This is a reposting of an original post that appeared on one of our satellite sites a while back. With the new film Concussion due to be released soon we feel this deserves another push. Overtime is our home of Long Form journalism on all things hockey & culture. We are now porting over many of our […]

Scouting is a profession. Like any profession, it has developed its own lexicon. When evaluating a prospect, scouts use a host of terms, terms that often get repeated during the televised […]

Early in the Seinfeld episode where George tries to take home the Frogger arcade game, Kramer mentions an electrician named Slippery Pete who might be able to help. “Is he good, […]

NHL team scouts are a tight-knit bunch but they’re also madly competitive, and all of them are looking for that one player overlooked by their peers; the player only they […]

In the NHL, squeaky wheels don’t get oil; they get demoted. Stay in your lane, don’t make waves, and that train ticket to the minors sticking out of Jack Adams’ pocket […]

It’s safe to assume that the Edmonton Oilers will take Connor McDavid number one overall at the NHL Entry Draft on June 26, 2015. Even if they traded away the pick, […]

The 2015 NHL Entry Draft is fast approaching, taking place in Sunrise, Florida on June 26 and 27. In anticipation of one of the most exciting days in the hockey […]

Last week THW’s Brett Slawson looked at three undersized prospects who are likely first round picks in the 2015 draft: Mitch Marner, Travis Konecny and Nick Merkley. Here I’ll look […]

The differences between the NHL draft today, and the NHL draft as it was when introduced in 1963, are enormous. As you might imagine, so much has changed in over 50 […]

Stay-at-home defensemen don’t get a lot of attention, and in the NHL they certainly don’t win any Norris trophies. A year might pass between goals credited to them, but their game […]

The Hockey Writers’ inaugural Draft Prospect Guide has arrived! The Next Ones: NHL 2015 Draft Prospect Guide features 150 in-depth prospect profiles for the upcoming draft written by THW’s draft […]

You know the kind: they weave through the neutral zone effortlessly, puck on a string, and hit a streaking winger with a pinpoint pass as he’s hitting the blue line. Or […]

The Hockey Writers’ inaugural NHL Draft Prospect Guide is now available at Amazon. It features 150 prospect profiles written by the THW Draft Team. To acknowledge this ‘first’ from THW, we offer a 12 […]

You saw the title and wondered, ‘Could that really amount to a list long enough to be article-length?’ and the answer is yes. If I had included players listed at […]

Conor Garland THW Close-Up Date of birth: 11 March 1996 Place of birth: Scituate, MA Ht: 5’8″ Wt: 168 lbs Shoots: R Position: RW NHL Draft Eligibility: 2014 Rankings • […]

One of the many signs indicating your own advancing age is when NHL players you grew up watching, seemingly out of nowhere, have kids that are NHL draft eligible. But […]

Gabriel Gagné THW Close-Up Date of birth: 11 November 1996 Place of birth: Ste-Adèle, QC Ht: 6’5″     Wt:  186 lbs Shoots: R Position: RW NHL Draft Eligibility: 2015 Twitter: @gabgagne27 THW The Next Ones […]

Alexandre Carrier THW Close-Up Date of birth: 8 October 1996 Place of birth: Quebec, QC Ht: 5’11”     Wt:  168 lbs Shoots: R Position: D NHL Draft Eligibility: 2015 Twitter: AlexCarrier55 THW The Next Ones Rankings (February): […]

Kameron Kielly THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 12/13/1996 Place of birth: Charlottetown, PE Ht: 6’1″     Wt: 182 lbs Shoots: R Position: C NHL Draft Eligibility: 2015 Twitter: @kielly11 THW The Next Ones Rankings (February): […]

Adam Marsh THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 8/22/1997 Place of birth: Chicago, IL Ht: 6’0     Wt: 160 lbs Shoots: L Position: LW NHL Draft Eligibility: 2015 THW The Next Ones Rankings (February): not ranked Other […]