The World U18 Championships is one of the premier scouting events for the NHL Draft, since no players playing in the event have been eligible for the NHL Draft yet, and many are top draft picks for future drafts.
With that in mind, I tried to make some draft lists made up of players from the World U18 pre-camp that I watched. The list is mostly made up of players from the US, Canada, Sweden, and Finland, with a couple other players I saw mixed in. It's broken down into three groups: one for player's eligible for this year's draft, one for 2010, and one for 2011.
You can view the lists after the jump.
2009 Draft
- Magnus Svensson-Paajarvi-Swe
- Oliver Ekman-Larsson-Swe
- Jeremy Morin-USA
- Dylan Olsen-Can
- Drew Shore-USA
- Jacob Josefson-Swe
- Zach Kassian-Can
- Landon Ferraro-Can
- Simon Despres-Can
- Tim Erixon-Swe
- Ethan Werek-Can
- Robin Lehner-Swe
- Sami Vatanen-Fin
- Chris Brown-USA
- Anton Lander-Swe
- William Wrenn-USA
- Tommi Kivisto-Fin
- Stefan Elliott-Can
- Ryan Bourque-USA
- Toni Rajala-Fin
- Patrick Cehlin-Swe
- Kenny Ryan-USA
- Carl Klingberg-Swe
- Andrej Statsny-Svk
- Erik Haula-Fin
- Juraj Holly-Svk
- John Henrion-USA
- Cody Eakin-Can
- John Ramage-USA
- Brayden McNabb-Can
- Jerry D’Amigo-USA
Note:I'd put the top seven players on this list in the first round of the NHL Draft. I didn't see Jeremy Morin play at this particular tournament, but have seen him throughout the year, so I added him anyway.
2010 Draft
-
Cam Fowler-USA - Teemu Pulkkinen-Fin
- Erik Gudbranson-Can
- Jack Campbell-USA
- Brett Connolly-Can
- Mikael Granlund-Fin
- John McFarland-Can
- Curtis Hamilton-Can
- Jon Merrill-USA
- Lukas Kozak-Svk
- Jason Zucker-USA
- Nick Mattson-USA
- Mirko Hofflin-Ger
2011 Draft
- Adam Larsson-Swe
- Tomas Jurko-Svk
- David Musil-Cze
- Adam Clendening-USA
- Gabriel Landeskog-Swe
- Matt Nieto-USA
- Tobias Rieder-Ger