Post your 2023 Draft List

[NotProkofievian]

I’ve only ever seen him at the U18s but for a guy with his skating, puck skills and point production, I felt he really struggled to make plays and create offense. I guess that’s a weird assessment to make but that’s why I don’t have him on my draft list.

I was watching him yesterday and thought to myself ''what's this guy going to do in the NHL?'' He has a tool disadvantage against a lot of the smaller forwards in this draft, which has the effect of pushing him down lists.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I was watching him yesterday and thought to myself ''what's this guy going to do in the NHL?'' He has a tool disadvantage against a lot of the smaller forwards in this draft, which has the effect of pushing him down lists.

I think he's still worth taking a look at in the later rounds.

 

[Antonche]

My Top-64.
1) Bedard
2) Fantilli
3) Carlsson
4) Michkov
5) Smith
6) Benson
7) Leonard
8) Dvorsky
9) Yager
10) Moore
11) Wood
12) Reinbacher
13) Sandin-Pellikka
14) Danielson
15) Perreault
16) Sale
17) Barlow
18) Honzek
19) Ritchie
20) Heidt
21) Cristall
22) Stenberg
23) Willander
24) Musty
25) Dragicevic
26) Simashev
27) But
28) Brindley
29) Halttunen
30) Bonk
31) Sawchyn
32) Hrabal
33) Gauthier
34) Nadeau
35) Gulyayev
36) Brzustewicz
37) Perron
38) Lindstein
39) Strbak
40) Stramel
41) Rehkopf
42) Morin
43) Ziemmer
44) Price
45) Nelson
46) Wahlberg
47) Lardis
48) Edstrom
49) Molendyk
50) Lind
51) Fisker-Molgaard
52) Ciernik
53) Whitelaw
54) Kiiskinen
55) Dower-Nilsson
56) Hameenaho
57) Allen
58) Bjarnason
59) Augustine
60) Nilsson
61) Karki
62) Misiak
63) Akey
64) Dvorak

 

[tomd]

A mock draft is different than a ranking.

yeah, I'm using the two terms somewhat interchangeably at this point but I've rarely seen a non-HF draft ranking that doesn't have Fantilli 2nd either.

 

[Mrb1p]

I legit wonder why people aren't higher on Unger Sörum? He produced great numbers for a defensive specialist and is one of the youngest if not the youngest in draft.

I have him 31st. His defensive game and playmaking alone make him super interesting, he doesnt shoot enough but his wrister is good, hes not small and he has good skating too.

Really whats the weakness? Compare him to Perrault and I see very similar players.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

My Top-64.
1) Bedard
2) Fantilli
3) Carlsson
4) Michkov
5) Smith
6) Benson
7) Leonard
8) Dvorsky
9) Yager
10) Moore
11) Wood
12) Reinbacher
13) Sandin-Pellikka
14) Danielson
15) Perreault
16) Sale
17) Barlow
18) Honzek
19) Ritchie
20) Heidt
21) Cristall
22) Stenberg
23) Willander
24) Musty
25) Dragicevic
26) Simashev
27) But
28) Brindley
29) Halttunen
30) Bonk
31) Sawchyn
32) Hrabal
33) Gauthier
34) Nadeau
35) Gulyayev
36) Brzustewicz
37) Perron
38) Lindstein
39) Strbak
40) Stramel
41) Rehkopf
42) Morin
43) Ziemmer
44) Price
45) Nelson
46) Wahlberg
47) Lardis
48) Edstrom
49) Molendyk
50) Lind
51) Fisker-Molgaard
52) Ciernik
53) Whitelaw
54) Kiiskinen
55) Dower-Nilsson
56) Hameenaho
57) Allen
58) Bjarnason
59) Augustine
60) Nilsson
61) Karki
62) Misiak
63) Akey
64) Dvorak

Good list

How's the weather?

 

[Antonche]

Good list

How's the weather?

+20

 

[JRichard]

Philadelphia not drafting Michkov with the signed Fedotov kidnapping.

