2005 Top 30

[TopGun12]

1) Sidney Crosby
2) Gilbert Brule
3) Jack Johnson
4) Guillaume Latendresse
5) Dan Bertram
6) Niklas Bergfors
7) Marek Zagrapan
8) Bobby Ryan
9) Ryan O'Marra
10) Carey Price
11) Jakub Kindl
12) Chris Durand
13) Tuukka Rask
14) Beniot Pouliot
15) Marc Staal
16) Anze Kopitar
17) Devin Setoguchi
18) Teemu Laakso
19) Alexandre Vincent
20) Andrew Cogliano
21) J.P. Paquet
22) J.P. Lavasseur
23) Matt Lashoff
24) Vitali Anikeenko
25) Alex Bourret
26) Daniel Ryder
27) Ryan Mior
28) Ilya Zubov
29) T.J. Hensick
30) Christoph Gawlick

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[Boondock Saint]

Does anyone truly believe that Hensick is a first round pick??

Seems to me there is little chance of him going in the first round.

Like some of your other draft positions.....

 

[Anthony Mauro]

Its just MO, but I would take out Mior, Gawlick, Hensick, Levasseur, and Paquet.

I would put in Blunden, Madsen, McNeill, Skille, and Trukhno.

Bump up Bourret, Setoguchi.

Bump down Kindl, Cogliano, Lashoff(Primarily bc he has played only one game)

Other than that 25 of your 30 were also in my top 30. Nice work.

 

[Hab Fan]

Looks really good. Many scouts seem to agree.

 

[Hab Fan]

Looks really good. Many scouts seem to agree.

I want to add a sleeper to the draft, Jason Bailey. This is a good character kid that plays with incredible passion, heaert and desire. Underated player that can really skate. Better than average hands and TOUGH!.

 

[X-SHARKIE]

I want to add a sleeper to the draft, Jason Bailey. This is a good character kid that plays with incredible passion, heaert and desire. Underated player that can really skate. Better than average hands and TOUGH!.

Only seen him once but I agree 100% and I have him going in the 2nd round.

Here is my top 75.


1. F Sidney Crosby QMJHL 5-10 185
2. F Gilbert Brule WHL 5-11 190
3. D Jack Johnson USNTDP 6-1 200
4. F Guillaume Latendresse QMJHL 6-2 215
5. F Benoit Pouliot OHL 6-2 200
6 D Jakub Kindl OHL 6-3 190
7 F Daniel Bertram NCAA 5-11 178
8. F Ryan O'Marra OHL 6-3 190
9 F Bobby Ryan OHL 6-3 215
10. F Alex Bourret QMJHL 6-1 180
11. F Marek Zagrapan QMJHL 6-0 180
12. G Tuukka Rask FIN 6-1 170
13. F Chris Durrand WHL 6-1 185
14. G J.P. Levasseur QMJHL 6-2 180
15. F Niklas Berfgors SWE 6-0 195
16. D J.P. Paquet QMJHL 6-2 205
17. G Carey Price WHL 6-3 210
18. D Teemu Laakso FIN 6-0 180
19. F Devin Setoguchi WHL 6-0 180
20. G Alexandre Vincent QMJHL 6-4 210
21. D Ryan Parent OHL 6-2 195
22. D Luc Bourdon QMJHL 6-2 195
23. D Marc Staal OHL 6-3 190
24 D Matt Lashoff OHL 6-2 200
25 F Michael Blunden OHL 6-3 208
26 F Anze Kopitar SLV 6-2 200
27 F Jack Skille USA 6-0 200
28 F Ilya Zubov RUS 6-1 180
29. F Ryan Stoa USA 6-3 200
30 F Patrick Davis OHL 6-2 195
31 D Vitaly Anikeenko RUS 6-3 200
32 F Andrew Cogliano OPJRA 5-10 170
33 D Jakub Vojta CZE 6-0 180
34 F Christoph Gawlick GER 5-11 175
35 D Patrick McNeil OHL 6-0 180
36 D Ray Macias WHL 6-2 190
37 F T.J. Hensick NCAA 5-10 180
38 D Brendan Mikkelson WHL 6-2 190
39. D Andrew Andricopoulos QMJHL 6-1 185
40. F Gennady Churilov QMJHL 6-1 180
41. G Ryan Mior QMJHL 6-1 185
42. F Martin Hanzal CZE 6-3 200
43. D Risto Korhonen FIN 6-3 200
44. F Vladimir Sobotka CZE 5-10 185
45. F Nick Drazenovic WHL 6-0 190
46. F Brock Bradford USHL 5-10 170
47. F Denis Istomin RUS 5-10 190
48. D Scott Jackson WHL 6-4 200
49. D Tomas Kudelka CZE 6-1 180
50. D Andrei Zubarev RUS 6-1 180
51. F Mikko Lehtonen FIN 6-2 190
52. F Mathieu Roy QMJHL 6-0 190
53. F Egor Zharkov QMJHL 6-3 200
54. F Slava Trukhno QMJHL 6-1 185
55. D Taylor Chourney SHA 5-11 180
56. D Dustin Kohn WHL 6-0 190
57. F Jason Bailey USA 6-2 200
58. F Dan Collins OHL 6-2 200
59. D Brian Lee USHS 6-2 190
60. D Tomas Kudelka CZE 6-2 190
61. F Cody Bass OHL 6-0 190
62. F Daniel Ryder OHL 5-11 186
63. D Devereaux Heshmatpour OHL 6-6
64. D Mike Stuart USA 6-5 220
65. F Justin Saulnier QMJHL 5-10 180
66. F Sergei Kostitsyn BEL 5-10 170
67. D Brett Motherwell USHL 5-11 185
68. D Steve Birnstill NCAA 6-1 190
69. D Vyacheslav Buravchikov RUS 6-0 185
70. D Mike Gauthier WHL 6-4 190
71. F Tom Fritsche USA 5-11 185
72. D Keith Yandle NCAA 6-2 190
73. D Phil Oreskovich OHL 6-3 220
74. F Chris Lawrence OHL 6-4 180

