2017 NHL Draft

[BKerr]

Our November Rankings will be released this week. We've started with part 1, the top 5. We will be doing 31 plus HMs.

http://lastwordonhockey.com/2016/11/26/2017-nhl-draft-november-rankings-top-five/

 

[BKerr]

6-10
http://lastwordonhockeyprospects.com/2016/11/26/2017-nhl-draft-november-rankings-6-10/

11-15
http://lastwordonhockeyprospects.com/2016/11/27/2017-nhl-draft-november-rankings-11-15/

16-20
http://lastwordonhockeyprospects.com/2016/11/28/2017-nhl-draft-november-rankings-16-20/



November Draft Rankings 21-25
http://lastwordonhockeyprospects.com/2016/11/29/2017-nhl-draft-november-rankings-21-25/

 

[leafman101]

The draft looks really deep. Lots of 17 year olds killing the CHL right now.

 

[hairnova]

Craig Button released his January rankings.

Top 31:
1. Nolan Patrick - C
2. Nico Hischier - C
3. Timothy Liljegren - D
4. Martin Necas - C
5. Gabe Vilardi - C
6. Owen Tippett - RW
7. Ryan Poehling - C
8. Eeli Tolvanen - RW
9. Lias Andersson - F
10. Casey Mittelstadt - C
11. Michael Rasmussen - C/LW
12. Kailer Yamamoto - RW
13. Cale Makar - D
14. Miro Heiskanen - D
15. Elias Pettersson - LW
16. Cody Glass - C/RW
17. Nick Suzuki - RW
18. Shane Bowers - C
19. Alexei Lipanov - C
20. Matthew Strome - LW
21. Jusso Valimaki - D
22. U-P Luukkonen - G
23. Cal Foote - D
24. Nikita Popugaev - LW
25. Klim Kostin - RW
26. Noel Hoefenmayer - D
27. Grant Mismash - LW/C
28. Kristian Vesalainen - LW
29. Maxime Comtois - LW
30. Marcus Davidsson - C
31. Nicholas Hague - D

For 32-105, click the link.

http://www.tsn.ca/craig-s-list-patrick-remains-in-the-top-spot-despite-injury-1.646868

 

[hairnova]

Jeff Marek released his January rankings.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/sportsnets-2017-nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-january/

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Top 31:
1. Nolan Patrick - C
2. Timothy Liljegren - D
3. Nico Hischier - C
4. Eeli Tolvanen - LW
5. Gabriel Vilardi - C
6. Owen Tippett - RW
7. Klim Kostin - C
8. Casey Mittelstadt - C
9. Nic Hague - D
10. Martin Necas - C
11. Michael Rasmussen - C
12. Cale Makar - D
13. Jusso Valimaki - D
14. Lias Andersson - C
15. Maxime Comtois - LW
16. Cody Glass - C
17. Kristian Vesalainen - RW
18. Miro Heiskanen - D
19. Cal Foote - D
20. Erik Brannstrom - D
21. Urho Vaakanainen - D
22. Kailer Yamamoto - RW
23. Ryan Poeling - C
24. Shane Bowers - C
25. Nick Suzuki - C
26. Robert Thomas - C
27. Matthew Strome - LW
28. Alex Formenton - LW
29. Nikita Popugaev - LW
30. Marcus Davidsson - C
31. Jake Oettinger - G

 

[hairnova]

Hischier has 10 points in three games since coming back from the world juniors.

 

[CRL]

I would love to get Hischier

 

[MindzEye]

I would love to get Hischier

Sure, but I don't see him lasting until 16-17th in the draft.

 

[Preston_Mizzi]

Yeah I think he's separating himself as a top 2 guy in the draft.

 

[LeafGm]

The guy that really piques my interest, based on the numbers he's putting up, is Jusso Valimaki.

 

[Metalleaf]

Hischer going 2 would be fantastic for Swiss hockey.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Man, almost every name on the list is European. Never seen a class like this.

 

[hockeylover]

Jeff Marek released his January rankings.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/sportsnets-2017-nhl-draft-prospect-rankings-january/

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Top 31:
1. Nolan Patrick - C
2. Timothy Liljegren - D
3. Nico Hischier - C
4. Eeli Tolvanen - LW
5. Gabriel Vilardi - C
6. Owen Tippett - RW
7. Klim Kostin - C
8. Casey Mittelstadt - C
9. Nic Hague - D
10. Martin Necas - C
11. Michael Rasmussen - C
12. Cale Makar - D
13. Jusso Valimaki - D
14. Lias Andersson - C
15. Maxime Comtois - LW
16. Cody Glass - C
17. Kristian Vesalainen - RW
18. Miro Heiskanen - D
19. Cal Foote - D
20. Erik Brannstrom - D
21. Urho Vaakanainen - D
22. Kailer Yamamoto - RW
23. Ryan Poeling - C
24. Shane Bowers - C
25. Nick Suzuki - C
26. Robert Thomas - C
27. Matthew Strome - LW
28. Alex Formenton - LW
29. Nikita Popugaev - LW
30. Marcus Davidsson - C
31. Jake Oettinger - G

No Pettersson?

 

[Metalleaf]

Interesting that Marek has Nic Hague at 9 while Button has him at 31.

 

[LeafGm]

Interesting that Marek has Nic Hague at 9 while Button has him at 31.

I suspect we'll see a lot of that this year.

Beyond Nolan Patrick, it seems like there's pretty much no consensus opinion amount scouts.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

I think we're 100% going with a dman.

Who'd be the three most likely targets in the mid round?

 

[Metalleaf]

Yeah that's what I was thinking...could be a deep draft, but there's no clear cut hierarchy of prospects like there has been recently.

 

[hockeylover]

I think we're 100% going with a dman.

Who'd be the three most likely targets in the mid round?

That's silly.

 

[LeafGm]

Yeah that's what I was thinking...could be a deep draft, but there's no clear cut hierarchy of prospects like there has been recently.

Yep. This is the kind of draft where Hunter & Dubas will really need to earn their paycheques.

And it's also the sort of draft where it doesn't really matter much at all if we're picking outside of the top-10, or even out of the lottery.

So, we've kind of lucked out when it comes to the years we happened to bottom out, as well as the year we've started to rise up the standings.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Yep. This is the kind of draft where Hunter & Dubas will really need to earn their paycheques.

And it's also the sort of draft where it doesn't really matter much at all if we're picking outside of the top-10, or even out of the lottery.So, we've kind of lucked out when it comes to the years we happened to bottom out, as well as the year we've started to rise up the standings.

I don't know about that. Look what Winnipeg did last year. If we finished ok, but end up picking 2nd, we're golden.