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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”

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

Photo Credit: Robert Lefebvre / OHL Images As one would expect with a 5’9 forward, Luca Pinelli’s draft rankings have quite a wide range and follow almost no consensus, spanning from the early second round to, in some cases, unranked. Smaht is one of those outliers, ranking Pinelli at 37. It is obviously a teamContinue reading “Scouting Report: Luca Pinelli”

The Smaht Scouting team completed their third annual mock draft. Ben Jordan , Austin Garret, Alex Appleyard, Josh Tessler, Gray Matter, Jordan Malette, Clare McManus and SpokedZ from the Smaht team participated. In addition, our ole buddy Sebastian Jackson drafted for a few teams as well. Each scout was assigned multiple NHL teams to draftContinue reading “2023 NHL Mock Draft”

For the last few seasons, I’ve published goaltender data in which I look at speed, rebound control and glove work. It’s served as a good bench mark when watching goaltenders and determining which goaltenders I’d fight for at the draft table. In the past, I have published my data on Tableau, but due to timeContinue reading “Goaltender Data – 2023 NHL Draft”

Photo Credit: Steve Hiscock / Saskatoon Blades Tanner Molendyk is a 2023 NHL Draft prospect and plays for the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades. He’s originally from Kamloops, British Columbia and had played locally with the Thompson Blazers in his youth. For the 2019-20 season, he joined the Yale Hockey Academy Prep U15 club and averaged 2Continue reading “Scouting Report: Tanner Molendyk”

Photo Credit: Frölunda HC Otto Stenberg is a 2023 NHL Draft eligible prospect and plays in the Frölunda system. He grew up in Stenungsund, Sweden and played for the local U16 and J18 teams before joining Frölunda. Otto’s father, David had played Swedish division two hockey in the early 2000’s. His brothers are also activelyContinue reading “Scouting Report: Otto Stenberg”