2017 NHL Draft Prospects

[Dogsgottabite]

My top 62 as of today... not a representation of where I think these guys will go in the draft but a pure ranking.

Rank|Name|Position|Height|Weight|Team/League
1|Nolan Patrick|RC/RW|6'3|194|Brandon, WHL
2|Nico Hischier|LC|6'1|176|Halifax, QMJHL
3|Cody Glass|RC|6'2|170|Portland, WHL
4|Casey Mittelstadt|LC/LW|6'1|201|Eden Prairie High, USHS
5|Tim Liljegren|RD|6'0|198|Rögle, SHL
6|Gabe Vilardi|RW/RC|6'2|185|Windsor, OHL
7|Kailer Yamamoto|RW/LW|5'9|159|Spokane, WHL
8|Jusso Välimäki|LD|6'2|201|Tri-City, WHL
9|Elias Pettersson|LC/LW|6'2|161|Timrå, Allsvenskan
10|Martin Necas|RC|6'0|167|Brno, Czech
11|Nick Suzuki|RC|5'11|183|Owen Sound, OHL
12|Antoine Morand|LC|5'10|170|Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL
13|Miro Heiskanen|LD|6'0|174|HIFK, Liiga
14|Cal Foote|RD|6'3|195|Kelowna, WHL
15|Owen Tippet|RW|6'1|181|Mississauga, OHL
16|Lias Andersson|LC/LW|5'11|198|HV71, SHL
17|Cale Makar|RD|5'11|179|Brooks, AJHL
18|Kole Lind|RW|6'1|176|Kelowna, WHL
19|Nick Henry|RW|6'0|190|Regina, WHL
20|Eeli Tolvanen|LW|5'10|174|Sioux City, USHL
21|Erik Brännström|LD|5'10|172|HV71, SHL
22|Conor Timmins|RD|6'1|181|Sault Ste. Marie, OHL
23|Artyum Minulin|RD|6'2|198|Swift Current, WHL
24|Nick Hague|LD|6'6|207|Mississauga, OHL
25|Mike Rasmussen|LC|6'6|203|Tri-City, WHL
26|Jake Leschyshyn|LC|5'11|181|Regina, WHL
27|Jonah Gadjovich|LW|6'2|201|Owen Sound, OHL
28|Matt Strome|LW|6'3|190|Hamilton, OHL
29|Stelio Mattheos|RC/RW|6'1|194|Brandon, WHL
30|Shane Bowers|LC|6'0|170|Waterloo, USHL
31|Jarret Anderson-Dolan|LC|5'11|185|Spokane, WHL
32|Jake Oettinger|LG|6'4|205|Boston U, NCAA
33|Nikita Popugayev|RW|6'6|203|Prince George, WHL
34|Ivan Lodnia|RW|5'10|179|Erie, OHL
35|Max Comtois|LW/LC|6'1|192|Victoriaville, QMJHL
36|Robert Thomas|RC|6'0|187|London, OHL
37|Mike DiPietro|LG|6'0|192|Windsor, OHL
38|Ryan Poehling|LC|6'3|185|St. Cloud, NCAA
39|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|LG|6'4|196|HPK, Jr. Liiga
40|Austen Keating|LC|6'0|170|Ottawa, OHL
41|Isaac Ratcliff|LW|6'5|203|Guelph, OHL
42|Kristian Vesalainen|LW/RW|6'3|203|HPK, Liiga
43|Henri Jokiharju|RD|6'0|160|Portland, WHL
44|Pierre Oliver-Joseph|LD|6'0|161|Charlottetown, QMJHL
45|Klim Kostin|LW|6'3|196|Moskva, KHL
46|Scott Reedy|RC/RW|6'1|203|US18, USDP
47|Lucas Elvenes|RW|6'0|174|Rögle, SuperElit
48|Josh Brook|RD|6'2|185|Moose Jaw, WHL
49|Mason Shaw|LC|5'9|181|Medicine Hat, WHL
50|Aleksi Heponiemi|LC|5'10|143|Swift Current, WHL
51|Morgan Frost|LC|6'0|170|Sault Ste. Marie, OHL
52|Filip Chytil|LW|6'0|179|Zlin, Czech
53|Adam Ruzicka|LC/LW|6'4|209|Sarnia, OHL
54|Sasha Chmelevsk|RC|6'0|187|Ottawa, OHL
55|Grant Mismash|LC|6'0|184|US18, USDP
56|Robin Salo|LD|6'0|185|Sport, Liiga
57|Jesper Boqvist|LC/LW|6'0|179|Timrå, Allsvenskan
58|Ostap Safin|LW|6'4"|198|Praha, Czech
59|Marcus Davidsson|LC/LW|6'0|192|Djurgårdens, SHL
60|Olle Eriksson-Ek|LG|6'2|187|Färjestad, SuperElit
61|Morgan Geekie|RC/RW|6'2|168|Tri-City, WHL
62|Maxim Fortier|RW/RC|5'10|176|Halifax, QMJHL

