The U.S. Census is something is done every 10 years (and it is required by law to participate in) and tracks the changes in America’s population. Congress takes that data and uses it decides how to allocate money for various programs all over the nation. It also uses it to re-draw congressional district lines for the House of Representatives and researchers also use that data to see the face of America’s everchanging population. The proces of re-drawing of congressional district lines is called gerrymandering. It is a vital and necessary process for our government and citizens are encouraged to participate in what has become a costly ad campaign, somewhere in the realm of billions of dollars but enough about politics and government. The NHL has sort of a census of its own that it does twice each year as its Central Scouting Service evaluates potential draftees for the upcoming Entry Draft this summer and for those of us who do not have an unlimited amount of time to go drive around and evaluate all these prospects ourselves its a tool to see what players whose stock is rising or falling. Central Scouting is just one evaluation service, as International Scouting Service, and a few other publications (McKeen’s and the Hockey News for example) also make their own lists. NHL teams themselves employ their own scouts or in the case of the Buffalo Sabres, video collectors to evaluate players and come up with their own lists to fill specific prospect needs for their organization. The process is highly subjective but there usually some universal truths that can be gathered as well.
For some players the up and down movement can be traced to specific performances or actions; I’ll give you two examples from this year’s draft class. Kirill Kabanov certainly did not impress scouts too much when he abruptly decided to bolt from his Moncton team late in the season to return to his native Russia. Kabanov was touted by many (and still is) to be one of the most skilled players available in the draft yet after dropping from 15th to 31st in the Final Rankings reflects the disappointment over such questionable and selfish decision. If you’re a General Manager and your picking in the middle portions of the 1st round do you take a chance on Kabanov knowing that if he is unhappy he will not hesitate to leave for his homeland? It may not be fair, but Kabanov’s move already makes GM’s hesitant to draft Russian-born players due to the ‘Hockey Cold War’ that exists between the NHL and the Kontinental Hockey League will make them that much more skittish despite the tremendous skill that player may possibly provide. On the other end of the spectrum was the meteoric rise of University of Wisconsin defenseman, John Ramage (the son of long-time NHL’er Rob Ramage) who jumped 56 spots from 187th at the Mid-term assessment to 131st which no doubt was due in part to a solid performance at this year’s World Junior Championships as well as stellar stay-at-home play through the latter part of the NCAA season. However, the rankings also show that a strong finish to a season may not help at all. Minnetonka’s Andrew Prochno had an outstanding state tournament nearly leading the Skippers to a state title but in the end the small but skilled offensive defenseman dropped 50 spots from 155th to 205th. Lastly, as E.J. Maguire and other scouts will tell you its not always about the statistics you put up but rather what they believe a player’s potential (or to use a scouting buzzword, their ‘upside’) may be, even after a disappointing season or one filled with injury a player may not be hindered in the rankings because of it. Prince George’s Brett Connolly even moved up in the final assessment, rising from 4th to 3rd amongst North American skaters despite only playing 16 games and registering just 19 points as he was plagued by injuries. Yet if a guy can move up in the standings when he’s played so few games could that be an indictment on the other players available in this draft? To CSS that may be, but is also why any fan hoping to put together a solid mock draft should look at consulting multiple prospect lists.
Overall, based upon the rise and fall of prospects in the lists for North American Skaters, North American Goalies, European Skaters and European Goaltenders I’ve come to the following general conclusions.
1. For North American skaters there is a fair amount of stability in the rankings from 1 to 20, meaning there is only a modest amount of rise and fall meaning there is little debate between the Central Scouting evaluators, but after that it becomes more erratic making the reliability of the rankings more suspect.
2. For European skaters there is good stability from 1 to 14 but after that it is even more chaotic than the North American skater rankings as they were some players who rose very significantly and those who dropped precipitously. There is also a huge portion of players listed in the final rankings that were not evaluated in the mid-term rankings.
3. Goaltending rankings for both North Americans and Europeans stayed rather stagnant from the Mid-Term assessment. Not a ton of movement especially in the top 10 selections for both. The Europeans again saw some un-rated Mid-term players on the final CSS list.
With the Wild’s mediocre seasons, I’ve found myself focusing more of my post-season energy on the draft and hopefully Minnesota’s loss of the post-season is your gain as I help add a bit of color and order to the Central Scouting’s Final rankings which they publish each spring. Hopefully this 2010 NHL Entry Draft Prospect tracker which traces those players who have moved up and down in the rankings from Central Scouting’s Mid-Term rankings is a useful tool for you fans out there who love to compile your own draft lists and mock drafts so you can track the trajectory of these players you may be mulling over as the league gets closer to draft day.
