German Prospects for the NHL Draft

2020 Draft

First Time Eligibles

- January Ranking -
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Skaters:

Jan	Oct	Pre	Pos	Name	Team	League	Rating
1	1	1	C	Tim Stützle	Adler Mannheim	DEL	A
2	2	2	F	John-Jason Peterka	EHC Red Bull München	DEL	A
3	3	5	C	Lukas Reichel	Eisbären Berlin	DEL	A
4	4	3	D	Maximilian Glötzl	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	B
5	6	8	C	Florian Elias	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	C
6	11	11	F	Jakub Borzecki	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	C
7	5	4	C	Samuel Dubé	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL	C
8	12	15	F	Joshua Samanski	Owen Sound Attack	OHL	C
9	9	10	RD	Maksymilian Szuber	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	C
10	7	7	F	Justin Volek	Ravensburg Towerstars	DEL 2	C
11	8	6	F	Fabian Herrmann	Eisbären Regensburg	Oberliga Süd	C
12	13	12	RD	Arkadiusz Dziambor	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	C
13	14	14	D	Luca Tuchel	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	D
14	16	16	F	Josef Eham	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	D
15	17	13	RW	Jussi Petersen	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	D
16	10	9	LW	Filip Reisnecker	Jung-Eisbären Regensburg	DNL U20 I	D
17	15	17	RD	Daniel Bruch	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	D
18	25	n/r	F	Danjo Leonhardt	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	D
19	18	20	F	Marat Khaydarov	EV Zug U20	U20-Elit	D
20	21	18	F	Daniel Neumann	EV Zug U20	U20-Elit	D
21	22	n/r	D	Korbinian Geibel	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	DNL U20 I	D
22	23	21	F	Markus Schweiger	ESV Kaufbeuren	DNL U20 II	D
23	20	19	LD	Maximilian Menner	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	D
24	19	n/r	D	Joshua Geuß	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	D
25	26	n/r	F	Jimmy Martinovic	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	D
26	27	n/r	F	Noah Dunham	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	D
27	24	n/r	F	Maxmilian Hops	ESV Kaufbeuren	DNL U20 II	D

Goalies:

Jan	Oct	Pre	Pos	Name	Team	League	Rating
1	1	1	G	Florian Bugl	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	C
2	3	3	G	Arno Tiefensee	EC Bad Tölz	DNL U20 I	C
3	2	2	G	Niklas Lunemann	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	C

A-Players: Pretty sure they will be drafted in the first three rounds.
B-Players: Could be drafted in round 4 through 7, but there is also a chance they go undrafted.
C-Players: Maybe a late round pick, but more likely won't be drafted
D-Players: Small chance they could develop into NHL level players, but not in time to be drafted.

 

2020 Draft

Overagers

- Pre-Season Ranking -​

Skaters:

1. A - Tim Wohlgemuth
2. A - Taro Jentzsch
3. B - Wojciech Stachowiak
4. B - Tim Fleischer
5. B - Yannik Valenti
6. B - Simon Gnyp
7. B - Jan-Luca Schumacher
8. B - Alexander Dersch
9. C - Yegor Alanov
10. C - Louis Brune
11. C - Filip Varejcka
12. C - Manuel Alberg
13. C - Leon Hüttl
14. C - Sebastian Streu
15. C - Cedric Schiemenz
16. C - Mike Fischer
17. C - Markus Lillich
18. C - Dennis Lobach
19. C - Magnus Eisenmenger
20. C - Tim Brunnhuber
21. C - Eric Mik
22. C - Tommy Pasanen
23. C - Colin Ugbekile
24. C - Nino Kinder
25. C - Tim Lutz
26. C - Tobias Möller
27. C - Mario Zimmermann
28. C - Steven Raabe
29. D - Daniel Wirt
30. D - Luis Schinko
31. D - Alexander Ehl
32. D - Moritz Tschiersch
33. D - Elias Lindner
34. D - Fabjon Kuqi
35. D - Thomas Reichel
36. D - Tom-Eric Bappert
37. D - Gregoriy Saakyan
38. D - Darren Mieszkowski
39. D - Nicolas Appendino
40. D - Bastian Eckl
41. D - Moritz Wirth
42. D - Marco Baßler
43. D - Sebastian Christmann
44. D - Ludwig Nirschl
45. D - Willy Rudert
46. D - Enrico Henriquez-Morales
47. D - Philipp Mass
48. D - Edwin Schitz
49. D - Kevin Slezak
50. D - Timo Bakos