MacKenzie Entwistle from Hamilton should be in there somewhere. Other than that its a solid list.

 

[Daximus]

MacKenzie Entwistle from Hamilton should be in there somewhere. Other than that its a solid list.

This list has changed quite a bit since I posted it.

 

[Rebels57]

I wonder what direction New Jersey will go in at #1. They seem somewhat set at forward, I think they go for that defenseman, Heiskanen.

Lol. They'll go Patrick or Hischier.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

I wonder what direction New Jersey will go in at #1. They seem somewhat set at forward, I think they go for that defenseman, Heiskanen.

Ray Shero makes massive mistake if he even consider draft Heiskanen 1st overall selection instead of Patrick or Hischier.

NHL GM's not pass franchise level center to get two way defenceman.
Only idiot GM takes Heiskanen 1st overall.

And this isn't offence against Heiskanen he's really promising d-man.
But if he would be true 1st overall candidate he would have been 1st overall speculations whole season.
Not just then when Grant McCagg started hyping him best defenceman prospect since Doughty,Hedman and Karlsson.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Ray Shero makes massive mistake if he even consider draft Heiskanen 1st overall selection instead of Patrick or Hischier.

NHL GM's not pass franchise level center to get two way defenceman.
Only idiot GM takes Heiskanen 1st overall.

And this isn't offence against Heiskanen he's really promising d-man.
But if he would be true 1st overall candidate he would have been 1st overall speculations whole season.
Not just then when Grant McCagg started hyping him best defenceman prospect since Doughty,Hedman and Karlsson.

Defensemen play bigger minutes and neither Patrick and Hischier are a surefire #1C.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Defensemen play bigger minutes and neither Patrick and Hischier are a surefire #1C.

Yeah.
But the point was that consensus TOP2 has been all season long Patrick and Hischier.
And if / when BPA is center that teams GM must take center in that situation.

As cool it obviously would be to see Heiskanen going 1st it won't happen.

 

[Castle8130]

Haha heponiemi is 143 lbs

 

[Ricko Balboa]

With 2 lates second rounder's, can we hope we can get good players in this year's draft? I know last year, there was some very good players in the second round ...Montreal needs a good draft

 

[pharling]

DobberProspects Radio looks at top Finnish prospects for the 2017 NHL Draft with guest Marco Bombino and discuss Miro Heisjnen, Kristian Vesalainen, Urho Vaakaninen, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Robin Salo and Joni Ikonen
http://www.dobberprospects.com/dpr19/

 

[tony d]

Yeah, I think the Devils go with Hischier. The Flyers get lucky and get Nolan Patrick. A potential #1 centre to go with all those franchise defensemen.

 

[Steazy Doo]

Hischier over Patrick imo

 

[boredmale]

Out of curiosity is there anywhere online that have the analytics based ratings? Just curious to see their take on players. I believe from reading a few prospect threads Suzuki seems to be the analytics darling of this years draft but that is all I got.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Out of curiosity is there anywhere online that have the analytics based ratings? Just curious to see their take on players. I believe from reading a few prospect threads Suzuki seems to be the analytics darling of this years draft but that is all I got.

I don't know about ratings but if you check @zac_urback Twitter feed he has plenty of analytics based commentary on this class.

