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Alexander Appleyard, Gray Matter, Ben Jordan, SpokedZ, Chris Ford, Josh Tessler, Austin Garret, Iván Ortiz, Thomas Gagné, Tom Watson and Dan Haurin combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2025 NHL Draft Final Rankings. #1 – Michael Misa – C/LW – Saginaw Michael Misa remains our top prospect for the 2025Continue reading “Final 2025 NHL Draft Rankings”

The 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship is set to begin, offering a premier stage to evaluate top draft-eligible prospects from around the globe. This post takes a closer look at each participating nation, highlighting key players, positional strengths, and overall team outlooks. From perennial powerhouses like Canada and Sweden to rising programs like Slovakia andContinue reading “2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Preview”

Alexander Appleyard, Gray Matter, Ben Jordan, SpokedZ, Chris Ford, Josh Tessler, Austin Garret, Iván Ortiz, Thomas Gagné, Tom Watson and Dan Haurin combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2025 NHL Draft Spring Rankings. #1 – Michael Misa – C/LW – Saginaw Michael Misa holds the same spot in our 2025Continue reading “Spring 2025 NHL Draft Rankings”

Alexander Appleyard, Gray Matter, Ben Jordan, SpokedZ, Chris Ford, Austin Garret, Iván Ortiz, Thomas Gagné, Tom Watson and Dan Haurin combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2025 NHL Draft Preliminary Rankings. #1 – Michael Misa, C/LW, Saginaw In a year containing a handful of contenders to go first overall, MichaelContinue reading “Preliminary 2025 NHL Draft Rankings”

Written by Austin Garret On Sunday, December 1st the Smaht Scouting team will get together for our first ranking for the 2025 NHL Draft. We’ll rank an initial 32 players with a scattering of about 5-10ish honorable mentions as well.  As a North American crossover scout, my focus for the past 4+ months have been playersContinue reading “Bi Weekly Musings: Where I’m at Before Our First Rankings Call”

Written by Austin Garret The USNTDP has been a juggernaut as of late in producing highly talented, first round caliber prospects. The last two years we’ve seen 8 alumni of the program get drafted in the first round, with countless others being drafted throughout the draft.  Coming into the 2025 season I expected it to beContinue reading “Bi-Weekly Musings: Evaluating the NTDP”

Written by Austin Garret I love to scout players, but it also comes with an absolute love of college hockey. On the weekends you will find me with my computer scouting players with a college hockey game on the TV in the background at all times. From the fan atmosphere (my trip to Yost last yearContinue reading “Bi-Weekly Musings: Start of the NCAA and Players Catching My Attention”

Written by Austin Garret As we build up to the first ranking for Smaht (which will most likely be in early-mid November) and then the first scouting reports which usually drop around the World Juniors in December; I thought I’d offer some bi-weekly scouting ramblings about North American players I’ve watched, some thoughts on whereContinue reading “Some (very) Early 2025 NHL Draft Class Thoughts”

Alexander Appleyard, Gray Matter, Ben Jordan, SpokedZ, Chris Ford, Austin Garret and Josh Tessler combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2024 NHL Draft Final Rankings. Below you will find the rankings and a high level summary on each player. #1 – Macklin Celebrini – Center – Boston University I feelContinue reading “Final 2024 NHL Draft Rankings”

Alexander Appleyard, Gray Matter, Ben Jordan, SpokedZ, Chris Ford, Austin Garret and Josh Tessler combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2024 NHL Draft Spring Rankings. Below you will find the rankings and a high level summary on each player. #1 – Macklin Celebrini, F, Boston University I feel confident thatContinue reading “Spring 2024 NHL Draft Rankings”