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 |
Player |
Pos. |
Nationality |
Current |
|
1 |
2020 |
C |
Canadian |
Erie |
|
|
2 |
2010 |
C |
American |
Boston |
|
|
3 |
1988 |
D |
American |
Boston |
|
|
4 |
1987 |
C |
Canadian |
Erie |
|
|
5 |
1980 |
C |
Canadian |
London |
|
|
6 |
1964 |
D |
Russian |
Brandon |
|
|
7 |
1957 |
LW |
Canadian |
Kingston |
|
|
8 |
1939 |
D |
American |
University |
|
|
9 |
1932 |
C/W |
Finnish |
TPS |
|
|
10 |
1928 |
C/LW |
Czech |
Sarnia |
|
|
11 |
1913 |
C |
Canadian |
Seattle |
|
|
12 |
1910 |
RW/C |
Swiss |
Halifax |
|
|
13 |
1907 |
C |
American |
Youngstown |
|
|
14 |
1856 |
C |
Canadian |
Kelowna |
|
|
15 |
1850 |
D |
Czech |
Saint |
|
|
16 |
1844 |
LW |
Russian |
Cape |
|
|
17 |
1841 |
D |
Canadian |
Saint |
|
|
18 |
1824 |
D |
Canadian |
Sherbrooke |
|
|
19 |
1802 |
RW/C |
American |
U.S. |
|
|
20 |
1776 |
LW |
Canadian |
Swift |
|
|
21 |
1676 |
C |
Canadian |
Prince |
|
|
22 |
1669 |
LW |
American |
Portland |
|
|
23 |
1643 |
C |
Swedish |
Farjestad |
|
|
24 |
1624 |
C/RW |
Canadian |
Ottawa |
|
|
25 |
1547 |
D |
Swedish |
Linkoping |
|
|
26 |
1541 |
D |
American |
Tri-City |
|
|
27 |
1463 |
D |
Swedish |
Farjestad |
|
|
28 |
1435 |
RW |
Netherlands |
Charlottetown |
|
|
29 |
1427 |
RW/LW |
Russian |
Ladia |
|
|
30 |
1381 |
RW |
American |
Waterloo |
|
|
31 |
1333 |
D |
Canadian |
Everett |
|
|
32 |
1255 |
D |
Swedish |
Frolunda |
|
|
33 |
1227 |
G |
Russian |
Stalnye |
|
|
34 |
1120 |
C |
Czech |
Charlottetown |
|
|
35 |
1109 |
C/RW |
American |
U.S. |
|
|
36 |
1104 |
C |
Swedish |
Omaha |
|
|
37 |
1099 |
C/RW |
American |
U.S. |
|
|
38 |
1086 |
D |
Canadian |
Niagara |
|
|
39 |
1081 |
LW |
American |
U.S. |
|
|
40 |
1071 |
D |
Canadian |
Brandon |
|
|
41 |
1055 |
D |
Swiss |
ZSC |
|
|
42 |
1036 |
C |
American |
Waterloo |
|
|
43 |
1035 |
D |
Canadian |
Erie |
|
|
44 |
1000 |
D |
Canadian |
Baie-Comeau |
|
|
45 |
982 |
LW/C |
Canadian |
Shawinigan |
|
|
46 |
959 |
G |
Canadian |
Barrie |
|
|
47 |
956 |
D/F |
Canadian |
Oshawa |
|
|
T-48,49 |
939 |
F |
Finnish |
JYP-Akatemia |
|
|
T-48,49 |
939 |
RW |
Canadian |
Sault |
|
|
50 |
919 |
C |
American |
U.S. |