Basically, they prefer younger players and primary 5v5 points. They look at shot rate a lot too.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

At the NHL scouting combine:

How can a guy like Aleksi Heponiemi (5 foot 11, 148 pounds)
have same amount of pull ups than Nolan Patrick,
who is 1 year(ish) older, 6 foot 3 and 200+ lbs,is he still injured?
is he 200 pounds of nothingness?,or should i just ignore
the results of this NHL scouting combine,because it doesn't
have real value.

Of all the gategories,only push ups where Nolan got into top 10,
for example, this Heponiemi finished top 6 in 4 different gategories.
- did he not enter other than that "event" ?

Hischier got most pull ups (3 more than Nolan Patrick).

 

[GeeoffBrown]

At the NHL scouting combine:

How can a guy like Aleksi Heponiemi (5 foot 11, 148 pounds)
have same amount of pull ups than Nolan Patrick,
who is 1 year(ish) older, 6 foot 3 and 200+ lbs,is he still injured?
is he 200 pounds of nothingness?,or should i just ignore
the results of this NHL scouting combine,because it doesn't
have real value.

Of all the gategories,only push ups where Nolan got into top 10,
for example, this Heponiemi finished top 6 in 4 different gategories.
- did he not enter other than that "event" ?

Hischier got most pull ups (3 more than Nolan Patrick).

It's easier to lift 148 lbs as compared to 200 lbs. Heponiemi and Patrick are probably similar in strength when compared to their weight.

Although, the Oilers passed up on Sam Bennett in favour of Leon Draisaitl partially because of pull-ups and that seems to have worked out for them so far.

 

[wings5]

At the NHL scouting combine:

How can a guy like Aleksi Heponiemi (5 foot 11, 148 pounds)
have same amount of pull ups than Nolan Patrick,
who is 1 year(ish) older, 6 foot 3 and 200+ lbs,is he still injured?
is he 200 pounds of nothingness?,or should i just ignore
the results of this NHL scouting combine,because it doesn't
have real value.

Of all the gategories,only push ups where Nolan got into top 10,
for example, this Heponiemi finished top 6 in 4 different gategories.
- did he not enter other than that "event" ?

Hischier got most pull ups (3 more than Nolan Patrick).

When I was 20 lbs lighter I could do double the pullups as I can do now. Much easier when you're lighter.

 

[one77]

Brannstrom, Foote or Valimaki - which one do you guys take? Which one has the highest ceiling?

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Brannstrom, Foote or Valimaki - which one do you guys take? Which one has the highest ceiling?

Brannstrom, in my opinion. Great skater, wonderful vision and he just transitions very well between the zones.

 

[Donuts]

cat wait for the draft

 

[KeziaTML]

Do we have a confirmed time for draft start?

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Round 1 on June 23 begins at 6 p.m. ET. Round 2 on June 24 begins at 9 a.m.

 

[landy92mack29]

The CHL season is over and my top 100 2017 and top 31 2018 rankings are finalized

