Category: Draft Scouting

Nashville Predators Draft Board: Round 1

By Eric D | Jul 5th 2022 | 8 min read |

Tonight is round one of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. After another year of prospect scouting, we’re finally here. The Nashville Predators, pending a tr...

Nashville’s Draft Board: Round 3

By Eric D | Jul 5th 2022 | 11 min read |

Heading into day two of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft on Friday, Nashville will have six picks to work with, including picks 82 and 84 in the third round. ...

Nashville’s Draft Board: Round 4

By Eric D | Jul 4th 2022 | 12 min read |

Last week, the Nashville Predators picked up a second fourth-round pick in the upcoming 2022 NHL Entry Draft, dealing Mathieu Olivier to Columbus. The...

Nashville’s Draft Board: Round 5

By Eric D | Jul 1st 2022 | 8 min read |

Heading into the 2022 NHL Entry Draft next week, the Nashville Predators currently hold seven picks after the Mathieu Olivier trade, including the 146...

2022 NHL Entry Draft: July Ranking

By Eric D | Jul 1st 2022 | 40 min read |

The 2022 draft class, while deep, is an average one, and there are not many clearly defined tiers throughout many draft boards. The Nashville Predator...

Nashville’s Draft Board: Round 7

By Eric D | Jun 28th 2022 | 9 min read |

Heading into the 2022 NHL Entry Draft next week, the Nashville Predators currently hold six picks, including the 210th selection in round seven. Nashv...

NHL Mock Draft 2022: Nashville Predators select Pavel Mintyukov with No. 17 pick

By Eric D | Jun 28th 2022 | 7 min read |

Welcome to SBNation’s 2022 NHL Mock Draft—my fourth year running the mock draft table here at On The Forecheck. With a weaker draft class, I was e...

2022 NHL Entry Draft: June Ranking

By Eric D | Jun 7th 2022 | 18 min read |

It’s been an unpredictable year for NHL draft-eligible prospects—maybe even weirder than the last two seasons disrupted by COVID-19. This draft cl...

2022 NHL Draft Notebook: Gauthier, Beck, and Kulich

By Eric D | Jun 3rd 2022 | 9 min read |

With a month to go until the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, teams’ draft boards are still all over the place. I’ve also been increasingly thinking about th...

2022 NHL Draft Notebook: Kasper, Mešár, and Östlund

By Eric D | May 26th 2022 | 9 min read |

The first round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft looks to be far less predictable than years past, but the Nashville Predators should have a solid group of...