Tryamkin’s April 2018 Top 275 Draft Rankings

[Tryamkin]

3 months away from draft time! This is when it starts to get exciting folks. The next edition should be May, and should also come with a mock draft post lottery! As always, let me know what you think, and who you think should be higher, after all, we’re all different people and therefore see different things.

1. D Rasmus Dahlin
2. LW/RW Andrei Svechnikov
3. LW/RW Filip Zadina
4. RW Oliver Wahlstrom
5. D Adam Boqvist
6. D Quinn Hughes
7. D Noah Dobson
8. D Evan Bouchard
9. LW Brady Tkachuk
10. D Ty Smith
11. LW Joel Farabee
12. LW/RW Dominik Bokk
13. C Jesperi Kotkaniemi
14. RW Vitali Kravtsov
15. LW Grigori Denisenko
16. C Rasmus Kupari
17. D Calen Addison
18. D Ryan Merkley
19. C Joe Veleno
20. C Barrett Hayton
21. D K’Andre Miller
22. D Bode Wilde
23. C Isac Lundestrom
24. RW Akil Thomas
25. RW Martin Kaut
26. D Alexander Alexeyev
27. RW Serron Noel
28. D Nils Lundqvist
29. C Jack McBain
30. C Alexander Khovanov
31. D Mattias Samuelsson
32. C Filip Hallander
33. D Jett Woo
34. D Rasmus Sandin
35. C Blake McLaughlin
36. LW Bulat Shafigullin
37. C Jacob Olofsson
38. C Cole Fonstad
39. C Jake Wise
40. D Jared McIssac
41. C Milos Roman
42. LW Jonatan Berggren
43. D Jonathan Tychonick
44. D Danila Galenyuk
45. C/LW Phillip Kurashev
46. C Jakub Lauko
47. C Ty Dellandrea
48. C Ryan McLeod
49. G Jakub Skarek
50. C/LW Benoit-Olivier Groulx
51. C Liam Foudy
52. C Jay O’Brien
53. C Cameron Hillis
54. RW Jesse Ylonen
55. LW Ruslan Iskhakov
56. RW Dmitri Zavgorodny
57. D Jacob Bernard-Docker
58. C Curtis Hall
59. LW Albin Eriksson
60. C Kyle Topping
61. D Adam Ginning
62. RW/C Ryan O’Reilly
63. RW Sampo Ranto
64. LW Nando Eggenberger
65. D Sean Durzi
66. LW Anderson MacDonald
67. C Jack Drury
68. RW Kody Clark
69. C Allan McShane
70. G Jacob Ingham
71. D Xavier Bouchard
72. LW Vladislav Kotkov
73. C Jacob Pivonka
74. LW/C Adam Liska
75. D Martin Fehevary
76. C Gavin Hain
77. C Jachym Kondelik
78. C David Gustafsson
79. D Filip Kral
80. D Alec Regula
81. C Ivan D. Morozov
82. RW Riley Sutter
83. G Alexis Gravel
84. D Adam Samuelsson
85. C Oskar Back
86. D Jacob Ragnarsson
87. RW Niklas Nordgren
88. RW Kirill Marchenko
89. C Blade Jenkins
90. D Giovanni Vallati
91. D Axel Andersson
92. C Alexander Zhabreyev
93. D Xavier Bernard
94. G Amir Miftakhov
95. C Eric Florchuk
96. G Lukas Dotsal
97. LW/C Yegor Sokolov
98. RW Lenni Killinen
99. D Danila Zhuravlyov
100. D Nico Gross
101. C Nathan Dunkley
102. D Stanislav Demin
103. D Dennis Busby
104. RW Kirill Nizhnikov
105. RW Tyler Madden
106. C Curtis Douglas
107. D Nicholas Beaudin
108. LW Gabriel Fortier
109. C Damien Giroux
110. LW/C Tyler Weiss
111. D Owen Lalonde
112. C Brady Hinz
113. C Carl Wassenius
114. G Justus Annunen
115. D Jordan Harris
116. LW Jan Jenik
117. D Ty Emberson
118. LW Jackson Leppard
119. C Aidan Dudas
120. C Luka Barzan
121. D Miska Kukkonen
122. LW Liam Kirk
123. C Matthias Emilio Pettersen
124. C/LW Marcus Westfalt
125. D Carter Robertson
126. LW Krystof Hrabik
127. G Kevin Mandolese
128. LW/C Johnny Gruden
129. RW Nikita Rtishchev
130. C/RW Linus Karlsson
131. D Filip Johansson
132. G Jordan Kooy
133. D Declan Chisholm
134. RW Michal Kvasnica
135. LW/C Lukas Wernblom
