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Victoria Matiash offers up her draft prospects rankings index, in which she outlines and analyzes the prospect rankings from five draft expert sources while breaking down where they agree and disagree about top prospects.

Blog | Conversation | May 17, 2013

The Memorial Cup is positively brimming with top NHL Draft prospects, including four of Grant Sonier's top 10 for the 2013 draft. What will scouts be looking for on junior hockey's big stage?

Blog | Conversation | May 16, 2013

ESPN Insider scouting guru Grant Sonier offers up 10 NHL prospects whose play at the recent IIHF World Under-18 Championship boosted their draft stocks, including goaltender Philippe Desrosiers and defenseman Samuel Morin.

Blog | Conversation | May 07, 2013

Playoffs, schmayoffs. Let's talk draft lottery, people! Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun, take it away. BURNSIDE: Good evening from Pittsburgh, my friend. Hope you are enjoying St. Louis, where you will open the 2013 NHL playoffs. While most of th...

The Colorado Avalanche won the NHL's draft lottery and will select No. 1 overall from what will be a loaded 2013 prospect class. Insider NHL scout Grant Sonier breaks down how he sees the draft selections playing out among the non-playoff teams.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2013

From the official NHL release: FINAL RANKINGS RELEASED FOR 2013 NHL DRAFT Seth Jones Ranked No. 1 in North America; Aleksander Barkov No. 1 in Europe TORONTO (April 24, 2013) - Defenseman Seth Jones of the Western Hockey...

Grant Sonier evaluates the final Central Scouting rankings to see which prospects may be over and undervalued. And the debate starts right at the top, with Sonier and CSS differing on the value of Nate MacKinnon.

Blog | Conversation | April 24, 2013

Grant Sonier breaks down the 2013 draft's top 50 prospects, topped by the trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin and Seth Jones. But the most intriguing prospect in the draft is Russian Valeri Nichushkin, who could be in the running for No. 1.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Former NHL scout Grant Sonier provides his first projection for the 2013 NHL draft, featuring a notably deep class headlined by elite prospects Seth Jones, Nate MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2013

Grant Sonier examines seven top prospects from the 2013 draft class who could make an instant impact in the NHL in 2013-14, and outlines which NHL teams would be the best fits for them.

Blog | Conversation | February 21, 2013

With an early projection of the top 10 picks in June's entry draft, Craig Custance explores the possibility of some of the top prospects in the 2013 draft class being claimed by traditionally powerful teams experiencing down years at the right time.

Blog | Conversation | February 18, 2013

Grant Sonier provides his scouting breakdowns for the top netminders in the 2013 draft class, with Halifax's Zach Fucale leading the way.

Blog | Conversation | February 14, 2013

Caught between an owner's belief that the Caps can win now and a reality in which early losses have made the playoffs a long shot, GM George McPhee must decide which direction to turn for the rest of this season: Deal to win now? Or play the long game?

Blog | Conversation | February 07, 2013

Just 10 games into the 2013 campaign, the Washington Capitals face a drastic uphill climb to the playoffs and must recapture the first-place form from recent seasons to have any shot at a postseason berth.

Story | Conversation | February 07, 2013

ESPN Insider scouting guru Grant Sonier provides his audit of the Central Scouting Service's midterm prospect report, comparing CSS' rankings to his evaluations. Should Seth Jones be listed as the top prospect over Nathan MacKinnon?

Story | Conversation | January 24, 2013

ESPN Insider scouting guru Grant Sonier breaks down what he saw at the CHL Top Prospects Game, noting the solid play of Seth Jones and Nikita Zadorov.

Story | Conversation | January 21, 2013