Goalies:

1. B - Tobis Ancicka
2. C - Hendrik Hane
3. C - Florian Mnich
4. D - Nils Kapteinat
5. D - Tom Schickedanz
6. D - Benjamin Beck
7. D - Mirko Davi

A-Players: I think they deserve to be drafted as overagers.
B-Players: I think that maybe a team could take a flyer on them, but their chances are slim.
C-Players: Probably won't be drafted, but could play themselves on the radar of NHL teams as free agents.
D-Players: Will most likely spend their careers in Germany and maybe play for the national team sometimes.

Undrafted Free Agents

- Pre-Season Ranking -​

Skaters:

1. A - Markus Eisenschmid
2. A - Marc Michaelis
3. B - Frederik Tiffels
4. B - Stefan Loibl
5. B - Lukas Kälble
6. B - Parker Tuomie
7. B - Jonas Müller
8. B - Tobias Eder
9. C - Fabio Pfohl
10. C - Maximilian Kislinger
11. C - Lucas Dumont
12. C - Marco Sternheimer
13. C - Maximilian Kammerer
14. C - Jakob Mayenschein
15. C - Andreas Eder
16. C - Kai Wissmann
17. C - Julian Napravnik
18. C - Maximilian Eisenmenger
19. C - Leon Niederberger
20. C - Tim Bender
21. C - Mick Köhler
22. C - Charlie Jahnke
23. D - Maximilian Daubner
24. D - Maximilian Gläßl
25. D - Janik Möser
26. D - Calvin Pokorny
27. D - Maximilian Adam
28. D - Tobias Fohrler
29. D - Christoph Kiefersauer
30. D - Vincent Hessler
31. D - Johannes Huß
32. D - David Trinkberger
33. D - Marvin Ratmann
34. D - Dani Bindels
35. D - Louis Latta

Goalies:

1. C - Kevin Reich
2. C - Hannibal Weitzmann
3. C - Maximilian Franzreb
4. C - Mirko Pantkowski
5. D - Leon Hungerecker

A-Players: There is a really good chance they get signed by an NHL team.
B-Players: They have a decent chance to get a deal with an NHL team, but it's far from a sure thing.
C-Players: They could play themselves on the radar of NHL teams but at this point it's unlikely they will be signed.
D-Players: Will most likely spend their careers in Germany and maybe play for the national team sometimes.

 

2021 Draft

- January Ranking -​

Skaters:

