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In the wake of Neil Greenberg's updated Top 25 Under 25 rankings, Insider's Grant Sonier combs through the league's prospects to see which appear the most likely to join that elite group down the line.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2012

After the announcement of the three Calder Trophy finalists, Craig Custance provides his pick on who should win the award, as well as a group of snubs that also deserved some serious consideration.

Blog | Conversation | April 20, 2012

Sean Allen looks at a number of bigger-name players, like Sidney Crosby and Nicklas Backstrom, whose rankings are falling as they continue to miss time recovering from concussions.

ESPN Insider's Grant Sonier ranks the NHL prospects who are most likely to have an impact on their teams this season. Leading off is Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2011

Sean Allen breaks down good and bad fantasy hockey matchups for the fourth week of the 2011-12 hockey season and looks at some rookies who may or may not be returning to juniors.

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

Gare Joyce grades each team's prospect haul from the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, where the Minnesota Wild pleased the home crowd with one stellar selection after another. But the Chicago Blackhawks may have bettered them with several talented picks.

Story | Conversation | June 25, 2011

Gare Joyce puts out his final mock draft, which features lots of movement at the top and throughout the first round.

Story | Conversation | June 23, 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

Gare Joyce checks in with NHL scouts to see which picks are trending up with teams and could become surprise picks in the first round of the 2011 NHL draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 14, 2011

Gare Joyce wraps up the NHL combine with a report on who impressed and who left scouts wanting more during the Toronto testing. One of the top standouts? Northeastern defenseman Jamieson Oleksiak. But no one may have helped himself more than Tomas Jurco.

Blog | Conversation | June 07, 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

Gare Joyce provides an updated mock draft for all teams in the NHL lottery. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins goes first to the Edmonton Oilers.

Blog | Conversation | April 13, 2011

Gare Joyce looks at the stock watch for several top NHL draft prospects through the comparable lens of the 1980 NHL draft, noting that a historical similarity may be hurting C Sean Couturier.

Blog | Conversation | March 29, 2011

Alvin Chang examines the value of defensemen in the NHL draft, and finds that history shows they're not worth a No. 1 overall pick.

Blog | Conversation | March 23, 2011

Gare Joyce breaks down the top 50 prospects for the 2011 NHL entry draft, updating our January rankings. This time, there's movement in the top three, but bigger waves are being made near No. 20, where a pair of prospects previously outside our Top 50 have surged into first-round territory.

Story | Conversation | March 07, 2011