I usually hold off on this until after the Select 17 Festival, but since the event was moved to Rochester, NY this year, I won't be going, so the aftermath of this year's NHL Draft seems like a good time to get this list out there.
Here's a list of 50 kids that I've seen that I think have a pretty good shot at getting drafted next year, including twenty 'A' prospects that I think have a chance of going in the first three rounds of the draft.
Just as a note, this far from a complete list. It's just kids I've seen(plus I added Taylor Hall, Kirill Kabanov, and Stanislav Galiev to the 'A' list. Despite not having seen them, I'm fairly confident they'll be there.)
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Cam Fowler (A) - Taylor Hall (A)
- Teemu Pulkkinen (A)
- Kirill Kabanov (A)
- Erik Gudbranson (A)
- Stanislav Galiev (A)
- Derek Forbort (A)
- Brett Connolly (A)
- Jack Campbell (A)
- Jon Merrill (A)
- Mark Alt (A)
- John McFarland (A)
- Mikael Granlund (A)
- Victor Ohman (A)
- Brendan O’Donnell (A)
- Tyler Pitlick (A)
- Curtis Hamilton (A)
- Jason Zucker (A)
- Nick Bjugstad (A)
- Kevin Clare (A)
- Nick Mattson
- Kevin Gravel
- Caleb Herbert
- Jared Knight
- Aaron Harstad
- Brent Darnell
- Lukas Kozak
- Brandon Archibald
- Andy Iles
- Joey Hishon
- Ben Marshall
- Luke Moffatt
- Max Gardiner
- Justin Faulk
- Matt White
- Jacob Fallon
- Stephen Johns
- Bryan Rust
- Jarred Tinordi
- Clark Cristofoli
- Brett Stern
- Jeffrey Pauluk
- Joe Rubbelke
- Zane Gothberg
- CJ Motte
- John Parker
- Kevin Lind
- Joe Rogalski
- Adam Brown
- Christian Isackson
There's still a long ways to go before next year's NHL Draft, and it should be fun watching players rise and fall on this list, and see others come out of nowhere to the top of the list, while some drop off completely.