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Gare Joyce looks at the players selected in the first round of this season's draft to see when they should arrive in the National Hockey League.

Blog | Conversation | June 27, 2011

In Gare Joyce's third 2011 NHL mock draft, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the No. 1 pick while Mika Zibanejad keeps rising.

Story | Conversation | June 17, 2011

In Gare Joyce's second 2011 NHL mock draft, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the No. 1 pick and Ryan Strome overtakes Gabriel Landeskog in the top five.

Story | Conversation | April 28, 2011

In Gare Joyce's first 2011 NHL mock draft, D Adam Larsson takes the top spot, but the top 10 is dominated by forwards. Such is life in the higher-scoring NHL.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2011

Even as the draft nears, a quintet of questions threaten to turn everything on its head. Trades, health reports and pressure from the home crowd could drastically alter how tonight's draft pans out. Here are five things to watch for.

Blog | Conversation | June 25, 2010

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 a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning at pick No. 6.

Story | Conversation | June 23, 2010

It's a certainty that some prospects with hidden talent will slip through the first few rounds of the draft. Gare Joyce gives his 10 top sleeper picks in this year's NHL draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 21, 2010

Gare Joyce reacts to the release of NHL Central Scouting's final rankings. And his objection to Tyler Seguin supplanting Taylor Hall at No. 1 is just the tip of the iceberg.

Blog | Conversation | April 07, 2010

Gare Joyce takes a gander at some of the shortest, but most talented prospects in this year's NHL draft.

Blog | Conversation | April 07, 2010

Gare Joyce analyzes the USA's roster for the Under-18 championships.

Blog | Conversation | April 01, 2010

Gare Joyce goes team-by-team from the Edmonton Oilers to the Washington Capitals to project which team will pick which prospect in the first full NHL mock draft of 2010.

Blog | Conversation | March 31, 2010

Kirill Kabanov was once seen as one of this draft's top prospects. Now he's seen as borderline untouchable. Gare Joyce chronicles his fall.

Blog | Conversation | March 30, 2010

A small but ferocious center, Alexander Burmistrov, is making his mark in the CHL playoffs in a vicious Barrie vs. Sudbury matchup.

Blog | Conversation | March 22, 2010

Check out these radically different player profiles: Player A: "When he's played for us he's been terrific and a lot of the time he looks like the best talent in his birth-year [1992]," says Al Murray, Hockey Canada's chief scout and the fella in c...

Blog | Conversation | March 16, 2010

The NHL Draft Blog's Gare Joyce discusses guys who are rising, falling and also the scouting conundrum the Bruins have.

Blog | Conversation | March 09, 2010

IMG is seeking to have an agent decertified by the NHLPA for tampering and offering financial inducements to a client.