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NHL Draft Blog - Rising, falling and the Bruins conundrum
Making a good last impression is important for any prospect in any draft class but doubly so for Kingston defenseman Erik Gudbranson, a potential top ...
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NHL draft blog -- Draft success a tall order for short prospects
Six feet: It's the biggest lie in hockey. It's told by a lot of hockey prospects who roll up on the balls of their feet when they talk to you. It's re...
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NHL draft 2010 - Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Brett Connolly and finding talent at...
The popular notion is that there's at least one NHL scout at every major junior game that's played -- and usually there's more than one. It's true,...
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NHL draft 2010 - Alexandre Daigle and the biggest NHL draft busts since 1994
Every draft provides a whole host of busts, but some are much more spectacular and painful than others. I've been covering junior hockey and NHL dra...
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NHL draft 2010: Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, Cam Fowler are top NHL-ready...
NHL-readiness is a tricky business. There are numerous factors to consider, including organizational depth, the physical readiness of the prospect and...
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NHL draft 2010 - When drafting goalies, NHL GMs like size over past performance
From the June 28th issue of ESPN The Magazine: NHL scouts often overlook proven performance when they draft goalies, opting instead for guys who are, quite frankly, just big. But so far, Davids are...
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NHL mock draft 2010: Taylor Hall remains No. 1 in final projection
In Gare Joyce's final NHL mock draft before the actual event, Taylor Hall remains No. 1, Tyler Seguin remains No. 2, and the player darting up boards the quickest is Brandon Gormley, who could become...
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2010 NHL draft -- Day 1's five biggest stories
LOS ANGELES -- We haven't had much time to digest the whole first day of the NHL draft, but shooting from the hip, here are the five biggest storyline...
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2010 NHL draft: John McFarland, Ryan Spooner are likely second-round steals
Typically, three to six NHL second-rounders end up making an impact on pro ice. Gare Joyce offers up six guys who could fit that bill this year, including one to the Blackhawks (the rich get richer)....
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2010 NHL draft: Taylor Hall, Erik Gudbranson, Tyler Seguin ready for NHL now
Every NHL draft will have a mix of prospect ETAs -- in this year's case, about six or seven kids who were drafted over the weekend should be able to c...
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2011 NHL draft: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sven Baertschi among standouts at CHL...
The temptation is to read too much into a showcase event like the CHL Prospects Game, played in Toronto on Wednesday. After all, the talent level is u...
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2011 NHL Draft: Evaluating Joe Colborne and other prospects from deadline trades
Trading for another team's draft prospects is more of a gamble than it appears. The acquiring team is relying upon first and maybe second impressions...
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2011 NHL Draft: Remembering E.J. McGuire
E.J. McGuire never phoned it in, until this last weekend. On Saturday, NHL Central Scouting Service brought in their scouts to Toronto from hither an...
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2011 NHL draft: Central Scouting is underselling Victoriaville's Phillip Danault
I had planned to see Phillip Danault in Quebec City on a Friday night a few weeks back, but for the second time this season I went to see a top QMJHL ...
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2011 NHL draft: Breaking down Ryan Murphy and the top defensemen in the 2011...
Some folks wondered about my ranking of D-men in the last mock draft, believing that I could have and should have fallen in line with other draftniks ...
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