APRIL 2023 PROSPECT SKATER RANKINGS

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Draft Class: 2023

Created By: gopherit

Published: Apr. 3, 2023 at 5:17 p.m.

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Prospects ranked using advanced metrics up to 196. After which, I included prospects that have been discussed in various forums but I have not tracked myself. Also note that these are skater rankings.

Lottery Winners:

San Jose Sharks (4→1)
Columbus Blue Jackets (2→2)

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Lottery winners
1. San Jose Sharks
2. Columbus Blue Jackets
Round 1
1. Connor Bedard (San Jose Sharks).
2. Adam Fantilli (Columbus Blue Jackets).
3. Matvei Michkov (Chicago Blackhawks).
4. Leo Carlsson (Anaheim Ducks).
5. Oliver Moore (Montreal Canadiens).
6. Will Smith (Arizona Coyotes).
7. Zach Benson (Philadelphia Flyers).
8. Andrew Cristall (Vancouver Canucks).
9. Dmitri Simashev (Detroit Red Wings).
10. Ryan Leonard (St. Louis Blues).
11. Gavin Brindley (Washington Capitals).
12. Jayden Perron (Arizona Coyotes from Ottawa Senators).
13. Quentin Musty (Buffalo Sabres).
14. Axel Sandin Pellikka (Nashville Predators).
15. Otto Stenberg (Montreal Canadiens from Florida Panthers).
16. Mikhail Gulyayev (Pittsburgh Penguins).
17. Timur Mukhanov (Calgary Flames).
18. Riley Heidt (Winnipeg Jets).
19. Alex Ciernik (Detroit Red Wings from New York Islanders).
20. William Whitelaw (Seattle Kraken).
21. Daniil But (Chicago Blackhawks from Tampa Bay Lightning).
22. Eduard Sale (Colorado Avalanche).
23. David Reinbacher (Columbus Blue Jackets from Los Angeles Kings).
24. Gracyn Sawchyn (New York Rangers from Dallas Stars).
25. Luca Cagnoni (Nashville Predators from Edmonton Oilers).
26. Luca Pinelli (Minnesota Wild).
27. Oscar Fisker Mølgaard (St. Louis Blues from Toronto Maple Leafs).
28. Gabe Perreault (St. Louis Blues from New York Rangers).
29. Calum Ritchie (Vegas Golden Knights).
30. Nate Danielson (San Jose Sharks from New Jersey Devils).
31. Tanner Molendyk (Carolina Hurricanes).
32. Dalibor Dvorsky (Toronto Maple Leafs from Boston Bruins).

Round 2
33. Martin Misiak (Chicago Blackhawks).
34. Colby Barlow (Columbus Blue Jackets).
35. Tom Willander (Anaheim Ducks).
36. Brayden Yager (San Jose Sharks).
37. Charlie Stramel (Montreal Canadiens).
38. Samuel Honzek (Arizona Coyotes).
39. Matthew Wood (Buffalo Sabres from Philadelphia Flyers).
40. Denver Barkey (Detroit Red Wings from Vancouver Canucks).
41. Bradly Nadeau (Detroit Red Wings).
42. Alexander Rykov (Detroit Red Wings from St. Louis Blues).
43. Jakub Dvorak (Washington Capitals).
44. Lukas Dragicevic (Chicago Blackhawks from Ottawa Senators).
45. Aydar Suniev (Buffalo Sabres).
46. Noel Nordh (Nashville Predators).
47. Matthew Mania (Florida Panthers).
48. Felix Nilsson (Nashville Predators from Pittsburgh Penguins).
49. Koehn Ziemmer (Calgary Flames).
50. Andrew Strathmann (Seattle Kraken from Winnipeg Jets).
51. Arvid Bergström (New York Islanders).
52. Caden Price (Seattle Kraken).
53. Theo Lindstein (Chicago Blackhawks from Tampa Bay Lightning).
54. Beau Akey (Anaheim Ducks from Colorado Avalanche).
55. Hunter Brzustewicz (Los Angeles Kings).
56. Anton Wahlberg (Dallas Stars).
57. Nick Lardis (Edmonton Oilers).
58. Aram Minnetian (Minnesota Wild).
59. Griffin Erdman (Seattle Kraken from Toronto Maple Leafs).
60. Roman Kantserov (Chicago Blackhawks from New York Rangers).
0. Isac Hedqvist (Minnesota Wild from Vegas Golden Knights).
0. Ignat Lutfullin (New Jersey Devils).
63. Cameron Allen (Carolina Hurricanes).
64. Carson Rehkopf (Anaheim Ducks from Boston Bruins).

