Here we go again. Last minute as always. Here is my Top-50 for this year's draft + 10 Honorable Mention: # NAME TEAM 1 P. Laine, RW Tappara, SM-liiga 2 A. Matthews, C Zurich, Swi. 3 J. Puljujarvi, RW Karpat, SM-liiga 4 T. Jost, C Penticton, BCHL 5 M. Tkachuk, LW London, OHL 6 M. Sergachev, LD Windsor, OHL 7 D. Fabbro, RD Penticton, BCHL 8 O. Juolevi, LD London, OHL 9 P-L Dubois, LW Cape Breton, QMJHL 10 C. Keller, C US NTDP, USHL 11 L. Brown, C Windsor, OHL 12 G. Rubtsov, C Russia JR. 13 B. Howden, C Moose Jaw, WHL 14 J. Gauthier, RW Val d'Or, QMJHL 15 W. Bitten, C/RW Flint, OHL 16 A. Nylander, RW Mississauga, OHL 17 M. McLeod, C Mississauga, OHL 18 L. Kunin, C Wisconsin, NCAA 19 R. Asplund, C Farjestad, Swe. 20 R. Lindgren, LD US NTDP, USHL 21 C. McAvoy, RD Boston Univ., HE 22 V. Abramov, RW Gatineau, QMJHL 23 J. Kyrou, RW Sarnia, OHL 24 J. Bean, LD Calgary, WHL 25 L. Stanley, LD Windsor, OHL 26 K. Clague, LD Brandon, WHL 27 P. Laberge, C Victoriaville, QMJHL 28 E. Fitzpatrick, G Sherbrooke, QMJHL 29 S. Girard, LD Shawinigan, QMJHL 30 J. Chychrun, LD Sarnia, OHL 31 K. Bellows, LW US NTDP, USHL 32 C. Grundstrom, LW Modo, Swe. 33 M. Jones, LW London, OHL 34 D. Cholowski, LD Chilliwack, BCHL 35 A. Fox, D US NTDP, USHL 36 N. Gregor, C Moose Jaw, WHL 37 J. Kuokkanen, C Karpat, SM-liiga 38 C. Krys, LD US NTDP, USHL 39 T. Benson, LW Vancouver, WHL 40 L. Hajek, LD Saskatoon, WHL 41 L. Johansen, LD Kelowna, WHL 42 L. Green, RD Saint John, QMJHL 43 C. Morrison, LW Youngstown, USHL 44 F. Gustavsson, G Lulea, Swe. 45 M. Niemelainen, LD Saginaw, OHL 46 B. Malenstyn, C Calgary, WHL 47 N. Bastian, RW Mississauga, OHL 48 C. Dineen, D Brampton, OHL 49 B. Katchouk, LW Sault Ste-Marie, OHL 50 A. Debrincat, RW Erie, OHL HM J. Cederholm, RD HV71, Swe. HM T. Raddysh, RW Erie, OHL HM T. Thompson, RW Connecticut, HE HM C. Hall, LD Kitchener, OHL HM J. Woll, G US NTDP, USHL HM S. Day, LD Mississauga, OHL HM R. Tufte, LW Fargo, USHL HM C. Hart, G Everett, WHL HM A. Mascherin, LW Kitchener, OHL HM L. Stadler, LD Zug, SWISS. Players in BOLD/BLUE denotes Darkhorse/Favourite. Sorry, I wasn't able to post a decent table...don't remember how.
Yeah, I wish I could have gotten it done sooner but I got swamped with extra projects last week. Seems to happen every year....so frustrating. Anyways, the only way that I can see the Avs can screw this up is if they pick frikkin' Chychrun or Nylander. Apart from that, by my view, they're getting a real good player at #10.
Always love reading your rankings - you have a great track record with risers/fallers. I totally agree with Jost being better than people realize but wouldn't have had him quite that high - now that we've drafted him I sure hope your call is better than mine. Also totally agree on Rubtsov - Flyers got a steal with him at 22. I would have even happily taken him at 10. I think Laine is better than Matthews as well but the positional difference is difficult to overcome for a franchise when building in the long term.