Upside Hockey's 2024 NHL Draft Rankings: Spring Edition With Bonus: NHL Central Scouting's Final Rankings Combined

[UpsideHockey]

"This is our April update to our patented quintessential spreadsheet format, composed by the incomparable Chief of Scouting, E-Mac. Check out the many tabs/sheets (subjects along the bottom) of this spreadsheet. There are too many cool features to list; explore yourself! We now have in depth scouting profiles from our scout Sandman linked within the rankings spreadsheet under the second column "UH" - simply click on that to be taken to that respective profile.

For this edition, you will notice additional tab NHL-CS, which is our Chief Scout E-Mac's exclusive combining of NHL Central Scouting's normally segregated Final Rankings."

415 prospects included! Yah, safe to say it's the most comprehensive free NHL draft resource on the planet.
Let us know if you a similar tool to match up against it.

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[Czechboy]

Would love to see a CZE tab! Other is just upsetting.lol

 

[Castle8130]

Really good stuff. I see the draft shaking out very similarly to how the emac ranked these players.

 

[spikethedog]

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Would love to see a CZE tab! Other is just upsetting.lol

Yes, the Czech prospects are spread throughout so many leagues so I can see how it can be frustrating to follow them all. I will include a Czechia tab in my final rankings but for now the following will have to do.

E-Mac​	NHL​	Name​	68G Eq​	Ht​	Wt​	S​	Team​
20​	17​	Jiricek, Adam​	4​	6’2​	182​	R​	HC Plzeň CZE1​
27​	45​	Badinka, Dominik​	52​	6’3​	183​	R​	Malmö SWE J20​
69​	30​	Jecho, Adam​	59​	6’5​	197​	R​	Edmonton WHL​
102​	105​	Holinka, Miroslav​	96​	6’1​	185​	R​	HC Oc. Trinec CZE U20​
115​	82​	Kos, Ondrej​	24​	6’2​	167​	L​	KOOVEE FIN 2​
130​	112​	Galvas, Tomas​	55​	5’10​	148​	L​	HC Olomouc CZE U20​
142​	127​	Sikora, Petr​	91​	5’11​	172​	L​	HC Oc. Trinec CZE U20​
152​	89​	Curran, Max​	54​	6’2​	179​	L​	Tri-City WHL​
166​	121​	Melovsky, M. ​	77​	6’2​	190​	R​	Baie-Comeau QMJHL​
183​	113​	Matecha, Lukas​	.901​	6’3​	196​	L​	Tri-City WHL​
188​	NR​	Spunar, Jan​	.913​	6’3​	185​	L​	Portland WHL​
205​	323​	Kavan, Jan​	.931​	6’1​	176​	R​	HC Kometa Brno CZE 1​
WL​	207​	Danicek, Marek​	65​	5’8​	154​	R​	HC Sp. Praha CZE U20​
WL​	289​	Drancak, Samuel​	33​	5’11​	185​	L​	Red Deer WHL​
WL​	324​	Glos, Vincent​	14​	6’2​	190​	L​	HC Vítkovice CZE U20​
WL​	228​	Hradec, Vojtech​	74​	6’4​	202​	L​	BK Ml. Boleslav CZE U20​
WL​	NR​	Kubiesa, Matej​	17​	5’11​	171​	R​	Prince Albert WHL​
WL​	316​	Man, Matyas​	15​	6’3​	187​	L​	HC Vítkovice CZE U20​
WL​	301​	Marik, Matyas​	.920​	6’2​	181​	L​	HC MC Budějovice CZE U20​
WL​	281​	Mastalirsky, M.​	83​	6’1​	172​	L​	HC Litvínov CZE U20​
WL​	G18​	Milota, Jakub​	.905​	6’0​	170​	L​	Cape Breton QMJHL​
WL​	236​	Svozil, David​	17​	6’2​	172​	L​	Ilves FIN U20​
WL​	NR​	Titlbach, Adam​	31​	5’8​	164​	L​	Vancouver WHL​

 

[Czechboy]

Yes, the Czech prospects are spread throughout so many leagues so I can see how it can be frustrating to follow them all. I will include a Czechia tab in my final rankings but for now the following will have to do.