 

[Anthony Mauro]

X-Sharkie

Make it top 75 and slide Evan Brophey of Belleville in there. He's putting up great stats and is a big guy. Shimmy in Morten Madsen also. Thoughts on Cal O'Reilly and Matt D'Agostini? lol, Tom Gorowsky and Paul Statsny who opted out last year. Oh, Tom Pyatt and MA Gragnani. JK just giving some guys to make a top 85.

What do you think of F-Dom Maiani of Ohio State(NCAA) and D-Sasha Pokulok of Cornell(NCAA)?

 

[X-SHARKIE]

Make it top 75 and slide Evan Brophey of Belleville in there. He's putting up great stats and is a big guy. Shimmy in Morten Madsen also. Thoughts on Cal O'Reilly and Matt D'Agostini? lol, Tom Gorowsky and Paul Statsny who opted out last year. Oh, Tom Pyatt and MA Gragnani. JK just giving some guys to make a top 85.

What do you think of F-Dom Maiani of Ohio State(NCAA) and D-Sasha Pokulok of Cornell(NCAA)?

Yeah my friend Urged me to put in Madsen but that was late in the list and I figured I would go with a guy i've seen before like Lawrence. God I saw Ohio State earlier this year and really liked Fritsche but I didn't ntoice Dom Maiani .... never seen Cornell play....

Paul Statsny I can help you with though Saw him in the USHL all star game last year and twice live this year vs Wisconsin. He has alot of speed, and great hands, really like his shot, but he seems one step behind at this moment and alot of it is just projection. He has the tools but he looks like a true freshman out there this year and looks like it well take him a couple years to truley take control of the NCAA game.
Not saying that's really bad, but he doesn't look like a 2nd round talent I thought he was last year....but it was only two games... mabey a third rounder?

 

[Sticky*]

Tommy Pyatt will be a good 2nd or 3rd round pick. He really, really reminds me of Justin Williams. One of the friggin smartest players in the OHL.

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Sharky I'm not too sure where you're getting those heights/weights from, but I can tell you that Brule is 5'1'' 180 and Crosby is 5'10'' 192.

 

[montreal]

Make it top 75 and slide Evan Brophey of Belleville in there. He's putting up great stats and is a big guy. Shimmy in Morten Madsen also. Thoughts on Cal O'Reilly and Matt D'Agostini? lol, Tom Gorowsky and Paul Statsny who opted out last year. Oh, Tom Pyatt and MA Gragnani. JK just giving some guys to make a top 85.

What do you think of F-Dom Maiani of Ohio State(NCAA) and D-Sasha Pokulok of Cornell(NCAA)?

Pokulok should get drafted this time around, he's playing on the top pairing with Charile Cook and in 2 games has done well from what I've heard. Cornell does offer all of their games on webcast for 5 bucks a game. I will get to see Cornell 2-3 times this year and I follow the team closely as fan of the big red.

Another guy I'd add is Steve Birnstill, who looked impressive last year, solid all round defensemen, imo. Havent' seen him yet this year though. I have seen Paul Statsny twice so far, and while I really liked what I saw from him in one game in the USHL, I wasn't overly impressed with him so far at DU. Still think very highly of him though.

 

[X-SHARKIE]

Pokulok should get drafted this time around, he's playing on the top pairing with Charile Cook and in 2 games has done well from what I've heard. Cornell does offer all of their games on webcast for 5 bucks a game. I will get to see Cornell 2-3 times this year and I follow the team closely as fan of the big red.

