THW 2011 NHL Draft Final Rankings – Top 210

While E-Mac has had his axe to the grind here at The Next Ones, I've recently posted my ambitious Top 210 NHL 2011 Draft Rankings over at The Hockey Writers.

Link: http://thehockeywriters.com/2011nhldraft-finalrankings-top210/



Excerpt:

The Race For First Overall:

The debate now rages on as to who will emerge as best of class – 2011. Now that the hockey season come to a climax, it appears there are three prospects ahead of the rest of the pack:  Memorial Champion Jonathan Hurbedeau of the Saint John Sea Dogs has rocketed up the draft rankings this year. He is joined by Sweden’s brilliant blueliner Adam Larsson and odds-on favourite centerman Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Red Deer Rebels.

Centreman Sean Couturier of the Dummondville Voltigeurs winger Gabriel Landeskog of the Kitchener Rangers have an outside chance of being the draft’s top dog. Ryan Strome (great profile by THW’s Jeff Blay) is undeniably one of the greatest risers in terms of NHL 2011 draft stock, since the season started. Heck, I’ve even listed him amongst the Top 10 Young Guns with Potential to join Jarome Iginla in the exclusive 10 x 30 club. He is the last candidate that has a shot at first overall.

The Elite Eight:

Joining the aforementioned super six prospects to round out the top tier of prospects are the diminutive but silky smooth Ryan Murphy and the great sized and talented all around blueliner Dougie Hamilton. This crop appears clearly a cut above the rest, but surprises always happen on draft day.  Having said that, a player like Mika Zibanejad could easily displace one of my elite eight.

 The Top 30 (from Table 1 of 2):

THW	CSS	Player	Team	League	Ht	Wt	Pos.
1	1	NUGENT-HOPKINS, RYAN	RED DEER	WHL	6' 0.5"	164 lbs *	C
2	3	HUBERDEAU, JONATHAN	SAINT JOHN	QMJHL	6' 1.25"	170 lbs *	C
3	1	LARSSON, ADAM	SKELLEFTEA	SWEDEN	6' 3.0"	200 lbs	D
4	6	COUTURIER, SEAN	DRUMMONDVILLE	QMJHL	6' 4.0"	197 lbs *	C
5	8	STROME, RYAN	NIAGARA	OHL	6' 0.0"	175 lbs *	C
6	9	MURPHY, RYAN	KITCHENER	OHL	5' 10.5"	166 lbs *	D
7	2	LANDESKOG, GABRIEL	KITCHENER	OHL	6' 0.5"	207 lbs *	LW
8	4	HAMILTON, DOUGIE	NIAGARA	OHL	6' 4.25"	187 lbs *	D
9	14	MCNEILL, MARK	PRINCE ALBERT	WHL	6' 1.5"	201 lbs *	C
10	18	JENNER, BOONE	OSHAWA	OHL	6' 1.25"	204 lbs *	C
11	2	ZIBANEJAD, MIKA	DJURGARDEN	SWEDEN	6' 1.5"	191 lbs	C
12	5	BEAULIEU, NATHAN	SAINT JOHN	QMJHL	6' 1.75"	174 lbs *	D
13	16	SCHEIFELE, MARK	BARRIE	OHL	6' 1.75"	182 lbs *	C
14	4	ARMIA, JOEL	ASSAT	FINLAND	6' 3.0"	191 lbs	RW
15	7	BAERTSCHI, SVEN	PORTLAND	WHL	5' 10.0"	181 lbs *	LW
16	28	PUEMPEL, MATT	PETERBOROUGH	OHL	6' 0.25"	196 lbs *	LW
17	32	GRIMALDI, ROCCO	USA U-18	USHL	5' 6.0"	163 lbs *	C
18	10	SIEMENS, DUNCAN	SASKATOON	WHL	6' 2.5"	192 lbs *	D
19	3	BRODIN, JONAS	FARJESTAD	SWEDEN	6' 1.0"	169 lbs	D
20	12	MORROW, JOSEPH	PORTLAND	WHL	6' 0.25"	197 lbs *	D
21	15	PHILLIPS, ZACK	SAINT JOHN	QMJHL	6' 1.0"	178 lbs *	C
22	13	OLEKSIAK, JAMIESON	NORTHEASTERN	H-EAST	6' 7.0"	244 lbs	D
23	20	JURCO, TOMAS	SAINT JOHN	QMJHL	6' 2.0"	187 lbs *	RW
24	6	KLEFBOM, OSCAR	FARJESTAD	SWEDEN	6' 3.5"	200 lbs	D
25	37	CATENACCI, DANIEL	SAULT STE. MARIE	OHL	5' 9.5"	183 lbs *	C
26	23	MILLER, JONATHAN	USA U-18	USHL	6' 1.25"	198 lbs *	C
27	17	RATTIE, TY	PORTLAND	WHL	5' 11.0"	163 lbs *	RW
28	54	SPROUL, RYAN	SAULT STE. MARIE	OHL	6' 3.0"	175 lbs	D
29	24	MAYFIELD, SCOTT	YOUNGSTOWN	USHL	6' 3.5"	197 lbs *	D
30	36	RITCHIE, BRETT	SARNIA	OHL	6' 3.0"	210 lbs *	RW

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