Scott Wheeler

I went behind the scenes with the Brantford Bulldogs for a weekend.

Inside the team, as the Hymans, a future NHL coach, and a group of players chase a title and put down roots in a new home:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

I went behind the scenes with the Brantford Bulldogs for a weekend.

Inside the team, as the Hymans, a future NHL coach, and a group of players chase a title and put down roots in a new home:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

How money — from NIL to new revenue sharing — is changing college hockey recruiting The Athletic spoke with more than a dozen Division I men’s college hockey coaches about the new landscape.

🆕: NIL and revenue sharing is beginning to change college hockey.

We spoke to more than a dozen NCAA coaches on money and recruiting. Our feature: www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

“Wilson’s a player, man.”

My feature on Canucks prospect Wilson Bjorck.

Why he could be a “steal,” with insight from Sweden and Colorado College: www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Meet Will Zellers, the Bruins’ “warrior” new prospect.

My feature, with insight from staff at North Dakota and Shattuck:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Cheers!

The 2025-26 NHL prospects viewing guide: How to watch the CHL, NCAA, SHL and more Bookmark this page as your primer to follow all of the leagues outside the NHL for the 2025-26 season.

🆕 The 2025-26 NHL prospects viewing guide.

Previews for every league, from the CHL and NCAA to the SHL, KHL and high school hockey, with links for where to watch and players to keep an eye on.

Bookmark it and thank me later 🔗⤵️
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More likely a middle-six mainstay.

I'd like to see Cristall make it. I think Sourdiff fills a need/role better than Miro/Lapierre. And yet I could see it being one of the latter haha.

About average for me at this stage.

A bit of both. It's a trend that's going to continue but we aren't going to see zero again anytime soon, I don't think, either.

I think that's getting carried away but we'll see at BU this year. He's certainly competitive. I don't see top 15 upside.

There are a lot of reasons. Corey questions the translatability of a sub-6-foot winger with what is perceived to be below-average skating. I don't see the skating as an issue at all and view the playmaking/offensive sense as high end enough that he'll overcome.

Nope.

I think he's got a good chance. Can't answer that second question in 300 characters or less, though. Copy cat league though and we've had a run ever since the Blues of Cup winners built on length on D (Blues, Bolts, Panthers, etc.). Avs exception to that. I think there's value in the margins now.

I could see it. Whip ass might be a stretch, though.

Last year was a down age group there were still seven Americans in the first round. They've won the last two World Juniors. Hagens, Buium, Hutsons, Cooley, Snuggerud, Smith, Perreault, Leonard, Gauthier, Nazar. No shortage recently.

I think it's unlikely for each but one of Jack Hextall, Tomas Chrenko, Oscar Holmertz, Beckham Edwards, Lavr Gashilov or Colin Fitzgerald could conceivably get there or close with a huge year.

Dynasty ceiling if they all hit:
1. Sennecke
2. Frondell
3. Desnoyers

Dynasty floor probably the reverse order.

Ceiling's probably a No. 4-5. More likely a No. 6.

Kiiskinen's a Without actually re-drafting the whole thing: Protas around 20. Walton/Mews 40-50. Kiiskinen's a different draft class than the others.

I think they're on track but the execution of this next phase is going to be critical. Have to make sure the top dogs develop and fold in the depth pieces at the right time. They'll benefit from landing the big free agent that Buffalo has struggled to, because they're Chicago.

Pace has always been the question. Can shoot it. Plays NHL style. Pest. Willing to work and grind. But needs to do it all a little faster than he does. I think he becomes a full-time NHLer still, but the clock is ticking. Make or break year feels appropriate to me.

1. Protas
2. Walton/Mews
4. Kiiskinen

I'm not the right guy for that question, unfortunately. On a hunch? If he were going to stay, he probably would have signed already. I'd lean he leaves.

Not likely, no. Would guess he plays in the AHL to start once he comes over unless he goes on a tear/lights it up in an audition. Great player though and fits with their focus on speed.

He's not going to be a play-with-Larkin/Raymond-dude but he's probably going to be a plays-in-the-NHL-dude at some point. Finnie's got some fans.

Start here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/655...

New ranking out late-October/early-November.

Constantly. Would encourage you to check out my guide to scouting if you haven't already. It's updated annually for that reason.

Fiction.