Sportsnet’s 2026 NHL Draft Rankings: Final Edition
Even after the U18 worlds and the NHL Combine concluded the scouting season, the top end of this draft is still a difficult one to handicap. The top two ranked…
Sportsnet’s 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: February Edition
We’re into the stretch drive for the 2025 NHL Draft. Scouts continue to scour the earth for under-reported gems, while GMs are busy readying for the NHL trade deadline on…
Sportsnet’s 2025 NHL Draft Rankings: January Edition
The last month has given great context to the 2025 NHL draft class. Scouts have been able to view players in a number of different and difficult environments, with the…
Sportsnet’s 2025 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings: December Edition
At the start of the season, there was some thought that Boston College’s James Hagens might follow the same path as Macklin Celebrini a year ago, and go wire-to-wire as…
Sportsnet’s 2025 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings: November Edition
A week after our last list was released in the middle of October, NHL Central Scouting issued its preliminary players to watch for the 2025 draft. With so many players…
Sportsnet’s 2025 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings: October Edition
There’s very little rest for the scouting departments of NHL teams. Scouts were able to take in some summer hockey at the Hlinka-Gretzky tournament in Edmonton in early August, then…
Mark your calendars: Highlights from Sportsnet’s national NHL schedule
Now that the draft has concluded and over $1 billion was dropped at the opening of free agency, we can now turn our attention to what really matters: the start…