Rank the top 4 picks of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

I'm not asking you to select the best overall top 4, but rather to rank each individual player in terms of projected ceiling. This is, of course, making the assumption that the expected top 4 for this upcoming draft pans out predictably.

Adam Larsson
Gabriel Landeskog
Sean Couturier
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Taylor Hall
Tyler Seguin
Eric Gudbranson
Ryan Johansen
John Tavares
Victor Hedman
Matt Duchene
Evander kane
Steve Stamkos
Drew Doughty
Zach Bogosian
Alex Pietrangelo

 

I would like to see 2008's thrown in there too. Stamkos, Doughty, Bogo and Petro if I remember correctly,

 

Done

 

EDIT: Mine was done before including 2008!

Tavares
Hall
Duchene
RNH
Larsson
Couturier
Hedman
Kane
Landeskog
Seguin
Johansen
Gudbranson

 

I think the high end talent, like picks 1-2 wont have as high of ceiling as the previous years, but picks 3-4 are better than picks 3-4 in previous drafts.

1. Drew Doughty
2. Steven Stamkos
3. John Tavares
4. Taylor Hall
5. Matt Duchene
6. Victor Hedman
7. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
8. Sean Couturier
9. Tyler Seguin
10. Adam Larsson
11. Alex Pietrangelo
12. Gabriel Landeskog
13. Evander Kane
14. Zach Bogosian
15. Erik Gudbranson
16. Ryan Johansen

 

id go
Stamkos
Hall
Doughty
Tavares
Seguin
Duchene
Hedman
Landeskog
Larsson
Bogosian
Hopkins
Couturier
Kane
Gudbranson
Johansen
Pietrangelo

 

I highly doubt Piet is last. The guy made EJ expendable this year with how great he has been.

 

1. Stamkos 2. Doughty 3. Tavares 4. Duchene 5. Hall 6. Hedman 7. Larsson 8. Seguin 9. Kane 10. Petriangelo 11. Bogosian 12. RHN 13. Couturier 14. Landeskog 15. Gudbranson 16. Johnason

 

Pietrangelo has been beastly...in a couple years he and Doughty may be two of the three best d-men in the world.

 

Ryan Johansen last?

 

1. Steve Stamkos
2. Matt Duchene
3. John Tavares
4. Drew Doughty
5. Taylor Hall
6. Alex Pietrangelo
7. Tyler Seguin
8. Victor Hedman
9. Adam Larsson
10. Ryan Johansen
11. Sean Couturier
12. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
13. Evander kane
14. Zach Bogosian
15. Eric Gudbranson
16. Gabriel Landeskog

 

Hard to rank projected top 4 with some top fours that are already NHL superstars. It's like a statistical improbability that any of the guys drafted in 2011 and 2010 will even have a career year like Stamkos' sophmore season.

 

1. Steven Stamkos (2008 #1)
2. Drew Doughty (2008 #2)
3. Matt Duchene (2009 #3)
4. John Tavares (2009 #1)
5. Adam Larsson (2011)
6. Taylor Hall (2010 #1)
7. Sean Couturier (2011)
8. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2011)
9. Victor Hedman (2009 #2)
10. Alex Pietrangelo (2008 #4)
11. Evander Kane (2009 #4)
12. Gabriel Landeskog (2011)
13. Tyler Seguin (2010 #2)
14. Zach Bogosian (2008 #3)
15. Ryan Johansen (2010 #4)
16. Erik Gudbranson (2010 #3)

 

Why would you throw 2008 drafted players when 2 of them have scored 50 goals / contended for a Norris? Makes no sense to compare them with unproven players..

 

1.Stamkos
2.Tavares
3.Doughty
4.Duchene
5.Pietrangelo
6.Hall
7.Couturier
8.Hedman
9.Kane
10.Nugent-Hopkins
11.Seguin
12.Landeskog
13.Larsson
14.Gudbrandson
15.Bogosian
16.Johansen

 

All I'm going to say is that anyone who does this, and does not have Alex Pietrangelo ranked at least top ten, or more accurately top five, is missing the boat.

Period.

Youve got to rank Stamkos #1, and Doughty, Duchene and Tavares need to be in the top five as well... but who else that's left has been better than Pietrangelo?

Taylor Hall is more hype than production at present, and none of the 2011 potential top four have proven a blasted thing at the NHL level.

Stamkos
Doughty
Duchene
Tavares
Pietrangelo
Kane
Hall
Seguin

The Rest

 

You may want to reread the OP question.

 

Larsson over Petro is just wrong.

 

Interesting tidbit on Petro. Ottawa head scout Pierre Dorion said today on radio in 2008 they had Petro on the same level as Doughty.

 

1. John Tavares
2. Taylor Hall
3. Matt Duchene
4. Adam Larsson
5. Tyler Seguin
6. Victor Hedman
7. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
8. Sean Couturier
9. Ryan Johansen
10. Evander Kane
11. Gabriel Landeskog
12. Erik Gudbranson

 

Kane over Hall? You have to be kidding me? Have you actually watched him play this year, he's been getting better and better as the year goes on. He has a Stamkos breakout written all over him. Kane will be a nice player, but Hall is on a different planet. You are so sure about Pietrangelo being top 5 but no Hall, that just destroyed your arguments.

 

Odd you say that Hall is more hype than production and rank Kane ahead of him. Hall is outproducing Kane this year and Kane is in his 2nd season. Kane's rookie season isn't even close.

 

PROJECTED CEILING
Steve Stamkos
Drew Doughty
Matt Duchene
John Tavares
Taylor Hall
Alex Pietrangelo
Victor Hedman
Tyler Seguin
Evander Kane
Zach Bogosian
Ryan Johansen
Eric Gudbranson

OVERALL
Steve Stamkos
Drew Doughty
Matt Duchene
Victor Hedman
Taylor Hall
Evander Kane
Alex Pietrangelo
John Tavares
Tyler Seguin
Ryan Johansen
Zach Bogosian
Eric Gudbranson

Tavares ranked low overall based on my concerns of his defensive play
Omitted 2011 guys also, i cant rank undrafted guys against guys that have already played in the league

 

1. Steven Stamkos (08 1)
2. Drew Doughty (08 2)
3. John Tavares (09 1)
4. Matt Duchene (09 3)
5. Victor Hedman (09 2)
6. Taylor Hall (10 1)
7. Alex Pietrangelo (08 4)
8. Adam Larsson (11 X)
9. Gabriel Landedkog (11 X)
10. Evanander Kane (09 4)
11. Ryan Nugent Hopkins (11 X)
12. Tyler Seguin (10 2)
13. Sean Couturier (11 X)
14. Ryan Johansen (10 4)
15. Erik Gudbranson (10 3)
16. Zach Bogosian (08 3)

 

Basically impossible to say, but I'll go with:

1) Stamkos
2) Doughty
3) Duchene
4) Hall
5) Tavares
6) Pietrangelo
7) RNH
8) Seguin
9) Hedman
10) Larsson
11) Kane
12) Couturier
13) Gudbranson
14) Landeskog
15) Bogosian
16) Johansen