So how will this work? I will include the CSS Final ranking in the appropriate color (Blue, Purple, Green, Orange and Red) as well as the CSS Mid-term ranking in parentheses so you can see just how much change took place. Here are how to read the colors
Blue ~ For players who dropped 5 or more rankings (fading fast)
Purple ~ For players who dropped between 2 to 4 rankings (mild drop)
Green ~ For players who were +/- 1 ranking (very stable)
Orange ~ For players who were rose between 2 to 4 rankings (mild boost)
Red ~ For players who rose 5 or more rankings (strong finish)
Black ~ For players who were not rated in CSS’s Mid-Term rankings (late bloomer / wild card)
North American Skaters:
1 (2) ~ Tyler Seguin – Center – Plymouth (OHL)
2 (1) ~ Taylor Hall – Left Wing – Windsor (OHL)
3 (4) ~ Brett Connolly – Right Wing – Prince George (WHL)
4 (6) ~ Erik Gudbranson – Defenseman – Kingston (OHL)
5 (3) ~ Cam Fowler – Defenseman – Windsor (OHL)
6 (8) ~ Brandon Gormley – Defenseman – Moncton (QMJHL)
7 (9) ~ Mark Pysyk – Defenseman – Edmonton (WHL)
8 (13) ~ Emerson Etem – Right Wing – Medicine Hat (WHL)
9 (11) ~ Derek Forbort – Defenseman – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
10 (16) ~ Ryan Johansen – Center – Portland (WHL)
11 (7) ~ Alexander Burmistrov – Center – Barrie (OHL)
12 (14) ~ Nino Niederreiter – Right Wing – Portland (WHL)
13 (12) ~ Nick Bjugstad – Center – Blaine (MN-HS)
14 (25) ~ Austin Watson – Left Wing – Peterborough (OHL)
15 (10) ~ John McFarland – Left Wing – Sudbury (OHL)
16 (22) ~ Tyler Toffoli – Center – Ottawa (OHL)
17 (27) ~ Dylan McIlrath – Defenseman – Moose Jaw (WHL)
18 (21) ~ Tyler Pitlick – Center – Minnesota State (WCHA)
19 (29) ~ Quinton Howden – Center – Moose Jaw (WHL)
20 (23) ~ Stanislav Galiev – Right Wing – St. John (QMJHL)
21 (20) ~ Jonathon Merrill – Defenseman – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
22 (5) ~ Riley Sheahan – Center – Notre Dame (CCHA)
23 (33) ~ Petr Straka – Right Wing – Rimouski (QMJHL)
24 (19) ~ Charlie Coyle – Right Wing / Center – South Shore (EJHL)
25 (17) ~ Brock Nelson – Center – Warroad (MN-HS)
26 (18) ~ Kevin Hayes – Right Wing – Nobles (MA-HS)
27 (24) ~ Ryan Martindale – Center – Ottawa (OHL)
28 (41) ~ Jaden Schwartz – Center – Tri City (USHL)
29 (34) ~ Alexander Petrovic – Defenseman – Red Deer (WHL)
30 (45) ~ Jordan Weal – Center – Regina (WHL)
31 (15) ~ Kirill Kabanov – Left Wing – Moncton (QMJHL)
32 (48) ~ Beau Bennett – Right Wing – Penticton (BCHL)
33 (26) ~ Ivan Telegin – Left Wing – Saginaw (OHL)
34 (47) ~ Jeff Skinner – Right Wing – Kitchener (OHL)
35 (NR) ~ Steven Johns – Defenseman – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
36 (30) ~ Bill Arnold – Center – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
37 (37) ~ Mark Alt – Defenseman – Cretin-Derham Hall (MN-HS)
38 (42) ~ Jarred Tinordi – Defenseman – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
39 (38) ~ Ryan Spooner – Center – Peterborough (OHL)
40 (84) ~ Patrick McNally – Defenseman – Milton Academy (MA-HS)
41 (63) ~ Brock Beukeboom – Defenseman – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
42 (56) ~ Curtis Hamilton – Left Wing – Saskatoon (WHL)
43 (44) ~ Steven Shipley – Center – Owen Sound (OHL)
44 (43) ~ Troy Rutkowski – Defenseman – Portland (WHL)
45 (61) ~ Julian Melchiori – Defenseman – Newmarket (CCHL)
46 (31) ~ Danny Biega – Defenseman – Harvard (ECAC)
47 (54) ~ Justin Holl – Defenseman – Minnetonka (MN-HS)
48 (57) ~ Brandon Davidson – Defenseman – Regina (WHL)
49 (36) ~ Max Gardiner – Center – Minnetonka (MN-HS)
50 (70) ~ Jerome Gauthier-Leduc – Defenseman – Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