Jan	Oct	Pre	Pos	Name	Team	DNL U20 I	Rating
1	2	7	F	Haakon Hänelt	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	B
2	1	2	F	Bennet Roßmy	Bili Tygri Liberec U20	DHL Cup	B
3	7	5	F	Sebastian Cimmerman	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	C
4	3	1	F	Connor Korte	HC Davos U17	U17 Elit	C
5	4	4	F	Nikolaus Heigl	EC Bad Tölz	DNL U20 II	C
6	5	3	F	Thomas Heigl	EC Bad Tölz	DNL U20 II	C
7	10	11	C	Robin Van Calster	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	C
8	6	6	LW	Pascal Steck	Kölner Junghaie	DEB U17 I Nord	C
9	8	10	F	Kevin Niedenz	Düsseldorfer EG	DNL U20 I	C
10	9	8	F	Oleg Tschwanow	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	C
11	13	13	D	Fabrizio Pilu	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	C
12	11	n/r	F	Justin Büsing	Kölner Junghaie	DEB U17 I Nord	C
13	12	12	F	Sten Fischer	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	D
14	27	n/r	D	Luca Münzenberger	Kölner Junghaie	DNL U20 I	D
15	14	n/r	D	Alexander Schmidt	Kölner Junghaie	DEB U17 I Nord	D
16	15	9	F	Dominik Gißibl	EC Bad Tölz	DNL U20 II	D
17	22	n/r	F	Philipp Hecht	Jungadler Mannheim	DEB U17 I Süd	D
18	18	18	F	Roman Zap	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	D
20	16	16	F	Yuma Grimm	EV Regensburg	DNL U20 I	D
20	23	n/r	F	Konstantin Melnikow	ERC Ingolstadt	DEB U17 I Süd	D
21	17	n/r	D	Niklas Hörmann	EC Bad Tölz	DNL U20 II	D
22	19	22	F	Tim Gorgenländer	Jungadler Mannheim	DEB U17 I Süd	D
23	20	14	RD	Markus Freis	Kölner Junghaie	DEB U17 I Nord	D
24	26	23	D	Marius Winkelmann	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBYSL	D
25	24	21	F	Philip Feist	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	D
26	28	n/r	F	Alex Berger	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	DEB U17 I Nord	D
27	21	15	D	Alessandro Schmidbauer	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBYSL	D
28	25	19	D	Malte Krenzlin	Jungadler Mannheim	DEB U17 I Süd	D
29	29	n/r	F	Oliver Eckl	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	D

Goalies:

Jan	Oct	Pre	Pos	Name	Team	League	Rating
1	n/r	n/r	G	Nikita Quapp	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	C
2	1	1	G	Marinus Schunda	Starbulls Rosenheim	DNL U20 II	D
3	2	2	G	Luca Ganz	Jungadler Mannheim	DEB U17 I Süd	D
4	3	n/r	G	Nick Jordan Vieregge	ESC Dresden	DNL U20 II	D

A-Players: Could turn into early round picks.
B-Players: Potential mid- to late-round picks
C-Players: Maybe a late round pick, but more likely won't be drafted
D-Players: Small chance they could develop into NHL level players, but not in time to be drafted.

 

2022 Draft

- January Ranking -
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Skaters:

Rk	Pos	Name	Team	League	Tier
1	F	Roman Kechter	Jung-Eisbären Regensburg	DEB U17 I Süd	1
2	F	Julian Lutz	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	DHL Cup	1
3	F	Moritz Elias	Jungadler Mannheim	DEB U17 I Süd	2
4	F	Luca Hauf	Krefelder EV	DEB U17 I Nord	2
5	C	Yannick Proske	Jungadler Mannheim	DNL U20 I	2
6	F	Matthias Pischoff	Düsseldorfer EG	DEB U17 I Nord	2
7	F	Maxim Anton	Düsseldorfer EG	DEB U17 I Nord	2
8	D	Leo Hafenrichter	Kölner Junghaie	DEB U17 I Nord	2
9	F	Benedikt Diebolder	ESV Kaufbeuren	DEB U17 I Süd	2
10	D	Adrian Klein	Blue Devils Weiden	Oberliga Süd	3
11	LD	Vincent Grunewald	Kölner Junghaie	DEB U17 I Nord	3
12	D	Philip Sinn	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	3
13	F	Eric Hördler	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	DEB U17 I Nord	3
14	F	Nikita Krymskiy	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	DEB U17 I Nord	4
15	F	Valentino Weißgerber	ETC Crimmitschau	DEB U17 I Nord	4
16	F	Vasilii Panov	Jungadler Mannheim	DEB U17 I Süd	4
17	C	Luca Hartenfels	Kölner Junghaie	DEB U17 I Nord	4
18	F	Lennard Nieleck	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	4
19	F	Philipp Krening	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	4
20	F	Dorian Kielbasa	Krefelder EV	DEB U17 I Nord	4
21	D	Alessandro Falk	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	DEB U17 I Nord	4
22	F	Veit Oswald	EV Landshut	DEB U17 I Süd	4
23	F	Kevin Schinko	EV Landshut	DEB U17 I Süd	4
24	D	Hans Drunkenmölle	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	DEB U17 I Nord	4
25	F	Luigi Calce	Jungadler Mannheim	DEB U17 I Süd	4
26	F	Daniel Assavolyuk	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	4
27	F	Dimitrii Tretiakov	RT Bad Nauheim	DEB U17 II Nord	4

