Official 2012 Entry Draft Thread

[Jamie Benn]

Updated the stats, with some USA prospects.

 

[djscooter]

Kristoff Kontos from the Sudbury Wolves is a late 93 who is 2012 eligible

 

[SPORTSMANIAC]

Updated the stats, with some USA prospects.

Great work! Something minor but Brian Morgan plays for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs not the Junior Bruins. He did play for the Boston Junior Bruins last season.

Keep up the great work

 

[Jamie Benn]

Added Jari Ericcson (Everett), Dylan Blujus (Brampton), Kristoff Kantos (Sudbury) and Kyle Farrel (Cape-Breton)

Let me know if i'm missing anybody.

 

[Kulebeans]

being personal friends with brendan gaunce it may enduce some homerism but i am absolutely loving his play, i see top 10 as a definite possibility for him

 

[Jamie Benn]

Updated once again,
if i'm missing any prospects from the USHL/US, let me know.

If anyone has a website for European prospects, let me know aswell and provide the link.

 

[ohlman22]

Franciso off Sarnia, he could be a top 10

 

[stamkosisboss]

Sarnia has landed some great. Guys

 

[MrWilson*]

Updated the stats, with some USA prospects.

is there a link to the site? or the list?

 

[Jamie Benn]

is there a link to the site? or the list?

I don't know, there was a link to the USNTDP somewhere in this thread, I got the rest of the players from USA Prospects Thread.

 

[MrWilson*]

sorry, I meant to your site or the updated list that you have

 

[Makkeli]

Can someone write some potential top-10 or top-20 players? I know it's almost inpossible to say it now but who would you take?

 

[KingJet*]

I don't see Steven Christianson anywhere, he should be in there

 

[Leviathan]

Sarnia has landed some great. Guys

I have no idea why you divided that statement into two sentences

 

[NEhockey]

Zemgus Girgenson (from Lavia). Plays for Dubuque Fighting Saints in USHL together with Riley Barber (3 games 1+0). Girgenson (3 games 1+1). I have seen some threads talking about him, he seems to be a solid prospect.

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=59843

 

[Bohemian93]

Does anyone know if Michael Matheson of the Lac St Louis Lions will be eligible? he was the first ranked player in last years QMJHL amateur draft,but decided to take a different path.He'll be playing for Dubuque of the USHL next year.

 

[scoutman1]

Does anyone know if Michael Matheson of the Lac St Louis Lions will be eligible? he was the first ranked player in last years QMJHL amateur draft,but decided to take a different path.He'll be playing for Dubuque of the USHL next year.

Matheson is just amazing he would have been the 1st overall pick of the QMJHL draft easy this year...his skating left everyone is awe last year...the NHL scouts who worked in my league compared his skating to Paul Coffey...the guys offense did not take off till the 2nd half of last year, but Matheson is big, amazing skater, great offensive skills, so smooth on the ice and good defense...his only downfall is for a talent like his it is not great he is back in Midget in Quebec lossing a whole year of good development...

 

[JeromeHP]

Matheson is just amazing he would have been the 1st overall pick of the QMJHL draft easy this year...his skating left everyone is awe last year...the NHL scouts who worked in my league compared his skating to Paul Coffey...the guys offense did not take off till the 2nd half of last year, but Matheson is big, amazing skater, great offensive skills, so smooth on the ice and good defense...his only downfall is for a talent like his it is not great he is back in Midget in Quebec lossing a whole year of good development...