136. RW Matthew Grouchy
137. LW David Levin
138. C Jack DeBoer
139. C Semyon Der-Arguchintsev
140. C Brendan Budy
141. RW Pavel Gogolev
142. C/RW Austin Wong
143. RW Ryan Chyzowski
144. D Saku Vesterinen
145. G Oliver Rodrigue
146. D Michal Ivan
147. C Tyler Popowich
148. D Santeri Salmela
149. D Caleb Everett
150. G Jett Alexander
151. D Kevin Bahl
152. C Tristen Nielsen
153. D Christian Lindberg
154. G Keegan Karki
155. LW Chase Wouters
156. C Riley Stotts
157. D Bogdan Zhilyakov
158. LW Jack Jensen
159. C/LW Johan Sodergren
160. RW Samuel Fagemo
161. C/RW Matej Pekar
162. D Scott Perunovich
163. D Austin Chorney
164. LW Ivan Muranov
165. LW Angus Crookshank
166. D Chase Hartje
167. RW Gillian Kohler
168. C Samuel Bitten
169. C Connor Roberts
170. D Libor Zabransky
171. D Juuso Ketola
172. RW Pavel Rotenberg
173. D Adam Thilander
174. D Michael Kesselring
175. LW Linus Nyman
176. LW Karel Plasek
177. G Jake Kucharski
178. RW German Grachyov
179. LW/C Nikita A. Rozhkov
180. LW Jake Gricius
181. D Merrick Rippon
182. RW Brodi Stuart
183. C Riley Damiani
184. D Marc Del Gaizo
185. D Adam McCormick
186. D Michael Callahan
187. C Paul Cotter
188. RW/C Jack Perbix
189. C Andrej Kukuca
190. C Logan Hutsko
191. D Toni Utunen
192. C/LW Alexander Steeves
193. G Justin Blanchette
194. C Yegor Sharangovich
195. D Joey Keane
196. LW Samuel Salonen
197. D Spencer Stastney
198. D Sean Comrie
199. LW Simon Appleqvist
200. C Matthew Struthers
201. C/LW Emil Oskanen
202. C/LW Justin Almeida
203. C Cedric Desruisseaux
204. D Connor Corcoran
205. D Wyatte Wylie
206. RW/D Nicolas Guay
207. D Max Crozier
208. C Carson Focht
209. RW Nikolai Kovalenko
210. C Mikhail Bitsadze
211. C Brett Kemp
212. C Colin Schmidt
213. RW Jeremi Gerber
214. D Zach Malik
215. LW Samuel Bucek
216. D Gleb Babinstev
217. D Luke Zazula
218. RW/C Patrick Giles
219. RW Liam Kindree
220. RW Pavel Shen
221. C Matthias Laferriere
222. C Eli Zummack
223. C Hunter Holmes
224. RW/C Kristian Reichel
225. LW Jacob Tortora
226. LW Adam Gajarsky
227. D Antoine Crete-Belzile
228. G David Tendeck
229. C Ryan Peckford
230. D Brady Lyle
231. G Jesper Myrenberg
232. LW/RW Severi Lahtinen
233. D Jack Lagerstrom
234. D Radim Salda
235. G Dean McNabb
236. D Vladislav Yeryomenko
237. D Tomas Dajcar
238. C Adam McMaster
239. D Tyler Tucker
240. D Simon Johansson
241. LW Jack Randl
242. D Yegor Samula
243. G Olof Lindblom
244. C Luke Burghardt
245. LW James Malm
246. D Dylan Plouffe
247. RW Martin Pospisil
248. D Tommy Miller
249. G Joel Hofer
250. RW Spencer Moe
251. LW Kaid Oliver
252. C Elijah Brown
253. LW Orca Weisblatt
254. RW Jeremy McKenna
255. C Albert Michnac
256. C Zach Solow
257. D Seth Barton
258. C Tyce Thompson
259. D Martin Bucko
260. LW Matthew MacDougall
261. LW Oliver Okulliar
262. RW Ryan Savage
263. D Justin MacPherson
264. LW/C Peter Gritz
265. RW Thomas Maia
266. C/RW Oliver True
267. D William Ennis
268. G Zach Bouthillier
269. D Peter Stratis
270. LW Jack Gordiak
271. LW Justin Ducharme
272. RW David Madsen
273. D Christian Felton
274. D John Ludvig
275. D John St Ivany
(Thanks to @SniperHF )

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[Dabeast]

Can they be considered April rankings if they get released in March?

