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Topi Niemelä

Topi Niemelä

NHL Prospects Ranking the NHL's top 100 affiliated prospects in 2021: Skaters 100-51

Tue, 07 Sep 21 19:21:46 +0000 Elite Prospects team of scouts have convened to rank the 100 best prospects outside of the NHL. They start today...

World Juniors 2021 10 final thoughts on the World Juniors using manually tracked data

Mon, 11 Jan 21 14:00:22 +0000 Mitch Brown, our Dir. of North American scouting, manually tracked data from every single game of the 2021 World Juniors,...

World Juniors 2021 A player-by-player look at how Finland performed at the 2021 World Jun...

Thu, 07 Jan 21 19:00:22 +0000 Team Finland won five of their seven games, only losing to the two finalists, and securing a bronze medal in...

World Juniors 2021 10 thoughts on the World Juniors using manually tracked data

Sat, 02 Jan 21 15:00:22 +0000 Mitch Brown shares 10 observations on the World Juniors using his manually tracked data set.

World Juniors 2021 "A lot" to like about Topi Niemelä's development as an offensive star... Thu, 31 Dec 20 14:00:23 +0000 Topi Niemelä's offensive development is on full display at the World Juniors, where he's tied atop the scoring leaderboard among...

Scouting Reports The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020-21 Off-Season Prospect Pool Rankings:...

Wed, 09 Dec 20 19:30:01 +0000 While there’s no disputing the shortcomings on the Toronto Maple Leafs roster, they have the right idea — insulate the...

NHL Entry Draft 2020 Grading Every Team’s Performance at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft

Thu, 08 Oct 20 05:00:59 +0000 It only took about eight hours on top of yesterday’s three-or-so, but we finally, almost mercifully, reached the conclusion of...

NHL Entry Draft 2020 Mocking the First 3 Rounds, 92 Picks of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft

Tue, 06 Oct 20 17:00:12 +0000 It’s the most wonderful time of the year. More than a year spent tracking the progress of hundreds of players,...

NHL Entry Draft 2020 Mitch Brown’s Top 82 Skaters for the 2020 NHL Draft

Thu, 24 Sep 20 15:00:01 +0000 We’re less than two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which means it’s time for yet another draft...

NHL Entry Draft 2020 J.D. Burke’s Top 103 Skaters Ranking for the 2020 NHL Draft

Tue, 22 Sep 20 15:00:34 +0000 We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than...

NHL Entry Draft 2020 The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is now Available Wed, 02 Sep 20 14:00:52 +0000 The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but...

NHL Entry Draft 2020 VIDEO: EliteProspects Scouts Meet to set 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking... Wed, 08 Jul 20 16:00:24 +0000 The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone...

Rankings EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 4.0

Wed, 17 Jun 20 15:30:20 +0000 We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern....

Rankings EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 3.0

Wed, 15 Apr 20 16:00:09 +0000 There’s only one certainty left in hockey, and it’s that the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is going to take place....

Rankings EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 2.0

Fri, 14 Feb 20 15:30:34 +0000 What was once a heated debate is now a coronation; Alexis Lafrenière has separated himself from Quinton Byfield, and by...

Rankings EXCLUSIVE: EliteProspects 2020 NHL Entry Draft Ranking Version 1.0

Fri, 29 Nov 19 17:52:02 +0000 I’m so proud to finally share the hard work of our scouts in the form of this year’s first NHL...

Scouting Reports Scouting Report: U18 5 Nations Wrap-Up, Part 2: Sweden & Finland

Wed, 20 Nov 19 15:30:03 +0000 SUNDSVALL, Sweden — In the second part of my review of the Under-18 5 Nations tournament, we’re going to look...

Scouting Reports The EliteProspects Rinkside 2020 NHL Entry Draft Finnish Skaters Watch...

Mon, 11 Nov 19 20:00:08 +0000 One could say of this year’s crop of draft-eligible talent coming out of Finland that it’s a relatively mediocre batch....

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