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NHL Entry Draft – 1st Round Rankings

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By Bob Trask – The news around the NHL entry draft is starting to heat up with the draft lottery scheduled for May 10th. At that time, the exact order of the 1st round picks will be determined for all non-playoff teams. As the playoffs progress, the order of selection for non-playoff teams will gradually fall into place.

The Montreal Canadiens will draft anywhere from first to third with their own pick and also have a first round pick due to them from Calgary. Exactly where that Calgary pick will be depends upon how far the Flames go in the playoffs. They finished 27th overall and the pick will probably be in the range of 25 to 30.

Our own first round rankings are as follows:

  1. Shane Wright: center – 6’1 187
  2. Logan Cooley: center – 5’11 175
  3. Juraj Slavkofsky: left wing – 6’4 225
  4. Mathieu Savoie: center – 5’9 180
  5. Simon Nemec: right defense – 6’1 192
  6. Joakim Kemell: right wing – 5’11 176
  7. David Jiricek: right defense – 6’3 190
  8. Daniel Yurov: right wing – 6’1 179
  9. Frank Nazar: center – 5’10 174
  10. Brad Lambert: right wing – 6’0 179
  11. Jonanthan Lekkermaki: center – 5’11 172
  12. Connor Geekie: center – 6’4 205
  13. Ivan Mirsoshnichenko: left wing – 6’1 185
  14. Filip Mesar: center – 5’10 172
  15. Cutter Gauthier: left wing – 6’2 190
  16. Pavel Mintyukov: left defense – 6’1 192
  17. Denton Mateychuk: left defense – 5’11 187
  18. Liam Ohgren: left wing – 6’1 187
  19. Marco Kasper: center – 6’0 183
  20. Rutger McGroarty: center – 6’0 205
  21. Isaac Howard: left wing – 5’11 173
  22. Tristan Luneau: right defense – 6’2 184
  23. Kevin Korchinski: left wing – 6’2 185
  24. Seamus Casey: right defense – 5’10 161
  25. Jimmy Snuggerud: right wing – 6’2 185
  26. Ty Nelson: right defense – 5’10 196
  27. Nathan Gaucher: center – 6’3 207
  28. Noah Ostlund: center – 5’11 162
  29. Elias Salomonson: right defense – 6’0 172
  30. Alexander Perevalov: left wing – 6’0 192
  31. Jiri Kulich: center – 6’0 172
  32. Owen Pickering – left defense – 6’5 180

Canadiens pick

With their first pick in the first round, it his highly likely that Kent Hughes will pick one of the first three names on the list. Canadiens fans can look forward to Wright, Cooley or Slavkofsky being called up to the stage on draft day. Check these profiles on Elite Prospects:

Canadiens pick from Calgary

With the Calgary pick the options will be a little less clear. Nathan Gaucher and Jimmy Snuggerud are two names to keep an eye on. But the draft can be funny. Someone who is expected to go high in the draft may fall to the Canadiens the way that Cole Caufield did in his draft year. Or a player who we have ranked in the second round may catch the eye of the Habs’s scouts and be chosen in the first round. Check these profiles on Elite Prospects:

Second Round Rankings

Check back later for our 2nd round rankings. When all seven round rankings are complete, check back again for our mock draft. Of course, draft positions will change as the playoffs proceed and there are always teams that trade picks on draft day – but keep checking and compare to your own list of favourites, just for fun!

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