Puckoffeh’s Top 50 Draft Prospects for the 2015 NHL Draft

I won’t claim to be an expert on ranking players for the 2015 NHL draft, but by using a variety of ranking sources like the Central Scouting Bureau, the Hockey News, tsn.ca and others I developed a formula to come up with a ranking system using the experts themselves based on 2020 maximum points a player could accumulate depending on where they were ranked on each individual list. Here are the  top 50 that came from that formula that I believe offers a fairly accurate representation of where a person can expect these players to be drafted give or take a few positions. There will always be surprises and like any die hard hockey fan I can’t wait to see what will transpire when the NHL draft does get underway. Click on each players individual name to access their eliteprospects.com profile page.

Rank

Total
Rank Pts

Player

Pos.

Nationality

Current
Team

1

2020

Connor
McDavid

C

Canadian

Erie
Otters (OHL)

2

2010

Jack
Eichel

C

American

Boston
University (NCAA)

3

1988

Noah
Hanifin

D

American

Boston
College (NCAA)

4

1987

Dylan
Strome

C

Canadian

Erie
Otters (OHL)

5

1980

Mitchell
Marner

C

Canadian

London
Knights (OHL)

6

1964

Ivan
Provorov

D

Russian

Brandon
Wheat Kings (WHL)

7

1957

Lawson
Crouse

LW

Canadian

Kingston
Frontenacs (OHL)

8

1939

Zachary
Werenski

D

American

University
of Michigan (NCAA)

9

1932

Mikko
Rantanen

C/W

Finnish

TPS
(Liiga)

10

1928

Pavel
Zacha

C/LW

Czech

Sarnia
Sting (OHL)

11

1913

Mathew
Barzal

C

Canadian

Seattle
Thunderbirds (WHL)

12

1910

Timo
Meier

RW/C

Swiss

Halifax
Mooseheads (QMJHL)

13

1907

Kyle
Connor

C

American

Youngstown
Phantoms (USHL)

14

1856

Nick
Merkley

C

Canadian

Kelowna
Rockets (WHL)

15

1850

Jakub
Zboril

D

Czech

Saint
John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)

16

1844

Yevgeni
Svechnikov

LW

Russian

Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)

17

1841

Thomas
Chabot

D

Canadian

Saint
John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)

18

1824

Jeremy
Roy

D

Canadian

Sherbrooke
Phoenix (QMJHL)

19

1802

Colin
White

RW/C

American

U.S.
National U18 Team (USDP)

20

1776

Jake
DeBrusk

LW

Canadian

Swift
Current Broncos (WHL)

21

1676

Jansen
Harkins

C

Canadian

Prince
George Cougars (WHL)

22

1669

Paul
Bittner

LW

American

Portland
Winterhawks (WHL)

23

1643

Joel
Eriksson Ek

C

Swedish

Farjestad
(SHL)

24

1624

Travis
Konecny

C/RW

Canadian

Ottawa
67’s (OHL)

25

1547

Garbiel
Carlsson

D

Swedish

Linkoping
J20 (SuperElit)

26

1541

Brandon
Carlo

D

American

Tri-City
Americans (WHL)

27

1463

Oliver
Kylington

D

Swedish

Farjestad
(SHL)

28

1435

Daniel
Sprong

RW

Netherlands

Charlottetown
Islanders (QMJHL)

29

1427

Denis
Guryanov

RW/LW

Russian

Ladia
Togliatti (MHL)

30

1381

Brock
Boeser

RW

American

Waterloo
Black Hawks (USHL)

31

1333

Noah
Juulsen

D

Canadian

Everett
Silvertips (WHL)

32

1255

Jacob
Larsson

D

Swedish

Frolunda
(SHL)

33

1227

Ilya
Samsonov

G

Russian

Stalnye
Lisy Magnitogorsk (MHL)

34

1120

Filip
Chlapik

C

Czech

Charlottetown
Islanders (QMJHL)

35

1109

Jack
Roslovic

C/RW

American

U.S.
National U18 Team (USDP)

36

1104

Jakob
Forsbacka-Karlsson

C

Swedish

Omaha
Lancers (USHL)

37

1099

Jeremy
Bracco

C/RW

American

U.S.
National U18 Team (USDP)

38

1086

Vince
Dunn

D

Canadian

Niagara
IceDogs (QMJHL)

39

1081

Jordan
Greenway

LW

American

U.S.
National U18 Team (USDP)

40

1071

Ryan
Pilon

D

Canadian

Brandon
Wheat Kings (WHL)

41

1055

Jonas
Siegenthaler

D

Swiss

ZSC
(NLA)

42

1036

Thomas
Novak

C

American

Waterloo
Black Hawks (USHL)

43

1035

Travis
Dermott

D

Canadian

Erie
Otters (OHL)

44

1000

Nicolas
Meloche

D

Canadian

Baie-Comeau
Drakkar (QMJHL)

45

982

Anthony
Beauvillier

LW/C

Canadian

Shawinigan
Cataractes (QMJHL)

46

959

Mackenzie
Blackwood

G

Canadian

Barrie
Colts (OHL)

47

956

Mitch
Vande Sompel

D/F

Canadian

Oshawa
Generals (OHL)

T-48,49

939

Julius
Nattinen

F

Finnish

JYP-Akatemia
(Mestis)

T-48,49

939

Zachary
Senyshyn

RW

Canadian

Sault
Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

50

919

Christian
Fischer

C

American

U.S.
National U18 Team (USDP)