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[Dominance]

Don't think the bolded will age well...

But anyway with no meaningful hockey until the WHL season gets underway now early top 30 minus the imports who I'll have to see how they adjust to the dub:

1-Connor Bedard, C Regina Pats

2-Brayden Yager, C Moose Jaw Warriors

3-Riley Heidt, C Prince George Cougars

4-Nate Danielson, C Brandon Wheat Kings

5-Lukas Dragicevic, RHD Tri-City Americans

6-Zach Benson, LW Winnipeg Ice

7-Andrew Christall, LW Kelowna Rockets

8-Koehn Ziemmer, RW Prince George Cougars

9-Kalan Lind, C Red Deer Rebels

10-Caden Price, LHD Kelowna Rockets

11-Tanner Molendyk, LHD Saskatoon Blades

12-Mazden Leslie, RHD Vancouver Giants

13-Connor Levis, RW Kamloops Blazers

14-Luca Cagnoni, LHD Portland Winterhawks

15-Scott Ratzlaff, G Seattle Thunderbirds

16-Sam Oremba, LW Seattle Thunderbirds

17-Sage Weinstein, LHD Spokane Chiefs

18-Logan Warmald, RW Lethbridge Hurricanes

19-Gracyn Sawchyn, C Seattle Thunderbirds

20-Carson Bjarnason, G Brandon Wheat Kings

21-Brayden Edwards, RW Lethbridge Hurricanes

22-Nico Myatovic, LW Seattle Thunderbirds

23-Kaden Hammell, RHD Kamloops Blazers

24-Oren Shtrom, LW Medicine Hat Tigers

25-Jackson Unger, G Moose Jaw Warriors

26-Bauer Dumanski, LHD Prince George Cougars

27-Reid Andresen, LHD Medicine Hat Tigers

28-Kelton Pyne, G Regina Pats

29-Kalem Parker, RHD Victoria Royals

30-Austin Zemlak, LHD Victoria Royals

There’s no limit to the superlatives you can attach to this WHL draft class. It’s simply fantastic.

 

[landy92mack29]

But anyway with no meaningful hockey until the WHL season starts up early top 30 minus imports is:
1-Connor Bedard, C Regina Pats

2-Brayden Yager, C Moose Jaw Warriors

3-Riley Heidt, C Prince George Cougars

4-Nate Danielson, C Brandon Wheat Kings

5-Lukas Dragicevic, RHD Tri-City Americans

6-Zach Benson, LW Winnipeg Ice

7-Andrew Christall, LW Kelowna Rockets

8-Koehn Ziemmer, RW Prince George Cougars

9-Kalan Lind, C Red Deer Rebels

10-Caden Price, LHD Kelowna Rockets

11-Tanner Molendyk, LHD Saskatoon Blades

12-Mazden Leslie, RHD Vancouver Giants

13-Connor Levis, RW Kamloops Blazers

14-Luca Cagnoni, LHD Portland Winterhawks

15-Scott Ratzlaff, G Seattle Thunderbirds

16-Sam Oremba, LW Seattle Thunderbirds

17-Sage Weinstein, LHD Spokane Chiefs

18-Logan Warmald, RW Lethbridge Hurricanes

19-Gracyn Sawchyn, C Seattle Thunderbirds

20-Carson Bjarnason, G Brandon Wheat Kings

21-Brayden Edwards, RW Lethbridge Hurricanes

22-Nico Myatovic, LW Seattle Thunderbirds

23-Kaden Hammell, RHD Kamloops Blazers

24-Oren Shtrom, LW Medicine Hat Tigers

25-Jackson Unger, G Moose Jaw Warriors

26-Bauer Dumanski, LHD Prince George Cougars

27-Reid Andresen, LHD Medicine Hat Tigers

28-Kelton Pyne, G Regina Pats

29-Kalem Parker, RHD Victoria Royals

30-Austin Zemlak, LHD Victoria Royals

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Don't think the bolded will age well...

I don’t think it’s aged well already.

 

[landy92mack29]

There’s no limit to the superlatives you can attach to this WHL draft class. It’s simply fantastic.

Double digit first rounders is a legit possibility and the depth is insane also. Gonna be a fun year plus some interesting imports to check out

 

[Lavar Ball]

But anyway with no meaningful hockey until the WHL season starts up early top 30 minus imports is:
1-Connor Bedard, C Regina Pats

2-Brayden Yager, C Moose Jaw Warriors

3-Riley Heidt, C Prince George Cougars

4-Nate Danielson, C Brandon Wheat Kings

5-Lukas Dragicevic, RHD Tri-City Americans

6-Zach Benson, LW Winnipeg Ice

7-Andrew Christall, LW Kelowna Rockets

8-Koehn Ziemmer, RW Prince George Cougars

9-Kalan Lind, C Red Deer Rebels

10-Caden Price, LHD Kelowna Rockets

11-Tanner Molendyk, LHD Saskatoon Blades

12-Mazden Leslie, RHD Vancouver Giants

13-Connor Levis, RW Kamloops Blazers

14-Luca Cagnoni, LHD Portland Winterhawks

15-Scott Ratzlaff, G Seattle Thunderbirds

16-Sam Oremba, LW Seattle Thunderbirds

17-Sage Weinstein, LHD Spokane Chiefs

18-Logan Warmald, RW Lethbridge Hurricanes

19-Gracyn Sawchyn, C Seattle Thunderbirds

20-Carson Bjarnason, G Brandon Wheat Kings

21-Brayden Edwards, RW Lethbridge Hurricanes

22-Nico Myatovic, LW Seattle Thunderbirds

23-Kaden Hammell, RHD Kamloops Blazers

24-Oren Shtrom, LW Medicine Hat Tigers

25-Jackson Unger, G Moose Jaw Warriors

26-Bauer Dumanski, LHD Prince George Cougars

27-Reid Andresen, LHD Medicine Hat Tigers

28-Kelton Pyne, G Regina Pats

29-Kalem Parker, RHD Victoria Royals

30-Austin Zemlak, LHD Victoria Royals

I expect Sawchyn to rise in this ranking substantially

 

[Czechboy]

8. Sale
25. Petr
30. Dvorak

First goalie taken Hrabal

Let's see how this ages lol

 

[Bubbles]

22-Nico Myatovic, LW Seattle Thunderbirds

My darkhorse late-riser pick this year.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I expect Sawchyn to rise in this ranking substantially

I’d also have him higher. Somewhere between 5-10 slots higher for WHL. I don’t know WHL as well as @landy92mack29, but I agree he has Sawchyn too low. Sawchyn is really talented. He can absolutely take over a shift with his skating and stick handling. He wasn’t consistent last season and his stats don’t look that good, but even if he’s not consistent this season I don’t know how he drops any further than third round. Someone would take him based purely on upside.