Round 3
65. Matthew Soto (Chicago Blackhawks).
66. Carter Sotheran (Columbus Blue Jackets).
67. Jaden Lipinski (Anaheim Ducks).
68. Lenni Hämeenaho (Nashville Predators from San Jose Sharks).
69. Hoyt Stanley (Montreal Canadiens).
0. Vladimir Mikhalyov (Arizona Coyotes).
71. Zeb Forsfjäll (Philadelphia Flyers).
72. Maxim Strbak (Vancouver Canucks).
73. Carey Terrance (Detroit Red Wings).
74. David Edstrom (St. Louis Blues).
75. Oliver Bonk (Arizona Coyotes from Washington Capitals).
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77. Kalan Lind (Vegas Golden Knights from Buffalo Sabres).
0. Pontus Falk (Nashville Predators).
79. Kenta Isogai (Philadelphia Flyers from Florida Panthers).
80. Jakub Stancl (Los Angeles Kings from Pittsburgh Penguins).
81. Quinton Burns (Columbus Blue Jackets from Calgary Flames).
82. Coulson Pitre (Winnipeg Jets).
83. Jesse Nurmi (Arizona Coyotes from New York Islanders).
84. Albert Wikman (Seattle Kraken).
85. Étienne Morin (Nashville Predators from Tampa Bay Lightning).
86. Brady Cleveland (New York Rangers from Colorado Avalanche).
87. Danny Nelson (Buffalo Sabres from Los Angeles Kings).
0. Anselmo Rego (Chicago Blackhawks from Dallas Stars).
89. Austin Roest (Arizona Coyotes from Edmonton Oilers).
90. Filip Eriksson (Anaheim Ducks from Minnesota Wild).
91. Cole Knuble (Vancouver Canucks from Toronto Maple Leafs).
0. Dylan Hryckowian (Carolina Hurricanes from New York Rangers).
93. Kalem Parker (Vegas Golden Knights).
94. Denis Malov (Pittsburgh Penguins from New Jersey Devils).
95. Brandon Svoboda (San Jose Sharks from Carolina Hurricanes).
96. Larry Keenan (Boston Bruins).

Round 4
97. Petter Vesterheim (Chicago Blackhawks).
0. William Falkenhll (Columbus Blue Jackets).
99. Nikolai Khvorov (Anaheim Ducks).
100. Tyler Duke (San Jose Sharks).
0. Dmitri Vlasenko (Montreal Canadiens).
0. Alexander Matveyev (Arizona Coyotes).
0. Elias Zimmerman (Philadelphia Flyers).
104. Kaden Shahan (Vancouver Canucks).
105. Charlie Cerrato (Vancouver Canucks from Detroit Red Wings).
106. Frantisek Dej (St. Louis Blues).
107. Kristian Kostadinski (Washington Capitals).
0. Wille Johansson (Ottawa Senators).
0. Joey Sylvester (Buffalo Sabres).
0. Dennis Altrn (Nashville Predators).
111. Artyom Karpov (Florida Panthers).
112. Jonathan Castagna (Montreal Canadiens from Pittsburgh Penguins).
113. Ethan Gauthier (Calgary Flames).
114. Kasper Halttunen (Columbus Blue Jackets from Winnipeg Jets).
115. Noah Dower Nilsson (New York Islanders).
116. Jesse Kiiskinen (San Jose Sharks from Seattle Kraken).
117. Mathieu Cataford (Nashville Predators from Tampa Bay Lightning).
118. Ondrej Molnar (Seattle Kraken from Colorado Avalanche).
119. Jordan Tourigny (Los Angeles Kings).
120. Emil Järventie (Dallas Stars).
121. Tyler Peddle (Philadelphia Flyers from Edmonton Oilers).
0. Philip Nolse (Detroit Red Wings from Minnesota Wild).
123. Matej Pinkas (Nashville Predators from Toronto Maple Leafs).
0. Fuji Suzuki (Vancouver Canucks from New York Rangers).
125. Vladislav Pashuto (Montreal Canadiens from Vegas Golden Knights).
0. Stanislav Rangayev (New Jersey Devils).
127. Tristan Sarsland (Carolina Hurricanes).
128. Brady Berard (Boston Bruins).

