The Final TLN Consolidated Draft Rankings

By Jon Steitzer
2 years agoThe Bob McKenzie draft rankings seem to be widely regarded as the definitive rankings, given the high success rate of identifying first round selections. They also have the benefit of being based on NHL scouting staff sources, which isn’t to say they are better, or more accurate, but will be more predictive for those wanting to know where a prospect is potentially going to be picked.
As for us, it’s the final time we’ll update our consolidated draft rankings that run off of McKenzie’s list, HockeyProspect.com, Future Considerations, Dobber Prospects, Elite Prospects, and of course, our own Nick Richard’s list.
Given that the lists are based off of the lists of others and not TLN, you’ll notice that Logan Mailloux is still listed. I was a bit shocked to see that Logan Mailloux was at 35 on Bob McKenzie’s final rankings, but I’d have to imagine those were submitted well in advance of the news coming to light, and he’s very likely to be added to a few “do not draft” lists.
With the update to our rankings, comes the update to the draft prospect player cards, where you can find some statistics on each prospect, their rankings, and also their Hunter Score, which gives each player a value based on their on ice outputs, as well as their GF/GA variance, weighted by their league. (A full breakdown of how the consolidated rankings and Hunter score work can be found here.)
As for the TLN Consolidated Top 100, here it is:
RANK | NAME | LEAGUE | POS |
1 | Matthew Beniers | NCAA | F |
2 | Owen Power | NCAA | D |
3 | William Eklund | SHL | F |
4 | Brandt Clarke | OHL | D |
5 | Simon Edvinsson | Allsvenskan | D |
6 | Luke Hughes | USHL | D |
7 | Mason McTavish | OHL | F |
8 | Jesper Wallstedt | SHL | G |
9 | Dylan Guenther | WHL | F |
10 | Kent Johnson | NCAA | F |
11 | Fabian Lysell | SHL | F |
12 | Cole Sillinger | USHL | F |
13 | Chaz Lucius | USDP | F |
14 | Fyodor Svechkov | MHL | F |
15 | Sebastian Cossa | WHL | G |
16 | Matthew Coronato | USHL | F |
17 | Isak Rosen | SHL | F |
18 | Brennan Othmann | OHL | F |
19 | Xavier Bourgault | QMJHL | F |
20 | Francesco Pinelli | OHL | F |
21 | Nikita Chibrikov | MHL | F |
22 | Zachary Bolduc | QMJHL | F |
23 | Aatu Raty | Liiga | F |
24 | Logan Stankoven | WHL | F |
25 | Simon Robertsson | SHL | F |
26 | Zach Dean | QMJHL | F |
27 | Oskar Olausson | Superelit | F |
28 | Carson Lambos | Finland U20 | D |
29 | Corson Ceulemans | AJHL | D |
30 | Matthew Samoskevich | USHL | F |
31 | Stanislav Svozil | CZECH | D |
32 | Zachary L’Heureux | QMJHL | F |
33 | Jack Peart | USHL | D |
34 | Ville Koivunen | Finland U20 | F |
35 | Evan Nause | QMJHL | D |
36 | Aleksi Heimosalmi | Finland U20 | D |
37 | Tristan Broz | USHL | F |
38 | Daniil Chayka | OHL | D |
39 | Samu Tuomaala | Finland U20 | F |
40 | Olen Zellweger | WHL | D |
41 | Matthew Knies | USHL | F |
42 | Ayrton Martino | USHL | F |
43 | Sasha Pastujov | USHL | F |
44 | Sean Behrens | USHL | D |
45 | Artyom Grushnikov | MHL | D |
46 | William Stromgren | Allsvenskan | F |
47 | Tyler Boucher | USDP | F |
48 | Scott Morrow | USHS | D |
49 | Benjamin Gaudreau | OHL | G |
50 | Dylan Duke | USHL | F |
51 | Prokhor Poltapov | MHL | F |
52 | Wyatt Johnston | OHL | F |
53 | Logan Mailloux | D | |
54 | Samu Salminen | Finland U20 | F |
55 | Chase Stillman | OHL | F |
56 | Brent Johnson | USHL | D |
57 | Brett Harrison | OHL | F |
58 | Ryder Korczak | WHL | F |
59 | Shai Buium | USHL | D |
60 | Cole Jordan | WHL | D |
61 | Anton Olsson | SHL | D |
62 | Danila Klimovich | ||
63 | Oliver Kapanen | Finland U20 | F |
64 | Peter Reynolds | QMJHL | F |
65 | Vincent Iorio | WHL | D |
66 | Victor Stjernborg | SHL | F |
67 | Jack Bar | USHL | D |
68 | Kirill Kirsanov | MHL | D |
69 | Ilya Fedotov | MHL | F |
70 | Dmitri Kuzmin | ||
71 | Samuel Helenius | Liiga | F |
72 | Ethan Del Mastro | OHL | D |
73 | Alexander Kisakov | MHL | F |
74 | Trevor Wong | WHL | F |
75 | Ty Voit | OHL | F |
76 | Ryan Ufko | USHL | D |
77 | Matvei Petrov | MHL | F |
78 | Dmitri Katelevsky | ||
79 | James Malatesta | QMJHL | F |
80 | Justin Robidas | QMJHL | F |
81 | Nolan Allan | WHL | D |
82 | Liam Dower Nilsson | Superelit | F |
83 | Vladislav Lukashevich | MHL | D |
84 | Robert Orr | QMJHL | F |
85 | Kyle Masters | WHL | D |
86 | Dmitri Kostenko | MHL | D |
87 | Sean Tschigerl | WHL | F |
88 | Olivier Nadeau | QMJHL | F |
89 | Josh Doan | USHL | F |
90 | Aidan Hreschuk | USHL | D |
91 | Colton Dach | WHL | F |
92 | Riley Kidney | QMJHL | F |
93 | Conner Roulette | WHL | F |
94 | Jake Martin | USHL | D |
95 | Red Savage | USHL | F |
96 | Tristan Lennox | OHL | G |
97 | Aleksi Malinen | Liiga | D |
98 | Connor Lockhart | OHL | F |
99 | Ethan Cardwell | ||
100 | Cameron Whynot | QMJHL | D |
From a Leafs fan perspective, it’s encouraging to see that names like Brett Harrison still show up when they pick, and with the draft having a history of players who slide, and GM’s who reach, the Leafs will likely walk away with a player from the top 50.
With the opening night for the draft coming up on Friday, and the Leafs with their marginally more busy day Saturday, consider this your crash course in who to watch for.
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