While it is still early in the 2008-09 season, the task of scouting draft-eligible players has been under way even before the start of the campaign.

November is the time that most hockey fans begin paying attention to how the 2000 draft class is shaping up.

Hockey's best-known scouting organizations -- NHL Central Scouting Services (CSS) and the independent International Scouting Services (ISS) this month released information on the 2009 prospects that should whet the appetite » Full Column

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