Round 5
0. Owen Murray (Chicago Blackhawks).
0. Anthony Kehrer (San Jose Sharks from Columbus Blue Jackets).
0. Nicolas Ardanaz (Anaheim Ducks).
132. Michael Mastrodomenico (San Jose Sharks).
133. Kent Anderson (Montreal Canadiens).
134. Ludvig Byström (Arizona Coyotes).
0. Rihito Hamano (Philadelphia Flyers).
0. Christian Jimenez (Carolina Hurricanes from Vancouver Canucks).
0. Kasper Vhrautio (Detroit Red Wings).
0. David Ma (St. Louis Blues).
0. Jason Marsella (Washington Capitals).
0. Nicholas Wong (Ottawa Senators).
0. Hayden Fowler (Buffalo Sabres).
0. Lucas Frank (Nashville Predators).
0. Mason Alderson (Florida Panthers).
0. Grigori Ponkratov (Pittsburgh Penguins).
0. Dylan Abbott (Montreal Canadiens from Calgary Flames).
0. Primo Self (Winnipeg Jets).
0. Joona Kiviniemi (New York Islanders).
0. Mrk Schlekmann (Seattle Kraken).
0. Alexandre David (Nashville Predators from Tampa Bay Lightning).
0. Ben Roode (Colorado Avalanche).
0. Yegor Verkhorubov (Los Angeles Kings).
0. Cole Hansen (Dallas Stars).
0. Samuel Lindecrantz (Edmonton Oilers).
0. Ilya Rychkov (Minnesota Wild).
0. Philip Eriksen (Toronto Maple Leafs).
0. Noah Tussey (Winnipeg Jets from New York Rangers).
0. Jonny Meiers (Arizona Coyotes from Vegas Golden Knights).
158. Filip Maniscalchi (New Jersey Devils).
159. Vinny Borgesi (Carolina Hurricanes).
160. Seamus Powell (Columbus Blue Jackets from Boston Bruins).

Round 6
161. Jakub Krizan (Carolina Hurricanes from Chicago Blackhawks).
162. Sebastian Nahalka (Arizona Coyotes from Columbus Blue Jackets).
0. Yann Vogeli (Anaheim Ducks).
164. Matej Tomas (San Jose Sharks).
0. Carter Hamill (Montreal Canadiens).
0. Philip Ziesche (Arizona Coyotes).
0. Zakhar Grekhov (Philadelphia Flyers).
0. Noah Samanski (Vancouver Canucks).
0. Nate Schweitzer (Detroit Red Wings).
0. Marko Vukadin (St. Louis Blues).
0. Lukas Lagerberg (Seattle Kraken from Washington Capitals).
172. Aiden Dubinsky (Philadelphia Flyers from Ottawa Senators).
173. Kevin Anderson (Buffalo Sabres).
174. Rodwin Dionicio (Nashville Predators).
175. Yegor Sidorov (Florida Panthers).
176. Mazden Leslie (Pittsburgh Penguins).
177. Tristan Bertucci (Calgary Flames).
178. Oskar Asplund (New York Rangers from Winnipeg Jets).
179. Hudson Thornton (New York Islanders).
180. Gabriel Szturc (Seattle Kraken).
181. Arttu Kärki (Tampa Bay Lightning).
182. Jayson Shaugabay (Colorado Avalanche).
183. Hannes Hellberg (Los Angeles Kings).
184. Mattheo Reinhard (Dallas Stars).
185. Grayden Siepmann (Edmonton Oilers).
0. Gavyn Thoreson (Minnesota Wild).
187. Jonathan Fauchon (Toronto Maple Leafs).
188. Sam Court (New York Rangers).
189. Felix Unger Sörum (Vegas Golden Knights).
190. Gregory Weber (New Jersey Devils).
191. Helmer Styf (Carolina Hurricanes).
192. Ryan Abraham (Boston Bruins).