 

[samsagat]

1- Bedard
2- Fantilli
3- Carlsson
4- Michkov
5- Smith
6- Benson
7- Reinbacher
8- Moore
9- Leonard
10- Wood
11- Dvorsky
12- Perreaut
13- Pellikka
14- Heidt
15- Cristall
16- Yager
17- Sale
18- Barlow
19- Danielson
20- Simashev
21- Gulyayev
22- Ritchie
23- Willander
24- Musty
25- Honzek
26- Brindley
27- Gauthier
28- Ziemmer
29- Dravigevic
30- Morin
31- Nadeau
32- Lind

33- Hrabal
34- Molendyk
35- Perron
36- But
37- Price
38- Stenberg
39- Bjarnason
40- Brzuskewicz
41- Cataford
42- Stramel
43- Bonk
44- Ciernik
45- Haltunnen
46- Dower Nilsson
47- Cagnoni
48- Strbak
49- Akey
50- Lidstein
51- Sawchuk
52- Molgaard
53- Rykov
54- Suniev
55- Whitelaw
56- Hameenaho
57- Pinelli
58- Strathmann
59- Minnetian
60- Rekhopf
61- Nelson
62- Augustine
63- Allen
64- Jarventi

 

[dr1234]

I have a set Top 10 and then have separate tiers after that:

1) Connor Bedard
2) Adam Fantilli
3) Matvei Michkov
4) Leo Carlsson
5) Will Smith
6) David Reinbacher
7) Matthew Wood
8) Ryan Leonard
9) Daniil But
10) Zach Benson

Tier 2 - 11 to 18 (alphabetical)
Colby Barlow
Dalibor Dvorsky
Samuel Honzek
Oliver Moore
Eduard Sale
Otto Stenberg
Axel Sandin-Pelikka
Brayden Yager

Tier 3 - 19 to 25 (alphabetical)
Andrew Cristall
Nate Danielson
Lukas Dragicevic
David Edstrom
Gabriel Perreault
Gracyn Sawchyn
Tom Willander

Tier 4 - 26 to 32 (alphabetical)
Alex Ciernik
Riley Heidt
Michael Hrabal
Bradly Nadeau
Calum Ritchie
Dmitri Simashev
Maxim Strbak

Tier 5 - 33 to 42 (alphabetical)

Tristan Bertucci
Hunter Brzustewicz
Ethan Gauthier
Mikhail Gulyayev
Jesse Kiiskinen
Tanner Molendyk
Etienne Morin
Quentin Musty
Caden Price
Koehn Ziemmer

Tier 6 - 43 to 52 (alphabetical)

Carson Bjarnasson
Oliver Bonk
Gavin Brindley
Luca Cagnoni
Lenni Hameenaho
Roman Kantserov
Nick Lardis
Aram Minnetian
Jayden Perron
Carson Rehkopf

Tier 7 - 53 to 64 (alphabetical)
Jakub Dvorak
Daniil Karpovic
Gavin McCarthy
Oscar Fisker Molgaard
Nico Myatovic
Noel Nordh
Luca Pinelli
Charlie Stramel
Felix Unger Sorum
Anton Wahlberg

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

I posted a top 15 back in January (#206 in this thread). Here's my attempt at an updated list;

1. Bedard
2. Fantilli
3. Carlsson
4. Michkov
5. Smith
6. Dvorsky
7. Leonard
8. Reinbacher (+4 spots)
9. Benson
10. Moore (was missing from my earlier top 15, for some reason)
11. Wood
12. Sale
13. Gulyayev
14. Willander
15. Sandin Pellikka
16. Yager
17. Barlow (-9 spots)
18. Perreault
19. Simashev
20. Stenberg
21. Morin
22. Dragicevic
22. Heidt
23. Danielson
24. But
25. Cristall (-11 spots, biggest drop from my earlier list)
26. Ritchie
27. Musty
28. Halttunen
29. Edstrom
30. Bonk
31. Honzek
32. Brindley

HMs: Gauthier, Nadeau, Hrabal, Lindstein.

