My Early 2019 NHL Draft Rankings

[Andy Lehoux]

My Early 2019 NHL Draft Rankings !

1. Jack Hughes, C, USA, USDP
2. Alex Turcotte, C, USA, USDP
3. Dylan Cozens, C, Canada, WHL
4. Alex Newhook, C, Canada, BCHL
5. Kaapo Kakko, RW, Finland, Liiga
6. Bowen Byram, D, Canada, WHL
7. Kyrbie Dach, C, Canada, WHL
8. Arthur kaliyev, LW, USA, OHL
9. Peyton Krebs, LW, Canada, WHL
10. Raphael Lavoie, C, Canada, QMJHL
11. Jakob Pelletier, RW, Canada, QMJHL
12. Blake Murray, C, Canada, OHL
13. Valentin Nussbaumer, C, Switzerland, NLA
14. Ryan Suzuki, C, Canada, OHL
15. Tobias Björnfot, D, Sweden, SuperElit
16. Nolan Foote, RW, Canada, WHL
17. Cole Caufield, RW, USA, USDP
18. Anttoni Honka, D, Finland, Liiga
19. Victor Soderström, D, Sweden, SuperElit
20. Artemi Knyazev, D, Russia, MHL
21. Samuel Poulin, C, Canada, QMJHL
22. Alex Vlasic, D, USA, USDP
23. Simon Holmström, RW, Sweden, SuperElit
24. Dustin Wolf, G, USA, WHL
25. Albin Grewe, RW, Sweden, SuperElit
26. Dmitri Sheshin, C, Russia, MHL
27. Marshall Warren, D, USA, USDP
28. Case McCarthy, D, USA, USDP
29. Brett Budgell, C, Canada, QMJHL
30. Brady Meyer, RW, USA, USHS
31. Deniil Antropov, RW, OHL

Would love to hear your opinion !

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[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

Man this draft is Center heavy unlike in 2018. I can't really give an opinion on ur list cause idk too much about the 2019 draft other than Jack Hughes looks really good.

 

[MasterMatt25]

Nolan Foote is a winger, also I don't think Cozens will be top 5. Soderstrom and Foote should both be higher

 

[FinPanda]

Wow a lot of centers.

 

[North Country]

Lavoie at 10 is the highest I've seen and I tend to agree.

 

[Krylian]

Dustin Wolf is a 5'11" goalie. He's not going in the 1st round unless he has a growth spurt. You pretty much don't get drafted as a goalie anymore unless you're at least 6'1".

 

[Scratchy]

So far people are not talking much about defencemen in 2019. Byram seems complete but people want to see if others have a 200' game or are the usual 100' or 70' (can't play offence, or are bad 5v5, or look very good with soft minutes but put them on against top players and holes appear, play offence but are disasters in their own ends). 2o18 was a bounty for defencemen, I can easily see 12-15 playing top 4 roles in the NHL, maybe more. 2019 Byram, Matthews, and Vukojevic get some press, while people are quite disappointed in Rhinehart, van de Leest, Baker, Bellamy, Joncass, Korczak, and Penman, just to name a few, disappointed as in they didn't look as dazzling/solid as Dobson or McIsaac in 2017. But who knows what minutes they got as 16 year olds, if their coach likes to play veterans on D, if they were pushed down the lineup by bad coaching, and so on. Not likely, but attitude changes, new training, true opportunities, and one or two may blossom and be a steal if they don't go top 15.