 

[landy92mack29]

I’d also have him higher. Somewhere between 5-10 slots higher for WHL. I don’t know WHL as well as @landy92mack29, but I agree he has Sawchyn too low. Sawchyn is really talented. He can absolutely take over a shift with his skating and stick handling. He wasn’t consistent last season and his stats don’t look that good, but even if he’s not consistent this season I don’t know how he drops any further than third round. Someone would take him based purely on upside.

Oh I see him as a 2nd-3rd rounder and like what I've seen of him on instat but this WHL class is insane and see how he adjusts to a different league 1st....plus Seattle is very deep at forward. My 4th ranked WHLer from the 22 draft I'd have around 15 heading into this draft.....but I was very low on last years WHL class and safe to say very high on the upcoming class. The top 14 for me is pretty clear at least heading into the year but 15-26 isn't much separation tbh

 

[GermanSpitfire]

My darkhorse late-riser pick this year.

Love this player - gets underrated as a late birthday. That’ll change.

 

[FourQuarters]

8. Sale
25. Petr
30. Dvorak

First goalie taken Hrabal

Let's see how this ages lol

There are too many good prospects in 2023…

 

[Leviathan899]

Don't think the bolded will age well...

Not at all lol he was amazing all tournament long, good lesson not to make sweeping conclusions after 2-3 games…

 

[Leviathan899]

I expect Sawchyn to rise in this ranking substantially

Agreed, I think Sawchyn has a chance to go in the first round, he was one of my favourite potential draft prospect on the NTDP last year. I think he’ll fall into that 6-8 range of the whl players. Really skilled and crafty player that makes others around him better. I think Molendyk will rise too, his skating and puck handling are top notch, and he makes some amazing reads away from the puck. Can take a lot of risks with his level of skating. Really like Price as well, such a smart and elusive player with great puck skills, good defensive stick too.

8. Sale
25. Petr
30. Dvorak

First goalie taken Hrabal

Let's see how this ages lol

Where do you see Stencl going? Was more impressed by him than petr this tournament, sort of reminds me of what Radek Faksa was like. Under the radar on most lists until he was in Kitchener and ended up going first round. Stencl has a lot tools that translate well IMO. Zidlicky should be a 2-4 round pick too imo.

 

[Leviathan899]

Oh I see him as a 2nd-3rd rounder and like what I've seen of him on instat but this WHL class is insane and see how he adjusts to a different league 1st....plus Seattle is very deep at forward. My 4th ranked WHLer from the 22 draft I'd have around 15 heading into this draft.....but I was very low on last years WHL class and safe to say very high on the upcoming class. The top 14 for me is pretty clear at least heading into the year but 15-26 isn't much separation tbh

You have a good eye and a nice handle on the western Canadian prospects, so I always will defer to you on those kids first and foremost. Agree with what you said here. This WHL class, even without a kid like Wood being apart of it, is nasty.

 

[pgfan66]

Agreed, I think Sawchyn has a chance to go in the first round, he was one of my favourite potential draft prospect on the NTDP last year. I think he’ll fall into that 6-8 range of the whl players. Really skilled and crafty player that makes others around him better. I think Molendyk will rise too, his skating and puck handling are top notch, and he makes some amazing reads away from the puck. Can take a lot of risks with his level of skating. Really like Price as well, such a smart and elusive player with great puck skills, good defensive stick too.


Where do you see Stencl going? Was more impressed by him than petr this tournament, sort of reminds me of what Radek Faksa was like. Under the radar on most lists until he was in Kitchener and ended up going first round. Stencl has a lot tools that translate well IMO. Zidlicky should be a 2-4 round pick too imo.

I also didn’t see much from Petr. Sprynar is the one I liked the most from that Stancl-Felcman-Sprynar line. Zidlicky was very noticeable with his size and speed but I didn’t think he actually created much. Will be interesting to follow in Kitchener next season but I think 2-4 round is a bit rich at this point in time.

 

[Czechboy]

Agreed, I think Sawchyn has a chance to go in the first round, he was one of my favourite potential draft prospect on the NTDP last year. I think he’ll fall into that 6-8 range of the whl players. Really skilled and crafty player that makes others around him better. I think Molendyk will rise too, his skating and puck handling are top notch, and he makes some amazing reads away from the puck. Can take a lot of risks with his level of skating. Really like Price as well, such a smart and elusive player with great puck skills, good defensive stick too.


Where do you see Stencl going? Was more impressed by him than petr this tournament, sort of reminds me of what Radek Faksa was like. Under the radar on most lists until he was in Kitchener and ended up going first round. Stencl has a lot tools that translate well IMO. Zidlicky should be a 2-4 round pick too imo.

That second line could all be drafted. Long season but this might be a second good draft for Czechs. We need a few good drafts badly!

 

[Leviathan899]

I also didn’t see much from Petr. Sprynar is the one I liked the most from that Stancl-Felcman-Sprynar line. Zidlicky was very noticeable with his size and speed but I didn’t think he actually created much. Will be interesting to follow in Kitchener next season but I think 2-4 round is a bit rich at this point in time.

Fair enough, I don’t disagree really. I liked what I saw from zidlicky last year in Kitchener as a rookie in limited situations and ice time, and he’s filled out more recently. If I’m a betting man, I would say he goes somewhere in the 3-4th round this year, barring a really bad season in Kitch.

 

[QJL]

Alrighty, here is my preliminary top 300 list for 2023.

Spoiler: 2023 Draft Rankings - August

Google Doc Link

Prospect Level	Score
1st round talent	100-81
2nd round talent	80-61
3rd round talent	60-41
4th round talent	40-31
5th round talent	30-21
6th round talent	20-11
7th round talent	10-1
Notable prospect	0
(weighted across draft classes)

