NHL Central Scouting Service - Mid Term Rankings

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NHL Central Scouting Service - Mid Term Rankings

North America Skaters
1 HALL, TAYLOR WINDSOR OHL 6' 0.75" 186 LW
2 SEGUIN, TYLER PLYMOUTH OHL 6' 0.75" 180 C
3 FOWLER, CAM WINDSOR OHL 6' 2" 195 D
4 CONNOLLY, BRETT PRINCE GEORGE WHL 6' 2" 181 RW
5 SHEAHAN, RILEY U OF NOTRE DAME CCHA 6' 1.5" 202 C
6 GUDBRANSON, ERIK KINGSTON OHL 6' 3.75" 195 D
7 BURMISTROV, ALEXANDER BARRIE OHL 5' 11.5" 162 C
8 GORMLEY, BRANDON MONCTON QMJHL 6' 2" 187 D
9 PYSYK, MARK EDMONTON WHL 6' 1" 179 D
10 MCFARLAND, JOHN SUDBURY OHL 6' 0" 200 C

North American Goalies

1 PICKARD, CALVIN SEATTLE WHL 6' 0.5" 200
2 CAMPBELL, JACK USA U-18 USDP 6' 2.5" 175
3 CORBEIL-THERIAULT, MATHIEU HALIFAX QMJHL 6' 5.75" 186
4 DOMINGUE, LOUIS QUEBEC QMJHL 6' 2.5" 185
5 GOTHBERG, ZANE THIEF RIVER FALLS HIGH-MN 6' 0.5" 177
6 BRITTAIN, SAM CANMORE AJHL 6' 2.75" 215
7 SIMPSON, KENT EVERETT WHL 6' 2.5" 182
8 VISENTIN, MARK NIAGARA OHL 6' 1.25" 185
9 GRUBAUER, PHILLIPP WINDSOR OHL 6' 0.25" 180
10 CLERMONT, MAXIME GATINEAU QMJHL 6' 0" 189

European Skaters

1 GRANLUND, MIKAEL HIFK FINLAND 5' 10" 180 C,W
2 TARASENKO, VLADIMIR NOVOSIBIRSK RUSSIA 5' 11" 202 RW
3 KITSYN, MAXIM NOVOKUZNETSK RUSSIA 6' 2" 194 LW
4 KUZNETSOV, EVGENY CHELYABINSK RUSSIA 6' 0" 172 C
5 RENSFELDT, LUDVIG BRYNAS JR. SWE-JR. 6' 2.75"192 LW
6 LINDBERG, OSCAR SKELLEFTEA JR. SWE-JR. 6' 0" 187 C
7 PETTERSSON, ADAM SKELLEFTEA JR. SWE-JR. 6' 0" 186 C
8 JOHANSSON, JONATHAN FROLUNDA JR. SWE-JR. 6' 3" 188 C
9 ZAYTSEV, NIKITA NOVOSIBIRSK RUSSIA 6' 1" 176 D
10 KUEHNHACKL, TOM LANDSHUT CANN. GERMAN-2 6' 2" 172 RW

European Goalies

1 GUNNARSSON, JONAS HV 71 JR. SWE-JR. 5' 11.25" 190
2 AITTOKALLIO, SAMI ILVES JR. FINLAND-JR. 6' 1" 174
3 VOLDEN, LARS STAVANGER NORWAY 6' 3" 189
4 GUSTAFSSON, JOHAN FARJESTAD JR. SWE JR-2 6' 1" 185
5 CONZ, BENJAMIN GENEVE SWISS 5' 10" 198
6 FRANCOUZ, PAVEL PLZEN JR. CZREP-JR. 6' 0" 172
7 ORCIK, FILIP BRATISLAVA JR. SLOVAK-JR. 6' 3" 174

[astro]

Congrats to Calvin Pickard for being the number one ranked NA goalie.

I have the pleasure of watching him play for the last two years.

[pete]

Here's to hoping we pick around 16th this year.

[astro]

Pete, who is on your radar with a mid round pick?

I'm biased, I would like to pick up Pickard. Russian players seem to be too risky. Unless they are already playing in NA.

[timothy]

Do we need to spend a first rounder on a goalie? Most likely a skilled forward, but maybe a puck mover blueliner -- like the Oil King's Mark Pysyk.

[CTLightning26]

Originally Posted by timothy

Do we need to spend a first rounder on a goalie? Most likely a skilled forward, but maybe a puck mover blueliner -- like the Oil King's Mark Pysyk.

I was thinking Gudbrandson or Pysyk, who are both right-hand shots to boot..

But Im hoping we draft in the 20s or late teens

[astro]

Originally Posted by timothy

Do we need to spend a first rounder on a goalie?

No, but like I said I'm biased.

[bassassin]

I want us to use our 1st rounder on one of the wingers available in this draft. Maybe Granlund falls, but I doubt as far as us. Kabanov? Pulkinnen? Etem?

[pete]

Wouldn't shock me to see a center taken.

[Wrong Net Paulie]

I have such a mancrush on Cam Fowler I can't think straight.

Perhaps we go after a higher-ceiling center with our first rounder...