Round 7
193. Erik Påhlsson (Chicago Blackhawks).
194. Mathew Ward (Columbus Blue Jackets).
195. Max Namestnikov (Tampa Bay Lightning from Anaheim Ducks).
196. Eric Pohlkamp (San Jose Sharks).
197. Michael Hrabal (Montreal Canadiens).
198. Andrew Gibson (Florida Panthers from Arizona Coyotes).
199. Ethan Miedema (Philadelphia Flyers).
0. Yegor Klimovich (San Jose Sharks from Vancouver Canucks).
0. Ivan Zivlak (Detroit Red Wings).
202. Trey Augustine (St. Louis Blues).
203. Carson Buydens (Washington Capitals).
204. François-James Buteau (Ottawa Senators).
205. Leighton Carruthers (Buffalo Sabres).
206. Gennadi Chaly (Ottawa Senators from Nashville Predators).
207. Vincent Collard (Pittsburgh Penguins from Florida Panthers).
208. Ryan Fine (San Jose Sharks from Pittsburgh Penguins).
209. Maddox Fleming (Calgary Flames).
210. Daniil Grigoryev (Winnipeg Jets).
211. Salvatore Guzzo (New York Islanders).
212. Gibson Homer (Seattle Kraken).
213. Daniil Ivanov (Tampa Bay Lightning).
214. Daniil Karpovich (Colorado Avalanche).
215. Abakar Kazbekov (Boston Bruins from Los Angeles Kings).
216. Ruslan Khazheyev (Dallas Stars).
217. Thomas Kiesewetter (Edmonton Oilers).
218. Matthew Kieper (Minnesota Wild).
219. Croix Kochendorfer (Pittsburgh Penguins from Toronto Maple Leafs).
220. Jakub Kopecký (Ottawa Senators from New York Rangers).
221. Cameron Korpi (Vegas Golden Knights).
222. Michael La Starza (New Jersey Devils).
223. Zakary Lavoie (Carolina Hurricanes).
224. Karlis Mezsargs (Boston Bruins).

CapFriendly.com User-Generated Mock-Draft

ROUND 1	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

1	-	Connor Bedard
2	-	Adam Fantilli
3	-	Matvei Michkov
4	-	Leo Carlsson
5	-	Oliver Moore
6	-	Will Smith
7	-	Zach Benson
8	-	Andrew Cristall
9	-	Dmitri Simashev
10	-	Ryan Leonard
11	-	Gavin Brindley
12		Jayden Perron
13	-	Quentin Musty
14	-	Axel Sandin Pellikka
15		Otto Stenberg
16	-	Mikhail Gulyayev
17	-	Timur Mukhanov
18	-	Riley Heidt
19		Alex Ciernik
20	-	William Whitelaw
21		Daniil But
22	-	Eduard Sale
23		David Reinbacher
24		Gracyn Sawchyn
25		Luca Cagnoni
26	-	Luca Pinelli
27		Oscar Fisker Mølgaard
28		Gabe Perreault
29	-	Calum Ritchie
30		Nate Danielson
31	-	Tanner Molendyk
32		Dalibor Dvorsky