 

[clay]

Great list overall. Good work.

 

[Tryamkin]

Can they be considered April rankings if they get released in March?

Yes

 

[Tryamkin]

Great list overall. Good work.

Thanks man!

 

[Dabeast]

zadina should not be #3

(meme pls dont flame)

 

[Paneerboy]

Zadina shouldn't be 3rd

not meme

 

[Kcb12345]

Top 15 has some really high potential players. Not a bad year to miss the playoffs I guess but god I want Svechnikov

 

[Tube Skates]

Very Very nice. to many Rodriques. 145-150.

 

[Tryamkin]

Very Very nice. to many Rodriques. 145-150.

Dang it! Thanks.

 

[NickH8]

This must have taken a lot of time, thanks for providing this kind of content for us to discuss!

I'm curious what you think of Martin Kaut and Joe Veleno
Kaut has a higher ppg than Necas had in his draft year, so I'm wondering why people aren't as high on him.
Since going to Drummondville Veleno has been great. He's an elite skater with elite playmaking abilities, a perfect fit for todays NHL. I personally have him at 12.

 

[Castle8130]

I don't really see how Jared mcisaac would fall all the way to 40, but I could be wrong. Nicely put together list

 

[hawkeerox]

Huuuuuuge list!

I'll comment on some first rounders:

Bouchard at 7? Move him to #5!
I like Kupari and Veleno in the early teens.
You have Merkely in the top 20 - lots of dissenters out there about that choice! Personally I don't know anymore
Mcbain's about right - he'll either go low twenties are early thirties dependin on tournament for U18s
Khovanov I nothing about, but i am reading some good things about him - maybe he'll go earlier than your #30, not sure

Thanks

 

[Apotheosis]

Merkley shouldn't be in the first round.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Pretty sure that Detroit takes Bouchard over Dobson the organization is pretty high on him. The way Kris Draper was sounding.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Strong list! Only real issue I have is I think Veleno is too low.

 

[Castle8130]

@Tryamkin Can you hep me understand why some people have denisenko way over kravtsov and why kravtsov isn't in everyones top 10? I notice that Denisenko is doing mediocre work in the mhl(above average scorer) while Kravtsov has 6 goals and 5 assists in 13 games in the khl playoffs right now.

Personally I haven't ever watched Kravtsov besides a few of his goals, but statistics would say he has elite talent. It's similar to Tarasenko during the 2010 draft. I'm thinking it's because of Denisenko performing at the world juniors and Kravtsov not performing well. What do you think?

a link to one of his amazing goals:

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

@Tryamkin Can you hep me understand why some people have denisenko way over kravtsov and why kravtsov isn't in everyones top 10? I notice that Denisenko is doing mediocre work in the mhl(above average scorer) while Kravtsov has 6 goals and 5 assists in 13 games in the khl playoffs right now.

Personally I haven't ever watched Kravtsov besides a few of his goals, but statistics would say he has elite talent. It's similar to Tarasenko during the 2010 draft. I'm thinking it's because of Denisenko performing at the world juniors and Kravtsov not performing well. What do you think?

a link to one of his amazing goals:

I see you got inspired

 

[Castle8130]

I see you got inspired

I never would have expected him to rise this late in the year. I think he might be what Pettersson was last year.

 

[Zaddy]

Surprised you only have Kaut at #25, I thought you were a fan? I have him at #10 at the moment lol

 

[Dodospice]

Great list, love the work overall! I’m only going to mention Q players in this but I think McIsaac/Groulx/Rodrigue/Fortier are too low and that Zavgorodny/MacDonald/Kurashev/Kotkov are too high.

McIsaac hasn’t had the year we all expected (or at least not what I’ve expected) but I still think he’s a 1st round talent and has potential to be a solid top 4 defence, he’s got some grit to his game, I think he’s better offensively then he gets credit for and while I don’t think he’s a star in the waiting, I think he’s a strong prospect.

Groulx’s offensive game isn’t coming along quite yet but he does the little things and is good defensively, probably is a winger at the next level and doesn’t have huge offensive upside but I think his offence will explode in the next 2 seasons and is a safe bet to be an NHLer, while his upside isn’t huge, his floor as an NHLer is enough for me to have him in round 1.

Rodrigue is all potential, and while he isn’t huge by any means he’s very athletic and I like his upside. Goalies is basically just a dart throw anyways so it’s hard to get upset about any ranking on them, I just think he deserves to be higher. Mostly just a gut feel.