Rank	Name	Score	Position	Nation	League
1	Connor Bedard	99	C	Canada	WHL
2	Matvei Michkov	99	RW	Russia	KHL
3	Adam Fantilli	97	C	Canada	NCAA
4	Dalibor Dvorsky	97	C	Slovakia	Allsvenskan
5	Leo Carlsson	96	C	Sweden	SHL
6	Nate Danielson	95	C	Canada	WHL
7	Brayden Yager	95	RW	Canada	WHL
8	Lukas Dragicevic	95	RHD	Canada	WHL
9	Mikhail Gulyayev	95	LHD	Russia	MHL
10	Eduard Sale	95	LW	Czech Republic	Czech Extraliga
11	Calum Ritchie	95	C	Canada	OHL
12	Zachary Benson	94	LW	Canada	WHL
13	Charlie Stramel	94	C	USA	NCAA
14	Kasper Halttunen	93	RW	Finland	Liiga
15	Cameron Allen	92	RHD	Canada	OHL
16	William Smith	92	C	USA	USNTDP
17	Matthew Wood	91	RW	Canada	BCHL
18	Quentin Musty	91	LW	USA	OHL
19	Colby Barlow	90	RW	Canada	OHL
20	Otto Stenberg	90	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
21	Koehn Ziemmer	90	RW	Canada	WHL
22	Theo Lindstein	89	LHD	Sweden	SHL
23	Daniil But	88	LW	Russia	MHL
24	Riley Heidt	87	LW	Canada	WHL
25	Yegor Zavragin	87	G	Russia	MHL
26	Dmitri Simahev	86	LHD	Russia	MHL
27	Alex Ciernik	85	RW	Slovakia	Allsvenskan
28	Ryan Leonard	85	RW	USA	USNTDP
29	Lenni Hameenaho	85	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
30	Danny Nelson	84	LW	USA	USNTDP
31	Hunter Brzustewicz	84	RHD	USA	NCAA
32	Coulson Pitre	82	C	Canada	OHL
33	Oliver Moore	82	C	USA	USNTDP
34	Gavin Brindley	82	RW	USA	USHL
35	Scott Ratzlaff	81	G	Canada	WHL
36	Ethan Gauthier	81	RW	Canada	QMJHL
37	William Whitelaw	81	C	USA	USHS
38	Andrew Cristall	81	LW	Canada	WHL
39	Ethan Miedema	80	LW	Canada	OHL
40	Caden Price	78	LHD	Canada	WHL
41	Ivan Remezovsky	77	LHD	Russia	MHL
42	Aram Minnetian	77	RHD	USA	USNTDP
43	Connor Levis	76	C	Canada	WHL
44	Mathieu Cataford	76	RW	Canada	QMJHL
45	Carson Rehkopf	75	LW	Canada	OHL
46	Jesse Kiiskinen	74	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
47	Arttu Karki	74	LHD	Finland	Liiga
48	Zeb Forsfjall	73	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
49	Alexis Daviault	72	RHD	Canada	OHL
50	Paul Fischer	72	LHD	USA	USNTDP
51	Maxim Strbak	71	RHD	Slovakia	U20 SM-Sarja
52	Kimo Gruber	71	C	Switzerland	Swiss U20
53	Andrew Strathmann	70	LHD	USA	USHL
54	Michael Chambre	69	G	USA	USNTDP
55	Etienne Morin	68	LHD	Canada	QMJHL
56	Luca Cagnoni	67	LHD	Canada	WHL
57	Tuomas Uronen	67	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
58	PJ Forgione	65	LHD	USA	OHL
59	Arvid Bergstrom	65	LHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
60	Kalle Carlsson	65	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
61	Noah Dower Nilsson	64	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
62	Ondrej Molnar	64	LW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
63	Roman Kantserov	64	RW	Russia	MHL
64	David Reinbacher	63	RHD	Austria	Swiss League
65	Michael Hrabal	62	G	Czech Republic	Czech U20
66	Gabriel Perreault	61	LW	USA	USNTDP
67	Vincent Collard	61	C	Canada	QMJHL
68	Mazden Leslie	61	RHD	Canada	WHL
69	Jayden Perron	60	RW	USA	USHL
70	Tanner Molendyk	59	LHD	Canada	WHL
71	Oliver Bonk	59	RHD	Canada	OHL
72	Tyler Peddle	58	LW	Canada	QMJHL
73	Jesse Nurmi	58	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
74	Noa Vali	57	G	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
75	Martin Misiak	57	C	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
76	Tim Almgren (OA)	57	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
77	Dominic Petr	56	C	Czech Republic	U20 SM-Sarja
78	Hampton Slukynsky	56	G	USA	USHS
79	Carsen Musser	56	G	USA	USNTDP
80	Tanner Adams	55	RW	USA	USHL
81	Luca Pinelli	55	C	Canada	OHL
82	Rasmus Kumpulainen	54	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
83	Jayson Shaugabay	53	C	USA	USHL
84	Kalan Lind	53	LW	Canada	WHL
85	Magomed Sharakanov	51	LHD	Russia	MHL
86	Ilya Kvochko (OA)	51	C	Russia	MHL
87	Damian Slavik	50	G	Slovakia	Slovak U20
88	Hugo Havelid (OA)	49	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
89	Tom Willander	49	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
90	Jordan Tourigny	49	RHD	Canada	QMJHL
91	Markus Vidicek (OA)	49	C	Canada	QMJHL
92	Kaden Hammell	49	RHD	Canada	WHL
93	Dylan MacKinnon	48	RHD	Canada	QMJHL
94	Noel Nordh	48	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
95	Jacob Fowler	48	G	USA	USHL
96	Saige Weinstein	47	LHD	Canada	WHL
97	Trey Augustine	47	G	USA	USNTDP
98	Sebastien Gervais	46	C	Canada	OHL
99	Jackson Unger	46	G	Canada	WHL
100	Nick Lardis	46	RW	Canada	OHL
101	Otto Hokkanen (OA)	46	C	Finland	Liiga
102	Samuel Barcik	45	RHD	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
103	Beau Akey	44	RHD	Canada	OHL
104	Zachary Sharp	44	LHD	USA	USHL
105	Gracyn Sawchyn	43	C	USA	WHL
106	Drew Fortescue	43	LHD	USA	USNTDP
107	Gennadi Chaly	43	RHD	Russia	MHL
108	Pano Fimis (OA)	43	C	Canada	OHL
109	Logan Wormald	42	LW	Canada	WHL
110	Matthew Mania	41	RHD	Canada	OHL
111	Kalem Parker	41	RHD	Canada	WHL
112	Rodzers Bukarts	41	C	Latvia	Swiss U20
113	Emil Pieniniemi	40	LHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
114	Cameron Johnson	40	C	Canada	BCHL
115	Tom Leppa	39	C	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
116	Carey Terrance	39	C	USA	OHL
117	Antonin Verreault (OA)	39	LW	Canada	QMJHL
118	Jakub Stancl	38	LW	Czech Republic	J20 Nationell
119	Denver Barkey	38	C	Canada	OHL
120	Jere Lassila (OA)	37	C	Finland	Liiga
121	Matthew Soto	37	RW	Canada	OHL
122	Elmeri Laakso (OA)	37	LHD	Finland	Liiga
123	Niklas Talvikunnas	37	RHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
124	Roni Alanko	37	C	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
125	Joseph Henneberry	37	C	Canada	QMJHL
126	Vladislav Sapunov (OA)	37	RHD	Russia	MHL
127	Samuel Honzek	37	C	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
128	Dylan Silverstein (OA)	36	G	USA	NCAA
129	Sean Keohane	35	LHD	USA	USHS
130	David Edstrom	35	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
131	Manu Lukkarinen	35	G	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
132	Evan Konyen (OA)	35	RW	Canada	OHL
133	Frantisek Ridzon	34	RW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
134	Jakub Dvorak	34	LHD	Czech Republic	Czech U20
135	Brett Brochu (OA)	33	G	Canada	OHL
136	Leo Braillard	33	C	Switzerland	Swiss U20
137	Mathew Ward (OA)	33	LW	Canada	WHL
138	Adam Dybal	33	G	Czech Republic	Czech U20
139	Simon Slavicek (OA)	33	C	Czech Republic	OHL
140	Gavin McCarthy	33	RHD	USA	USHL
141	Joel Jonsson (OA)	32	RW	Sweden	Allsvenskan
142	Spencer Sova (OA)	32	LHD	USA	OHL
143	Ryan Fine	31	RW	USA	USNTDP
144	Nikita Nedopekin	31	RW	Russia	MHL
145	Jackson Parsons	31	G	Canada	OHL
146	Valentin Zhugin	31	LW	Russia	OHL
147	Joe Gramer	30	LHD	USA	USHS
148	Cam Squires	30	RW	Canada	QMJHL
149	Luke McNamara	30	C	Canada	OHL
150	Justin Cote (OA)	30	RW	Canada	QMJHL
151	Bronson Ride	29	LHD	Canada	OHL
152	Lukas Sagranden	29	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
153	Donovan McCoy	29	RHD	Canada	OHL
154	Raul Yakupov (OA)	29	LW	Russia	MHL