Goalies:

Rk	Pos	Name	Team	League	Tier
1	G	Simon Wolf	Red Bull Hockey Akademie	EBJL	1
2	G	Lenny-Alexander Sturm	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	DEB U17 I Nord	2

Now I have seen and heard enough about these kids to try and make a first ranking for this draft.
But remember that this is still very far away and there are still a lot of kids eligible for this draft that I haven't seen and haven't gotten much information about.
I have not rated them yet but I have put them in tiers.

 

2023 Draft
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Kevin Adam
Maurice Barth
Linus Brandl
Leon Dennerlein
Marten Dickhäuser
Serafin Hörl
Ole-Christian Krüger
Seonwoo Park
Nikita Tschwanow
Vivamus Uselmann
Alexander Vladelchtchikov
Philip Ziesche

Goalie:
Justus Roth

These guys are too far away from being drafted for me to really rate them in tiers A to D.
Instead I'll just bold the ones I really like at this point. I also haven't seen most of them myself and am going strictly based on hearsay and stats (that could be unreliable). The ones in green are the players I have seen myself.

For players without a profile at eliteprospects I have linke to their profile at RODI-DB.

 

2024 Draft and beyond?
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Aleksei Abramov (2025 or 2026 Draft)
Adel Akhmadeev (2026 or 2027 Draft)
Paul Bechthold (2024 Draft)
Marc Blank (2025 or 2026 Draft)
Landon Dupont (2027 or 2028 Draft)
Nolan Dupont (2024 or 2025 Draft)
Awrelij Fomenko (2025 or 2026 Draft)
Artjom Khaydarov (2024 Draft)
Titas Krakauskas (2024 Draft)
Cameron Leask (2024 Draft)
David Lewandowski (2025 Draft)
Karl Philipp Pohle (2025 or 2026 Draft)
Max Thiel (2026 Draft)
Lennox Ullmann (2028 Draft)
Nikita Zimmermann (2024 Draft)

I'll admit that we are getting in somewhat ridiculous territory here with players aged 9-13. So let me know if you think I should remove them and wait until they are older.

 

It is a very impressive piece of work you have done here Maverick. Are the players listed in random order or by level of talent?

Could you tell me those you believe stand the best chance of getting drafted in 2013. I suppose it is seldom that a player has been drafted directly out of a German junior league, and that it is mandatory that they have some adult hockey experience (not neccecary in the DEL but at least in the 2.BL).

Are Leon Draisaitl and Dominik Kahun the best talents from 1995 playing outside Germany?

 

Thanks.

I have listed the players alphabetically, and I am just following their stats, and rarely if ever actually see them play.

I have seen some of the late '94 and '95, though, and Kahun and Draisaitl are pretty much in a league of their own. Especially Draisaitl since he is not even draft eligible in 2013 because of his late birthday.
However there are some 1995 born players in Germany who are quite talented.
Tim Bender on defense and forwards Kevin Orendorz and Markus Eisenschmid are among my favourite German prospects for this draft. But their chances are rather slim compared to guys like Kahun or Frederik Tiffels, who is playing in the USHL.

It is true that most (maybe even all) players that are drafted out of Germany had already played in men's league.

 

Maximilian Glässl will be playing for my hometown team HIFK (junior B) this upcoming season. It's going to be a talented team for sure and Glässl is going to help on the blueline, since HIFK has lost two top four defenseman from last years Junior C team. Also there will ne only three defenseman back from the junior b team, only one being a regular.

 

@Sparta2009:
Thank you very much for the update on Glässl. It is good to hear, that he seems to be developing nicely and that he will be staying in Finland.

As far as this thread goes, I have decided to focus on fewer players, so that hopefully I will be able to keep it updated regularly.
I will update it today with the end of season stats for those players I will focus on for next season.

 

The new DNL season is starting this weekend which means I have started updating this thread again.

