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.