By Bob Trask – While teams don’t admit to drafting by position, the organizational needs will undoubtedly have an influence on their choices. If a team determines two player are ranked as equal when it comes to their potential as an NHL player, then team needs might be a factor in the final choice.
Today we have included a list of the top thirty centers available, with the caveat that we may have overlooked one or two and we may have also unintentionally listed a winger as a center in this table.
| Name | Position | Height | Weight | Shoots |
| Shane Wright | c | 6’1 | 187 | r |
| Logan Cooley | c | 5’10 | 174 | l |
| Matthew Savoie | c | 5’9 | 180 | r |
| Connor Geekie | c | 6’4 | 205 | l |
| Marco Kasper | c | 6’0 | 183 | l |
| Rutger McGroarty | c | 6’0 | 205 | l |
| Nathan Gaucher | c | 6’3 | 207 | r |
| Noah Ostlund | c | 5’11 | 162 | l |
| Jiri Kulich | c | 6’0 | 172 | l |
| Luca del bel Belluz | c | 6’0 | 180 | l |
| Owen Beck | c | 6’0 | 190 | r |
| Jack Hughes | c | 6’0 | 165 | l |
| Filip Bystedt | c | 6’4 | 187 | l |
| David Goyette | c | 5’11 | 174 | l |
| Matthias (Matthew) Poitras | c | 5’11 | 172 | r |
| Danny Zhilkin | c | 6’2 | 183 | l |
| Rieger Lorenz | c | 6’2 | 185 | l |
| Bryce McConnell-Barker | c | 6’1 | 187 | l |
| Paul Ludwinski | c | 5’11 | 172 | l |
| Hunter Haight | c | 5’10 | 172 | r |
| Ludwig Persson | c | 6’0 | 180 | l |
| Ryan Greene | c | 6’1 | 174 | r |
| Alex Kaskimaki | c | 6’0 | 180 | l |
| Fraser Minten | c | 6’1 | 185 | l |
| Topi Ronni | c | 6’2 | 187 | l |
| Ali Brennan | c | 6’1 | 194 | l |
| Pano Fimis | c | 5’11 | 176 | r |
| Servac Petrovsky | c | 6’0 | 174 | l |
| Liam Armsby | c | 5’11 | 183 | r |
| Jacob Karabela | c | 5’11 | 175 | l |
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