51 (55) ~ Jason Zucker – Left Wing – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
52 (35) ~ Jakub Culek – Left Wing – Rimouski (QMJHL)
53 (62) ~ Justin Shugg – Left Wing – Windsor (OHL)
54 (39) ~ Joe Basaraba – Right Wing – Shattuck St. Mary’s (MN-HS)
55 (46) ~ Joey Hishon – Center – Owen Sound (OHL)
56 (40) ~ Justin Faulk – Defenseman – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
57 (59) ~ Austin Madaisky – Defenseman – Kamloops (WHL)
58 (49) ~ Connor Brickley – Center – Des Moines (USHL)
59 (69) ~ Bradley Ross – Left Wing – Portland (WHL)
60 (51) ~ Stephen Silas – Defenseman – Belleville (OHL)
61 (65) ~ Andrew Yogan – Left Wing / Center – Erie (OHL)
62 (105) ~ Freddie Hamilton – Center – Niagara (OHL)
63 (77) ~ Mike Pereira – Left Wing – Avon Old Farms (CT-HS)
64 (58) ~ Brandon Archibald – Defenseman – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
65 (164) ~ Brett Bulmer – Right Wing – Kelowna (WHL)
66 (94) ~ Greg McKegg – Center – Erie (OHL)
67 (92) ~ Kevin Sundher – Center – Chilliwack (WHL)
68 (50) ~ Jacob Fallon – Center – Indiana (USHL)
69 (114) ~ Thomas Christian – Right Wing – Oshawa (OHL)
70 (60) ~ Kevin Gravel – Defenseman – Sioux City (USHL)
71 (93) ~ Kendall McFaull – Defenseman – Moose Jaw (WHL)
72 (79) ~ Kenneth Agostino – Left Wing – Delbarton (NJ-HS)
73 (66) ~ Dalton Smith – Left Wing – Ottawa (OHL)
74 (85) ~ Matt MacKenzie – Defenseman – Calgary (WHL)
75 (78) ~ Michael Bournival – Left Wing – Shawinigan (QMJHL)
76 (67) ~ Devante Smith-Pelly – Right Wing – Mississauga St. Michael’s (OHL)
77 (74) ~ Alex Theriau – Defenseman – Everett (WHL)
78 (111) ~ Michael Chaput – Center – Lewiston (QMJHL)
79 (157) ~ Maxwell Reinhart – Center – Kootenay (WHL)
80 (76) ~ Bryan Rust – Right Wing – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
81 (73) ~ Jason Clark – Left Wing/Center – Shattuck-St.Mary’s (MN-HS)
82 (123) ~ Jared Knight – Center – London (OHL)
83 (52) ~ Brendan Woods – Left Wing – Chicago (USHL)
84 (64) ~ Josh Shalla – Left Wing – Saginaw (OHL)
85 (72) ~ Stephen Macaulay – Left Wing – Saint John (QMJHL)
86 (101) ~ Brooks Macek – Center – Tri City (WHL)
87 (89) ~ Louis-Marc Aubrey – Center – Montreal (QMJHL)
88 (90) ~ Taylor Aronson – Defenseman – Portland (WHL)
89 (97) ~ Casey Thrush – Left Wing – Team Maryland AAA (USMAAAE)
90 (87) ~ Sam Carrick – Center – Brampton (OHL)
91 (NR) ~ Radko Gudas – Defenseman – Everett (WHL)
92 (183) ~ Michael Sgarbossa – Center – Saginaw (OHL)
93 (128) ~ Josh Nicholls – Right Wing – Saskatoon (WHL)
94 (86) ~ Aaron Harstad – Defenseman – Green Bay (USHL)
95 (75) ~ Luke Moffatt – Center – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
96 (124) ~ Philip Lane – Right Wing – Brampton (OHL)
97 (99) ~ Morgan Ellis – Defenseman – Cape Breton (QMJHL)
98 (88) ~ Peter Stoykewych – Defenseman – Winnipeg South (MJHL)
99 (98) ~ Alexander Guptill – Left Wing – Orangeville (CCHL)
100 (81) ~ Raman Hrabarenka – Defenseman – Philadelphia (EJHL)
101 (115) ~ Gregg Sutch – Right Wing – Mississauga St. Michael’s (OHL)
102 (104) ~ Alex Emond – Center – Rimouski (QMJHL)
103 (80) ~ Cameron Wind – Defenseman – Brampton (OHL)
104 (144) ~ Max Gaede – Right Wing – Woodbury (MN-HS)
105 (149) ~ Jonathan Brunelle – Left Wing – Drummondville (QMJHL)
106 (NR) ~ Matthew White – Center – Pittsburgh Viper Stars (USMAAAE)
107 (83) ~ Yasin Casse – Right Wing – Des Moines (USHL)
108 (NR) ~ Craig Cunningham – Left Wing – Vancouver (WHL)
109 (100) ~ Caleb Herbert – Center – Bloomington Jefferson (MN-HS)
110 (173) ~ Garnet Hathaway – Right Wing – Andover (MA-HS)
111 (168) ~ Brendan Ranford – Left Wing – Kamloops (WHL)
112 (91) ~ Brian Ward – Center – Governor’s Academy (MA-HS)
