Corey Pronman

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Sports Columnist at The Athletic

Friendly neighborhood NHL prospects analyst for @TheAthleticNHL. Email cpronman (at) theathletic (dot) com.

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Matthew Schaefer leads Pronman's April list, Michael Misa follows

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Corey Pronman

The 2025 NHL Draft picture is becoming clearer as we approach June. Matthew Schaefer is a decent No. 1 prospect, but the top of this draft overall isn't great, leading this to being a below-average draft class. It's a strong forward group, especially at center, with several premium forward prospects. It's a poor defense group, though. The second defenseman picked this year would have been my sixth- or seventh-ranked defenseman last season. Ranked players are placed into tiers and given tool grades.
Matthew Schaefer, Anton Frondell lead NHL Central Scouting's final 2025 NHL Draft rankings

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Corey Pronman |Scott Wheeler

NHL Central Scouting released its final rankings for the 2025 NHL Draft class on Tuesday morning. Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer and Saginaw Spirit exceptional status center Michael Misa headlined the list of North American skaters, while Djurgarden center Anton Frondell leapfrogged teammate Victor Eklund for the top spot on the list of international skaters. Here are the rankings and some takeaways from The Athletic 's draft experts, Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler.
Connor Bedard, Macklin Celebrini, Jack Hughes and more

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Scott Wheeler |Corey Pronman

For years at The Athletic, our colleague on the MLB team, Stephen J. Nesbitt, has built an MLB All-Under-25 Team that tries to put together a batting order and a pitching rotation of the best young players in baseball. Over the last couple of weeks, NHL prospects writers Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler decided to steal the idea and try to assemble a 2025 NHL All-Under-25 Team. The idea is simple.
Matthew Schaefer, Michael Misa lead Pronman's March top 32 list

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Corey Pronman

As the season has gone along and we near postseason play in junior hockey, the 2025 NHL Draft class has shown steady improvements. I would argue it's still below average, but there's been enough upward trajectory that I could buy it being closer to an average class. Erie defenseman Matthew Schaefer is still my No. 1 ranked prospect and the favorite to go first despite his limited playing time this season due to injury. I would not qualify him as an absolute lock to be the top pick, though.
NHL trade deadline 2025 rumors - The Athletic

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Michael Dominski |Eric Stephens |Jesse Granger |Josh Yohe |Pierre LeBrun |Corey Pronman | +5 more

News and analysis of trades up through Wednesday, March 5
Maple Leafs fill a need by getting Scott Laughton from Flyers

1 month ago | nytimes.com | James Mirtle |Corey Pronman

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NHL trade deadline. The tradeMaple Leafs get: Center Scott Laughton, fourth-round pick, sixth-round pickFlyers get: First-round pick in 2027, forward Nikita Grebenkin. Flyers retain 50 percent of Laughton's salaryJames Mirtle: The Maple Leafs enquired about basically every available center this season, including some of the higher-end targets that they simply weren't able to match the massive bids on in this sellers' market.
Senators land Dylan Cozens as Sabres sell low on young center

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Corey Pronman |James Mirtle

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NHL trade deadline. The tradeSenators get: Forward Dylan Cozens, defenseman Dennis Gilbert, second-round pick in 2026Sabres get: Forward Josh Norris and defenseman Jacob Bernard-DockerCorey Pronman: Dylan Cozens is an extremely talented player who has underperformed after signing his big extension. There are a lot of reasons to think the 2019 No. 7 pick will bounce back though.
Wild add big winger Justin Brazeau in deal with Bruins

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Corey Pronman

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NHL trade deadline Wild get: Forward Justin BrazeauBruins get: Forward Marat Khusnutdinov, forward Jakub Lauko, sixth-round pick in 2026Corey Pronman: Justin Brazeau is a huge winger who has developed into an effective NHL player after being undrafted. He has good hands and offensive IQ and has a heavy element in how he plays.
Rangers flip pending UFA Ryan Lindgren to Avalanche in sensible deal

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Shayna Goldman |Corey Pronman

Colorado Avalanche get: D Ryan Lindgren, F Jimmy Vesey, D prospect Hank KempfNew York Rangers get: F Juuso Parssinen, D Calvin de Haan, 2025 second-round draft pick, 2025 fourth-round draft pickRangers retain 50 percent of Lindgren's salary. We have acquired Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey from the New York Rangers in exchange for Calvin de Haan and Juuso Parssinen. pic.twitter.com/BvsjJdxRbUShayna Goldman: This trade threads the needle for both the Rangers and Avalanche, just in different ways.
Ranking the players drafted with acquired first-round picks from 2020 to 2023

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Corey Pronman

The most common assets used at the trade deadline are draft picks, with the first-round pick often being cited as the gold standard of trade assets. But what do those first-round selections end up becoming? I thought I would look at the 22 first-round picks traded from 2020 through 2023 and who was ultimately picked to provide some context. While draft slot matters, for the most part, the picks tended to be in the mid-teens or the 20s, as contenders often are the ones moving those picks.