2017

1-Nolan Patrick, C Brandon Wheat Kings(WHL)
2-Cody Glass, C Portland Winterhawks(WHL)
3-Nico Hischier, C/W Halifax Mooseheads(QMJHL)
4-Owen Tippett, W Mississauga Steelheads(OHL)
5-Gabriel Vilardi, C/RW Windsor Spitfires(OHL)
6-Michael Rasmussen, C Tri-City Americans(WHL)
7-Juuso Valimaki, D Tri-City Americans(WHL)
8-Callan Foote, D Kelowna Rockets(WHL)
9-Nick Suzuki, C Owen Sound Attack(OHL)
10-Nicolas Hague, D Mississauga Steelheads(OHL)
11-Maxime Comtois, LW/C Victoriaville Tigres(QMJHL)
12-Kole Lind, RW Kelowna Rockets(WHL)
13-Jaret Anderson-Dolan, C Spokane Chiefs(WHL)
14-Isaac Ratcliffe, LW Guelph Storm(OHL)
15-Matthew Strome, LW/C Hamilton Bulldogs(OHL)
16-Jason Robertson, LW Kingston Frontenacs(OHL)
17-Cale Fleury, D Kootenay Ice(WHL)
18-Conor Timmins, D Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds(OHL)
19-Henri Jokiharju, D Portland Winterhawks(WHL)
20-Stuart Skinner, G Lethbridge Hurricanes(WHL)
21-Robert Thomas, C London Knights(OHL)
22-Stelio Mattheos, C/RW Brandon Wheat Kings(WHL)
23-Nikita Popugaev, W Prince George Cougars(WHL)
24-Ian Scott, G Prince Albert Raiders(WHL)
25-Mackenzie Entwistle, RW Hamilton Bulldogs(OHL)
26-Antoine Morand, C Acadie-Bathurst Titan(QMJHL)
27-Morgan Geekie, C Tri-City Americans(WHL)
28-Kailer Yamamoto, W Spokane Chiefs(WHL)
29-Michael DiPietro, G Windsor Spitfires(OHL)
30-Morgan Frost, C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds(OHL)
31-Josh Brook, D Moose Jaw Warriors(WHL)
32-Markus Phillips, D Owen Sound Attack(OHL)
33-Sasha Chmelevski, C Ottawa 67’s(OHL)
34-Pierre-Olivier Joseph, D Charlottetown Islanders(QMJHL)
35-Nick Henry, RW Regina Pats(WHL)
36-Nate Schnarr, C Guelph Storm(OHL)
37-Jake Leschyshyn, C Regina Pats(WHL)
38-Alex Formenton, LW London Knights(OHL)
39-Artyom Minulin, D Swift Current Broncos(WHL)
40-Adam Ruzicka, C Sarnia Sting(OHL)
41-MacAuley Carson, LW Sudbury Wolves(OHL)
42-Jonah Gadjovich, LW Owen Sound Attack(OHL)
43-Pavel Koltygin, LW Drummondville Voltigeurs(QMJHL)
44-Dmitri Samorukov, D Guelph Storm(OHL)
45-Kyle Olson, RW Tri-City Storm(WHL)
46-Lane Zablocki, RW Red Deer Rebels(WHL)
47-Mason Shaw, C Medicine Hat Tigers(WHL)
48-Noel Hoefenmayer, D Ottawa 67’s(OHL)
49-Joel Teasdale, C Blainville-Boisbriand Armada(QMJHL)
50-Dylan Coghlan, D Tri-City Americans(WHL)
51-Ivan Lodnia, RW Erie Otters(OHL)
52-Aleksi Heponiemi, C Swift Current Broncos(WHL)
53-Samuel Bucek, LW Shawinigan Cataractes(QMJHL)
54-Jack Studnicka, C Oshawa Generals(OHL)
55-Eemeli Rasanen, D Kingston Frontenacs(OHL)
56-Brady Lyle, D North Bay Battalion(OHL)
57-Jacob Paquette, D Kingston Frontenacs(OHL)
58-Austen Keating, LW Ottawa 67’s(OHL)
59-Zachary Gallant, C Peterborough Petes(OHL)
60-Ivan Chekhovich, LW Baie-Comeau Drakkar(QMJHL)
61-Jarret Tyszka, D Seattle Thunderbirds(WHL)
62-Jordan Bellerive, C Lethbridge Hurricanes(WHL)
63-Greg Meireles, C Kitchener Rangers(OHL)
64-Kirill Maksimov, RW Niagara Ice Dogs(OHL)
65-Ty Lewis, LW Brandon Wheat Kings(WHL)
66-Maxime Fortier, RW Halifax Mooseheads(QMJHL)
67-Jocktan Chainey, D Halifax Mooseheads(QMJHL)
68-Zachary Lauzon, D Rouyn-Noranda Huskies(QMJHL)
69-Tyler Steenbergen, C Swift Current Broncos(WHL)
70-Adam Thilander, D North Bay Battalion(OHL)
71-Scott Walford, D Victoria Royals(WHL)
72-Vladislav Yeryomenko, D Calgary Hitmen(WHL)
73-Brendan De Jong, D Portland Winterhawks(WHL)
74-Ryan Peckford, LW Victoria Royals(WHL)
75-Jeffrey Truchon-Viel, LW Acadie-Bathurst Titan(QMJHL)
76-Maksim Sushko, RW Owen Sound Attack(OHL)
77-Antoine Crete-Belzile, D Blainville-Boisbriand Armada(QMJHL)
78-David Noel, D Val d’Or Foreurs(QMJHL)
79-Mark Rubenchik, D Saskatoon Blades(WHL)
80-Alex D’Orio, G Saint John Sea Dogs(QMJHL)
81-Dereck Baribeau, G Quebec Remparts(QMJHL)
82-Jayden Halbgewachs, LW Moose Jaw Warriors(WHL)
83-Matteo Pietroniro, D Baie-Comeau Drakkar(QMJHL)
84-Daniel Bukac, D Brandon Wheat Kings(WHL)
85-Leon Gawanke, D Cape Breton Screaming Eagles(QMJHL)
86-D’Artagnan Joly, RW Baie-Comeau Drakkar(QMJHL)
87-Yaroslav Alexeyev, RW Sherbrooke Phoenix(QMJHL)
88-Marian Studenic, RW Hamilton Bulldogs(OHL)
89-Brayden Burke, LW Moose Jaw Warriors(WHL)
90-Shawn Boudrias, RW Gatineau Olympiques(QMJHL)
91-Brett Davis, RW Kootenay Ice(WHL)
92-Jonathan Smart, F/D Regina Pats(WHL)
93-Liam Hawel, C Guelph Storm(OHL)
94-Dylan Seitz, C Kitchener Rangers(OHL)
95-Austin Pratt, LW Red Deer Rebels(WHL)
96-Fedor Gordeev, D Flint Firebirds(OHL)
97-Brayden Gorda, D Edmonton Oil Kings(WHL)
98-Dylan Ferguson, G Kamloops Blazers(WHL)
99-Dakota Krebs, D Tri-City Americans(WHL)
100- Shaw Boomhower, LW Mississauga Steelheads(OHL)

