Élite Propsects January 2025 draft ranking

[Stewie Griffin]

Besides even if we correct that to him being American, it seems unlikely that 20 of the best 32 players are Canadian.

They just went back to back years looking anemic at the World Juniors. Their share of NHL'ers goes down every year. This might be the first time maybe ever they don't have the best national team for best on best.

Why does it seem like this rankings and others seem to instead be doubling down and putting more Canadians in their first round than in the past? Maybe they haven't learned their lesson on what's happening within hockey and need to broaden their horizons and do more than watching so much of the CHL.

I know a few others quoted you already but it's been said by a lot of people that this is a weak year in general, specifically in all countries besides Canada. Which non-Canadian do you think is that much of an outlier here, that needs to be in the first round.

Secondly, the last 2 world juniors mean absolutely nothing in terms of this draft. Should all of the (weak) USNDTP players go in the first round since their country won the last 2 world juniors?

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Cullen Potter?