NHL Draft Resources
Here is everything you need to follow the annual NHL draft, with reports from the most recent draft years and background information on the NHL draft and how the Entry Draft works.
Here's the players picked and trades completed during Round One of the 2009 NHL Draft.
The rules are complicated, but the NHL Entry Draft is simply a way to divvy up the best 18-year-old hockey players in the world, along with a few late bloomers, long shots and older college players.
There are over 200 players selected at the NHL draft every year. How many of them go on to have NHL careers? What are the chances of a player selected in the first round of the NHL Draft compared to later rounds?
Every team is a big winner on NHL draft day, and every kid from junior or college hockey is a future star. It's hockey's day of optimism.
Includes information on this year's event, a history of the entry draft and a list of picks for every year. Did you know Rick Pagnutti went number one overall in 1967?
Here are the players chosen in the opening round of the 2008 NHL Draft, with the Tampa Bay Lightning holding the number-one pick.
Here are the players chosen in the opening round of the 2007 NHL Draft, with the Chicago Blackhawks selecting Patrick Kane at number one.
Practically every prospect of every NHL team ranked and reviewed. The site also includes updates from the AHL and other minor pro leagues, reports from Europe and coverage of junior and college hockey leagues, including the OHL, WHL, QMJHL and NCAA.
