A little first round value analysis. Earlier I averaged the draft rankings from 11 ranking sites, Smaht, McKeen’s, The Hockey News, Future Considerations, Hockey Prospect’s Black Book, Elite Prospects, Pronman, Wheeler, Mackenzie, Peters, and Button (I know I missed the Hockey Writers, and Consentino and a few others, but these were long lists and I felt good about using them).
I thought it might be interesting to see where the players were drafted relative to their average ranking. Brad Lambert was the biggest faller, falling 16 spots from 14 to 30, followed by Danila Yurov, and Joakim Kemmel at -13 and -11. The biggest riser was Maveric Lamoureaux who rose 27 spots from 56 to 29, followed by Filip Bystedt who rose 21 spots from 48 to 27 and Reid Schaefer who rose 18 spots from 15 to 32.
Here are the results:
Rank | First | Last | Drafted | Team | Plus Minus |
1 | Shane | Wright | 4 | SEA | -3 |
2 | Logan | Cooley | 3 | AZ | -1 |
3 | Juraj | Slafkovsky | 1 | MTL | 2 |
4 | Simon | Nemec | 2 | NJ | 2 |
5 | David | Jiricek | 6 | CBJ | -1 |
6 | Joakim | Kemell | 17 | Nash | -11 |
7 | Matthew | Savoie | 9 | BUF | -2 |
8 | Jonathan | Lekkerimaki | 15 | VAN | -7 |
9 | Cutter | Gauthier | 5 | Phila | 4 |
10 | Frank | Nazar | 13 | CHI | -3 |
11 | Danila | Yurov | 24 | MIN | -13 |
12 | Kevin | Korchinski | 7 | CHI | 5 |
13 | Pavel | Mintyunkov | 10 | ANA | 3 |
14 | Brad | Lambert | 30 | WIN | -16 |
15 | Marco | Kasper | 8 | DET | 7 |
16 | Denton | Mateychuk | 12 | CBJ | 4 |
17 | Conor | Geekie | 11 | AZ | 6 |
18 | Liam | Ohgren | 19 | MIN | -1 |
19 | Ivan | Miroshnichenko | 20 | WASH | -1 |
20 | Rutger | McGroarty | 14 | WIN | 6 |
21 | Juri | Kulich | 28 | BUF | -7 |
22 | Jimmy | Snuggerud | 23 | STL | -1 |
23 | Isaac | Howard | 31 | TB | -8 |
24 | Noah | Ostlund | 16 | BUF | 8 |
25 | Filip | Mesar | 26 | MTL | -1 |
26 | Owen | Pickering | 21 | PIT | 5 |
29 | Lian | Bischel | 18 | DAL | 11 |
33 | Nathan | Gaucher | 22 | ANA | 11 |
36 | Sam | Rinzel | 25 | CHI | 11 |
48 | Filip | Bystedt | 27 | SJ | 21 |
50 | Reid | Schaefer | 32 | EDM | 18 |
56 | Maveric | Lamoureaux | 29 | AZ | 27 |