2013 NHL Draft Rankings

First, I always like to note what this is, and what it is not. This is a ranked evaluation/projection of how much I feel each prospect could come to impact winning at the NHL level, without organizational bias. This is not a mock draft, although I may choose to post one at a later date.

Some things to note: I have very few (if any) viewings on most of these players. I read about prospects in magazines, read about them on line, watch some highlights of some of the players, and listen to what many of the sports television or radio programs have to say about them. I do watch some WJC games, some games from other Jr. international tournaments, as well as some Memorial Cup and other CHL games. This very much from afar.

I would also like to note that I made markedly less time to work on the rankings this year, due to how late the playoffs are going and a change in the date of my vacation time, for family reasons. I have, however, put together a decently deep list, with many names listed late that I feel have the potential to be quality players given some good developmental breaks.

I've ranked 108 players. Why 108? They all came up on my radar and interested me.

I may post an updated, final rankings with some minor adjustments in the days before the draft, but with all that in mind, here are my current rankings, less than three weeks from draft day:

MY RANK	PLAYER	POSITION
1	Jonathan Drouin	LW
2	Nathan MacKinnon	C
3	Seth Jones	D
4	Aleksander Barkov	C
5	Valeri Nichushkin	LW
6	Sean Monahan	C
7	Darnell Nurse	D
8	Elias Lindholm	C
9	Nikita Zadorov	D
10	Hunter Shinkaruk	C/RW
11	Alexander Wennberg	C
12	Max Domi	C/LW
13	Bo Horvat	C/LW
14	Rasmus Ristolainen	D
15	Josh Morrissey	D
16	Adam Erne	LW
17	Anthony Mantha	LW
18	Madison Bowey	D
19	Curtis Lazar	C
20	Valentin Zykov	RW
21	Ryan Pulock	D
22	Andre Burakowsky	LW
23	Artturi Lehkonen	LW
24	Nicolas Petan	C
25	Morgan Klimchuk	C/LW
26	Laurent Dauphin	C
27	Frederik Gauthier	C
28	Ryan Hartman	C/RW
29	JT Compher	C
30	Pavel Buchnevich	C/LW
31	Steve Santini	D
32	Robert Hagg	D
33	Ian McCoshen	D
34	Mirco Mueller	D
35	Chris Bigras	D
36	Zachary Fucale	G
37	Jacob De La Rose	LW
38	Kerby Rychel	LW
39	Dillon Heatherington	D
40	Shea Theodore	D
41	Tristan Jarry	G
42	Samuel Morin	D
43	Anthony Duclair	LW
44	Jason Dickinson	LW
45	Connor Hurley	C
46	Jimmy Lodge	RW
47	Emile Poirier	LW
48	Eric Comrie	G
49	Anton Slepyshev	LW
50	Michael McCarron	RW
51	Justin Bailey	C/RW
52	Philippe Desrosiers	G
53	Jordan Subban	D
54	Ryan Fitzgerald	C
55	Oliver Bjorkstrand	RW
56	Marko Dano	C
57	Nick Sorensen	RW
58	William Carrier	LW
59	Jusse Saros	G
60	Spencer Martin	G
61	Eamon McAdam	G
62	Linus Arnesson	D
63	Juuso Ikonen	RW
64	Zach Nastasiuk	RW
65	Jan Kostalek	D
66	Marc-Oliver Roy	C/LW
67	Keaton Thompson	D
68	Ryan Kujawinski	C/LW
69	Tommy Vannelli	D
70	Hudson Fasching	RW
71	Sergey Tolchinsky	RW
72	Taylor Cammarata	C/LW
73	Wilhelm Westlund	D
74	John Hayden	C/RW
75	Nick Moutrey	C/W
76	Michael Downing	D
77	Gustav Olofsson	D
78	Brett Pesce	D
79	Jonathan-Ismael Diaby	D
80	Lucas Wallmark	C
81	Eric Roy	D
82	Yan-Pavel LaPlante	C/LW
83	Gabriel Paquin-Boudreau	LW
84	Greg Chase	C
85	Keaton Thompson	D
86	Jackson Houck	RW
87	Viktor Crus Rydberg	C
88	Nick Baptiste	RW
89	Adam Tambellini	C
90	Mason Geertsen	D
91	Peter Cehlarik	LW
92	Zach Sanford	LW
93	Stephen Harper	LW
94	Mitchell Wheaton	D
95	Niklas Hansson	D
96	Sergei Stetsenko	D
97	Will Butcher	D
98	Viktor Arvidsson	LW
99	Vincent Dunn	C
100	Filip Sandberg	RW
101	Sven Andrighetto	RW
102	Carl Dhalstrom	D
103	Anton Cederholm	D
104	Remi Elie	LW
105	Gage Ausmus	D
106	Cole Cassels	C
107	Myles Bell	LW/D
108	Cody Corbett	D