The big day is nearly here. The 2017 NHL Entry Draft kicks off tomorrow night, and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve been preparing for this for months, and the fruits of our labour are all here on display for you. In this article, you’ll find our Final Top 100 rankings for the 2017 draft, complete with some basic information about the prospects, as well as a run down of some of the draft analytics we applied to those players, including SEAL adjusted scoring and pGPS.
As a side note regarding pGPS, you might notice that some of the numbers are different than those displayed in the individual profiles. Part of this is because I’ve updated all of the heights followed those reported at the NHL Combine (and some of them were way off, especially among the vertically challenged crowd). I’ve also rejigged the formula a little bit for a tiny bit more leniency with respect to the height boundaries of cohorts, affording slightly larger sample sizes. By and large, the vast majority of prospects on the list have values that are very similar to what they were before.
I’ve organized our entire giant list into one convenient table for you to scroll through on draft day for quick reference. Then, when you need to dive a little deeper, you’ll find that linked to the name of each player is our full profile from our Top 100 series.
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NAME:
Pos
League
Age
Height
GP
G
A
Pts
SEAL
P/GP
Exp.
Succ%
Exp.
P/82
Exp.
Value
1
Nolan Patrick
C/RW
WHL
17.99
6.02
33
20
26
46
1.28
52%
49.3
25.5
2
Nico Hischier
C
QMJHL
17.70
6.01
57
38
48
86
1.32
56%
57.7
32.5
3
Cody Glass
C
WHL
17.46
6.01
69
32
62
94
1.41
60%
58.7
35.2
4
Gabriel Vilardi
C
OHL
17.08
6.02
49
29
32
61
1.47
75%
56.7
42.5
5
Elias Pettersson
C/LW
Allsvenskan
17.84
6.01
43
19
22
41
1.73
–
–
–
6
Timothy Liljegren
D
SHL
17.38
5.11
19
1
4
5
0.86
21%
41.8
9.0
7
Casey Mittelstadt
C/LW
USHL
17.82
5.11
19
10
17
27
1.11
26%
69.7
18.3
8
Nicholas Suzuki
C
OHL
17.10
5.10
65
45
51
96
1.63
88%
58.4
51.5
9
Cale Makar
D
AJHL
17.88
5.11
54
24
51
75
–
–
–
–
10
Miro Heiskanen
D
Liiga
17.16
6.00
37
5
5
10
–
31%
40.6
12.5
11
Martin Necas
C
Czech
17.67
6.00
41
7
8
15
1.03
30%
56.3
16.6
12
Kailer Yamamoto
C/LW
WHL
17.96
5.07
65
42
57
99
1.38
47%
52.1
24.3
13
Owen Tippett
RW
OHL
17.58
6.00
60
44
31
75
1.38
63%
51.0
32.2
14
Lias Andersson
C/LW
SHL
17.93
5.10
42
9
10
19
1.49
57%
73.6
41.7
15
Eeli Tolvanen
LW
USHL
17.40
5.10
46
28
20
48
