NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW: TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS VS FLORIDA PANTHERS – A path opens...
TORONTO, ON - MARCH 29: Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) plays the puck against Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) in the third period during the NHL regular season game...
View ArticleNHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW: VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS EDMONTON OILERS – Oilers have...
EDMONTON, AB - NOVEMBER 19: Vegas Golden Knights Defenceman Nicolas Hague (14) clears the puck from Edmonton Oilers Center Connor McDavid (97) in the first period during the Edmonton Oilers game versus...
View ArticleNHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW: CAROLINA HURRICANES VS NEW JERSEY DEVILS – A real test...
NEWARK, NJ - MARCH 12: New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) scores a goal during the National Hockey League game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New Jersey Devils on March 12, 2023 at...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – Magazine releasing next week!
McKeen's is very excited to release our 2023 NHL Prospect Report. We are planning to make this an annual that will follow the end of the NHL season. The McKeen's team produced the team rankings with...
View Article2023 NHL DRAFT: Bell’s Post-Draft Lottery Mock Draft: The Top-16
With hockey fans across North America holding their breath, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly finally put an end to one of the biggest questions of the NHL season: where will Connor Bedard end up? The...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #32 – TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Prospect System Rank – 32nd Two Stanley Cups and a final appearance last season was well worth spending future assets for current needs. The Lightning has consistently emptied the prospect cupboard...
View ArticleMCKEENS 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – Risers and fallers over the 22-23 season
The last time we ranked the NHL’s top prospects was late in the summer when we published our annual Yearbook. A lot can change in a year and as such there were several significant movers and shakers in...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #31 – Pittsburgh Penguins
Prospect System Ranking – 31st A move up from the bottom ranked organization last year more a testament to the Lightning selling harder. After having won back-to-back Stanley cups in 2015-16 and...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #30 – Florida Panthers
Prospect System Ranking – 30th The Panthers emerged from a season of transition, which is an unusual position for the previous season’s President’s trophy winner to find themselves. For the 2022...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #29 – Colorado Avalanche
Prospect System Ranking – 29th A Stanley Cup in the books, with an elite core at the beginning of their prime in MacKinnon, Makar and Rantanen, who all rate among the very best at their position. Their...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #28 Edmonton Oilers
Prospect System Ranking – 28th The Oilers have emerged as Stanley Cup threat built around a constellation of stars, including the game's best player, Connor McDavid. After years of drafting...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #27 Washington Capitals
Prospect System Ranking – 27th Stanley Cup winners in 2018, the Capitals lost in the first round the following four seasons, and finally missed this year. This led to a minor reset trading veterans...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #26 New York Islanders
Prospect System Ranking – 26th (30th last year) The Islanders under Lou Lamoriello (GM since 2018) remain in ‘win now’ mode, despite missing the playoffs for the last two years. Prior to that they...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #25 Vegas Golden Knights
Prospect System Ranking – 25th (18th last year) What a remarkable record of success for a franchise that is only entering its seventh season. Last season, they set a team record for regular season...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #24 Boston Bruins
Prospect System Ranking – 24th (27th last year) A record-breaking season with 135 points and the President’s Trophy, ended in heartbreak with a first round lost to last season’s President’s Trophy...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #23 Vancouver Canucks
Prospect System Ranking – 23rd (28th last year) The Jim Benning era as GM came to a close December 2021, and new GM Patrik Allvin has been adding his imprint to the team since then, running last year’s...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #22 New York Rangers
Prospect System Ranking – 22nd (20th last year) Expectations were high this season. The disappointment in a first-round loss to neighbors and rivals, the New Jersey Devils, was a tough pill to swallow....
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #21 Toronto Maple Leafs
Prospect System Ranking – 21st (23rd last year) The Leafs finally made it out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2004. GM Kyle Dubas found the right mix to beat Tampa Bay, only...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #20 Seattle Kraken
The second-year expansion team made the playoffs, and upset the defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Colorado Avalanche, in a remarkably quick rise to competitiveness. They fell in the organizational...
View ArticleMCKEEN’S 2023 NHL PROSPECT REPORT – #19 Ottawa Senators
There was hope that this would be the year the rebuilding Senators would finally see some playoff action for the first time in six years. While they fell short, the future remains bright. GM Pierre...
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