E-Mac​	NHL​	Name​	68G Eq​	Ht​	Wt​	S​	Team​
20​	17​	Jiricek, Adam​	4​	6’2​	182​	R​	HC Plzeň CZE1​
27​	45​	Badinka, Dominik​	52​	6’3​	183​	R​	Malmö SWE J20​
69​	30​	Jecho, Adam​	59​	6’5​	197​	R​	Edmonton WHL​
102​	105​	Holinka, Miroslav​	96​	6’1​	185​	R​	HC Oc. Trinec CZE U20​
115​	82​	Kos, Ondrej​	24​	6’2​	167​	L​	KOOVEE FIN 2​
130​	112​	Galvas, Tomas​	55​	5’10​	148​	L​	HC Olomouc CZE U20​
142​	127​	Sikora, Petr​	91​	5’11​	172​	L​	HC Oc. Trinec CZE U20​
152​	89​	Curran, Max​	54​	6’2​	179​	L​	Tri-City WHL​
166​	121​	Melovsky, M. ​	77​	6’2​	190​	R​	Baie-Comeau QMJHL​
183​	113​	Matecha, Lukas​	.901​	6’3​	196​	L​	Tri-City WHL​
188​	NR​	Spunar, Jan​	.913​	6’3​	185​	L​	Portland WHL​
205​	323​	Kavan, Jan​	.931​	6’1​	176​	R​	HC Kometa Brno CZE 1​
WL​	207​	Danicek, Marek​	65​	5’8​	154​	R​	HC Sp. Praha CZE U20​
WL​	289​	Drancak, Samuel​	33​	5’11​	185​	L​	Red Deer WHL​
WL​	324​	Glos, Vincent​	14​	6’2​	190​	L​	HC Vítkovice CZE U20​
WL​	228​	Hradec, Vojtech​	74​	6’4​	202​	L​	BK Ml. Boleslav CZE U20​
WL​	NR​	Kubiesa, Matej​	17​	5’11​	171​	R​	Prince Albert WHL​
WL​	316​	Man, Matyas​	15​	6’3​	187​	L​	HC Vítkovice CZE U20​
WL​	301​	Marik, Matyas​	.920​	6’2​	181​	L​	HC MC Budějovice CZE U20​
WL​	281​	Mastalirsky, M.​	83​	6’1​	172​	L​	HC Litvínov CZE U20​
WL​	G18​	Milota, Jakub​	.905​	6’0​	170​	L​	Cape Breton QMJHL​
WL​	236​	Svozil, David​	17​	6’2​	172​	L​	Ilves FIN U20​
WL​	NR​	Titlbach, Adam​	31​	5’8​	164​	L​	Vancouver WHL​

Thanks for that! Like the list... Czechs are all over the place and not much consensus. Suprised that Milota and Smozil didn't get a little higher. Galvas seemed low to me (but he is all over the place). No Becher is very surprising. Happy to see Holinka so high. 2 Czech D in round 1 would be a dream. Nice to see Kavan.. I think he'll be a sleeper!

 

[spikethedog]

Thanks for that! Like the list... Czechs are all over the place and not much consensus. Suprised that Milota and Smozil didn't get a little higher. Galvas seemed low to me (but he is all over the place). No Becher is very surprising. Happy to see Holinka so high. 2 Czech D in round 1 would be a dream. Nice to see Kavan.. I think he'll be a sleeper!

My bad, somehow I missed Becher on my list, I have him at 145 and Central Scouting has him at 104.

Thanks for that! Like the list... Czechs are all over the place and not much consensus. Suprised that Milota and Smozil didn't get a little higher. Galvas seemed low to me (but he is all over the place). No Becher is very surprising. Happy to see Holinka so high. 2 Czech D in round 1 would be a dream. Nice to see Kavan.. I think he'll be a sleeper!

I will have to tell you my Czech story. The fall before last, the family went to watch a woman’s professional hockey game featuring Marie-Philippe Poulin and Hilary Knight. However, the real reason everybody went to watch the game was to see my brother’s girl friend’s daughter, Justine Todd, who has also worked the Olympics and the IIHF Woman’s World Championship as a linesman. After the game, the family including Justine went out to a restaurant for supper and the odd tipple. During the meal, I learned that the couple sitting beside me, my brother’s G/F’s daughter and son-in-law, were flying out the next morning to Prague to be artificially inseminated as they were having trouble conceiving. Any ways, the process worked because the following July two (yes, twins) beautiful young Czech girls were born. Around Christmas, the mother decided to take the twins to see Santa Claus. Unfortunately, Santa Claus gave them a gift that I will never forget, COVID. The mother took them from seeing Santa home unsuspecting of the COVID. The next day, my brother’s G/F came to babysit them. The next day she returned home and we all went to a Christmas Church Supper. Two days later my brother phoned to tell me that he and his G/F and his daughter also had the COVID. The next day I had it. I always thought that Santa Claus fellow was rather shady.

