By Nick Malmstrom Shane Wright, a Canadian center for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), tops our 2022 Preliminary DraftPro list of OHL prospects. Wright (6 foot 1, 185 pounds), is the
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DRAFTPRO – INTRODUCTION TO THE 2022 NHL DRAFT CLASS – QMJHL
By Nick Malmstrom Nathan Gaucher, a Canadian center for the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), tops our 2022 Preliminary DraftPro list of QMJHL prospects. Gaucher (6 foot 3, 207 pounds),
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By Nick Malmstrom Rutger McGroarty, a left-handed center who split time playing for the United States National U17 and U18 Team in the United States Development Program (USDP), tops our DraftPro list for United States
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By Nick Malmstrom Brad Lambert, a Finnish center for JYP of the Finnish Elite League, tops the 2022 Preliminary Draft Prospects Hockey list of Western European prospects. Lambert (6 feet, 179 pounds), scored 15 points
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – THE SCOUTING REPORT – AUGUST 2021
Talent evaluation is subjective by nature. One scout will see a sure fire top six scorer while another scout might see a AHL journeyman. One might see a can’t miss prospect while the other scout
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DraftPro scouts discuss a few of the names that stood out to them at the recent U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
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By Samuel Dummer Martin Luther King Jr once said, “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” This holds true in the North American Jr hockey world today. Canadian fans watched the Hlinka
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By Samuel Dummer “I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” That quote was lifted from the film 1970 film ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ and believed to have been
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – THE 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP – WHERE UNDERAGE STARS SHINE AND RECORDS ARE BROKEN
By Samuel Dummer The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is a best-on-best U18 hockey tournament that runs every year in August. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, although known by various other names over the years, has been a
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – 2022 NHL DRAFT FIRST GLANCE
By Jonah Fleisher With the 2021 Draft having come and gone, the DraftPro team has shifted its sights to the next crop of draft eligible players. And after a relatively thin draft class in 2021
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