113 (134) ~ Marc-Antoine Carrier – Defenseman – Northwood School (NY-HS)
114 (118) ~ Etienne Boutet – Defenseman – Rimouski (QMJHL)
115 (146) ~ Jordan Messier – Right Wing – Tri City (WHL)
116 (96) ~ Tyler Stahl – Defenseman – Chilliwack (WHL)
117 (106) ~ Cody Ferriero – Center – Governor’s Academy (MA-HS)
118 (109) ~ Joe Faust – Defenseman – Bloomington Jefferson (MN-HS)
119 (53) ~ Mark Stone – Right Wing – Brandon (WHL)
120 (NR) ~ Joey Leach – Defenseman – Kootenay (WHL)
121 (68) ~ Charles Inglis – Center – Saskatoon (WHL)
122 (200) ~ Brandon Hynes – Right Wing – Victoriaville (QMJHL)
123 (169) ~ Geoffrey Schemitsch – Defenseman – Owen Sound (OHL)
124 (116) ~ Antonin Honejsek – Left Wing – Moose Jaw (WHL)
125 (113) ~ Luke Curadi – Defenseman – Penticton (BCHL)
126 (156) ~ Dylen McKinlay – Right Wing – Chilliwack (WHL)
127 (120) ~ Jeremie Blain – Defenseman – Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
128 (176) ~ Brock Montgomery – Right Wing – Kootenay (WHL)
129 (148) ~ Thomas O’Regan – Left Wing – St. Sebastian School (MA-HS)
130 (121) ~ J.T. Barnett – Left Wing – Vancouver (WHL)
131 (187) ~ John Ramage – Defenseman – Wisconsin (WCHA)
132 (82) ~ Julien Levasseur – Defenseman – Rimouski (QMJHL)
133 (133) ~ Isaac Mcleod – Defenseman – Penticton (BCHL)
134 (95) ~ Nick Mattson – Defenseman – Indiana (USHL)
135 (NR) ~ Mark MacWilliam – Foward – Alberni Valley (BCHL)
136 (178) ~ Christopher Wagner – Right Wing – South Shore (EJHL)
137 (NR) ~ Brandon Herrod – Right Wing – Prince Albert (WHL)
138 (71) ~ Michael Parks – Right Wing – Cedar Rapids (USHL)
139 (32) ~ Kevin Lind – Defenseman – Chicago (USHL)
140 (103) ~ Logan Roe – Defenseman – Kent School (CT-HS)
141 (122) ~ Brian Ferlin – Right Wing – Indiana (USHL)
142 (141) ~ Brody Sutter – Center – Lethbridge (WHL)
143 (145) ~ Adam Sedlak – Defenseman – Peterborough (OHL)
144 (110) ~ Grayson Downing – Center – Westside (BCHL)
145 (136) ~ Brett Stern – Defenseman – Centennial (MN-HS)
146 (188) ~ Michael Ferland – Left Wing – Brandon (WHL)
147 (125) ~ Derek Gauthier – Right Wing – Saint John (QMJHL)
148 (209) ~ Jacob Rutt – Defenseman – Jr. Monarchs (EJHL)
149 (107) ~ Eamonn McDermott – Defenseman – Fargo (USHL)
150 (NR) ~ Mike Zalewski – Left Wing – Syracuse (EJHL)
151 (171) ~ Reid McNeill – Defenseman – London (OHL)
152 (127) ~ Thane Heller – Left Wing – Junior Bruins (EJHL)
153 (69) ~ Derek DeBlois – Center – Cedar Rapids (USHL)
154 (167) ~ Brandon Alderson – Right Wing – Sarnia (OHL)
155 (192) ~ Brandon McNally – Left Wing – Belmont Hill (MA-HS)
156 (117) ~ Austin Levi – Defenseman – Plymouth (OHL)
157 (153) ~ Colin Campbell – Left Wing – Vaughan (OJAHL)
158 (142) ~ Joe Rogalski – Defenseman – Sarnia (OHL)
159 (NR) ~ Jesse Beamish – Center – St. Michael’s (CCHL)
160 (162) ~ Myles McCauley – Right Wing – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
161 (137) ~ Ryan Harrison – Center – Prince Albert (WHL)
162 (172) ~ Alex Lippincott – Center – Fargo (USHL)
163 (NR) ~ Corey Durocher – Left Wing – Kingston (OHL)
164 (108) ~ Konrad Abeltshauser – Defenseman – Halifax (QMJHL)
165 (NR) ~ James Mullin – Right Wing / Center – Shattuck-St.Mary’s (MN-HS)
166 (112) ~ Christian Isackson – Right Wing – St. Thomas (MN-HS)
167 (NR) ~ Justin Dowling – Center – Swift Current (WHL)
168 (193) ~ Andrew Huff – Left Wing – Traverse City (NAHL)
169 (130) ~ Nick Sorkin – Right Wing – Sioux City (USHL)
170 (139) ~ Maxime Dumond – Left Wing – Brockville (CJHL)
171 (NR) ~ Antoine Corbin – Defenseman – Kelowna (WHL)
172 (NR) ~ Spencer Humphries – Defenseman – Westside (BCHL)
173 (166) ~ Eric Neiley – Center – Phillips-Exeter (NH-HS)
174 (152) ~ Brendan Gallagher – Right Wing – Vancouver (WHL)
