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Sean Allen updates his top 100 forwards for the 2012-13 fantasy hockey season in light of the player selections and trades at the 2012 NHL draft.

If there is a theme for the 2012 NHL draft, it might well be O Brother, Where Are Thou? For the second time in three days, a major trade brought two brothers together. In this case, late Saturday afternoon the Philadelphia Flyers bolstered their b...

Grant Sonier provides the NHL ETAs for all first-round picks in the 2012 NHL draft.

Story | Conversation | June 23, 2012

ESPN Insiders Grant Sonier and Craig Custance review each team's picks and trades to see who came out on top following the 2012 NHL entry draft in Pittsburgh.

Story | Conversation | June 23, 2012

ESPN Insider's NHL draft experts Grant Sonier and Alvin Chang break down the first round of the NHL draft as it happens.

Blog | Conversation | June 22, 2012

Craig Custance examines the NHL's biggest questions heading into draft weekend, starting with the likely destinations for Rick Nash.

Blog | Conversation | June 21, 2012

Former NHL scout Grant Sonier breaks down the 2012 prospect group with his final mock draft of the season, noting there may be a shocking pick to start the selection process on June 22.

Story | Conversation | June 20, 2012

ESPN Insider Grant Sonier reviews the biggest risers and fallers following the IIHF U-18 world championships, one of the biggest scouting events of the draft year.

Blog | Conversation | May 03, 2012

With the first 14 picks set after Tuesday night's NHL draft lottery drawing, Grant Sonier lays out how he believes the first picks will play out -- with one big caveat. He expects the Edmonton Oilers to trade down from their No. 1 pick.

Blog | Conversation | April 11, 2012

The Edmonton Oilers won the NHL Draft Lottery to secure the first overall pick for the third consecutive year while the Islanders retained No. 4 in Tuesday's televised event. By virtue of their bottom-five finish -- the team finished in 27th place...

BURNSIDE: It may not be the most compelling television event ever, but the annual draft lottery, the glorified bingo game that decides which of the NHL's bottom-feeding, underachieving teams will draft first and so on in June's draft, has the potenti...

While 14 NHL teams will sit out the playoffs, Corey Pronman examines their top prospects that could make a positive impact next fall.

Blog | Conversation | April 10, 2012

In the wake of a trade deadline, Grant Sonier revisits his first 2012 NHL mock draft to see how it was impacted by several first-round picks trading hands.

Blog | Conversation | March 02, 2012

Former NHL scout Grant Sonier breaks down the 2012 prospect group with his first mock draft of the season. Unsurprisingly Nail Yakupov goes No. 1 overall, but Sonier believes a number of teams could find useful parts to round out their rosters.

Story | Conversation | February 16, 2012

Grant Sonier breaks down the top 50 prospects for the 2012 NHL entry draft, topped by Nail Yakupov, who will likely be the third Russian ever to go No. 1 overall.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2012

Top defenseman prospect Ryan Murray was injured in Western League play. Doug McIntyre polls some scouts in the Dub to see if there will be any impact to his draft stock. Plus, notes on Andreas Athanasiou's slow start.

Blog | Conversation | October 20, 2011