Here is how my consensus rankings held up against where players were actually drafted.
Pos. | Player | Ranked | Drafted | Drafted By | Difference |
F | Auston Matthews | 1 | 1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | None |
F | Patrik Laine | 2 | 2 | Winnipeg Jets | None |
F | Jesse Puljujarvi | 3 | 4 | Edmonton Oilers | Down 1 |
F | Matthew Tkachuk | 4 | 6 | Calgary Flames | Down 2 |
F | Pierre-Luc Dubois | 5 | 3 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Up 2 |
D | Olli Juolevi | 6 | 5 | Vancouver Canucks | Up 1 |
F | Alexander Nylander | 7 | 8 | Buffalo Sabres | Down 1 |
F | Clayton Keller | 8 | 7 | Arizona Coyotes | Up 1 |
D | Jacub Chychrun | 9 | 16 | Arizona Coyotes | Down 5 |
D | Mikhail Sergachev | 10 | 9 | Montreal Canadiens | Up 1 |
F | Logan Brown | 11 | 11 | Ottawa Senators | Even to 1 lower |
F | Tyson Jost | 12 | 10 | Colorado Avalanche | Up 2 |
F | Michael McLeod | 13 | 12 | New Jersey Devils | Up 1 |
D | Charlie McAvoy | 14 | 14 | Boston Bruins | None |
D | Jake Bean | 15 | 13 | Carolina Hurricanes | Up 2 to 3 |
D | Dante Fabbro | 16 | 17 | Nashville Predators | Down 1 to 2 |
F | Kieffer Bellows | 17 | 19 | New York Islanders | Down 2 |
F | Luke Kunin | 18 | 15 | Minnesota Wild | Up 3 |
F | German Rubtsov | 19 | 22 | Philadelphia Flyers | Down 3 |
F | Max Jones | 20 | 24 | Anaheim Ducks | Down 4 |
F | Julien Gauthier | 21 | 21 | Carolina Hurricanes | None |
F | Alex DeBrincat | 22 | 39 | Florida Panthers | Down 17 |
F | Riley Tufte | 23 | 25 | Dallas Stars | Down 2 |
F | Brett Howden | 24 | 27 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Down 3 |
F | Rasmus Asplund | 25 | 33 | Buffalo Sabres | Down 8 |
D | Logan Stanley | 26 | 18 | Winnipeg Jets | Up 8 |
F | Pascal Laberge | 27 | 36 | Philadelphia Flyers | Down 9 |
F | Vitali Abramov | 28 | 65 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Down 37 |
F | Boris Katchouk | 29 | 44 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Down 15 |
G | Carter Hart | 30 | 48 | Philadelphia Flyers | Down 18 |
F | Tyler Benson | 31 | 32 | Edmonton Oilers | Down 1 |
F | Tage Thompson | 32 | 26 | St. Louis Blues | Up 6 |
D | Dennis Cholowski | 33 | 20 | Detroit Red Wings | Up 13 |
G | Filip Gustavsson | 34 | 55 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Down 21 |
D | Kale Clague | 35 | 51 | Los Angeles Kings | Down 16 |
F | Sam Steel | 36 | 30 | Anaheim Ducks | Up 6 |
F | Jordan Kyrou | 37 | 35 | St. Louis Blues | Up 2 |
D | Libor Hajek | 38 | 37 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Up 1 |
F | Carl Grundstrom | 39 | 57 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Down 18 |
F | Taylor Raddysh | 40 | 58 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Down 18 |
F | Will Bitten | 41 | 70 | Montreal Canadiens | Down 29 |
D | Lucas Johansen | 42 | 28 | Washington Capitals | Up 12 |
F | Dillon Dube | 43 | 56 | Calgary Flames | Down 13 |
F | Jonathan Dahlen | 44 | 42 | Ottawa Senators | Up 2 |
D | Samuel Girard | 45 | 47 | Nashville Predators | Down 2 |
F | Nathan Bastian | 46 | 41 | New Jersey Devils | Up 5 |
D | Markus Niemelainen | 47 | 63 | Edmonton Oilers | Down 16 |
D | Ryan Lindgren | 48 | 49 | Boston Bruins | Down 1 |
F | Janne Kuokkanen | 49 | 43 | Carolina Hurricanes | Up 6 |
D | Adam Fox | 50 | 66 | Calgary Flames | Down 16 |
G | Tyler Parsons | 51 | 54 | Calgary Flames | Down 3 |