175 (150) ~ Nicholas Luukko – Defenseman – The Gunnery (CT-HS)
176 (160) ~ Adam Janosik – Defenseman – Gatineau (QMJHL)
177 (154) ~ Justin Feser – Left Wing – Tri City (WHL)
178 (189) ~ Derek Froats – Left Wing – Kingston (OHL)
179 (68) ~ Ryan Daugherty – Right Wing – Omaha (USHL)
180 (NR) ~ Patrick Holland – Right Wing – Tri City (WHL)
181 (196) ~ Christopher Crane – Right Wing – Green Bay (USHL)
182 (NR) ~ Chris Casto – Defenseman – Hill Murray (MN-HS)
183 (NR) ~ Mike Schwindt – Defenseman – Niagara (OHL)
184 (205) ~ Patrick Dore – Defenseman – Quebec (QMJHL)
185 (NR) ~ Taylor Carnevale – Center – Barrie (OHL)
186 (194) ~ Alex Cord – Defenseman – Oakville (OJAHL)
187 (NR) ~ Tyson Fulton – Right Wing – Breck (MN-HS)
188 (NR) ~ Kyle Quick – Defenseman – St. Louis (NAHL)
189 (NR) ~ Andrew Crescenzi – Center – Kitchener (OHL)
190 (134) ~ Darren Archibald – Left Wing – Barrie (OHL)
191 (NR) ~ Jess Tanguy – Right Wing – Lewiston (QMJHL)
192 (NR) ~ Michael Kantor – Right Wing – Saginaw (OHL)
193 (151) ~ Mitchell Chapman – Defenseman – Kelowna (WHL)
194 (NR) ~ Marek Hrivik – Left Wing – Moncton (QMJHL)
195 (210) ~ Andrej Sustr – Defenseman – Youngstown (USHL)
196 (NR) ~ Brandon Underwood – Defenseman – Kamloops (WHL)
197 (206) ~ Trevor Parkes – Right Wing – Montreal (QMJHL)
198 (185) ~ Garrett Hendrickson – Center – Virginia/Mt.Iron-Buhl (MN-HS)
199 (182) ~ Steven Beyers – Right Wing – Orangeville (CCHL)
200 (147) ~ James Polk – Left Wing – Shattuck-St.Mary’s (MN-HS)
201 (NR) ~ Yannick Dube – Left Wing – Victoriaville (QMJHL)
202 (119) ~ Patrick Brown – Center – Cranbrook Kingswood (MI-HS)
203 (138) ~ Samuel Carrier – Defenseman – Lewiston (QMJHL)
204 (174) ~ Scott Wamsganz – Left Wing – Waterloo (USHL)
205 (155) ~ Andrew Prochno – Defenseman – Minnetonka (MN-HS)
206 (140) ~ Michael Reardon – Defensman – Nobles (MA-HS)
207 (NR) ~ Jordan Depape – Right Wing / Center – Kamloops (WHL)
208 (NR) ~ Mike Seward – Left Wing – Winchester (MA-HS)
209 (NR) ~ Hudson Woodruff – Right Wing – Milton Academy (MA-HS)
210 (NR) ~ Thomas Tynan – Center – Des Moines (USHL)
North American Goaltenders:
1 (1) ~ Calvin Pickard – Seattle (WHL)
2 (2) ~ Jack Campbell – U.S. U-18 (USDP)
3 (7) ~ Kent Simpson – Everett (WHL)
4 (8) ~ Mark Visentin – Niagara (OHL)
5 (4) ~ Louis Domingue – Quebec (QMJHL)
6 (5) ~ Zane Gothberg – Thief River Falls (MN-HS)
7 (3) ~ Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault – Halifax (QMJHL)
8 (6) ~ Sam Brittain – Canmore (BCHL)
9 (23) ~ Cameron Lanigan – Edmonton (WHL)
10 (14) ~ Tyler Bunz – Medicine Hat (WHL)
11 (18) ~ Michael Houser – London (OHL)
12 (11) ~ Ramis Sadikov – Erie (OHL)
13 (17) ~ Martin Oullette – Kimball Union (NH-HS)
14 (29) ~ Joel Vienneau – Kingston (OHL)
15 (9) ~ Philipp Grubauer – Windsor (OHL)
16 (NR) ~ Macmillan Carruth – Portland (WHL)
17 (19) ~ Clay Witt – Sioux Falls (USHL)
18 (10) ~ Maxime Clermont – Gatineau (QMJHL)
19 (13) ~ Scott Wedgewood – Plymouth (OHL)
20 (12) ~ Willie Yanakeff – Waterloo (USHL)
21 (21) ~ Sean Bonar – Penticton (BCHL)
22 (NR) ~ Brandon Glover – Moose Jaw (WHL)
23 (30) ~ Bryce O’Hagan – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
24 (26) ~ Jeff Teglia – Omaha (USHL)
25 (25) ~ Petr Mrazek – Ottawa (OHL)
26 (NR) ~ Parker Millner – Boston College (Hockey East)
27 (20) ~ J.P. Anderson – Mississauga St. Michael’s (OHL)
28 (15) ~ Jared Coreau – Lincoln (USHL)
29 (27) ~ Philippe Tremblay – Rimouski (QMJHL)
30 (NR) ~ Matthew Skoff – Sioux City (USHL)
European Skaters:
1 (1) ~ Mikael Granlund – Center – HIFK (Finnish Sm Liiga)
2 (2) ~ Vladimir Tarasenko – Right Wing – Novosibirsk (KHL)
3 (4) ~ Evgeny Kuznetsov – Center – Chelyabinsk (KHL)
4 (21) ~ Calle Jarnkrok – Center – Brynas Jr. (Swe-Jr.)