155	Gustav Albihn	28	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
156	Kristian Kostadinski	28	LHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
157	Theo Keilin (OA)	28	LW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
158	Marco Mignosa	28	RW	Canada	OHL
159	Yegor Sidorov (OA)	28	LW	Belarus	WHL
160	Tommaso De Luca	27	C	Italy	WHL
161	Helmer Styf (OA)	27	C	Sweden	Allsvenskan
162	Rylan Brown	26	LHD	Canada	AJHL
163	Dominik Rymon (OA)	26	LW	Czech Republic	WHL
164	Austin Burnevik	26	LW	USA	USNTDP
165	Bowden Singleton (OA)	26	RW	Canada	AJHL
166	Alex Sotek (OA)	26	RW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
167	Nikolai Khvorov (OA)	26	LW	Russia	MHL
168	Aidan Castle (OA)	26	C	Canada	OHL
169	Charlie Kinsman	25	RHD	USA	USHL
170	Karlis Mezsargs (OA)	25	G	Latvia	USHL
171	Ratislav Elias (OA)	25	G	Slovakia	USHL
172	Hudson Thornton (OA)	25	LHD	Canada	WHL
173	Emil Jarventie	25	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
174	Jake Livanavage (OA)	24	LHD	USA	USHL
175	Leon Matthiasson (OA)	24	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
176	Jacob Guevin (OA)	24	RHD	Canada	NCAA
177	Daniil Karpovich	24	LHD	Belarus	MHL
178	Pavel Leuka (OA)	24	LW	Russia	VHL
179	Brady Cleveland	23	LHD	USA	USNTDP
180	Jozef Viliam Kmec (OA)	23	RHD	Slovakia	WHL
181	Joe Connor	23	C	USA	USHS
182	Melvin Strahl	23	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
183	Semyon Sinyatkin (OA)	23	C	Russia	MHL
184	Axel Landen	22	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
185	Matej Prcik (OA)	22	LHD	Czech Republic	Czech Extraliga
186	Hugo Fransson (OA)	21	LHD	Sweden	Allsvenskan
187	Maxime Coursol	21	RW	Canada	QMJHL
188	Zeev Buium	20	LHD	USA	USNTDP
189	Otso Ylitalo	20	C	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
190	Benjamin Rautiainen	19	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
191	Nikita Blednov (OA)	19	RW	Russia	VHL
192	Matvei Ladutko	19	C	Belarus	MHL
193	Connor Brown	19	RW	USA	USHL
194	Matthew Kieper (OA)	19	G	Canada	WHL
195	Colton Smith (OA)	18	LW	Canada	OHL
196	Ilya Rogovsky (OA)	18	LW	Russia	MHL
197	Jiri Felcman	17	C	Czech Republic	Czech U20
198	Carson Bjarnason	17	G	Canada	WHL
199	Angus MacDonnell	17	C	Canada	OHL
200	Noah Greuter (OA)	17	LW	Switzerland	Swiss League
201	Teddy Townsend	17	C	USA	USHS
202	Alexander Smolin (OA)	17	G	Russia	MHL
203	Ty Hanson	16	RHD	USA	USHL
204	Niko Minkinnen	16	RHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
205	Jakub Hujer (OA)	16	LW	Czech Republic	QMJHL
206	Kasper Lundell (OA)	16	LW	Finland	Liiga
207	Jace Weir (OA)	16	RHD	Canada	WHL
208	Carl Lido (OA)	16	G	Sweden	SHL
209	Daniil Ivanov (OA)	15	LHD	Russia	VHL
210	Damian Clara	15	G	Italy	J20 Nationell
211	Matteo Rotondi	15	LHD	Canada	QMJHL
212	Ivan Yanchenko (OA)	15	C	Russia	MHL
213	Anthony Romani	15	C	Canada	OHL
214	Ruslan Gazizov (OA)	15	LW	Russia	OHL
215	Michael Mastrodomenico (OA)	15	RHD	Canada	NCAA
216	Beau Jelsma (OA)	14	LW	Canada	OHL
217	Linus Brandl	14	RW	Germany	DNL U20
218	Rasmus Ekstrom	14	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
219	Ilya Ivantsov (OA)	14	LW	Russia	KHL
220	Zach Bookman (OA)	14	RHD	Canada	NCAA
221	Noah Erliden	13	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
222	Kocha Delic (OA)	13	C	Canada	OHL
223	Rasmus Rudslatt (OA)	13	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
224	Valdemar William Hull	13	C	Switzerland	Swiss U20
225	Erik Pahlsson (OA)	13	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
226	Tyler Dunbar (OA)	13	LHD	USA	USHL
227	Carter Kowalyk	12	LHD	Canada	WHL
228	Samu Bau (OA)	11	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
229	Gibson Homer (OA)	11	G	USA	NCAA
230	Oliver Tulk	11	RW	Canada	WHL
231	Pavel Dergunov (OA)	11	C	Russia	VHL
232	Niklas Hubner (OA)	11	LHD	Germany	U20 SM-Sarja
233	Alexis Bourque	11	RW	Canada	QMJHL
234	Cole Brown	10	RW	Canada	OHL
235	Ethan Hay	10	C	Canada	OHL
236	Axel Sandin Pellikka	10	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
237	Nikita Telegin	10	C	Russia	MHL
238	Will Vote	9	RW	USA	USNTDP
239	Jan Sprynar	9	RW	Czech Republic	Czech U20
240	Matyas Melovsky (OA)	9	C	Czech Republic	QMJHL
241	Arttu Alasiurua	9	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
242	Dylan Ernst (OA)	8	G	Canada	WHL
243	Thomas Auger	8	C	Canada	QMJHL
244	Braden Holt (OA)	8	G	USA	WHL
245	Alex Pharand	8	C	Canada	OHL
246	Calvin Vachon	8	G	USA	USHS
247	Maxim Arefyev (OA)	8	G	Russia	MHL
248	Lucas Stockselius	7	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
249	Alex Weiermair	7	C	USA	USNTDP
250	Rodwin Dionicio (OA)	7	LHD	Switzerland	OHL
251	Emil Kuusla	7	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
252	Michael La Starza (OA)	6	LW	Canada	NCAA
253	Jan Spunar (OA)	6	G	Czech Republic	WHL
254	Ryan Hopkins (OA)	6	RHD	USA	WHL
255	Albert Schioldan	6	RW	Denmark	J20 Nationell
256	Landen Gunderson	6	C	USA	USHL
257	Griffin Erdman	5	LW	USA	USHL
258	Yoan Loshing (OA)	5	C	Canada	QMJHL
259	Andrew Kuzma	4	C	USA	USHL
260	Finn Loftus (OA)	4	LHD	USA	USHL
261	Linus Hemstrom (OA)	4	RW	Sweden	OHL
262	Bogdan Krokhalyov (OA)	4	RHD	Russia	MHL
263	Nico Myatovic	3	LW	Canada	WHL
264	Luke Woodworth (OA)	3	C	Canada	QMJHL
265	Oren Shtrom	3	LW	Canada	WHL
266	Samuel Urban	2	G	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga 2
267	Victor Westh	2	LHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
268	Maddox Fleming (OA)	2	RW	USA	NCAA
269	Jacob Sagadin	2	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
270	Felix Nilsson	2	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
271	David Burnside (OA)	2	RW	USA	NCAA
272	Roman Makarov (OA)	2	C	Russia	MHL
273	Matteo Koci	1	LHD	Czech Republic	Czech U20
274	Veit Oswald (OA)	1	RW	Germany	DEL
275	James Stefan (OA)	1	RW	USA	WHL
276	Brayden Edwards	1	RW	Canada	WHL
277	Kalle Varis (OA)	1	G	Finland	Liiga
278	A.J. Lacroix	0	RW	USA	BCHL
279	Will McDonough	0	C	USA	USHL
280	Bradley Nadeau	0	C	Canada	BCHL
281	Alex Assadourian	0	LW	Canada	OHL
282	Leo Eperjesi	0	LHD	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga 2
283	Wille Johansson	0	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
284	Michael Stenberg	0	RW	USA	USHL
285	Timur Mukhanov	0	C	Russia	MHL
286	Philipp Dietl (OA)	0	G	Germany	DEL
287	Isac Born (OA)	0	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
288	Martin Johnsen (OA)	0	C	Norway	J20 Nationell
289	Adam Zidlicky	0	RW	Czech Republic	OHL
290	Lucas St. Louis	0	LHD	USA	USHL
291	Giacomo Martino	0	LW	Canada	OJHL
292	Will Ingemann	0	G	USA	USHS
293	Jimi Junkkari	0	LHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
294	Miles Roberts	0	G	USA	USHS
295	Timo Bunzli	0	LHD	Switzerland	Swiss U20
296	Roman Kukumberg	0	LW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga 2
297	Carter Slaggert	0	LW	USA	USNTDP
298	Onni Lind	0	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
299	Sam Oremba	0	LW	Canada	WHL
300	Kelton Pyne	0	G	Canada	WHL