Another guy I'd add is Steve Birnstill, who looked impressive last year, solid all round defensemen, imo. Havent' seen him yet this year though. I have seen Paul Statsny twice so far, and while I really liked what I saw from him in one game in the USHL, I wasn't overly impressed with him so far at DU. Still think very highly of him though.

Got him, 68. D Steve Birnstill NCAA 6-1 190

 

[cvandenberg]

ryan wilson, st. Mike's

It amazes me that you guys overlook Ryan Wilson. The guy is a tough defensemen who is an average skater and has great size. He put up good stats last season (better than Staal), this season and played well for the U-18 team this summer. It is pretty tough to rate Parent ahead of him at this point. Also it is good to see that veryone is jumping on the Alexandre Vincent and Carey Price bandwagon now after slamming me for projecting them so high last year. IIn Price's case I think that you have to put a season of work ahead of one tournament (the U-17s). Also, I got slammed for ranking Bourret and Aubin (father's an ex-NHLer) of Lewiston so high last year when they had some of the best stats for 05 eligibles in the CHL. I think Blair Jones is the next sleeper to rise up the charts. He and Wilson are ones to watch.

 

[mattihp]

1) Sidney Crosby
2) Gilbert Brule
3) Jack Johnson
4) Guillaume Latendresse
5) Dan Bertram
6) Niklas Bergfors
7) Marek Zagrapan
8) Bobby Ryan
9) Ryan O'Marra
10) Carey Price
11) Jakub Kindl
12) Chris Durand
13) Tuukka Rask
14) Beniot Pouliot
15) Marc Staal
16) Anze Kopitar
17) Devin Setoguchi
18) Teemu Laakso
19) Alexandre Vincent
20) Andrew Cogliano
21) J.P. Paquet
22) J.P. Lavasseur
23) Matt Lashoff
24) Vitali Anikeenko
25) Alex Bourret
26) Daniel Ryder
27) Ryan Mior
28) Ilya Zubov
29) T.J. Hensick
30) Christoph Gawlick

Too high: Niklas Bergfors, Marek Zagrapan, Devin Setoguchi, Anze Kopitar

Too low: Tuukka Rask, Vitali Ankeenko, Bobby Ryan

 

[Dr.Sens(e)]

It amazes me that you guys overlook Ryan Wilson. The guy is a tough defensemen who is an average skater and has great size. He put up good stats last season (better than Staal), this season and played well for the U-18 team this summer. It is pretty tough to rate Parent ahead of him at this point. Also it is good to see that veryone is jumping on the Alexandre Vincent and Carey Price bandwagon now after slamming me for projecting them so high last year. IIn Price's case I think that you have to put a season of work ahead of one tournament (the U-17s). Also, I got slammed for ranking Bourret and Aubin (father's an ex-NHLer) of Lewiston so high last year when they had some of the best stats for 05 eligibles in the CHL. I think Blair Jones is the next sleeper to rise up the charts. He and Wilson are ones to watch.

Obviously it's only their OHL scouts opinion, but McKeens has Wilson in the Free Falling category given his lack of improvement in his skating, which they feel will really hold him back. They see him as dependable, but project him as a more of a career minor leaguer unless his skating improves. They dropped him based on the fact it hasn't improved over the last year. They also label him 'chronoically plain'. He is now #91 in their top 100 (was #49 in their first ranking).

Jones moved up to #66 after not cracking the initial top 75.

 

[highstickingyerface]

Zharkov took his russian soccer ball and went home

will this hurt his draft position?

 

[X-SHARKIE]

Zharkov took his russian soccer ball and went home

will this hurt his draft position?

I think that is definitley going to hurt his stock.

 

[CH Wizard]

Only seen him once but I agree 100% and I have him going in the 2nd round.

Here is my top 75.