1.04
22%
56.2
12.1
16
Juuso Valimaki
D
WHL
17.94
6.01
60
19
42
61
0.98
65%
32.4
20.9
17
Kristian Vesalainen
LW/RW
SHL
17.29
6.03
26
1
5
6
0.82
49%
60.3
29.5
18
Aleksi Heponiemi
C
WHL
17.68
5.10
72
28
58
86
1.24
34%
45.1
15.3
19
Nicolas Hague
D
OHL
17.78
6.05
65
18
28
46
0.73
57%
29.8
17.0
20
Jason Robertson
LW
OHL
17.15
6.02
68
42
39
81
1.40
74%
58.6
43.2
21
Ryan Poehling
C
NCAA
17.70
6.01
35
7
6
13
0.53
2%
21.3
0.4
22
Klim Kostin
RW
Russia
17.37
6.02
8
0
0
0
–
4%
40.9
1.8
23
Erik Brannstrom
D
SHL
17.04
5.08
35
1
5
6
0.61
58%
39.8
23.0
24
Filip Chytil
LW
Czech
17.03
6.02
38
4
4
8
0.72
39%
61.2
24.0
25
Jaret Anderson-Dolan
C
WHL
17.01
5.10
72
39
37
76
1.12
46%
48.4
22.1
26
Grant Mismash
C
USHL
17.57
6.00
24
8
15
23
0.91
23%
48.1
11.1
27
Callan Foote
D
WHL
17.76
6.03
71
6
51
57
0.71
48%
30.6
14.6
28
Maxime Comtois
LW
QMJHL
17.69
6.01
64
22
29
51
0.74
8%
41.5
3.3
29
Henri Jokiharju
D
WHL
17.25
5.11
71
9
39
48
0.68
36%
28.1
10.1
30
Joshua Norris
C
USHL
17.37
6.00
23
11
14
25
1.07
37%
54.2
20.2
31
Urho Vaakanainen
D
Liiga
17.71
6.01
41
2
4
6
–
10%
40.2
3.8
32
Michael Rasmussen
C
WHL
17.42
6.05
50
32
23
55
0.94
53%
58.6
30.9
33
Mason Shaw
C
WHL
17.87
5.08
71
27
67
94
1.23
34%
44.9
15.5
34
Robert Thomas
C
OHL
17.21
5.11
66
16
50
66
1.16
31%
42.1
13.1
35
Shane Bowers
C
USHL
17.13
6.01
53
20
27
47
0.92
21%
31.7
6.7
36
Isaac Ratcliffe
LW
OHL
17.58
6.05
67
28
26
54
0.90
25%
46.7
11.7
37
Kole Lind
RW
WHL
17.92
6.00
70
30
57
87
1.17
42%
44.6
18.5
38
Matthew Strome
LW
OHL
17.69
6.03
66
34
28
62
1.00
31%
42.4
13.3
39
Conor Timmins
D
OHL
17.99
6.01
67
7
54
61
0.94
50%
34.4
17.2
40
Jonah Gadjovich
LW
OHL
17.93
6.00
60
46
28
74
1.17
46%
46.7
21.4
41
Ivan Lodnia
RW
OHL
17.04
5.10
66
24
32
56
1.03
24%
43.5
10.3
42
Marcus Davidsson
C/W
SHL
17.83
6.00
45
5
4
9
0.82
37%
39.5
14.6
43
Antoine Morand
C
QMJHL
17.57
5.10
67
28
46
74
1.05
15%
48.3
7.4
44
Nikita A. Popugayev
RW
WHL
17.82
6.05
71
29
40
69
0.96
29%
37.9
11.1
45
Morgan Frost
C
OHL
17.34
5.10
67
20
42
62
1.11
26%
38.3
10.0
46
Evan Barratt
C
USHL
17.57
5.10
24
9
14
23
1.03
22%
47.5
10.3
47
Jesper Boqvist
C/W
SHL
17.88
5.11
16
0
6
6
1.49
78%
35.2
27.6
48
Stelio Mattheos
C
WHL
17.26
6.00
69
26
35
61
0.91
28%
43.4
12.1
49
Nicholas Henry
RW
WHL
17.20
5.10
72
35
46
81
1.10
43%
46.9
20.1
50
Josh Brook
D
WHL
17.25
6.00
69
8
32
40
0.54
32%
24.3
7.7
51
Robin Salo
D
Liiga
17.93
6.01
54
1
15
16
–
45%
43.2
19.4
52
Kyle Olson
C/RW
WHL
17.49
5.10
72
20
37
57
0.90
15%
39.3
5.8
53
Jake Oettinger
