TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button produces monthly rankings (October-June) of the top players eligible for the NHL Draft.

Craig's rankings represent his own individual assessment of where players are slotted in the NHL draft.

 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 RANKINGS

 
Rank/Player Team DOB Pos. S Ht/Wt
1.  Connor McDavid Erie (OHL) Jan. 13/97 C L 6'1/195
2.  Jack Eichel Boston University (NCAA) Oct. 28/96 C R 6'2/195
3.  Noah Hanifin Boston College (NCAA) Jan. 25/97 D L 6'2/201
4.  Oliver Kylington Farjestad (Sweden) May 19/97 D L 6'0/180
5.  Dylan Strome Erie (OHL) Mar. 7/97 C L 6'3/187
6.  Pavel Zacha Sarnia (OHL) Apr. 6/97 C L 6'3/210
7.  Mitchell Marner London (OHL) May 5/97 RW R 5'11/154
8.  Mathew Barzal Seattle (WHL) May 26/97 C R 5'11.5/178
9.  Daniel Sprong Charlottetown (QMJHL) Mar. 17/97 RW R 6'1/189
10. Lawson Crouse Kingston (OHL) Jun. 23/97 LW L 6'4/211
 11. Travis Konecny Ottawa (OHL) Mar. 11/97 C R 5'10/173
12. Kyle Connor Youngstown (USHL) Dec. 9/96 C L 6'1/170
13. Jeremy Roy Sherbrooke (QMJHL) May 14/97 D R 6'0/189
14. Colin White USA NTDP (USHL) Jan. 30/97 C R 6'0/183
15. Jakub Zboril Saint John (QMJHL) Feb. 21/97 D L 6'1/184
16. Thomas Novak Waterloo (USHL) Apr. 28/97 C L 6'1/174
17. Nicolas Roy Chicoutimi (QMJHL) Feb. 5/97 C R 6'4/202
18. Evgeni Svechnikov Cape Breton (QMJHL) Oct. 31/96 RW L 6'1/180
19. Matthew Spencer Peterborough (OHL) Mar. 24/97 D R 6'1.5/200
20. Miko Rantanen TPS (Finland) Oct. 29/96 RW L 6'3.5/211
21. Ivan Provorov Brandon (WHL) Jan. 13/97 D L 6'0/193
22. Jansen Harkins Prince George (WHL) May 23/97 C L 6'1/181
23. Jordan Greenway USA NTDP (USHL) Feb. 16/97 LW L 6'4/214
24. Zach Werenski Michigan (NCAA) Jul. 19/97 D L 6'1/201
25. Graham Knott Niagara (OHL) Jan. 13/97 LW L 6'3.5/192
26. Nicolas Meloch Baie Comeau (QMJHL) Jul. 19/97 D R 6'2.5/199
27. Guillaume Brisebois Acadie Bathurst (QMJHL) Jul. 21/97 D L 6'2/170
28. Brock Boeser Waterloo (USHL) Feb. 25/97 RW R 6'0.5/187
29. Paul Bittner Portland (WHL) Nov. 4/96 LW L 6'4/206
30. Nick Merkley Kelowna (WHL) May 23/97 C R 5'11/188
31. AJ Greer Boston University (NCAA) Dec. 14/96 LW L 6'2.5/204
32. Ethan Bear Seattle (WHL) Jun. 26/97 D R 5'11.5/202
33. Erik Cernak Kosice (Slovak) May 28/97 D R 6'3/192
34. Adam Musil Red Deer (WHL) Mar. 26/97 C/RW R 5'11/184
35. Mitchell Stephens Saginaw (OHL) Feb. 5/97 C/RW R 5'11.5/184
36. Chaz Reddekopp Victoria (WHL) Jan. 1/97 D L 6'3.5/219
37. Rasmus Andersson Barrie (OHL) Oct. 27/96 D R 5'11.5/213
38. Radovan Bondra Kosice Jr. (Slovak Jr.) Jan. 27/97 RW L 6'5.5/220
39. Ryan Gropp Seattle (WHL) Sep. 16/96 LW L 6'2/184
40. Ryan Pilon Brandon (WHL) Oct. 10/96 D L 6'1.5/212