ROUND 2	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

33	-	Martin Misiak
34	-	Colby Barlow
35	-	Tom Willander
36	-	Brayden Yager
37	-	Charlie Stramel
38	-	Samuel Honzek
39		Matthew Wood
40		Denver Barkey
41	-	Bradly Nadeau
42		Alexander Rykov
43	-	Jakub Dvorak
44		Lukas Dragicevic
45	-	Aydar Suniev
46	-	Noel Nordh
47	-	Matthew Mania
48		Felix Nilsson
49	-	Koehn Ziemmer
50		Andrew Strathmann
51	-	Arvid Bergström
52	-	Caden Price
53		Theo Lindstein
54		Beau Akey
55	-	Hunter Brzustewicz
56	-	Anton Wahlberg
57	-	Nick Lardis
58	-	Aram Minnetian
59		Griffin Erdman
60		Roman Kantserov
61		Isac Hedqvist
62	-	Ignat Lutfullin
63	-	Cameron Allen
64		Carson Rehkopf

ROUND 3	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

65	-	Matthew Soto
66	-	Carter Sotheran
67	-	Jaden Lipinski
68		Lenni Hämeenaho
69	-	Hoyt Stanley
70	-	Vladimir Mikhalyov
71	-	Zeb Forsfjäll
72	-	Maxim Strbak
73	-	Carey Terrance
74	-	David Edstrom
75		Oliver Bonk
76
77		Kalan Lind
78	-	Pontus Falk
79		Kenta Isogai
80		Jakub Stancl
81		Quinton Burns
82	-	Coulson Pitre
83		Jesse Nurmi
84	-	Albert Wikman
85		Étienne Morin
86		Brady Cleveland
87		Danny Nelson
88		Anselmo Rego
89		Austin Roest
90		Filip Eriksson
91		Cole Knuble
92		Dylan Hryckowian
93	-	Kalem Parker
94		Denis Malov
95		Brandon Svoboda
96	-	Larry Keenan

ROUND 4	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

97	-	Petter Vesterheim
98	-	William Falkenhll
99	-	Nikolai Khvorov
100	-	Tyler Duke
101	-	Dmitri Vlasenko
102	-	Alexander Matveyev
103	-	Elias Zimmerman
104	-	Kaden Shahan
105		Charlie Cerrato
106	-	Frantisek Dej
107	-	Kristian Kostadinski
108	-	Wille Johansson
109	-	Joey Sylvester
110	-	Dennis Altrn
111	-	Artyom Karpov
112		Jonathan Castagna
113	-	Ethan Gauthier
114		Kasper Halttunen
115	-	Noah Dower Nilsson
116		Jesse Kiiskinen
117		Mathieu Cataford
118		Ondrej Molnar
119	-	Jordan Tourigny
120	-	Emil Järventie
121		Tyler Peddle
122		Philip Nolse
123		Matej Pinkas
124		Fuji Suzuki
125		Vladislav Pashuto
126	-	Stanislav Rangayev
127	-	Tristan Sarsland
128	-	Brady Berard

ROUND 5	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

129	-	Owen Murray
130		Anthony Kehrer
131	-	Nicolas Ardanaz
132	-	Michael Mastrodomenico
133	-	Kent Anderson
134	-	Ludvig Byström
135	-	Rihito Hamano
136		Christian Jimenez
137	-	Kasper Vhrautio
138	-	David Ma
139	-	Jason Marsella
140	-	Nicholas Wong
141	-	Hayden Fowler
142	-	Lucas Frank
143	-	Mason Alderson
144	-	Grigori Ponkratov
145		Dylan Abbott
146	-	Primo Self
147	-	Joona Kiviniemi
148	-	Mrk Schlekmann
149		Alexandre David
150	-	Ben Roode
151	-	Yegor Verkhorubov
152	-	Cole Hansen
153	-	Samuel Lindecrantz
154	-	Ilya Rychkov
155	-	Philip Eriksen
156		Noah Tussey
157		Jonny Meiers
158	-	Filip Maniscalchi
159	-	Vinny Borgesi
160		Seamus Powell