Louis Leblanc did the same thing, played as a 16yo in midjetAAA but i agreed he should play this year in the qmjhl or in the ushl or prep school. I still think Matheson is going to play major junior. Shawinigan is good organisation with a beautiful new arena. If they win the bid to host to 2012 memorial cup i think Matheson is going to join the cataractes

 

[Jamie Benn]

Updated stats, added some players
Michael Galiardi - Niagra Ice Dogs (OHL)
Justin Kea - Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
Jacob Ringuette - Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
Peter Angelopulos - Sault St. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
Anthony Cortellssa - Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
Taylor Cote - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
Colton Sissons - Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
Jason Seibert - Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
MacKenzie Johnston - Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
Damon Severson - Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
Alex Elliott - Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
Dalton Thrower - Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
Jeremie Fraser - Acadie-Bathurst Titans (QMJHL)
Felix Girard - Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
Charles Hudon - Chicomuti Sangueens (QMJHL)

 

[FrankTheTank]

Olli Määttä (6'1" 183 lbs) from Finland has played 4 game in finnish second highest league and has succeeded really well! He's a d-man who looks like all-round type player. I haven't seen him a lot so I can't say for sure yet. He has done one goal and one assist and what's important, his plus-minus is +1.

Määttä also played on Ivan Hlinka tournament last august and he got lot of positiv feedback. He also was named best player of Finland at one game.

 

[Jamie Benn]

So, I compiled a list of some prospects from each country I don't have.

Anyone I need to add just let me know.

FINLAND:
Niko Friman
Miro Saarelainen
Ville Koskela
Olli Määttä
Teuvo Teräväinen
Joonas Korpisalo
Kalle Torniainen
Ville Pokka

RUSSIA:
Michael Grigorenko
Leonid Ovechkin
Konstatin Shabunov
Denis Kamaev
Sergey Kupcov
Anton Ivaniuzhenkov
Nikolai Prohorkin

SWEDEN:
Kim Lilja
Filip Forsberg
Nick Sorensen
Christian Djoos
Oscar Dansk
Pontus Ã…berg
Sebastian Collberg


CZECH REPUBLIC:
Stanislav Erben
Petr Sidlík
Adam Chlapík
Tomas Hertl
Dominik Volek

LATVIA:
Zemgus Girgensons
Nikita Jevpalov
Theodor Bluger
Zemgus Girgensons
Nikita Jevpalovs
Ruchards Kondrats

USA:
Jake Oborsky
Aj Michaelson
Matt Pilot
Grant Besse
Jonah Johnson
Kyle Osterberg
Tj Roo
Chad Dahlquist
Max Coatta
Brady Skjei
Nate Arentz
Jake Montgomery
Anders Franke
Matt Halverson
Riley Barber
Jon Gillies
Mark Yanis
Jordan Schmaltz
Vince Hinostroza
Christian "Boo" Neives

 

[pouskin74*]

So, I compiled a list of some prospects from each country I don't have.

Anyone I need to add just let me know.



RUSSIA:
Michael Grigorenko
Leonid Ovechkin
Konstatin Shabunov
Denis Kamaev
Sergey Kupcov
Anton Ivaniuzhenkov

you definitely need to add Nikolai Prohorkin who is one of the best prospects from Russia if not the best after Yakupov and Grigorenko for 2012 Draft.

 

[Eugene85]

you definitely need to add Nikolai Prohorkin who is one of the best prospects from Russia if not the best after Yakupov and Grigorenko for 2012 Draft.

Yeah, Prokhorkin is just great 11+7 in 16 games. Grigorenko and him are definitely the best prospects from Russia for 2012 draft

 

[ChadS]

FINLAND:
Niko Friman
Miro Saarelainen
Ville Koskela
Olli Määttä

I don't know about the entire agegroup in Finland but Friman is not as good of a prospect as fellow Jokerit-forward Teuvo Teräväinen. Last year they played together and we're very good both but over the summer Teräväinen has definitely taken a large step ahead of Friman. And he's really small too...

Goalie Joonas Korpisalo is a pretty good 2012-prospect from Jokerit also.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

One kid to watch out for that you will not hear much about yet, is D Jesse Graham from the Niagara Ice Dogs. Going into the draft, he'll have Ryan Ellis comparisons, and he will be talked about as the best skating/best puck moving defenseman from the OHL. His downside will be his size (listed between 5'10"-5'11" depending where you look), although at 16, there is always room to grow.