Scouting Reports

2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Fifteen names to know heading into the 2025 NHL Draft season

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As someone who was drafted 107th overall in 1990 and spent 13 years in the league I can tell you that it’s damn difficult to play a single game in the NHL never mind have a multi-contract career. There will be some insanely talented players who never earn a sniff at a game and then there will be some average skilled insanely ultra competitive players who carve out a career. I personally fell into the averagely skilled ultra competitive category.

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Defensemen standing 6’0″ or shorter face significant challenges in carving out a National League career. Given that the average NHL player stands at 6’1.5″ and weighs 207 pounds, undersized defensemen must possess exceptional attributes to compete at the highest level. Below is the list of Neutral Zone’s 6’0″ and under defensemen who are ranked in our top 300 for the 2024 NHL draft.

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Below is a list of players who might not be the most glamorous players in the game but each has continued to work and develop their craft so that they could be valuable pieces to an organization.

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A handful of the players listed below will hear their names called during the 2024 draft, but the vast majority of them will not. There is no doubt that some of these players you will never hear from again, nonetheless after watching these athletes throughout the past few seasons Neutral Zone feels these players should continue to be tracked.

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Highest scoring forwards who are not ranked in the 1st round

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