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McKeen's is excited to announce the inaugural release of a new magazine - McKeen's NHL Prospect Report. It will provide a deep look at each NHL team's prospect system and the next wave of NHL [...]

We are proud to release our annual MCKEEN'S NHL DRAFT GUIDE. It is a biggest and best yet and packed with info. 150 pages in a downloadable PDF for subscribers to www.mckeenshockey.com. If you are [...]

While forecasting NHL draft selections a year in advance can be a difficult process, we at McKeen's have assembled a list of 62 names (a full two rounds) for you to become familiar with as [...]

As it sit at my laptop to write this introduction to the Final 2020 McKeens Hockey Draft Rankings, I cannot but think on the strange circumstances that played out in the last few months that [...]

Detroit Red Wings While the hiring of Detroit legend Steve Yzerman to take over as team GM from departed Hall of Famer Ken Holland has brought a lot of optimism to Red Wings fans everywhere, [...]

Philadelphia Flyers Chuck Fletcher was hired as the new GM of the Philadelphia Flyers on December 3, 2018 after spending nearly nine years as GM of the Minnesota Wild. The Flyers had a low-key great [...]

Braden Schneider - RHD - Brandon Wheat Kings - NHL CSS NA9 60GP - 7G+35A - 3.24% G% 19.43%INV - 19.56 NHLeScore Kaiden Guhle and Braden Schneider are two of the three highly touted Canadian [...]

Chicago Blackhawks On July 16, exactly one week before I sat down to write this section, the Blackhawks announced the signings of two free agents who still qualify as prospects according to our definition. You [...]

Tampa Bay Lightning When considering the analytics of scouting, the first thing that typically comes to mind is the projection of scoring from one level up the chain. In other words, draft point producers. Someone [...]

Anaheim Ducks The Ducks’ current NHL roster is not in a great way. Like the other California-based teams, the Ducks were pretty bad this year, finishing out of even the Play-in round, a fate reserved [...]

Alexis Lafrenière - LW - Rimouski Océanic - NHL CSS NA1 52GP - 35G+77A - 17.09% G% 54.70%INV - 37.05 NHLeScore I’m going to keep the preview short here. Alexis Lafrenière is a rock-solid hockey [...]

Toronto Maple Leafs We can’t really discuss the state of the farm for the Toronto Maple Leafs without first noting the presence on the NHL roster of stars Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and William Nylander. [...]

Washington Capitals While most competing teams make a habit out of trading draft picks (we see you, Pittsburgh Penguins!), the Washington Capitals, winners of the Metropolitan Division for five years running (which includes this season, [...]

Edmonton Oilers The 2018-19 Bakersfield Condors were a dominant outfit at the minor league level. They were the top team in both the Pacific Division and the Western Conference as a whole. Shane Starrett was [...]