzky Cup to kick off the scouting season, it’s always a great time to look at the next crop o...

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Bruins Draft Picks By Sweeney Shining Brighter Than You Think

The Boston Bruins' prospect pool has been heavily criticized as being one of the weaker crops of prospects in the league, and many are quick to point the finger at general manager Don Sweeney for his choices made at the NHL Entry Draft throughout his time at the helm. Although h...

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Rangers’ 5 Best Late-Round Draft Picks

With the 2023 NHL Draft in the rearview mirror, many New York Rangers fans would be hard-pressed to name any of their team's bottom-round selections made at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena last month.

Sure, they might still be aglow over the first-round pick...

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#NHLEntryDraft #RangersHistory #HenrikLundqvist #JesperFast #SergeiZubov
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Nate Danielson Signs Entry-Level Deal with Red Wings

Just a few short weeks after selecting him with the ninth overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, the Detroit Red Wings have signed Nate Danielson to an entry-level contract. The 18-year-old center was one of the most complete forwar...

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Golden Knights’ 2023 Draft Review

With the Game 5 Stanley Cup-clincher barely in the rearview mirror, the Vegas Golden Knights already had to make major roster decisions, resulting in the trade of Reilly Smith and the re-signings of Ivan Barbashev and Adin Hill. Squeezed into the midd...

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Hits & Misses: Revisiting THW’s 2023 NHL Draft Rankings

Now that the 2023 NHL Draft is in the books and free agency is in full swing, it’s time to sit down and look back on how our rankers did in predicting a somewhat unpredictable first round. We did this experiment back in 2020 following that year...

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#NHLEntryDraft #2023NHLEntryDraft #ConnorBedard #OttoStenberg #TomWillander
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Senators’ 2023 Draft Class Full of Question Marks

The Ottawa Senators' 2023 Draft was, in a word, underwhelming.

Armed with only five draft picks and none higher than the fourth round, some expected general manager Pierre Dorion to try and secure a higher pick or two...

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Emptying the 2023 Blue Jackets Draft & Free Agency Notebook

What a week it has been for the Columbus Blue Jackets. From wondering how the draft would play out to becoming one of the biggest winners of the draft according to most draft experts, they truly had a week th...

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#ColumbusBlueJackets #NHLEntryDraft #AdamFantilli #ConnorMcDavid #JarmoKekalainen #MikeBabcock
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2024 NHL Draft Rankings: Horn’s Super Early Top 16

Now that the 2023 NHL Draft is over, it's time to turn our focus to the future once again with the 2024 NHL Draft. Although it's nearly a year away, I believe it's worth taking an early look at the top rated prospects for next year so you have an...

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Canucks’ 2023 Draft Deep Dive: Sawyer Mynio

With the 89th selection in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, the Vancouver Canucks selected Seattle Thunderbirds defenceman Sawyer Mynio. Listed at 6-foot-1, 172 pounds, the left-shot defenceman recorded 31 points in 68 regular-season games while also playing a role for t...

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Devils 2023 NHL Draft Review

The New Jersey Devils' 2023 NHL Draft looked different than previous years. After winning 52 games and advancing a round in the playoffs, there were no lottery balls and a top-5 pick. Nor did they have a first due to the Timo Meier deal at the trade deadline. They made five selec...

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Canucks’ 2023 Draft Deep Dive: Hunter Brzustewicz

With the 75th-overall selection in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, the Vancouver Canucks selected Kitchener Rangers defenceman Hunter Brzustewicz. Listed at 5-foot-11, 190 pounds, the right-shot defender recorded 57 points in 68 regular-season games wh...

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Grading Each Team’s Draft at the 2023 NHL Draft

The NHL Draft is always a wonderful event where we get to watch young athletes’ dreams become reality. Now that the 2023 NHL Draft is complete, all we can do is wait and watch how these players develop over the next few years as they work their way toward t...

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Ranking Blackhawks Draft Moves: From Bedard to Perry

The Chicago Blackhawks had another eventful and memorable 2023 NHL Draft. They got the first-overall pick, which they used to select Connor Bedard, drafted 11 players and made four trades since June 26 to round out their draf...

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Flames’ 7 Biggest Draft Steals in Team History

The Calgary Flames have developed a ton of talent through the draft, whether early on or in the later rounds. Seven players, in particular, have carved out impressive careers after being passed over many times by many teams before the Flames...

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#FlamesHistory #NHLEntryDraft #BrettHull #JohnnyGaudreau #SergeiMakarov #TheoFleury
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Blues 2023 Draft Deep Dive: Juraj Pekarcik

After selecting defenseman Quinton Burns with pick no. 74, the St. Louis Blues followed that up by selecting left winger Juraj Pekarcik out of Slovakia at 76th overall. He spent most of the 2022-23 season with HK Nitra U20 (Slovak Extraliga U20) and sho...

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Coyotes Make the Most of Day 2 Draft Picks

The Arizona Coyotes came into Day 2 of the 2023 NHL Draft with ten draft picks. While they were expected to make a trade by bundling picks or trading back, they did neither, making all ten selections. Looking at all the players they drafted, all o...

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#CoyotesProspects #NHLEntryDraft #JonathanCastagna #MichaelHrabal #NoelNordh #TannerLudtke
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