1. F Sidney Crosby QMJHL 5-10 185
2. F Gilbert Brule WHL 5-11 190
3. D Jack Johnson USNTDP 6-1 200
4. F Guillaume Latendresse QMJHL 6-2 215
5. F Benoit Pouliot OHL 6-2 200
6 D Jakub Kindl OHL 6-3 190
7 F Daniel Bertram NCAA 5-11 178
8. F Ryan O'Marra OHL 6-3 190
9 F Bobby Ryan OHL 6-3 215
10. F Alex Bourret QMJHL 6-1 180
11. F Marek Zagrapan QMJHL 6-0 180
12. G Tuukka Rask FIN 6-1 170
13. F Chris Durrand WHL 6-1 185
14. G J.P. Levasseur QMJHL 6-2 180
15. F Niklas Berfgors SWE 6-0 195
16. D J.P. Paquet QMJHL 6-2 205
17. G Carey Price WHL 6-3 210
18. D Teemu Laakso FIN 6-0 180
19. F Devin Setoguchi WHL 6-0 180
20. G Alexandre Vincent QMJHL 6-4 210
21. D Ryan Parent OHL 6-2 195
22. D Luc Bourdon QMJHL 6-2 195
23. D Marc Staal OHL 6-3 190
24 D Matt Lashoff OHL 6-2 200
25 F Michael Blunden OHL 6-3 208
26 F Anze Kopitar SLV 6-2 200
27 F Jack Skille USA 6-0 200
28 F Ilya Zubov RUS 6-1 180
29. F Ryan Stoa USA 6-3 200
30 F Patrick Davis OHL 6-2 195
31 D Vitaly Anikeenko RUS 6-3 200
32 F Andrew Cogliano OPJRA 5-10 170
33 D Jakub Vojta CZE 6-0 180
34 F Christoph Gawlick GER 5-11 175
35 D Patrick McNeil OHL 6-0 180
36 D Ray Macias WHL 6-2 190
37 F T.J. Hensick NCAA 5-10 180
38 D Brendan Mikkelson WHL 6-2 190
39. D Andrew Andricopoulos QMJHL 6-1 185
40. F Gennady Churilov QMJHL 6-1 180
41. G Ryan Mior QMJHL 6-1 185
42. F Martin Hanzal CZE 6-3 200
43. D Risto Korhonen FIN 6-3 200
44. F Vladimir Sobotka CZE 5-10 185
45. F Nick Drazenovic WHL 6-0 190
46. F Brock Bradford USHL 5-10 170
47. F Denis Istomin RUS 5-10 190
48. D Scott Jackson WHL 6-4 200
49. D Tomas Kudelka CZE 6-1 180
50. D Andrei Zubarev RUS 6-1 180
51. F Mikko Lehtonen FIN 6-2 190
52. F Mathieu Roy QMJHL 6-0 190
53. F Egor Zharkov QMJHL 6-3 200
54. F Slava Trukhno QMJHL 6-1 185
55. D Taylor Chourney SHA 5-11 180
56. D Dustin Kohn WHL 6-0 190
57. F Jason Bailey USA 6-2 200
58. F Dan Collins OHL 6-2 200
59. D Brian Lee USHS 6-2 190
60. D Tomas Kudelka CZE 6-2 190
61. F Cody Bass OHL 6-0 190
62. F Daniel Ryder OHL 5-11 186
63. D Devereaux Heshmatpour OHL 6-6
64. D Mike Stuart USA 6-5 220
65. F Justin Saulnier QMJHL 5-10 180
66. F Sergei Kostitsyn BEL 5-10 170
67. D Brett Motherwell USHL 5-11 185
68. D Steve Birnstill NCAA 6-1 190
69. D Vyacheslav Buravchikov RUS 6-0 185
70. D Mike Gauthier WHL 6-4 190
71. F Tom Fritsche USA 5-11 185
72. D Keith Yandle NCAA 6-2 190
73. D Phil Oreskovich OHL 6-3 220
74. F Chris Lawrence OHL 6-4 180

I love your ranking.

 

[X-SHARKIE]

I love your ranking.

Hey thanks, I appreciate it.

 

[f1nn]

not alot of love for Tuukka Rask eh?

 

[Form and Substance]

I love your ranking.

It was a good ranking but whoa! Ryder at 62, no way! What is the matter with you are you sick are you sick?!? I'm gonna kill all your mothers!

 

[X-SHARKIE]

It was a good ranking but whoa! Ryder at 62, no way! What is the matter with you are you sick are you sick?!? I'm gonna kill all your mothers!

Going on ear from a friend who say the U-18 camp this summer.

I have Rask as the #1 Goalie...What more do you want ?

 

[leafaholix*]

No specific order, there are 27... I think we'll see a couple current no names sneak in there...

F Sidney Crosby
F Gilbert Brule
D Jack Johnson
F Nicklas Bergfors
F Ryan O'Marra
F Guillaume Letandresse
F Marek Zagrapan
F Dan Bertram
F Andrew Cogliano
D Marc Staal
F Benoit Pouilot
F Devin Setoguchi
F Bobby Ryan
G Alexandre Vincent
F Brock Bradford
F Anze Kopitar
F Tom Fritsche
F Chris Durand
G J.P. Levasseur
F Ilja Zubov
G Tuuka Rask
D Anton Belov
F Daniel Ryder
D Vitaly Anikeenko
F Vladimir Sobotka
F Fredrik Pettersson
F Alex Bourret

 

[LHJMQFAN]

I think you should consider M-A Gragnani in the first 75 even if he should pick up his physical game. The kid is still young and growing he is getting better by the game. Had a terrific game on monday against Rimouski. Very defensive, some big rushes offensively. According to some scouts if he keeps improving he will make third round or even better.

 

[Newfie Bruin]

#62. Daniel Ryder

Where's da love my newfie friend.