NHL Draft Question. Who are the best rookies in the draft? Where will they go?

Question

I know a lot about hockey, but not very much about the incoming rookies. Who are the best rookies and where will they end up. Whoever has the most amount right on where they end up going will get the 10 points for the best answer.

Answer 1

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I believe it will go more like this, but I'll tell you who wins Friday night!

1) Taylor Hall - Oilers

2) Tyler Seguin - Boston

3) Eric Gudbranson - Panthers

4) Cam Fowler - Blue Jackets

5) Brandon Gormley - Islanders

6) Nino Niederreiter - Lightning

7) Brett Connolly - Hurricanes

8) Ryan Johnson - Thrashers

9) Derek Forbort - Wild

10) Jeff Skinner - Rangers

11) Mark Psyk - Stars

12) Mikael Granlund - Ducks

13) Dylan McIlrath - Coyotes

14) Jack Campbell - Blues

15) Emerson Etem - Panthers

16) Nick Bjugstad - Sens

17) Calvin Pickard - Avs

18) Vladimir Tarasenko - Preds

19) Alexander Burmistrov - Kings

20) Jonathon Merrill - Penguins

21) Austin Watson - Redwings

22) John Mcfarland - CoYotes

23) Krill Kabanov - Sabres

24) Teemu Pulkkinen - Thrashers

25) Brock Nelson - Canucks

26) Jared Tinordi - Capitals

27) Charlie Coyle - Canadiens

28) Quinton Howden - Sharks

29) Alexander Petrovic - Ducks

30) Jaden Schwartz - Blackhawk

Those, I believe, are the top Thirty Rookies.

Answer 2

The teams order will be respected (unless trade happen) but any player could go anywhere. There is no guarantee like we see in baseball or football, in the NHL entry draft

here is the top 10 ISS final ranking:

1 Hall, Taylor LW 11/14/1991 L *6.00.5 185 Windsor OHL

2 Seguin, Tyler C 1/31/1992 R *6.01 172 Plymouth OHL

3 Gormley, Brandon D 2/18/1992 L *6.02 185 Moncton QMJHL

4 Tarasenko, Vladimir RW 12/13/1991 L 5.11 202 Novosibirsk KHL

5 Fowler, Cam D 12/5/1991 L *6.01.25 190 Windsor OHL

6 Niederreiter, Nino LW 9/8/1992 L *6.01.5 201 Portland WHL

7 Gudbranson, Erik D 1/7/1992 R *6.03.75 195 Kingston OHL

8 Johansen, Ryan C 7/31/1992 R *6.02 192 Portland WHL

9 Skinner, Jeffrey C 5/16/1992 L *5.10 187 Kitchener OHL

10 Forbort, Derek D 3/4/1992 L *6.04.5 198 Under 18 USHL

Top 10 Draft Order:

1 Edmonton Oilers

2 Boston Bruins (via Toronto)

3 Florida Panthers

4 Columbus Blue Jackets

5 New York Islanders

6 Tampa Bay Lightning

7 Carolina Hurricanes

8 Atlanta Thrashers

9 Minnesota Wild

10 New York Rangers

Answer 3

The best draftable players will go 1 and 2. LOL

My bet is that the Oilers will chose Seguin and squeeze a draft pick outta Boston because they really covet Taylor Hall. Oilers are in a rebuilding mold and can wait another year for Seguin. They are strong on the wings and woefully weak at centre.

No sense in picking all first rounders. Calgary and Toronto don't have first round picks so watch Darryl Sutter (who always makes draft day deals) and Brian Burke trade roster players for a first rounder. Florida has a lot of picks so they will likely want to get some NHL players for draft picks.

I agree that ERIK GUDBRANSON will be drafted third. A Phaneuf like rambuctious hitter.

Answer 4

This is TSN's final draft ranking. To get this ranking they take a bunch of scouts input on where players should be ranked and they average them out to get the top 30 players.

1. TAYLOR HALL- scoring winger

2. TYLER SEGUIN- two way center

3. ERIK GUDBRANSON- big, defensive d man

4. BRANDON GORMLEY-two way d man

5. CAM FOWLER- offensive d man

6. RYAN JOHANSEN- two way, puck controlling center

7. NINO NIEDERREITER- power forward type winger

8. BRETT CONNOLLY- goal scoring center

9. JACK CAMPBELL- athletic, hybrid goalie

10. JEFFREY SKINNER- goal scoring center

11. DEREK FORBORT-mobile d man

12. ALEX BURMISTROV- playmaking center

13. MIKAEL GRANLUND- smart, two way center

14. AUSTIN WATSON- big, physical winger

15. DYLAN MCILRATH- big, defensive d man

16. VLADIMIR TARASENKO- goal scoring winger

17. EMERSON ETEM- skilled center

18. BEAU BENNETT- offensive winger

19. NICK BJUGSTAD- all around center

20. MARK PYSYK- smart defensive d man

21. RILEY SHEAHAN- defensive center

22. JONATHAN MERRILL- offensive d man

23. JARRED TINORDI- physical, defensive d man

24. EVGENY KUZNETSOV- playmaking wing

25. TYLER PITLICK- offensive center

26. QUINTON HOWDEN- two way winger

27. TYLER TOFFOLI- good positional center

28. JOHN MCFARLAND- offensive center

29. JADEN SCHWARTZ- offensive center

30. JUSTIN FAULK- offensive d man

There could be lots of changes during the draft and these ranking don't take into account who is selecting.

Draft Order:

1 Edmonton Oilers

2 Boston Bruins (from Toronto)1

3 Florida Panthers

4 Columbus Blue Jackets

5 New York Islanders

6 Tampa Bay Lightning

7 Carolina Hurricanes

8 Atlanta Thrashers

9 Minnesota Wild

10 New York Rangers

11 Dallas Stars

12 Anaheim Ducks

13 Phoenix Coyotes (from Calgary)

14 St. Louis Blues

15 Florida Panthers (from Boston)

16 Ottawa Senators

17 Colorado Avalanche

18 Nashville Predators

19 Los Angeles Kings

20 Pittsburgh Penguins

21 Detroit Red Wings

22 Phoenix Coyotes

23 Buffalo Sabres

24 Atlanta Thrashers (from New Jersey)

25 Vancouver Canucks

26 Washington Capitals

27 Montreal Canadiens

28 San Jose Sharks

29 Anaheim Ducks (from Philadelphia)

30 Chicago Blackhawks

Answer 5

Hall and Seguin all they way are the best rookies at the draft.

One of them will either play for the Oilers and who is ever left over the Bruins will have.

Answer 6

I know Tyler Seguin is one of them.

Answer 7

Do I have to? It takes too long, and plus what if draft picks get traded around?