ROUND 6	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

161		Jakub Krizan
162		Sebastian Nahalka
163	-	Yann Vogeli
164	-	Matej Tomas
165	-	Carter Hamill
166	-	Philip Ziesche
167	-	Zakhar Grekhov
168	-	Noah Samanski
169	-	Nate Schweitzer
170	-	Marko Vukadin
171		Lukas Lagerberg
172		Aiden Dubinsky
173	-	Kevin Anderson
174	-	Rodwin Dionicio
175	-	Yegor Sidorov
176	-	Mazden Leslie
177	-	Tristan Bertucci
178		Oskar Asplund
179	-	Hudson Thornton
180	-	Gabriel Szturc
181	-	Arttu Kärki
182	-	Jayson Shaugabay
183	-	Hannes Hellberg
184	-	Mattheo Reinhard
185	-	Grayden Siepmann
186	-	Gavyn Thoreson
187	-	Jonathan Fauchon
188	-	Sam Court
189	-	Felix Unger Sörum
190	-	Gregory Weber
191	-	Helmer Styf
192	-	Ryan Abraham

ROUND 7	TEAM	ORIGINAL	PLAYER	DETAILS

193	-	Erik Påhlsson
194	-	Mathew Ward
195		Max Namestnikov
196	-	Eric Pohlkamp
197	-	Michael Hrabal
198		Andrew Gibson
199	-	Ethan Miedema
200		Yegor Klimovich
201	-	Ivan Zivlak
202	-	Trey Augustine
203	-	Carson Buydens
204	-	François-James Buteau
205	-	Leighton Carruthers
206		Gennadi Chaly
207		Vincent Collard
208		Ryan Fine
209	-	Maddox Fleming
210	-	Daniil Grigoryev
211	-	Salvatore Guzzo
212	-	Gibson Homer
213	-	Daniil Ivanov
214	-	Daniil Karpovich
215		Abakar Kazbekov
216	-	Ruslan Khazheyev
217	-	Thomas Kiesewetter
218	-	Matthew Kieper
219		Croix Kochendorfer
220		Jakub Kopecký
221	-	Cameron Korpi
222	-	Michael La Starza
223	-	Zakary Lavoie
224	-	Karlis Mezsargs

Apr. 3, 2023 at 5:19 p.m.

gopherit

A WILD Golden Gopher

Joined: Feb. 2022

Posts: 321

Likes: 140

s/o to Scouching for his years of content! Gonna miss ya bud.

Apr. 3, 2023 at 6:40 p.m.

Jfstompers

Pop Pop

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 14,652

Likes: 8,293

I like simashev a lot more than most but he's not that high on the list

Apr. 3, 2023 at 7:14 p.m.

mokumboi

Joined: Apr. 2019

Posts: 29,443

Likes: 11,400

So you're using advanced metrics of some sort on 18 year olds playing in numerous various junior/foreign leagues? Well, that explains why this ranking is wiiiiiiiild, man.

A_Habs_fan and Sharkie69 liked this.

Apr. 3, 2023 at 10:30 p.m.

MoSeider53

Future Norris guy

Joined: Aug. 2022

Posts: 15,605

Likes: 8,625

Yeah the very last thing Detroit is drafting is another LD.

Apr. 3, 2023 at 10:32 p.m.

BigBallsBriere

Respect Mike Grier

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 3,158

Likes: 2,605

Quoting: HockeyIsMyPassion61

Yeah the very last thing Detroit is drafting is another LD.

It's a ranking, not a mock and it's from a fairly highly regarded draft guy(not the one who posted). Maybe slightly unorthodox but has some good takes and some sneaky takes,

Apr. 4, 2023 at 6:57 p.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 40,559

Likes: 18,483

28. Perreault
32. Dvorsky
36. Yager
39. Wood

All are candidates for top-10, locks for top-20

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