 

[Sacha BOXviert]

1. Bedard
2. Michkov
3. Carlsson
4. Fantilli
5. Benson
6. Smith
7. Moore
8. Danielson
9. But
10. Dvorsky
11. Sale
12. Leonard
13. Yager
14. Reinbacher
15. Wood
16. Brindley
17. Ritchie
18. Perron
19. Willander
20. Musty
21. Sandin Pellikka
22. Perreault
23. Honzek
24. Cristall
25. Sawchyn
26. Mukhanov
27. Rehkopf
28. Stenberg
29. Simashev
30. Barlow
31. Lindstein
32. Nadeau
33. Dower Nilsson
34. Molendyk
35. Heidt

 

[Castle8130]

Not really a draft list, but here is my top CHL defenders + Dragicevic;


1. Tanner Molnedyk - Skates like the wind, great potential as a shutdown defender and puck moving defender... Needs work in both the offensive and defensive zone, but plenty of high potential there

2. Andrew Gibson - Big, physical, and terrific skater that I think has high potential as a good two-way defenseman... I really love his man on man coverage... He uses his big body very well and makes a very good first pass... He was Canada's best defender at the u-18 Worlds IMO... Needs to work on his defensive positioning and become more effective in the offensive zone to reach his potential

3. Lukas Dragicevic - For his size, he is one smooth skater and offensive dynamo... He has a great shot to go along with soft hands... I know scouts are worried about his foot speed and some skating mechanics that need slight adjustment, but he is a great impact player, especially on the rush

4. Tristan Bertucci - Big, mobile defenseman that is one of the best puck moving defenders in the class... Plays a physical game and is one of the younger players int he draft class... I think there is a lot of potential to become an offensive defenseman at 5v5... He can sometimes get caught in no mans land, but this looks to be a learning curve he can get past

5. Hunter Brzustewicz - Low center of gravity, muscular, thick bodied defender with a physical edge to his game... On the defensive side of things he loves to take the body... Offensively, he is reminiscent of Cale Makar in the offensive zone without the quickness or shooting ability... He may be the best east-west skating defender in the draft class... He placed second in on-ice skating at the CHL combine only to Nick Lardis... He will need to work on his defensive pressure and gap control due to his main issue of giving up too much space to opposing forwards

6. Oliver Bonk - Big bodied player that can generate speed and maneuver his way into the offensive zone... A safer player to make the NHL and will likely play a fairly conservative role in the NHL... A high IQ hockey player that plays a pro game with limited offensive upside

7. Luca Cagnoni - Best power play defenseman of the crop.... Operates the power play at a pro level already... good defensive hockey IQ and outstanding offensive IQ...Just needs to work on his physical strength (he shies away from contact)... If he was an elite skater, I would have him much higher

8. Beau Akey - Plays a solid game all around... Pretty solid everywhere, but has an elite quality in his north-south skating... He has great acceleration with an above average top speeed... There is really something there... An area of concern is he tends to avoid physical contact, so he needs to add strength

9. Etienne Morin - A power play guru with a heavy shot that always seems to find the back of the net... I think he can run a powerplay and be an effective Evan Bouchard type at the NHL level if everything goes right... I have some big concerns about his defensive play and skating... If he brushes up on those areas, I think he can become an effective offensive defenseman at the NHL level



HM:

10. Caden Price - Skilled offensive defender that I have a tough time projecting at the pro level both offensively and defensively... Definitely some potential regardless of his flaws

11. Quinton Burns - Great compete, good skater, but I have concerns about some of his habbits and decision making with the puck.. still plenty of potential there

12. Cameron Allen - Smaller defenseman that plays a defensive style of play with textbook body contact... With his size, it is very hard to project his style of play at the next level


Matthew Mania - didn't get a good enough read to rank

 

[SantosHalper]

Matthew Mania - didn't get a good enough read to rank

I think you should reconsider

 

[SimGrindcore]

Spoiler: Top 32

1. Bedard
2. Fantilli
3. Michkov
4. Carlsson
5. Benson
6. Sale
7. Cristall
8. Smith
9. Yager
10. Gulyayev
11. Dvorsky
12. Perron
13. Dragicevic
14. Price
15. Danielson
16. Heidt
17. Ritchie
18. Reinbacher
19. Brzustewicz
20. Cagnoni
21. Stenberg
22. Ziemmer
23. Brindley
24. Wood
25. Stramel
26. Leonard
27. Pinelli
28. Moore
29. Honzek
30. Hrabal
31. Perreault
32. Lindstein

Update soon?

 

[SimGrindcore]

My very early list of only players I've watched so far (so no Michkov or Russian players yet, I watch them later in the year. Also haven't watched enough Sale yet).