5 (5) ~ Ludvig Rensfeldt – Left Wing – Brynas Jr. (Swe-Jr.)
6 (3) ~ Maxim Kitsyn – Left Wing – Novokuznetsk (KHL)
7 (6) ~ Oscar Lindberg – Center – Skelleftea Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
8 (10) ~ Tom Kuehnhackl – Right Wing – Landshut Cann. (German Div.2)
9 (7) ~ Adam Pettersson – Center – Skelleftea Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
10 (11) ~ Martin Marincin – Defenseman – Slovakia U-20 (Slovak Dev. Program)
11 (13) ~ Patrik Nemeth – Defenseman – AIK Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
12 (18) ~ Alexei Marchenko – Defenseman – CSKA-2 (Rus. Div.2)
13 (9) ~ Nikita Zaytsev – Defenseman – Novosibirsk (KHL)
14 (14) ~ Joonas Donskoi – Right Wing – Karpat Jr. (Finland Jr.)
15 (8) ~ Jonathan Johansson – Center – Frolunda Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
16 (NR) ~ Vladislav Kartayev – Center – Ufa 2 (Rus. Div.2)
17 (17) ~ Teemu Pulkkinen – Left Wing – Jokerit (Finnish Sm-Liiga)
18 (38) ~ Victor Ohman – Center – Malmo Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
19 (30) ~ Nikita Gusev – Left Wing – CSKA 2 (Rus. Div.2)
20 (26) ~ Mikael Salmivirta – Center – HIFK Jr. (Finland Jr.)
21 (NR) ~ Petter Granberg – Defenseman – Skelleftea Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
22 (29) ~ Sergei Barbashev – Left Wing – CSKA 2 (Rus. Div.2)
23 (23) ~ Mirko Hoefflin – Center – Heilbronn (German Div.2)
24 (12) – Bohumil Jank – Defenseman – Czeske Budjovice Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
25 (19) ~ Patrick Cehlin – Right Wing – Djurgarden (Swe. Eliteserien)
26 (48) ~ Alexander Gogolev – Right Wing – Spartak 2 (Rus. Div.2)
27 (54) ~ Sebastian Wannstrom – Right Wing – Brynas Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
28 (15) ~ Johan Alm – Defenseman – Frolunda Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
29 (25) ~ Gaetan Haas – Biel Jr. (Swiss Jr.)
30 (20) ~ Sebastian Ottosson – Linkoping Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
31 (28) ~ Joel Vermin – Bern Jr. (Swiss Jr.)
32 (NR) ~ Artemy Panarin – Wing – Chekhov (KHL)
33 (71) ~ Jesper Fasth – HV 71 Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
34 (22) ~ Johan Larsson – Left Wing – Brynas Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
35 (50) ~ Tim Heed – Defenseman – Sodertalje (Swe. Eliteserien)
36 (27) ~ Tomas Filippi – Center – Liberec Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
37 (44) ~ Joakim Nordstrom – Center – AIK Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
38 (36) ~ Lars Neher – Left Wing – Kloten Jr. (Swiss Jr.)
39 (NR) ~ Yaroslav Alshevsky – Wing – Nizhnekamsk 2 (Rus. Div.2)
40 (33) ~ Erik Thorell – Center – Farjestad Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
41 (NR) ~ Julius Junttila – Left Wing – Karpat Jr. (Finland Jr.)
42 (16) ~ Pavel Kulikov – Center – Nizhnekamsk 2 (Rus. Div.2)
43 (31) ~ Lukas Cingl – Right Wing – Zilina Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
44 (52) ~ Jonas Hari – Wing – Farjestad Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
45 (41) ~ Dominik Simeak – Center – Kosice Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
46 (69) ~ Daniel Gunnarsson – Defenseman – Leksand Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
47 (24) ~ Andreas Dahlstrom – Center – AIK (Swe. Div.2)
48 (43) ~ Artem Voronin – Center – Spartak 2 (Rus. Div.2)
49 (32) ~ Joachim Rohdin – Right Wing – Brynas Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
50 (42) ~ Vyacheslav Kulemin – Right Wing – CSKA (KHL)
51 (47) ~ Daniel Krecji – Defenseman – Slavia Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
52 (56) ~ David Elsner – Wing – Landshut Cann. (German Div.2)
53 (58) ~ Ricard Blidstrand – Defenseman – AIK Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
54 (70) ~ Simon Lof – Defenseman – Brynas (Swe. Eliteserien)
55 (NR) ~ Jani Hakanpaa – Defenseman – Vantaa Jr. (Fin. Junior Div.2)
56 (86) ~ Bogdan Kiselevich – Defenseman – Cherepovets (KHL)
57 (72) ~ Teemu Rautiainen – Right Wing – HPK Jr. (Finland Jr.)