 

[landy92mack29]

2018

1-Joseph Veleno, C Saint John Sea Dogs(QMJHL)
2-Ryan Merkley, D Guelph Storm(OHL)
3-Jared McIsaac, D Halifax Mooseheads(QMJHL)
4-Ty Smith, D Spokane Chiefs(WHL)
5-Akil Thomas, C Niagara Ice Dogs(OHL)
6-Xavier Bouchard, D Baie-Comeau Drakkar(QMJHL)
7-Ryan McLeod, C Mississauga Steelheads(OHL)
8-David Levin, W Sudbury Wolves(OHL)
9-Benoit-Olivier Groulx, C Halifax Mooseheads(QMJHL)
10-Jett Woo, D Moose Jaw Warriors(WHL)
11-Anderson MacDonald, LW Sherbrooke Phoenix(QMJHL)
12-Allan McShane, C Oshawa Generals(OHL)
13-Philipp Kurashev, LW Quebec Remparts(QMJHL)
14-Evan Bouchard, D London Knights(OHL)
15-Luka Burzan, C Moose Jaw Warriors(WHL)
16-Calen Addison, D Lethbridge Hurricanes(WHL)
17-Noah Dobson, D Acadie-Bathurst Titan(QMJHL)
18-Riley Sutter, C/RW Everett Silvertips(WHL)
19-Nicolas Beaudin, D Drummondville Voltigeurs(QMJHL)
20-Alexander Alexeyev, D Red Deer Rebels(WHL)
21-Alexis Gravel, G Halifax Mooseheads(QMJHL)
22-Chase Wouters, W Saskatoon Blades(WHL)
23-Giovanni Vallati, D Kitchener Rangers(OHL)
24-Gabriel Fortier, LW Baie-Comeau Drakkar(QMJHL)
25-Dennis Busby, D Flint Firebirds(OHL)
26-Brett Kemp, C Edmonton Oil Kings(WHL)
27-Jacob Ingham, G Mississauga Steelheads(OHL)
28-Matthew Grouchy, C Charlottetown Islanders(QMJHL)
29-Ty Dellandrea, C Flint Firebirds(OHL)
30-Nathan Dunkley, C Kingston Frontenacs(OHL)
31-Cole Fonstad, C Prince Albert Raiders(WHL)

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Glass over Hischier is a hot take.

 

[Vancouver BC]

Brannstrom, Foote or Valimaki - which one do you guys take? Which one has the highest ceiling?

Brannstrom or maybe Foote?