Fortier is on the small side but he’s an absolute water bug on the ice. Is an explosive skater and relentless on the forecheck. Has some offensive capabilities and will be a big time Jr scorer, it probably doesn’t translate to the NHL but with his skating and relentlessness, I see a future NHLer.

Zavgorodny is a real good offensive player but for some reason I just can’t shake the feeling that it never translates to the NHL game, he didn’t have a great year for Rimouski and that’s probably due to the transition to the Q and the style that team plays. He definitely has offensive upside but I don’t like his size/how his game projects.

MacDonald has goal scoring ability but I really worry about the work ethic and ability to translate it to the next level. I expected him to take a greater step this year and isn’t a very strong skater, I think ultimately it ends up holding him back and what appears to be a lack drive will be his undoing as a legit NHL prospect.

Kurashev I’ll be completely honest, I don’t know what it is but I just never watch him and get the sense it’s going to work out for him. He’s a very good play maker, and has great puck skills but he’s just one of those guys that I can’t get behind for whatever reason.

Kotkov is a real big winger, has good offensive skills and isn’t a bad skater. I like him more in the 4th-6th round range, then I do as an early-mid 3rd but at that point a lot of guys are interchangeable anyways.

Great work and love the list, just some nitpicking more than likely on my part, just thought I’d chip in my 2 cents on a few guys in the Q!

 

[Tryamkin]

This must have taken a lot of time, thanks for providing this kind of content for us to discuss!

I'm curious what you think of Martin Kaut and Joe Veleno
Kaut has a higher ppg than Necas had in his draft year, so I'm wondering why people aren't as high on him.
Since going to Drummondville Veleno has been great. He's an elite skater with elite playmaking abilities, a perfect fit for todays NHL. I personally have him at 12.

Kaut is a great player, he’s very good at many aspects of the game and has had a very strong year. Veleno, I’m not a very big fan of which I’ve made somewhat clear over the last 8 months I’ve made lists. His offensive game leaves me wanting more, and isn’t really a goal scorer.

 

[Tryamkin]

I don't really see how Jared mcisaac would fall all the way to 40, but I could be wrong. Nicely put together list

For sure, 40 is quite a harsh drop, I agree. I’ve been a little hard on him, and he’ll be a good fit for an NHL team, as he’s almost guaranteed to fit in very soon. It’s his playstyle and potential that throws me off.

 

[Tryamkin]

Huuuuuuge list!

I'll comment on some first rounders:

Bouchard at 7? Move him to #5!
I like Kupari and Veleno in the early teens.
You have Merkely in the top 20 - lots of dissenters out there about that choice! Personally I don't know anymore
Mcbain's about right - he'll either go low twenties are early thirties dependin on tournament for U18s
Khovanov I nothing about, but i am reading some good things about him - maybe he'll go earlier than your #30, not sure

Thanks

I really like Bouchard, although Hughes has really stepped up in the NCAA playoffs, so he deserved a small boost in rankings in my opinion. I like how every defenseman in this chunk of second tier players has their own MO; Hughes is the high end offensive defenseman PP guy, Boqvist is a great offensive defenseman with some defense thrown in, Dobson is the safe two way guy, Smith is more defensive, and Bouchard is the great skater with good offense.

Kupari was someone I was very high on. He had a dissapointing year for me, as I expected a breakthrough, he ended up playing on the wing for most of the year.

As explained above, Veleno is a safe pick, but not someone I would take near the top 10 personally, I feel he will be the Michael Rasmussen type pick this year who gets reached higher than people think he should be taken.

I feel like a broken record with my Merkley explanation, but my expectation is that he can really smarten up not only defensively, but as a mature adult with the help of professional coaching and trained guiding hands. He’s the 2nd best offensive defenseman in this draft in my opinion behind Dahlin, and he’s not even very far behind if you ask me. He has a high potential if he figures out his defense.

I’m not necessarily a McBain fan, but he’s going to be a good middle 6 center, which is still worthy of taking in the 1st round, a reliable two way guy.

People have been trashing Khovanov as of late for how he’s played since coming back from Mono. He has top 10 skill for sure, but the one area of concern is his skating, which I hope can be fixed. I think he rushed back into games quickly to try to get scouts to notice him again, after all its happened to other players injured in their draft year, it’s really not a good position to be in.

 

[Tryamkin]

Merkley shouldn't be in the first round.

I explained above, but I think Merkley is someone who’s easy to label as a “bust” without reading too much into it. I have faith that he can turn it around.