2015 NHL Draft

[sureLoss]

Mark Jankowski @Janko61
Congrats to my bro @djankowski14 for being on the NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings list!!

David Jankowski ranked #188th NA skater

[Francis's Hairpiece]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Provorov
Korostelev
Rantanen
Svechnikov
Carlo
Werenski

All players I'll be over the moon with if the Flames select one.

If Carlo continues to improve his offensive game I would be thrilled to get him; though the rest of the list would be solid as well.

[codynw]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Mark Jankowski @Janko61
Congrats to my bro @djankowski14 for being on the NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings list!!

David Jankowski ranked #188th NA skater

Good thing Feaster is gone or he'd be a Flame in the 1st round.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Francis's Hairpiece

If Carlo continues to improve his offensive game I would be thrilled to get him; though the rest of the list would be solid as well.

Such a great skater for a guy his size. His shot when he does use it is a bomb. Carlo looks like a great fit for some criteria the Flames are needing to address this draft.

The way scouting services have been sliding Korostelev down the rankings lately I'm seriously hoping he can be nabbed with the Flames' 2nd round pick, but that might be too far down the ladder.

[Francis's Hairpiece]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Such a great skater for a guy his size. His shot when he does use it is a bomb. Carlo looks like a great fit for some criteria the Flames are needing to address this draft.

The way scouting services have been sliding Korostelev down the rankings lately I'm seriously hoping he can be nabbed with the Flames' 2nd round pick, but that might be too far down the ladder.

He's may drop, even if just for the "Russian Factor". Pure beauty if he does.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Mark Jankowski @Janko61
Congrats to my bro @djankowski14 for being on the NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings list!!

David Jankowski ranked #188th NA skater

Might be worth a 7th maybe, or an invite to the development camp.

[sureLoss]

k this has been bothering me for awhile

Lawson Crouse
L. Crouse
LCrouse
Louse
Lice

carry on

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

k this has been bothering me for awhile

Lawson Crouse
L. Crouse
LCrouse
Louse
Lice

carry on

Crouse L.

I see Carousel

Just adding to things that bug you

[Rick M.]

L. Crouse
Sauerkraut

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

Crouse to me is this year's version of Nick Ritchie. Big guy with not a ton of offensive skill that is rated highly because of size.

Not really though.

Ritchie had 39 goals and was 1.2 ppg in his draft year. He was the big guy, that also had lots of talent, but also had some questions with his fitness and commitment.

Crouse just seems like a big guy. Only 0.75 ppg and doesn't have the flashes of offensive talent and domination you saw with Ritchie.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

I guess I like Crouse more than most here. Ritchie seems to have a better scoring pedigree, but watching those two side by side at the WJC, I thought Crouse was better now, notwithstanding he being 1.5 years younger. Tough to say how it will all translate later in the NHL, but I thought Crouse was big, fast and skilled. I assume that is what Hockey Canada saw when picking him as a 17 year old.
Would be more than happy if Crouse was available in the Calgary range, although I would certainly prefer the D men that are being mentioned in the thread.

[Redlan]

Wonder when the Oilers look at Vladimir Tkachev who is ranked 121 on the NA ranking to justify the signing out of training camp?


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[nik-]

Originally Posted by Redlan

Wonder when the Oilers look at Vladimir Tkachev who is ranked 121 on the NA ranking to justify the signing out of training camp?


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He's having a pretty mediocre year. Hopefully they use a second.

[GioforPM]

I wonder how some other team could troll them into going one round too many on Vladdy.

Alternatively, if he's a real late rounder, the Flames should take him on a whim. You never know - he might become good.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

I wonder how some other team could troll them into going one round too many on Vladdy.

Alternatively, if he's a real late rounder, the Flames should take him on a whim. You never know - he might become good.

Or... they could just draft whoever they think is the best player available, and not stoop to Oiler levels.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Or... they could just draft whoever they think is the best player available, and not stoop to Oiler levels.

Bah - at that round, who the hell knows who is the BPA? He's as good a bet as any in the 6th.

[cral12]

"Rationale Behind the Combined Rankings

As you are aware, NHL Central Scouting produces a segregated set of rankings. That is, they are separated based on North American skaters and goalies as well as European skaters and goalies – four lists in total...:

North American Skaters
International Skaters
North American Goalies
International Goalies

The four lists makes the job easier for Central Scouting but they are limited in terms of where a respective prospect ranks across the lists. Therefore, each year I combine the four lists into one to obtain a better understanding of where Central Scouting is ranking the players overall. The four rankings were combined in THW’s NHL Draft War Room from NHL Central Scouting..."

Link: 2015 NHL Draft War Room: NHL Central Scouting’s Midterm Rankings Combined
+ E-Mac's Top 120

Link 2: NHL Central Scouting’s Midterm Rankings: Top 10 Surprises

As noted, with the tabs of the spreadsheet you can sort by E-Mac's War Room rankings and NHL CS's.

Scroll around to see the full table or click in bottom right hand corner to view all.

[devo22]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Alternatively, if he's a real late rounder, the Flames should take him on a whim. You never know - he might become good.

fun fact: the Oilers once did that and took a player in the draft (Tony Hand ... yeah, that's his real name) just because Sather knew that the Flames liked him and they wanted to piss them off. Pass on Tkachev though, unless he's available in round 7.

[GioforPM]

I actually remember Tony Hand. Probably because he was Scottish.

[FCAV]

With Bob McKenzie's ranking just around the corner, we at Future Considerations have released our Midterm Ranking, featuring the top-100 prospects (as we see them at this point) for the 2015 NHL Draft.

Top three should come as no surprise. Feel free to dig into the full Top-100, though!

CALGARY, AB – Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters tops Future Considerations’ Midterm ranking for the 2015 NHL Draft presented by FASTHockey.

McDavid, who has held the top spot at Future Considerations since the Preliminary ranking was released last May, continues to display why he’s the elite talent from 2015. The 18-year-old Erie Otters captain has been an Ontario Hockey League standout, posting 23 goals and 66 points in 25 games this season.

He also helped Canada to a gold medal finish at the 2015 World Junior Championship, posting three goals and 11 points in seven games.

Boston University’s Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin of Boston College, who represented the United States in the same tournament, are ranked second and third respectively. Both have held those positions since Future Considerations’ preliminary ranking, too.

Dylan Strome, McDavid’s teammate in Erie, is ranked fourth. Lawson Crouse, a teammate of McDavid’s from the World Juniors, slots fifth.

http://futureconsiderations.ca/fc-re...ng-2015-draft/

Other links of interest:
http://futureconsiderations.ca/top-rankings/
http://futureconsiderations.ca/playerprofiler/