58 (49) ~ Petr Zamorsky – Defenseman – Zlin Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
59 (82) ~ Anatoli Nikontsev – Right Wing – Tyumen (Rus. Div.2)
60 (39) ~ Aleksi Laakso – Defenseman – Espoo Blues (Fin. Sm-Liiga)
61 (NR) ~ Pontus Netterberg – Right Wing – HV 71 Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
62 (NR) ~ Bernhard Keil – Left Wing – Mannheim Jr. (German Jr.)
63 (73) ~ Iiro Pkarinen – Right Wing – Kalpa Jr. (Finland Jr.)
64 (NR) ~ Arvid Stromberg – Right Wing – Djugarden Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
65 (76) ~ Viktor Svedbeg – Defenseman – Frolunda Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
66 (65) ~ Juraj Petro – Center – Slovakia U-20 (Slovak Development Program)
67 (84) ~ Teemu Eronen – Defenseman – Jokerit (Fin. Sm-Liiga)
68 (63) ~ Mauro Jorg – Right Wing – Lugano (Swiss League)
69 (45) ~ Gal Koren – Forward – Mannheim Jr. (German Jr.)
70 (87) ~ Stanislav Bocharov – Left Wing – Kazan 2 (Russian Div.3)
71 (NR) ~ Maxim Berezin – Defenseman – Nizhnekamsk 2 (Rus. Div.3)
72 (51) ~ Nils Andersson – Defenseman – Bjorkloven (Swe. Div.2)
73 (NR) ~ Lukas Kozak – Defenseman – Martin (Slovakia)
74 (NR) ~ Corey Mapes – Defenseman – Heilbronn (German Div.2)
75 (68) ~ Marek Racuk – Center – Litvinov Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
76 (59) ~ Santtu Huhtala – Center – TPS Jr. (Finland Jr.)
77 (78) ~ Anton Burdasov – Left Wing – Chelyabinsk-2 (Rus. Div.3)
78 (35) ~ Dominik Bittner – Defenseman – Heilbronn (German. Div.2)
79 (97) ~ Patrik Geering – Defenseman – Zurich (Swiss)
80 (95) ~ Emanuel Astrom – Right Wing – Rogle Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
81 (NR) ~ Marat Urakcheyev – Wing – CSKA-2 (Rus. Div.3)
82 (121) ~ Joonas Rask – Center – Ilves Jr. (Finland Jr.)
83 (NR) ~ Roberts Bukarts – Wing – Riga (KHL)
84 (91) ~ Jesper Jensen – Defenseman – Rodovre (Denmark)
85 (NR) ~ Jannick Christensen – Defenseman – Esbjerg (Denmark)
86 (88) ~ Sondre Olden – Wing – Modo Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
87 (NR) ~ Kirill Lebedev – Wing – Magnitogorsk-2 (Rus. Div.2)
88 (90) ~ Markus Pock – Left Wing – Klagenfurt (Austria)
89 (76) ~ Lukas Stoop – Defenseman – HC Davos (Swiss)
90 (NR) ~ Tristan Scherwey – Left Wing – Bern Jr. (Swiss Jr.)
91 (NR) ~ Henri Tuominen – Center – Ilves Jr. (Finland Jr.)
92 (34) ~ Petteri Halinen – Center – Blues Jr. (Finland Jr.)
93 (NR) ~ Nikita Tochitsky – Center – St. Petersberg-2 (Rus. Div.3)
94 (99) ~ Alexander Ataev – Defenseman – Dynamo Moscow-2 (Rus. Div.3)
95 (40) ~ Daniel Brodin – Left Wing – Djugarden Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
96 (37) ~ Ignat Zemchenko – Left Wing – Cherepovets Jr. (Rus. Div.3)
97 (NR) ~ Filip Pavlik – Defenseman – Trinec Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
98 (53) ~ Alexander Kuznetsov – Center – CSKA-2 (Rus.Div.3)
99 (NR) ~ Marcus Jonsson – Left Wing – Bjorkloven Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
100 (64) ~ Marcel Noebels – Right Wing – Krefeld Jr. (German. Jr.)
101 (57) ~ Norman Hauner – Left Wing – Bremerhaven (German Div.2)
102 (NR) ~ Michael Keranen – Center – Ilves Jr. (Finland Jr.)
103 (98) ~ Jakub Jerabek – Defenseman – Plzen (Czech Elite League)
104 (60) ~ Charles Bertrand – Left Wing – Lukko Jr. (Finland Jr.)
