Scout’s Analysis: What Oilers get in complex Trent Frederic trade
The Devils became involved to retain a portion of Frederic’s cap hit, which expires at the end of this season. In exchange for doing so, New Jersey picked up prospect…
Scout’s Analysis: Looking at picks, prospects Jets could offer in trade
The Winnipeg Jets started the year 15-1-0 and haven’t looked back since. Their 11-3-1 record, over their last 15-game segment, has included an 11-game winning streak sandwiched between back-to-back losses.…
Scout’s Analysis: What the Panthers get in Seth Jones, Blackhawks in Spencer Knight
The possibility of a Seth Jones trade came to pass fairly quickly. Appearing on Nick Kypreos’ trade board for the first time in late January, talk of Jones’ situation picked…
Scout’s Analysis: What Avalanche get in Ryan Lindgren as Rangers sell
The last trade with real playoff consequence we saw in the NHL probably came back on Feb. 1, when the Dallas Stars acquired Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci from San…
Scout’s Analysis: Four players with the most to prove in 4 Nations Face-Off final
Watching a player perform under the brightest lights is often the truest test of his ability. When monitoring how players are progressing during the draft and development phase, teams keep…
Scout’s Analysis: Observations from 4 Nations Face-Off Montreal games
Every major league sport around the world has a city and venue that reeks of history and unwavering fan support. Soccer has teams like Manchester United and Real Madrid. Baseball…
Scout’s Analysis: Breaking down three big weekend trades
When Jim Rutherford spoke to the media this past week about the divide between Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller in the dressing room and that the Vancouver Canucks were having…
Scout’s Analysis: What Flames, Flyers get in four-player trade
Earlier this season, when expectations were low, there was some question if the Calgary Flames would sell off one or two of their better veteran players to regroup and look…
Scout’s Analysis: Ranking the top 50 prospects for the 2025 NHL Draft
By the time the beginning of February rolls around all NHL scouting departments will have concluded their mid-season meetings with both the pro and amateur scouting staffs. The pro staffs…
Scout’s Analysis: What everyone gets in the Rantanen-Necas blockbuster
Where does Mikko Rantanen fit in among the top forwards in the game today? Connor McDavid is the cream of the crop, while Rantanen’s now-former teammate and centre Nathan MacKinnon…