And I have added some information on Non-German players in the DNL.

 

I decided to add another category, with players who played in North America (Junior or Pro) and returned to Germany and young players who could potentially play internationally for Germany in the future.

I will update this thread once or twice every month, because my time does not allow more than that at the moment.

The Next update will come around 2013-10-07.

 

Impressive work Maverik.

Let's hope some of them make it into the draft.

There seem to be a few that are crushing the Schüler-BL again, are they compareble in terms of talent level than previous players that did so (Kahun, Rieder, Draisaitl,...). Of course Draisaitl is in his own world, but for compared tothe rest..

THe guys I am refering to are:
Tobias Eder
Christoph Kiefersauer
Neal Samanski
Rico Rossi
Pascal Grosse

And for the DNL:
Ilya Sharipov
Jakob Mayenschein

 

Yannik Valenti seems to be off to an amazing start. 15 points in 4 games, as a late 2000, outscoring even players born in early 1998. Obviously far too early in the season, and at that age far too early in the career to make anything out of it, but it's very impressive nontheless.

On a minor note, Ralf Rinke (on the potential national team players list) is currently playing for Hamburg in the DEL, not Bremerhaven. He might return to Bremerhaven once everyone is healthy, but right now he should get the majority of the games with Hamburg.

 

Of course with the different groups in the Schüler BL the stats are a bit skewed for many of the players especially early on. There is a team in "Süd Gruppe B" (TEV Miesbach) that has given up 103 goals in 6 games while only scoring 4 goals themselves. So obviously the stats of their opponents' players might be a bit inflated.

I know that about Rinke, but I hadn't got around to including his DEL stats, yet.
I am currently working on that.
But I appreciate the info. Please let me know if I forget anything else.

Also if anyone would like certain players added to my lists please let me know.
Personally I am really intrigued by Eisbären goalie Benjamin Beck. The kid is 14 and as tall as I am (6'4'').
I wonder how he will develop.

I'll keep working on this thread and it should be completely updated with this weekends games on Monday afternoon.

 

i have the pleasure the watch yannik in every home game. and i can tell you, it's a pleasure.

 

I have completed the update. Hopefully without too many mistakes.

I will probably do the next update sometime around the end of October or the start of November.

 

I don't think any of these kids are really gonna come close to Draisaitl, Kahun or Rieder (statistically). What these 3 did at that level will probably not be repeated by anyone anytime soon.

Since I have not seen them play, I cannot comment on their skills or talent.
But I believe that Tobias Eder is the most promising of the lot. But this is just a hunch based on past numbers both in league play and international play. So don't put too much stock in it.

Eder comes from an interesting family, as far as hockey is concerned. His brother Andreas is playing in the WHL, and his cousin and teammate Michael Grabmaier seems also to be a rather talented young player.

 

[size=+2]German Players in the CHL[/size]​

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*Helped Maverick41 with the CHL since I'm in Canada, I used his coding to do the table, so he takes all the credit for this thread.

 

Is Draisaitl still projected to go early in the first round?

 

Yes, I think I have seen him ranked anywhere between 4th overall and 15th overall.

 

Any chances of having Alexandre Sills playing for the Germany National Team?
Draisatl scored 2 more points in his last game..looks like it will be the needed seconds great year to increase the chances for an early draft.

But the other Germans like Sedlar, Eder, Kammerer, Eisenschmid seem to have problems. I expected more from them...concerning the stats. I can't say anything about their way of playing.

 

Honestly, I think he would rather play with team Canada since he played pretty much his whole hockey in Québec.

Don't be too fast on judging Sedlar, Eder, Kammerer and Eisenschmid by their points production. They were all playing in the DNL last year and it's hard for most European to adjust their style to the North-American system/ice. I've seen them play and they actually look better than their stats show, I believe the stats will get better by the end of October/November.

 

[size=+2]North-American Midget Leagues[/size]​

[size=+1]Forwards[/size]

 

[size=+2]German Players in the USHL[/size]​

[size=+1]Forwards[/size]

[size=+1]Defensemen[/size]