G | Evan Fitzpatrick | 52 | 59 | St. Louis Blues | Down 7 |
F | Adam Mascherin | 53 | 38 | Florida Panthers | Up 15 |
F | Cliff Pu | 54 | 69 | Buffalo Sabres | Down 15 |
D | Luke Green | 55 | 79 | Winnipeg Jets | Down 24 |
F | Trent Frederic | 56 | 29 | Boston Bruins | Up 27 |
F | Cameron Morrison | 57 | 40 | Colorado Avalanche | Down 40 |
D | Filip Hronek | 58 | 53 | Detroit Red Wings | Up 5 |
F | Tim Gettinger | 59 | 141 | New York Rangers | Down 82 |
D | Cam Dineen | 60 | 68 | Phoenix Coyotes | Down 8 |
F | Noah Gregor | 61 | 111 | San Jose Sharks | Down 50 |
G | Joseph Woll | 62 | 62 | Toronto Maple Leafs | None |
F | Artur Kayumov | 63 | 50 | Chicago Blackhawks | Up 13 |
F | Henrik Borgstrom | 64 | 23 | Florida Panthers | Up 41 |
D | Victor Mete | 65 | 100 | Montreal Canadiens | Down 35 |
F | Wade Allison | 66 | 52 | Philadelphia Flyers | Up 14 |
D | Jacob Moverare | 67 | 112 | Los Angeles Kings | Down 45 |
F | Yegor Korshkov | 68 | 31 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Up 37 |
G | Zach Sawchenko | 69 | Undrafted | ||
F | Linus Lindstrom | 70 | 96 | Calgary Flames | Down 26 |
F | Givani Smith | 71 | 46 | Detroit Red Wings | Up 25 |
D | Frédéric Allard | 72 | 78 | Nashville Predators | Down 6 |
D | Chad Krys | 73 | 45 | Chicago Blackhawks | Up 28 |
F | Joseph (Joey) Anderson | 74 | 73 | New Jersey Devils | Up 1 |
D | Jacob Cederholm | 75 | 97 | Winnipeg Jets | Down 22 |
D | Andrew Peeke | 76 | 34 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Up 42 |
D | Joshua Mahura | 77 | 85 | Anaheim Ducks | Down 8 |
F | Matt Filipe | 78 | 67 | Carolina Hurricanes | Up 11 |
F | Eetu Tuulola | 79 | 156 | Calgary Flames | Down 77 |
F | Jack Kopacka | 80 | 93 | Anaheim Ducks | Down 13 |
F | Tanner Kaspick | 81 | Undrafted | ||
D | James (JD) Greenway | 82 | 72 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Up 10 |
D | Max Lajoie | 83 | 133 | Ottawa Senators | Down 50 |
D | Sean Day | 84 | 81 | New York Rangers | Up 3 |
D | David Bernhardt | 85 | 199 | Philadelphia Flyers | Down 114 |
G | Colton Point | 86 | 128 | Dallas Stars | Down 42 |
F | Simon Stransky | 87 | Undrafted | ||
D | Lucas Carlsson | 88 | Undrafted | ||
F | Aapeli Rasanen | 89 | 153 | Edmonton Oilers | Down 64 |
F | Jesper Bratt | 90 | 162 | New Jersey Devils | Down 72 |
F | Max Zimmer | 91 | 104 | Carolina Hurricanes | Down 13 |
D | Matthew Cairns | 92 | 84 | Edmonton Oilers | Up 8 |
F | Beck Malenstyn | 93 | 145 | Washington Capitals | Down 52 |
D | Connor Hall | 94 | 77 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Up 17 |
F | Otto Somppi | 95 | 206 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Down 111 |
F | Mitchell Mattson | 96 | 126 | Calgary Flames | Down 30 |
F | Brandon Gignac | 97 | 80 | New Jersey Devils | Up 17 |
D | Benjamin Gleason | 98 | Undrafted | ||
D | Jordan Sambrook | 99 | 137 | Detroit Red Wings | Down 38 |
F | Otto Makinen | 100 | Undrafted | ||
F | Vladimir Kuznetsov | 101 | Undrafted | ||
F | Carsen Twarynski | 102 | 82 | Philadelphia Flyers | Up 20 |
F | Rem Pitlick | 103 | 76 | Nashville Predators | Up 27 |
F | Connor Bunnaman | 104 | 109 | Philadelphia Flyers | Down 5 |
D | Josh Anderson | 105 | 71 | Colorado Avalanche | Up 34 |
F | Dmitri Sokolov | 106 | 196 | Minnesota Wild | Down 90 |
F | Jonathan Ang | 107 | 94 | Florida Panthers | Up 13 |
D | Vojtech Budik | 108 | 130 | Buffalo Sabres | Down 22 |
