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With a broad mix of talent throughout the St. Lucie roster in 2012, there's a very good chance we'll be hearing some of these names for a long time to come.

St. Lucie's offensive prowess rests on the shoulders of one blue chip prospect and a whole bunch of high profile question marks.

Join us as we continue our Minor League Season in Review series with a look at the Lo-A Savannah Sand Gnats!

While the Stanley Cup Playoffs are right around the corner and Nashville Predators fans are excited about what these next few weeks might bring, we should also take a look further down the road, and appreciate the talent that is bubbling up through the system.

Really, really exceptionally great blog post on Ryan Ellis. Hat tip to The Copper and Blue. Here's the beginning of it, but read the whole thing (follow the link below...). I’ll admit it; I’m...

The title to this post is the answer to the question "Who should the Oilers select at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft?" Ellis has had a phenomenal junior career so far, but doesn't seem to be getting a...

NHL.com - NHL Entry Draft: NHL.com looks at the first round of the '09 Entry Draft - 03/27/2009. Three experts did mock drafts and evaluations, with the Kings picking as they would if the season...

After taking an undersized defenseman in the first round, the Nashville Predators focused on size and strength with many of their later selections.

This is it for the first round folks. It's Day 10, and more than a few SBN participants were willing to go seven rounds with this, but I gather that 24 hours from now we will all be looking back at this mock draft and wondering why the respective teams we cover didn't take our advice! Rounding out the first 30 mock draft picks, are the Blackhawks, Red Wings and Pingouins.