I admittedly have some catching up to do on this year’s Russian draft class.

 

[Goodman68]

Agreed, I think Sawchyn has a chance to go in the first round, he was one of my favourite potential draft prospect on the NTDP last year. I think he’ll fall into that 6-8 range of the whl players. Really skilled and crafty player that makes others around him better. I think Molendyk will rise too, his skating and puck handling are top notch, and he makes some amazing reads away from the puck. Can take a lot of risks with his level of skating. Really like Price as well, such a smart and elusive player with great puck skills, good defensive stick too.


Where do you see Stencl going? Was more impressed by him than petr this tournament, sort of reminds me of what Radek Faksa was like. Under the radar on most lists until he was in Kitchener and ended up going first round. Stencl has a lot tools that translate well IMO. Zidlicky should be a 2-4 round pick too imo.

I agree, Štancl was together with Šalé the best Czech player. I have no idea if he's a first rounder, but he's certainly gotten a lot of exposure and I see him as a player who could be drafted in the second round at the latest.
Židlický has good movement, but unfortunately I don't see more than a maximum average hockey IQ in him. In no way do I see him as a player who should be drafted in the first three rounds, even if he had a good season. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was a player somewhere near the end of the draft, or not drafted at all.

 

[austin63867]

I think Halttunen probably falls for me. Also I'm not sure if it's just Forward bias like every year but I'm not too excited by the Defense this year. Only Allen and Lindstein I have in the lottery round but I still wanna work on it more until the start of the season. I think Gulyayev could rise imo.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

A guy I think that could fall hard is Ethan Miedema. Bad skater with work ethic issues - however I've heard he's been working on his skating this offseason.

 

[pgfan66]

Alrighty, here is my preliminary top 300 list for 2023.