F | Adam Brooks | 109 | 92 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Up 17 |
F | Max Fortier | 110 | Undrafted | ||
F | William Lockwood | 111 | 64 | Vancouver Canucks | Up 47 |
D | Griffin Luce | 112 | Undrafted | ||
F | Ty Ronning | 113 | 201 | New York Rangers | Down 88 |
D | Jake Ryczek | 114 | 203 | Chicago Blackhawks | Down 89 |
D | David Quenneville | 115 | 200 | New York Islanders | Down 85 |
F | Travis Barron | 116 | 191 | Colorado Avalanche | Down 75 |
F | William Knierim | 117 | Undrafted | ||
F | Brett Murray | 118 | 99 | Buffalo Sabres | Up 19 |
F | Brayden Burke | 119 | Undrafted | ||
F | Jamie Armstrong | 120 | Undrafted | ||
D | Ondrej Vala | 121 | Undrafted | ||
G | Dylan Wells | 122 | 123 | Edmonton Oilers | Down 1 |
F | Mikhail Maltsev | 123 | 102 | New Jersey Devils | Up 21 |
F | Oskar Steen | 124 | 165 | Boston Bruins | Down 41 |
F | Hudson Elynuik | 125 | 74 | Carolina Hurricanes | Up 51 |
F | Dylan Gambrell | 126 | 60 | San Jose Sharks | Up 66 |
F | Jordan Stallard | 127 | 127 | Winnipeg Jets | None |
F | Matthew Phillips | 128 | 166 | Calgary Flames | Down 38 |
D | Yegor Rykov | 129 | 132 | New Jersey Devils | Down 3 |
D | Jacob Neveu | 130 | Undrafted | ||
D | Cole Candella | 131 | 140 | Vancouver Canucks | Down 9 |
D | Riley Stillman | 132 | 114 | Florida Panthers | Up 18 |
D | Gabriel Sylvestre | 133 | Undrafted | ||
F | Kyle Maksimovich | 134 | Undrafted | ||
F | Michael Pezzetta | 135 | 160 | Montreal Canadiens | Down 25 |
F | Kristian Reichel | 136 | Undrafted | ||
F | Michael Graham | 137 | Undrafted | ||
F | Ivan Kosorenkov | 138 | Undrafted | ||
G | Jack Lafontaine | 139 | 75 | Carolina Hurricanes | Up 64 |
F | Mathias From | 140 | 143 | Chicago Blackhawks | Down 3 |
D | Dmitry Alexeyev | 141 | Undrafted | ||
G | Mikhail Berdin | 142 | 157 | Winnipeg Jets | Down 15 |
D | Keaton Middleton | 143 | 101 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Up 42 |
F | Kasper Bjorkqvist | 144 | 61 | San Jose Sharks | Up 83 |
G | Evan Cormier | 145 | 105 | New Jersey Devils | Up 40 |
F | Nicholas Caamano | 146 | 146 | Dallas Stars | None |
D | Tarmo Reunanen | 147 | 98 | New York Rangers | Up 49 |
D | Hugo Danielsson | 148 | Undrafted | ||
F | Jeffrey De Wit | 149 | Undrafted | ||
F | Ross Colton | 150 | 118 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Up 32 |
F | Todd Burgess | HM | 103 | Ottawa Senators | Not Ranked |
F | Nathan Noel | HM | 113 | Chicago Blackhawks | Not Ranked |
F | Nolan Stevens | HM | 125 | St. Louis Blues | Not Ranked |
F | Markus Nurmi | HM | 163 | Ottawa Senators | Not Ranked |
F | Nick Pastujov | HM | 193 | New York Islanders | Not Ranked |
F | Alexander Polunin | HM | Undrafted | ||
D | Sebastian Aho | HM | Undrafted | ||
F | Tim Wahlgren | HM | Undrafted | ||
F | Brogan O’Brien | HM | Undrafted | ||
D | Lukas Doudera | HM | Undrafted | ||
F | Marek Zachar | HM | Undrafted | ||
G | Wouter Peeters | NR | 83 | Chicago Blackhawks | Not Ranked |
D | Casey Fitzgerald | NR | 86 | Buffalo Sabres | Not Ranked |
F | Garrett Pilon | NR | 87 | Washington Capitals | Not Ranked |
G | Connor Ingram | NR | 88 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Not Ranked |
D | Linus Nassen | NR | 89 | Florida Panthers | Not Ranked |
F | Fredrik Karlstrom | NR | 90 | Dallas Stars | Not Ranked |
D | Filip Berglund | NR | 91 | Edmonton Oilers | Not Ranked |
F | Anatoli Golyshev | NR | 95 | New York Islanders | Not Ranked |