Wednesday, June 15, 2011

2011 NHL Entry Draft Prospect Rankings

This is not a mock draft, but instead, an evaluation of the best prospects (imo) regardless of need or position.

The top 65 I've ranked and then I note other prospect of some interest.

  1. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
  2. Adam Larsson
  3. Jonathan Huberdeau
  4. Sean Couturier
  5. Ryan Strome
  6. Gabriel Landeskog
  7. Mika Zibanejad
  8. Dougie Hamilton
  9. Sven Bartschi
  10. Ryan Murphy
  11. Joel Armia
  12. Nathan Beaulieu
  13. Mark McNeill
  14. Jamieson Oleksiak
  15. Matt Puempel
  16. Joseph Morrow
  17. Nicklas Jensen
  18. Mark Scheifele
  19. Alexander Khokhlachev
  20. Duncan Siemens
  21. Zach Phillips
  22. Brandon Saad
  23. Oskar Klefbom
  24. Rocco Grimaldi
  25. Scott Mayfield
  26. Ty Rattie
  27. Dmitri Jaskin
  28. Tyler Biggs
  29. Stefan Nosen
  30. Vladislav Namestnikov
  31. Boone Jenner
  32. Thomas Jurco
  33. Ryan Sprool
  34. David Musil
  35. Jonas Brodin
  36. Marcel Nobels
  37. Ricard Rakell
  38. Victor Rask
  39. Mario Lucia
  40. Daniel Catenacci
  41. Connor Murphy
  42. Shane Prince
  43. John Gibson
  44. Seth Ambrose
  45. Tyler Wotherspoon
  46. Ramus Bengtsson
  47. Phillip Dandault
  48. Adam Clendening
  49. Lucas Lessio
  50. J.T. Miller
  51. Brett Ritchie
  52. Myles Bell
  53. Xavier Ouellet
  54. Stuart Percy
  55. Mikka Salomaki
  56. Robbie Russo
  57. Joel Edmundson
  58. Reece Scarlett
  59. Marcus Grunland
  60. Vincent Trocheck
  61. Colin Jackobs
  62. Mattew Nieto
  63. Nick Shore
  64. Christopher Gibson
  65. Samu Perhonen
    Flagged - imo
    Most Likely to be picked too soon - imo
    Under-rated?
  66. Over-Rated?



    LATER PROSPECTS WITH OILER CONNECTIONS

    Kale Kessy
    Jeremy Boyce Rotrall
    Michael St. Croix
    Travis Ewaynyk
    Dylan Wruck
    Laurent Brossait
    Keegan Lowe
    Dillon Simpson

    SOME OTHERS OF INTEREST

    Justin Sefton
    Nick Cousins  
    Scott Oke
    Ryan Tesink
    Mike Reilly
    Andy Welinksi
    Scott Harrington
    Alan Quine
    Adam Lowry
    Adam Reid
    Andrew Pedan
    Colten St. Claire
    Gregory Hoffman
    Oliver Archembault
    Guillam Cloutier
    Jesse Forsberg
    David Broll
    Logan Shaw
    Joseph Labat
    Patrick Koudys
    Sam Grist
    Joseph Cramarossa
    Austen Brassard
    Jonathan Racine
    Andrew Fritsch
    Michael Paliota
    Klas Dhalbeck
    Joachim Nermark
    Max Friberg
    Alexander Ruuto
    Johan Sundstrom
    Jordan Binnington
    Tobias Rieder
    Magnus Hellberg
    Michael Mersch
    Reid Boucher
    Alex Racino
    Adam Petterson
    Daniel Pribyl
    Sean Kuraly
    Maximilien Sieur
    Jean Gabriel Pageau
    Shane McColgan
    Peter Ceresnak
    Jyrki Jukipakka
    Fredrik Claesson
    Henri Auvinen
    Pascal Zerressen
    Victor Bergland
    Zachary Yven
    Colin Sullivan
    Keevin Cutting
    Gabriel Bourret
    Max Everson
    Matt Killian
    Frankie Simonelli
    Artem Sergeev

    MORE RUSSIANS

    Zakhar Arzamastev
    Maxim Shalunov
    Nikita Nesterov
    Albert Yarullin
    Alexander Kuvaev
    Nikita Kucherov
I would welcome questions or discussion, I am not a scout but a dedicated draft observer.

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