Spoiler: 2023 Draft Rankings - August

Google Doc Link

Prospect Level	Score
1st round talent	100-81
2nd round talent	80-61
3rd round talent	60-41
4th round talent	40-31
5th round talent	30-21
6th round talent	20-11
7th round talent	10-1
Notable prospect	0
(weighted across draft classes)

Rank	Name	Score	Position	Nation	League
1	Connor Bedard	99	C	Canada	WHL
2	Matvei Michkov	99	RW	Russia	KHL
3	Adam Fantilli	97	C	Canada	NCAA
4	Dalibor Dvorsky	97	C	Slovakia	Allsvenskan
5	Leo Carlsson	96	C	Sweden	SHL
6	Nate Danielson	95	C	Canada	WHL
7	Brayden Yager	95	RW	Canada	WHL
8	Lukas Dragicevic	95	RHD	Canada	WHL
9	Mikhail Gulyayev	95	LHD	Russia	MHL
10	Eduard Sale	95	LW	Czech Republic	Czech Extraliga
11	Calum Ritchie	95	C	Canada	OHL
12	Zachary Benson	94	LW	Canada	WHL
13	Charlie Stramel	94	C	USA	NCAA
14	Kasper Halttunen	93	RW	Finland	Liiga
15	Cameron Allen	92	RHD	Canada	OHL
16	William Smith	92	C	USA	USNTDP
17	Matthew Wood	91	RW	Canada	BCHL
18	Quentin Musty	91	LW	USA	OHL
19	Colby Barlow	90	RW	Canada	OHL
20	Otto Stenberg	90	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
21	Koehn Ziemmer	90	RW	Canada	WHL
22	Theo Lindstein	89	LHD	Sweden	SHL
23	Daniil But	88	LW	Russia	MHL
24	Riley Heidt	87	LW	Canada	WHL
25	Yegor Zavragin	87	G	Russia	MHL
26	Dmitri Simahev	86	LHD	Russia	MHL
27	Alex Ciernik	85	RW	Slovakia	Allsvenskan
28	Ryan Leonard	85	RW	USA	USNTDP
29	Lenni Hameenaho	85	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
30	Danny Nelson	84	LW	USA	USNTDP
31	Hunter Brzustewicz	84	RHD	USA	NCAA
32	Coulson Pitre	82	C	Canada	OHL
33	Oliver Moore	82	C	USA	USNTDP
34	Gavin Brindley	82	RW	USA	USHL
35	Scott Ratzlaff	81	G	Canada	WHL
36	Ethan Gauthier	81	RW	Canada	QMJHL
37	William Whitelaw	81	C	USA	USHS
38	Andrew Cristall	81	LW	Canada	WHL
39	Ethan Miedema	80	LW	Canada	OHL
40	Caden Price	78	LHD	Canada	WHL
41	Ivan Remezovsky	77	LHD	Russia	MHL
42	Aram Minnetian	77	RHD	USA	USNTDP
43	Connor Levis	76	C	Canada	WHL
44	Mathieu Cataford	76	RW	Canada	QMJHL
45	Carson Rehkopf	75	LW	Canada	OHL
46	Jesse Kiiskinen	74	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
47	Arttu Karki	74	LHD	Finland	Liiga
48	Zeb Forsfjall	73	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
49	Alexis Daviault	72	RHD	Canada	OHL
50	Paul Fischer	72	LHD	USA	USNTDP
51	Maxim Strbak	71	RHD	Slovakia	U20 SM-Sarja
52	Kimo Gruber	71	C	Switzerland	Swiss U20
53	Andrew Strathmann	70	LHD	USA	USHL
54	Michael Chambre	69	G	USA	USNTDP
55	Etienne Morin	68	LHD	Canada	QMJHL
56	Luca Cagnoni	67	LHD	Canada	WHL
57	Tuomas Uronen	67	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
58	PJ Forgione	65	LHD	USA	OHL
59	Arvid Bergstrom	65	LHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
60	Kalle Carlsson	65	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
61	Noah Dower Nilsson	64	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
62	Ondrej Molnar	64	LW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
63	Roman Kantserov	64	RW	Russia	MHL
64	David Reinbacher	63	RHD	Austria	Swiss League
65	Michael Hrabal	62	G	Czech Republic	Czech U20
66	Gabriel Perreault	61	LW	USA	USNTDP
67	Vincent Collard	61	C	Canada	QMJHL
68	Mazden Leslie	61	RHD	Canada	WHL
69	Jayden Perron	60	RW	USA	USHL
70	Tanner Molendyk	59	LHD	Canada	WHL
71	Oliver Bonk	59	RHD	Canada	OHL
72	Tyler Peddle	58	LW	Canada	QMJHL
73	Jesse Nurmi	58	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
74	Noa Vali	57	G	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
75	Martin Misiak	57	C	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
76	Tim Almgren (OA)	57	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
77	Dominic Petr	56	C	Czech Republic	U20 SM-Sarja
78	Hampton Slukynsky	56	G	USA	USHS
79	Carsen Musser	56	G	USA	USNTDP
80	Tanner Adams	55	RW	USA	USHL
81	Luca Pinelli	55	C	Canada	OHL
82	Rasmus Kumpulainen	54	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
83	Jayson Shaugabay	53	C	USA	USHL
84	Kalan Lind	53	LW	Canada	WHL
85	Magomed Sharakanov	51	LHD	Russia	MHL
86	Ilya Kvochko (OA)	51	C	Russia	MHL
87	Damian Slavik	50	G	Slovakia	Slovak U20
88	Hugo Havelid (OA)	49	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
89	Tom Willander	49	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
90	Jordan Tourigny	49	RHD	Canada	QMJHL
91	Markus Vidicek (OA)	49	C	Canada	QMJHL
92	Kaden Hammell	49	RHD	Canada	WHL
93	Dylan MacKinnon	48	RHD	Canada	QMJHL
94	Noel Nordh	48	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
95	Jacob Fowler	48	G	USA	USHL
96	Saige Weinstein	47	LHD	Canada	WHL
97	Trey Augustine	47	G	USA	USNTDP
98	Sebastien Gervais	46	C	Canada	OHL
99	Jackson Unger	46	G	Canada	WHL
100	Nick Lardis	46	RW	Canada	OHL
101	Otto Hokkanen (OA)	46	C	Finland	Liiga
102	Samuel Barcik	45	RHD	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
103	Beau Akey	44	RHD	Canada	OHL
104	Zachary Sharp	44	LHD	USA	USHL
105	Gracyn Sawchyn	43	C	USA	WHL
106	Drew Fortescue	43	LHD	USA	USNTDP
107	Gennadi Chaly	43	RHD	Russia	MHL
108	Pano Fimis (OA)	43	C	Canada	OHL
109	Logan Wormald	42	LW	Canada	WHL
110	Matthew Mania	41	RHD	Canada	OHL
111	Kalem Parker	41	RHD	Canada	WHL
112	Rodzers Bukarts	41	C	Latvia	Swiss U20
113	Emil Pieniniemi	40	LHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
114	Cameron Johnson	40	C	Canada	BCHL
115	Tom Leppa	39	C	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
116	Carey Terrance	39	C	USA	OHL
117	Antonin Verreault (OA)	39	LW	Canada	QMJHL
118	Jakub Stancl	38	LW	Czech Republic	J20 Nationell
119	Denver Barkey	38	C	Canada	OHL
120	Jere Lassila (OA)	37	C	Finland	Liiga
121	Matthew Soto	37	RW	Canada	OHL
122	Elmeri Laakso (OA)	37	LHD	Finland	Liiga
123	Niklas Talvikunnas	37	RHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
124	Roni Alanko	37	C	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
125	Joseph Henneberry	37	C	Canada	QMJHL
126	Vladislav Sapunov (OA)	37	RHD	Russia	MHL
127	Samuel Honzek	37	C	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
128	Dylan Silverstein (OA)	36	G	USA	NCAA
129	Sean Keohane	35	LHD	USA	USHS
130	David Edstrom	35	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
131	Manu Lukkarinen	35	G	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
132	Evan Konyen (OA)	35	RW	Canada	OHL
133	Frantisek Ridzon	34	RW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
134	Jakub Dvorak	34	LHD	Czech Republic	Czech U20
135	Brett Brochu (OA)	33	G	Canada	OHL
136	Leo Braillard	33	C	Switzerland	Swiss U20
137	Mathew Ward (OA)	33	LW	Canada	WHL
138	Adam Dybal	33	G	Czech Republic	Czech U20
139	Simon Slavicek (OA)	33	C	Czech Republic	OHL
140	Gavin McCarthy	33	RHD	USA	USHL
141	Joel Jonsson (OA)	32	RW	Sweden	Allsvenskan
142	Spencer Sova (OA)	32	LHD	USA	OHL
143	Ryan Fine	31	RW	USA	USNTDP
144	Nikita Nedopekin	31	RW	Russia	MHL
145	Jackson Parsons	31	G	Canada	OHL
146	Valentin Zhugin	31	LW	Russia	OHL
147	Joe Gramer	30	LHD	USA	USHS
148	Cam Squires	30	RW	Canada	QMJHL
149	Luke McNamara	30	C	Canada	OHL
150	Justin Cote (OA)	30	RW	Canada	QMJHL
