nhl draft
Four Mock Drafts for the Vegas Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights have until Wednesday morning to submit their draft list. We imagined a few different ways that team could look, whether it's trying to tank or to win right now.
Down Goes Brown Grab Bag: Trade Aftermath, Conditional Picks and the Garth Snow Brawl
The trade deadline came and went. Shockingly, not much happened. But if your team made a trade, should you be happy about it?
How To Make a Draft: Behind the Scenes at the NHL Draft
The NHL Draft moves cities every year, and it is the only major sports draft that features every GM from every team under one roof. So...how does it work?
Down Goes Brown's Weekend Review: The Biggest Winners, Losers, and Surprises of the NHL Draft
The Flames had a good weekend. Canucks GM Jim Benning did not. We take a look at everything that went down at the NHL draft.
The Best Late-Round Draft Steals in NHL History
From Pavel Bure to Jamie Benn, we look at 10 of the biggest steals in NHL draft history.
Mark Hunter Is the Maple Leafs' Silent Assassin
Heading into arguably the most important draft in Leafs history, perhaps no man is more crucial to the team's success than Mark Hunter.
How to Enjoy the NHL Draft When You Don't Care about the Draft
From the Leafs to the Oilers, we look at what some teams need to do at the draft and how they can screw it up by not listening.
In Joe Pavelski, the Sharks Have Finally Found the Captain They've Been Waiting For
Pavelski was an unheralded prospect taken in the seventh round. Now, more than a decade later, he's one of the NHL's top players—and still unheralded.
From the Bust Era to the Golden Age: A Historical Look at the No. 1 Overall Pick
The NHL held its first draft in 1963; among those No. 1 picks, seven have reached the Hall of Fame but there have been far more busts and stories of sadness.
Down Goes Brown's Weekend Review: Wideman, Flyers' push, and the race for Matthews
Auston Matthews has so far lived up to the hype, the Flyers are coming, and the Wideman saga won't end.
Finland and the Rest of the Hockey World Has Caught up to Canada
Canadians cannot lay ownership to the game of hockey forever. No country can, in fact. But for now, the conversation about Finland has changed. Its a bona fide hockey superpower and will be for years to come.
Andong Song Is Powering China's Growing Interest in Hockey
Andong Song, 18, became the first Chinese-born player to be drafted to the NHL this past June when the Islanders selected him in the sixth round.