Out of all the picks there were only six position players that were right on the money. Four of the Twelve goalies went in the order they were expected to. There were numerous that were close and some huge risers and huge droppers in the draft. In the early portion, first round projected players in the rankings Gabriel Vilardi took a large 7 spot drop, Timothy Lindgren dropped 6 spots, while Eeli Tolvanen and Klim Kostin both dropped 14 spots, Isaaic Ratcliffe and Jason Robertson dropped 11 spots, but the biggest drop of the early portion went to Maxime Comtois who dropped 19 spots. The players taking the biggest jump up to be drafted in the first round were Lias Andersson who went 8 spots earlier and Josh Norris who jumped 15 spots. Overall the play that shot up the rankings the most were Gustav Lindstrom up 60, Alexandre Texier up 41, Mario Ferraro up 36, Fabian Zetterlund up 28, Kasper Kotkansalo up 25, and Filip Westerlund up 21. The biggest drops for players that were still drafted saw 12 skater drop 50 or more spots, Ivan Chekhovich down 138, Alexander Chmlevski down 112, Jacob Paquette down 111, Pavel Kotygin down 83, Jarret Tyszka down 78, Lukas Elvenes down 64, Ostap Safin down 63, Matthew Strome down 61, Markus Phillips down 56, Adam Ruzicka down 55, Nikita A. Popugayev down 51, and Kirill Maksimov down 51. There were 5 skaters that went undrafted on the list and only 1 goaltender with Artyom Minulin who was ranked at 78 not being drafted the biggest surprise.
|
Rank |
Picked |
Variance |
Player |
Position |
League |
|
1 |
2 |
Down 1 |
C/RW |
WHL |
|
|
2 |
1 |
Up 1 |
C |
QMJHL |
|
|
3 |
3 |
Even |
D |
Liiga |
|
|
4 |
11 |
Down 7 |
C |
OHL |
|
|
5 |
8 |
Down 3 |
C/LW |
USHL |
|
|
6 |
4 |
Up 2 |
D |
AJHL |
|
|
7 |
6 |
Up 1 |
C |
WHL |
|
|
8 |
5 |
Up 3 |
C/LW |
Allsvenskan |
|
|
9 |
12 |
Down 3 |
C |
Czech |
|
|
10 |
10 |
Even |
RW |
OHL |
|
|
11 |
17 |
Down 6 |
D |
SHL |
|
|
12 |
9 |
Up 3 |
C |
WHL |
|
|
13 |
13 |
Even |
C |
OHL |
|
|
14 |
16 |
Down 2 |
D |
WHL |
|
|
15 |
7 |
Up 8 |
C/LW |
SHL |
|
|
16 |
30 |
Down 14 |
LW |
USHL |
|
|
17 |
31 |
Down 14 |
RW |
KHL |
|
|
18 |
14 |
Up 4 |
D |
WHL |
|
|
19 |
25 |
Down 6 |
C |
NCAA |
|
|
20 |
24 |
Down 4 |
RW |
SHL/Liiga |
|
|
21 |
15 |
Up 6 |
D |
SuperElit |
|
|
22 |
22 |
Even |
C/LW |
WHL |
|
|
23 |
18 |
Up 5 |
D |
Liiga |
|
|
24 |
35 |
Down 11 |
LW |
OHL |
|
|
25 |
20 |
Up 5 |
C |
OHL |
|
|
26 |
34 |
Down 8 |
D |
OHL |
|
|
27 |
28 |
Down 1 |
C |
USHL |
|
|
28 |
39 |
Down 11 |
LW |
OHL |
|
|
29 |
23 |
Up 6 |
D |
QMJHL |
|
|
30 |
33 |
Down 3 |
RW |
WHL |
|
|
31 |
50 |
Down 19 |
LW |
QMJHL |
|
|
32 |
29 |
Up 3 |
D |
WHL |
|
|
33 |
32 |
Up 1 |
D |
OHL |
|
|
34 |
19 |
Up 15 |
C |
USHL |
|
|
35 |
41 |
Down 6 |
C |
WHL |
|
|
36 |
36 |
Even |
C |
Allsvenskan |
|
|
37 |
61 |
Down 24 |
C |
USDP |
|
|
38 |
21 |
Up 17 |
LW |
Czech Jr. |