1) Fantilli

2) Bedard

3) Carlsson

4) Yager

5) Dvorski

6) Smith

7) Benson

8) Allen

Short list to start but I don't rate players until I've watched enough of them in the year and I haven't watched enough of the rest of the top 15 to rank them yet.

Watched more players? Got a recent list?

 

[SimGrindcore]

Postulates December NHL 2023 Draft Ranking:
1. Connor Bedard
2. Adam Fantilli
3. Will Smith
4. Matvei Michkov
5. Zachary Benson
6. Mikhail Gulyayev
7. Leo Carlsson
8. Ryan Leonard
9. Brayden Yager
10. Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Very close to adding Reinbacher or Musty in

Got a May NHL Draft Ranking?

 

[SimGrindcore]

1. Bedard
2. Fantilli
3. Carlsson
4. Michkov
5. Benson
6. Smith
7. Cristall
8. Yager
9. Dvorsky
10. Leonard
11. Sale
12. Reinbacher
13. Sandin-Pellika
14. Barlow
16. Danielson
17. Ritchie
18. Perrault
19. Heidt
20. Gulyayev

Updated list soon, maybe?

 

[rt]

1.Bedard
2.Fantilli

3.Carlson
4.Benson
5.Smith
6.Michkov

7.Leonard
8.Dvorsky

9.Danielson
10.Barlow
11.Honzek
12.Reinbacher

13.Yager
14.Moore
15.Wood
16.Ritchie

 

[SimGrindcore]

My top 18-ish...

Connor Bedard

Adam Fantilli

Leo Carlsson

Matvei Michkov

Zach Benson

Will Smith

Dalibor Dvorsky

Ryan Leonard

Brayden Yager

Oliver Moore

Colby Barlow

Nate Danielson

Calum Ritchie

David Reinbacher

Gabriel Perreault

Dmitri Simashev

Koehn Ziemmer

1. Bedard
2. Michkov
3. Fantilli
4. Carlsson
5. Benson
6. Yager
7. Smith
8. Moore
9. Sale
10. Dvorsky

Got a new list?

 

[Postulates]

Got a May NHL Draft Ranking?

1. Connor Bedard
2. Adam Fantilli
3. Matvei Michkov
4. Will Smith
5. Ryan Leonard
6. Leo Carlsson
7. Oliver Moore
8. Dalibor Dvorsky
9. David Reinbacher
10. Gabe Perreault
11. Nate Danielson
12. Matthew Wood
13. Zach Benson
14. Samuel Honzek
15. Axel Sandin Pelikka
16. Quentin Musty
17. Colby Barlow
18. Brayden Yaeger
19. Tom Willander
20. Dmitriy Simashev

 

[Doublechin]

My most recent

1.Bedard

2.Michkov
3.Fantilli

4.Carlsson

5.Leonard
6.Smith

7.Benson
8.Dvorsky

9.Reinbacher
10.Yager
11.Moore

12.Willander
13.Wood
14.Perreault
15.Sandin-Pellikka

16.Sale
17.Danielson
18.Barlow
19.Honzek
20.Stenberg

21.But
22.Simashev
23.Brindley
24.Ritchie
25.Cristall
26.Hrabal

27.Molendyk
28.Landis
29.Heidt

30.Nadeau
31.Dragicevic
32.Musty

 

[Just Linda]

Updated list soon, maybe?

Im not able to do as complete of a list as I usually do especially since travelling has been off the table to me (and doesn't look like I'll be in Russia for quite a while).

1) Bedard

2) Fantilli

3) Michkov

4) Dvorsky

5) Sandin-Pellika

6) Carlsson

7) Benson

8) Smith

9) Leonard

10) Yager

11) Moore

12) Reinbacher

Likely will edit more in time. Not sold on the 7-11 picks yet, haven't fleshed out the order there completely.

Edit: edited someone I forgot in. I also don't put much stock into record breaking production, play across the world has picked up for young players where it seems like multiple players each year are having record breaking production. It just doesn't mean as much, I look at skill and how well I feel those skills translate to the next level. Like I don't think Fantilli's production means will quite be at the level Eichel was before his injury (though I think Fantilli still will be a point per game player, I think he'll be close), I don't think Michkov is the next Ovi. I do think the top end of the draft will be great players and a few may become superstars but I think Bedard is the only high likelihood to be a 100pt player.