151	Bronson Ride	29	LHD	Canada	OHL
152	Lukas Sagranden	29	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
153	Donovan McCoy	29	RHD	Canada	OHL
154	Raul Yakupov (OA)	29	LW	Russia	MHL
155	Gustav Albihn	28	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
156	Kristian Kostadinski	28	LHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
157	Theo Keilin (OA)	28	LW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
158	Marco Mignosa	28	RW	Canada	OHL
159	Yegor Sidorov (OA)	28	LW	Belarus	WHL
160	Tommaso De Luca	27	C	Italy	WHL
161	Helmer Styf (OA)	27	C	Sweden	Allsvenskan
162	Rylan Brown	26	LHD	Canada	AJHL
163	Dominik Rymon (OA)	26	LW	Czech Republic	WHL
164	Austin Burnevik	26	LW	USA	USNTDP
165	Bowden Singleton (OA)	26	RW	Canada	AJHL
166	Alex Sotek (OA)	26	RW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga
167	Nikolai Khvorov (OA)	26	LW	Russia	MHL
168	Aidan Castle (OA)	26	C	Canada	OHL
169	Charlie Kinsman	25	RHD	USA	USHL
170	Karlis Mezsargs (OA)	25	G	Latvia	USHL
171	Ratislav Elias (OA)	25	G	Slovakia	USHL
172	Hudson Thornton (OA)	25	LHD	Canada	WHL
173	Emil Jarventie	25	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
174	Jake Livanavage (OA)	24	LHD	USA	USHL
175	Leon Matthiasson (OA)	24	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
176	Jacob Guevin (OA)	24	RHD	Canada	NCAA
177	Daniil Karpovich	24	LHD	Belarus	MHL
178	Pavel Leuka (OA)	24	LW	Russia	VHL
179	Brady Cleveland	23	LHD	USA	USNTDP
180	Jozef Viliam Kmec (OA)	23	RHD	Slovakia	WHL
181	Joe Connor	23	C	USA	USHS
182	Melvin Strahl	23	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
183	Semyon Sinyatkin (OA)	23	C	Russia	MHL
184	Axel Landen	22	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
185	Matej Prcik (OA)	22	LHD	Czech Republic	Czech Extraliga
186	Hugo Fransson (OA)	21	LHD	Sweden	Allsvenskan
187	Maxime Coursol	21	RW	Canada	QMJHL
188	Zeev Buium	20	LHD	USA	USNTDP
189	Otso Ylitalo	20	C	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
190	Benjamin Rautiainen	19	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
191	Nikita Blednov (OA)	19	RW	Russia	VHL
192	Matvei Ladutko	19	C	Belarus	MHL
193	Connor Brown	19	RW	USA	USHL
194	Matthew Kieper (OA)	19	G	Canada	WHL
195	Colton Smith (OA)	18	LW	Canada	OHL
196	Ilya Rogovsky (OA)	18	LW	Russia	MHL
197	Jiri Felcman	17	C	Czech Republic	Czech U20
198	Carson Bjarnason	17	G	Canada	WHL
199	Angus MacDonnell	17	C	Canada	OHL
200	Noah Greuter (OA)	17	LW	Switzerland	Swiss League
201	Teddy Townsend	17	C	USA	USHS
202	Alexander Smolin (OA)	17	G	Russia	MHL
203	Ty Hanson	16	RHD	USA	USHL
204	Niko Minkinnen	16	RHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
205	Jakub Hujer (OA)	16	LW	Czech Republic	QMJHL
206	Kasper Lundell (OA)	16	LW	Finland	Liiga
207	Jace Weir (OA)	16	RHD	Canada	WHL
208	Carl Lido (OA)	16	G	Sweden	SHL
209	Daniil Ivanov (OA)	15	LHD	Russia	VHL
210	Damian Clara	15	G	Italy	J20 Nationell
211	Matteo Rotondi	15	LHD	Canada	QMJHL
212	Ivan Yanchenko (OA)	15	C	Russia	MHL
213	Anthony Romani	15	C	Canada	OHL
214	Ruslan Gazizov (OA)	15	LW	Russia	OHL
215	Michael Mastrodomenico (OA)	15	RHD	Canada	NCAA
216	Beau Jelsma (OA)	14	LW	Canada	OHL
217	Linus Brandl	14	RW	Germany	DNL U20
218	Rasmus Ekstrom	14	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
219	Ilya Ivantsov (OA)	14	LW	Russia	KHL
220	Zach Bookman (OA)	14	RHD	Canada	NCAA
221	Noah Erliden	13	G	Sweden	J20 Nationell
222	Kocha Delic (OA)	13	C	Canada	OHL
223	Rasmus Rudslatt (OA)	13	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
224	Valdemar William Hull	13	C	Switzerland	Swiss U20
225	Erik Pahlsson (OA)	13	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
226	Tyler Dunbar (OA)	13	LHD	USA	USHL
227	Carter Kowalyk	12	LHD	Canada	WHL
228	Samu Bau (OA)	11	RW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
229	Gibson Homer (OA)	11	G	USA	NCAA
230	Oliver Tulk	11	RW	Canada	WHL
231	Pavel Dergunov (OA)	11	C	Russia	VHL
232	Niklas Hubner (OA)	11	LHD	Germany	U20 SM-Sarja
233	Alexis Bourque	11	RW	Canada	QMJHL
234	Cole Brown	10	RW	Canada	OHL
235	Ethan Hay	10	C	Canada	OHL
236	Axel Sandin Pellikka	10	RHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
237	Nikita Telegin	10	C	Russia	MHL
238	Will Vote	9	RW	USA	USNTDP
239	Jan Sprynar	9	RW	Czech Republic	Czech U20
240	Matyas Melovsky (OA)	9	C	Czech Republic	QMJHL
241	Arttu Alasiurua	9	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
242	Dylan Ernst (OA)	8	G	Canada	WHL
243	Thomas Auger	8	C	Canada	QMJHL
244	Braden Holt (OA)	8	G	USA	WHL
245	Alex Pharand	8	C	Canada	OHL
246	Calvin Vachon	8	G	USA	USHS
247	Maxim Arefyev (OA)	8	G	Russia	MHL
248	Lucas Stockselius	7	RW	Sweden	J20 Nationell
249	Alex Weiermair	7	C	USA	USNTDP
250	Rodwin Dionicio (OA)	7	LHD	Switzerland	OHL
251	Emil Kuusla	7	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
252	Michael La Starza (OA)	6	LW	Canada	NCAA
253	Jan Spunar (OA)	6	G	Czech Republic	WHL
254	Ryan Hopkins (OA)	6	RHD	USA	WHL
255	Albert Schioldan	6	RW	Denmark	J20 Nationell
256	Landen Gunderson	6	C	USA	USHL
257	Griffin Erdman	5	LW	USA	USHL
258	Yoan Loshing (OA)	5	C	Canada	QMJHL
259	Andrew Kuzma	4	C	USA	USHL
260	Finn Loftus (OA)	4	LHD	USA	USHL
261	Linus Hemstrom (OA)	4	RW	Sweden	OHL
262	Bogdan Krokhalyov (OA)	4	RHD	Russia	MHL
263	Nico Myatovic	3	LW	Canada	WHL
264	Luke Woodworth (OA)	3	C	Canada	QMJHL
265	Oren Shtrom	3	LW	Canada	WHL
266	Samuel Urban	2	G	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga 2
267	Victor Westh	2	LHD	Sweden	J20 Nationell
268	Maddox Fleming (OA)	2	RW	USA	NCAA
269	Jacob Sagadin	2	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
270	Felix Nilsson	2	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
271	David Burnside (OA)	2	RW	USA	NCAA
272	Roman Makarov (OA)	2	C	Russia	MHL
273	Matteo Koci	1	LHD	Czech Republic	Czech U20
274	Veit Oswald (OA)	1	RW	Germany	DEL
275	James Stefan (OA)	1	RW	USA	WHL
276	Brayden Edwards	1	RW	Canada	WHL
277	Kalle Varis (OA)	1	G	Finland	Liiga
278	A.J. Lacroix	0	RW	USA	BCHL
279	Will McDonough	0	C	USA	USHL
280	Bradley Nadeau	0	C	Canada	BCHL
281	Alex Assadourian	0	LW	Canada	OHL
282	Leo Eperjesi	0	LHD	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga 2
283	Wille Johansson	0	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
284	Michael Stenberg	0	RW	USA	USHL
285	Timur Mukhanov	0	C	Russia	MHL
286	Philipp Dietl (OA)	0	G	Germany	DEL
287	Isac Born (OA)	0	C	Sweden	J20 Nationell
288	Martin Johnsen (OA)	0	C	Norway	J20 Nationell
289	Adam Zidlicky	0	RW	Czech Republic	OHL
290	Lucas St. Louis	0	LHD	USA	USHL
291	Giacomo Martino	0	LW	Canada	OJHL
292	Will Ingemann	0	G	USA	USHS
293	Jimi Junkkari	0	LHD	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
294	Miles Roberts	0	G	USA	USHS
295	Timo Bunzli	0	LHD	Switzerland	Swiss U20
296	Roman Kukumberg	0	LW	Slovakia	Slovak Extraliga 2
297	Carter Slaggert	0	LW	USA	USNTDP
298	Onni Lind	0	LW	Finland	U20 SM-Sarja
299	Sam Oremba	0	LW	Canada	WHL
300	Kelton Pyne	0	G	Canada	WHL