|
|
39 |
76 |
Down 37 |
C |
MHL |
|
|
40 |
37 |
Up 3 |
C/LW |
SHL |
|
|
41 |
58 |
Down 17 |
C |
SuperElit |
|
|
42 |
47 |
Down 5 |
LW |
OHL |
|
|
43 |
69 |
Down 26 |
C/RW |
OHL |
|
|
44 |
27 |
Up 17 |
C |
OHL |
|
|
45 |
106 |
Down 61 |
LW |
OHL |
|
|
46 |
40 |
Up 6 |
C |
WHL |
|
|
47 |
98 |
Down 51 |
RW |
WHL |
|
|
48 |
73 |
Down 25 |
C |
WHL |
|
|
49 |
56 |
Down 7 |
D |
WHL |
|
|
50 |
55 |
Down 5 |
LW |
OHL |
|
|
51 |
62 |
Down 11 |
C/LW |
WHL |
|
|
52 |
115 |
Down 63 |
F |
Czech |
|
|
53 |
43 |
Up 10 |
D |
USHS |
|
|
54 |
109 |
Down 55 |
C |
OHL |
|
|
55 |
46 |
Up 9 |
D |
Liiga |
|
|
56 |
57 |
Down 1 |
D |
AJHL |
|
|
57 |
60 |
Down 3 |
C |
QMJHL |
|
|
58 |
59 |
Down 1 |
D |
OHL |
|
|
59 |
85 |
Down 26 |
LW/C |
OHL |
|
|
60 |
92 |
Down 32 |
D |
USDP |
|
|
61 |
94 |
Down 33 |
RW |
WHL |
|
|
62 |
118 |
Down 56 |
D |
OHL |
|
|
63 |
127 |
Down 64 |
RW |
SuperElit |
|
|
64 |
102 |
Down 38 |
C |
USDP |
|
|
65 |
44 |
Up 21 |
D |
SHL |
|
|
66 |
67 |
Down 1 |
C |
WHL |
|
|
67 |
66 |
Up 1 |
D |
USHL |
|
|
68 |
52 |
Up 16 |
D |
NCAA |
|
|
69 |
53 |
Up 16 |
C |
OHL |
|
|
70 |
84 |
Down 14 |
D |
OHL |
|
|
71 |
149 |
Down 78 |
D |
WHL |
|
|
72 |
90 |
Down 18 |
C |
USDP |
|
|
73 |
185 |
Down 112 |
C |
OHL |
|
|
74 |
212 |
Down 138 |
LW |
QMJHL |
|
|
75 |
75 |
Even |
C |
OHL |
|
|
76 |
103 |
Down 27 |
D |
USHL |
|
|
77 |
87 |
Up 10 |
D |
WHL |
|
|
78 |
Undrafted |
Undrafted |
D |
WHL |
|
|
79 |
82 |
Down 3 |
D |
CJHL |
|
|
80 |
108 |
Down 28 |
D |
OJHL |
|
|
81 |
81 |
Even |
D |
USHL |
|
|
82 |
77 |
Up 5 |
D |
USHL |
|
|
83 |
65 |
Up 18 |
RW |
SuperElit |
|
|
84 |
79 |
Up 5 |
RW |
WHL |
|
|
85 |
49 |
Up 36 |
D |
USHL |
|
|
86 |
45 |
Up 41 |
C |
France |
|
|
87 |
133 |
Down 46 |
D |
USDP |
|
|
88 |
97 |
Down 9 |
C/LW |
WHL |
|
|
89 |
83 |
Up 6 |
C |
OHL |
|
|
90 |
122 |
Down 32 |
RW |
WHL |
|
|
91 |
63 |
Up 28 |
W |
SuperElit |
|
|
92 |
Undrafted |
Undrafted |
RW |
MHL |
|
|
93 |
176 |
Down 83 |
LW |
QMJHL |
|
|
94 |
95 |
Down 1 |
D |
USHS |
|
|
95 |
146 |
Down 51 |
RW |
OHL |
|
|
96 |
71 |
Up 25 |
D |
USHL |
|
|
97 |
113 |
Down 16 |
F |
MHL |
|
|
98 |
38 |
Up 60 |
D |
SHL |
|
|
99 |
Undrafted |
Undrafted |
C/LW |
QMJHL |
|
|
100 |
120 |
Down 20 |
D |
NLA B |
|
|
101 |
128 |
Down 27 |
LW |
WHL |
|
|
102 |
93 |
Up 9 |
D |
USHL |
|
|
103 |
Undrafted |
Undrafted |
D |
QMJHL |
|
|
104 |
Undrafted |
Undrafted |
C |
SuperElit |
|
|
105 |
216 |
Down 111 |
D |
OHL |
|
|
Rank |
Picked |
Goalie Rank |
Goaltenders |
Position |
League |
|
1 |
26 |
1 |
G |
NCAA |
|
|
2 |
54 |
2 |
G |
Jr. A SM-liiga |
|
|
3 |
64 |
3 |
G |
OHL |
|
|
4 |
88 |
8 |
G |
USHL |
|
|
5 |
78 |
5 |
G |
WHL |
|
|
6 |
110 |
11 |
G |
WHL |
|
|
7 |
96 |
9 |
G |
USHL |
|
|
8 |
199 |
21 |
G |
USHL |
|
|
9 |
153 |
15 |
G |
SuperElit |
|
|
10 |
72 |
4 |
G |
OHL |
|
|
11 |
Undrafted |
Undrafted |
G |
QMJHL |
|
|
12 |
80 |
6 |
G |
MHL |