 

[UpsideHockey]

Appreciate anyone letting us know any findings/thoughts/corrections/analysis - this mega super spreadsheet is an E-Mac labour of love and nearly impossible to have it 1000% accurate, but, man, is it ever finely tuned and dialed in, if I do say so as Upside Hockey's Chief Exploration Officer.

Enjoy, friends and keep the input coming!

 

[Pan]

I was there just to find some Belarusians and was surprised to find that Moysevich is Russian and Protas is from Belgium.

 

[Pan]

Would love to know your opinion on Yegor Borikov, 2005. He's not even in the watch list despite of being a full time KHLer in his D+1 year.

 

[Sticktape]

Keep up the good work Upside team. This is good stuff.

 

[alko]

5 Slovak players. More that i expected.

 

[spikethedog]

I was there just to find some Belarusians and was surprised to find that Moysevich is Russian and Protas is from Belgium.

Sorry about that, changed them both to BLR for the final rankings. Thanks for pointing that out. Like most North Americans I am not very familiar with Belarus as a country. My only exposure has been watching Bald and Bankrupt's travelogs.

Would love to know your opinion on Yegor Borikov, 2005. He's not even in the watch list despite of being a full time KHLer in his D+1 year.

Yeah, I'd love to know my opinion too as I don't recall seeing him.

 

[UpsideHockey]

Keep up the good work Upside team. This is good stuff.

Woah, thanks so much! It's truly a labour of love since we give it all away for free haha.

 

[UpsideHockey]

ICYMI - On the bottom of our mammoth mega spreadsheet, if you click on the second tab, you get E-Mac's patent pending combined NHL Central Scouting's rankings. He's been doing this for years and has his methods ; )

Just another way to view and digest the rankings.
(There are tons of other tabs if you haven't explored)

Please enjoy.

 

[UpsideHockey]

Yes, the Czech prospects are spread throughout so many leagues so I can see how it can be frustrating to follow them all. I will include a Czechia tab in my final rankings but for now the following will have to do.

E-Mac​	NHL​	Name​	68G Eq​	Ht​	Wt​	S​	Team​
20​	17​	Jiricek, Adam​	4​	6’2​	182​	R​	HC Plzeň CZE1​
27​	45​	Badinka, Dominik​	52​	6’3​	183​	R​	Malmö SWE J20​
69​	30​	Jecho, Adam​	59​	6’5​	197​	R​	Edmonton WHL​
102​	105​	Holinka, Miroslav​	96​	6’1​	185​	R​	HC Oc. Trinec CZE U20​
115​	82​	Kos, Ondrej​	24​	6’2​	167​	L​	KOOVEE FIN 2​
130​	112​	Galvas, Tomas​	55​	5’10​	148​	L​	HC Olomouc CZE U20​
142​	127​	Sikora, Petr​	91​	5’11​	172​	L​	HC Oc. Trinec CZE U20​
152​	89​	Curran, Max​	54​	6’2​	179​	L​	Tri-City WHL​
166​	121​	Melovsky, M. ​	77​	6’2​	190​	R​	Baie-Comeau QMJHL​
183​	113​	Matecha, Lukas​	.901​	6’3​	196​	L​	Tri-City WHL​
188​	NR​	Spunar, Jan​	.913​	6’3​	185​	L​	Portland WHL​
205​	323​	Kavan, Jan​	.931​	6’1​	176​	R​	HC Kometa Brno CZE 1​
WL​	207​	Danicek, Marek​	65​	5’8​	154​	R​	HC Sp. Praha CZE U20​
WL​	289​	Drancak, Samuel​	33​	5’11​	185​	L​	Red Deer WHL​
WL​	324​	Glos, Vincent​	14​	6’2​	190​	L​	HC Vítkovice CZE U20​
WL​	228​	Hradec, Vojtech​	74​	6’4​	202​	L​	BK Ml. Boleslav CZE U20​
WL​	NR​	Kubiesa, Matej​	17​	5’11​	171​	R​	Prince Albert WHL​
WL​	316​	Man, Matyas​	15​	6’3​	187​	L​	HC Vítkovice CZE U20​
WL​	301​	Marik, Matyas​	.920​	6’2​	181​	L​	HC MC Budějovice CZE U20​
WL​	281​	Mastalirsky, M.​	83​	6’1​	172​	L​	HC Litvínov CZE U20​
WL​	G18​	Milota, Jakub​	.905​	6’0​	170​	L​	Cape Breton QMJHL​
WL​	236​	Svozil, David​	17​	6’2​	172​	L​	Ilves FIN U20​
WL​	NR​	Titlbach, Adam​	31​	5’8​	164​	L​	Vancouver WHL​

E-Mac delivers!