I admittedly have some catching up to do on this year’s Russian draft class.

Lmao

 

[QJL]

Lmao

Started this list 13 months ago, 24 months from the draft. I have been doing the same 5 years in a row. I admitted to being soft on viewings for most 2023 Russian prospects, which is why the list doesn’t contain a lot of 05 Russians. I like to think I’m honest with how much hockey I watch and that I’m a respected contributor here.

I really appreciate your thoughtful comment. Should I just keep my list to myself from now on?

 

[Leviathan899]

A guy I think that could fall hard is Ethan Miedema. Bad skater with work ethic issues - however I've heard he's been working on his skating this offseason.

Yeah we will see, he still has a lot of tools teams will love, if he can put together a good season. I thought he had a bad game 1 at u18 camp, but was very good in game 2 with two really nice assists. His biggest issue is play away from the puck, it needs a lot of work. But his skill set to go along with his huge frame is enticing. Skating does need work, and a willingness to play a more physical, heavy game.

Lmao

Top 300 is wild to me at this point haha but good on ya for trying at least I guess.

I don’t think it’s aged well already.

Nope, I’ll eat crow on that take. Good lesson not to make sweeping statements based on two camp games. I’ll learn from it

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Started this list 13 months ago, 24 months from the draft. I have been doing the same 5 years in a row. I admitted to being soft on viewings for most 2023 Russian prospects, which is why the list doesn’t contain a lot of 05 Russians. I like to think I’m honest with how much hockey I watch and that I’m a respected contributor here.

I really appreciate your thoughtful comment. Should I just keep my list to myself from now on?

We all respect the list and the time put into it, I certainly enjoyed reading it.

But just the concept of a top-300 a full year out from the draft is humorous and invites others to poke fun - considering reports say most NHL teams go into the draft with a list of like 150 guys