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Grant Sonier

Grant Sonier has scouted for six NHL organizations over the past 13 years, most recently for the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2010-11 season. He is a special contributor to ESPN Insider.

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Doug McIntyre

Doug McIntyre is a staff writer with ESPN The Magazine. Though he mostly covers soccer his first love is the coolest game on Earth. Still a rink rat, Doug played college hockey, briefly, with Iona 's now-defunct NCAA program. He lives in Montreal.

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Lars-Ove Haraldsson

Born and raised in Sweden, Lars-Ove Haraldsson played minor hockey growing up and later at the junior level. He hails from Ytterby, a small town just 25 minutes north of Gothenburg. This tiny hockey community has produced four accomplished NHL players (Mikael Andersson, Niklas Andersson, P.J. Axelsson and Fredrik Sjostrom).

A freelance writer, Haraldsson works as a floor manager for national live sport television productions. He has covered seven World Championships and three Stanley Cup finals. He now resides in Kungalv, minutes away from the neighborhood where he grew up.

Alvin Chang

Alvin Chang has been a contributor to ESPN Insider since the summer of 2009. He currently serves as a writer for NHL Rumor Central, for which he monitors a plethora of media reports both in North America and abroad on a daily basis. He is a Kansas native and New York resident.