 

[MichaelFarrell]

Honestly, the more I look at my list the more I find it difficult to properly rank Fantilli, Michkov, and Carlsson. I don’t even know how to properly rank them because I think a lot of it is up to preference and honestly my preference changes day-to-day.

Here is my current Top 50

Rank	Player
1	Bedard, Connor
2	Fantilli, Adam
3	Michkov, Matvei
4	Carlsson, Leo
5	Smith, Will
6	Benson, Zach
7	Leonard, Ryan
8	Moore, Oliver
9	Cristall, Andrew
10	Dvorsky, Dailbor
11	Reinbacher, David
12	Sale, Eduard
13	Heidt, Riley
14	Yager, Brayden
15	Brindley, Gavin
16	Simashev, Dmitri
17	Danielson, Nate
18	Sandin-Pellikka, Axel
19	Musty, Quentin
20	Ritchie, Calum
21	Gulyayev, Mikhail
22	Wood, Matthew
23	Perreault, Gabe
24	Brzustewicz, Hunter
25	Barlow, Colby
26	Honzek, Samuel
27	Cagnoni, Luca
28	Price, Caden
29	Stramel, Charlie
30	Augustine, Trey
31	Ziemmer, Koehn
32	Perron, Jayden
33	Hrabal, Michael
34	Sawchyn, Gracyn
35	Dragicevic, Lukas
36	But, Daniil
37	Whitelaw, William
38	Stenburg, Otto
39	Willander, Tom
40	Gauthier, Ethan
41	Nadeau, Bradley
42	Strbak, Maxim
43	Molendyk, Tanner
44	Strathmann, Andrew
45	Hameenaho, Lenni
46	Nelson, Danny
47	Pinelli, Luca
48	Rehkopf, Carson
49	Rykov, Alexander
50	Fisker-Mølgaard, Oscar

Im not able to do as complete of a list as I usually do especially since travelling has been off the table to me (and doesn't look like I'll be in Russia for quite a while).

1) Bedard

2) Fantilli

3) Michkov

4) Dvorsky

5) Sandin-Pellika

6) Benson

7) Smith

8) Leonard

9) Yager

10) Moore

11) Reinbacher

Likely will edit more in time. Not sold on the 6-10 picks yet, haven't fleshed out the order there completely.

Did you forget Leo Carlsson?

 

[Castle8130]

Castle8130's Wonky Rankings

1. Connor Bedard - Shooters gonna shoot
2. Matvei Michkov - The Russian Mystery
3. Will Smith - The creative slapper
4. Leo Carlsson - The Big Swede
5. Ryan Leonard - Goals galore
6. Adam Fantilli - The 40 year old 18 year old
7. David Reinbacher - There’s one of these every year
8. Daniil But - Able to reach the liquor cabinet
9. Dalibor Dvorsky - Runs in his dreams on ice
10. Matthew Wood - The Big Hunchback
11. Tom Willander - The Swedish Terrier
12. Nate Danielsson - Bugatti
13. Gabe Perrault - Einstein
14. Samuel Honzek - Thicccc Boi
15. Zach Benson - “Wait for me! I’ve got little legs!”
16. Colby Barlow - Strong like Bull
17. David Edstrom - The Sandman’s friend
18. Brayden Yager - Bar down
19. Nick Lardis - Johnny Bravo
20. Oliver Moore - Man on a mission
21. Dmitri Smashev - Warrior
22. ASP - Photographer with extra flash
23. Otto Stenberg - U-18 Dominator
24. Eduard Sale - Where is he? Oh, he scored
25. Gavin Brindly - Coffee drinker
26. Riley Heidt - The Soft Helper
27. Bradley Nadeau - SSSSnap shotttt
28. Tanner Molendyk - Smooth Moves Heimdall
29. Calum Ritchie - False Advertising
30. Carson Rehkopf - Rudy, Rudy, Rudy!
31. Andrew Gibson - The Lonely Greyhound
32. Quentin Musty - The Lion in Quicksand
33. Theo Lindstein - Hjalmarssons cousin