105 (46) ~ Alexander Tarasov – Defenseman – MVD Balashikha (KHL)
106 (55) ~ Eddie Larsson – Defenseman – MoDo (Swe. Eliteserien)
107 (74) ~ Niklas Clusen – Defenseman – Dusseldorf Jr. (German Jr.)
108 (NR) ~ Dmitri Orlov – Wing – Cherepovets-2 (Rus. Div.3)
109 (66) ~ Dennis Rasmussen – Center – Vasteras (Swe. Div.2)
110 (NR) ~ Evgeny Grigorenko – Right Wing – Magnitogorsk-2 (Rus.Div.3)
111 (NR) ~ Reto Schappi – Center – GCK Zurich (Swiss Div.2)
112 (NR) ~ Daniel Weiss – Left Wing / Right Wing – Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)
113 (NR) ~ Dmitri Vishnevsky – Defenseman – Spartak (KHL)
114 (NR) ~ Mans Kruger – Center – Huddinge Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
115 (NR) ~ Pontus Johansson – Right Wing – Bjorkloven Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
116 (89) ~ Mathias Franzen – Right Wing – AIK Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
117 (93) ~ Markus Lauridsen – Defenseman – Linkoping Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
118 (NR) ~ Ondrej Havlicek – Center – USTI N.L. (Czech. Div.2)
119 (85) ~ Danill Sobchenko – Center – Yaroslavl-2 (Rus. Div.3)
120 (79) ~ Georgi Berdyukov – Defenseman – St. Petersburg-2 (Rus. Div.3)
121 (77) ~ Vitaly Zotov – Defenseman – Yaroslavl-2 (Rus. Div.3)
122 (NR) ~ Aleksi Laine – Defenseman – HIFK Jr. (Finland Jr.)
123 (NR) ~ Danill Apalkov – Wing – Magnitogorsk-2 (Rus.Div.3)
124 (73) ~ Semen Valuysky – Left Wing – Togliatti-2 (Rus. Div.3)
125 (NR) ~ Ildar Isangulov – Defenseman – Ufa-2 (Rus.Div.3)
126 (NR) ~ Samuli Kankaanpera – Defensman – JYP Jr. (Finland Jr.)
127 (83) ~ Juuso Salmi – Defenseman – HIFK Jr. (Finland Jr.)
128 (NR) ~ Tomas Matousek – Left Wing – Banska Bystrica Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
129 (NR) ~ Roman Veber – Right Wing – Bratislava Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
130 (67) ~ Lukas Kilstrom – Defenseman – Sodertalje (Swe. Eliteserien)
131 (82) ~ Filip Hantak – Center – Sparta Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
132 (NR) ~ Yegor Dugin – Center – Chelyabinsk (KHL)
133 (NR) ~ Yan Krasovsky – Defenseman – Yaroslavl-2 (Rus. Div.3)
134 (NR) ~ Pathrik Vesterholm – Center – Malmo Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
135 (NR) ~ Konsta Makinen – Defensman – Ilves Jr. (Finland Jr.)
136 (62) ~ Jiry Rys – Left Wing – ML. Boleslav Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
137 (61) ~ Michal Cajkovsky – Defensman – Bratislava Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
138 (75) ~ Roman Lyubimov – Right Wing / Center – CSKA-2 (Rus. Div.3)
139 (100) ~ Fredrik Styrman – Defenseman – Lulea Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
140 (92) ~ Patrick Bjorkstrand – Center – Herning (Denmark)
141 (NR) ~ Simon Dahl – Left Wing – Tingsryd Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
142 (NR) ~ Alexander Chiglintsev – Wing – Ufa (KHL)
143 (NR) ~ Ion-Gergy Kostev – Defenseman – Nizhnekamsk (KHL)
144 (NR) ~ Michal Toman – Center – Martin Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
145 (NR) ~ David Stach – Left Wing – Kladno Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
146 (NR) ~ Matus Chovan – Right Wing – Kosice Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
147 (NR) ~ Samuel Walser – Center – Kloten Jr. (Swiss Jr.)
148 (81) ~ Radoslav Macik – Left Wing – L. Mikulas Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
149 (94) ~ Dominik Kubica – Defenseman – Trnava Jr. (Slovak Jr.)
150 (NR) ~ Tomas Valenta – Defenseman – Zlin Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
European Goaltenders:
1 (2) ~ Sami Aittokallio – Ilves Jr. (Finland Jr.)
2 (NR) ~ Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel – Almtuna (Swe. Div.2)
3 (5) ~ Benjamin Conz – Geneve (Swiss)
4 (3) ~ Lars Volden – Stavanger (Norway)
5 (4) ~ Johan Gustafsson – Farjestad Jr. (Swe.-Jr.)
6 (NR) ~ Jonathan Iilahti – Blues Jr. (Finland Jr.)
7 (1) ~ Jonas Gunnarsson – HV 71 Jr. (Finland Jr.)
8 (6) ~ Pavel Francouz – Plzen Jr. (Czech. Jr.)
9 (NR) ~ Lukas Meili – Zurich Jr. (Swiss Jr.)
10 (NR) ~ Jakub Sedlacek – Zlin (Czech.)
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