G
NCAA
 17.74
6.04
 35
–
–
–
–
54
Artyom Minulin
D
WHL
17.96
6.01
70
8
42
50
0.69
33%
25.0
8.2
55
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
D
QMJHL
17.21
6.02
62
6
33
39
0.51
17%
25.1
4.2
56
Lukas Elvenes
RW
SHL
17.08
6.00
12
0
0
0
0.00
37%
60.8
22.4
57
Jake Leschyshyn
C
WHL
17.52
5.10
47
17
23
40
0.74
20%
40.5
8.1
58
Fabian Zetterlund
C/RW
SHL
17.06
5.10
14
0
0
0
0.00
32%
60.1
19.4
59
Alexander Chmelevski
C
OHL
17.27
5.11
58
21
22
43
0.75
18%
36.1
6.5
60
Max Gildon
D
USHL
17.33
6.02
24
5
9
14
0.61
24%
36.3
8.6
61
Austen Keating
C
OHL
17.53
6.00
67
22
41
63
1.04
27%
39.7
10.7
62
Adam Ruzicka
C/W
OHL
17.35
6.03
61
25
21
46
0.86
23%
40.2
9.3
63
David Farrance
D
USHL
17.23
5.11
23
1
14
15
0.80
23%
37.3
8.6
64
Mackenzie Entwistle
C/RW
OHL
17.18
6.02
54
12
13
25
0.55
15%
34.0
5.2
65
Alex Formenton
LW
OHL
17.01
6.01
65
16
18
34
0.61
15%
35.4
5.2
66
Noel Hoefenmayer
D
OHL
17.69
6.00
62
14
26
40
0.70
25%
28.5
7.3
67
Jonas Rondbjerg
RW
Superelit
17.46
6.01
42
9
22
31
–
3%
24.7
0.6
68
Alexei Lipanov
C
Russia2
 17.11
6.00
 21
 3
 5
 8
–
–
–
–
69
Nathan Schnarr
C
OHL
17.25
6.03
54
18
18
36
0.68
20%
39.4
7.8
70
Ivan Chekhovich
LW/C
QMJHL
17.70
5.10
60
26
33
59
0.88
11%
46.6
5.0
71
Scott Reedy
C/RW
USHL
17.45
6.00
19
8
4
12
0.65
11%
37.9
4.0
72
Eemeli Rasanen
D
OHL
17.53
6.06
66
6
33
39
0.60
65%
26.6
17.4
73
Lane Zablocki
C
WHL
17.72
5.11
64
28
26
54
0.82
16%
37.5
6.0
74
Jack Studnicka
C
OHL
17.57
6.00
64
18
34
52
0.83
19%
39.3
7.5
75
Filip Westerlund
D
SHL
17.42
5.10
33
0
4
4
0.44
35%
31.7
11.1
76
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G
Jr. A Liiga
 17.52
6.04
 35
–
–
–
–
77
Ryan Hughes
F
WHL
17.14
5.07
70
27
30
57
0.91
19%
38.0
7.2
78
Pavel Koltygin
C/LW
QMJHL
17.58
6.00
65
22
25
47
0.66
7%
45.6
3.3
79
Jarret Tyszka
D
WHL
17.51
6.02
54
6
19
25
0.47
21%
20.5
4.3
80
Ostap Safin
F
Czech
17.59
6.05
8
1
1
2
0.66
30%
52.6
15.7
81
Rickard Hugg
C/LW
SHL
17.66
5.10
11
0
1
1
0.44
15%
39.1
5.8
82
Marcus Sylvegard
RW/LW
SHL
17.37
6.00
14
0
0
0
0.00
21%
42.3
8.7
83
Logan Cockerill
RW
USHL
17.54
5.09
14
4
4
8
0.51
0%
37.6
0.2
84
Joel Teasdale
C
QMJHL
17.52
5.11
60
18
29
47
0.78
9%
45.8
4.1
85
Markus Phillips
D
OHL
17.49
6.00
66
13
30
43
0.68
32%
32.4
10.3
86
Morgan Geekie
C/RW
WHL
18.16
6.02
72
35
55
90
1.15
36%
43.5
15.8
87
Mikey Anderson
D
USHL
17.31
5.10
48
5
25
30
0.65
18%
33.9
6.2
88
Michael DiPietro
G
OHL
 17.27
6.00
 51
–
–
–
–
89
Emil Bemstrom
C/RW
Superelit
17.29
5.10
28
21
12
33
–
15%
56.2
8.6
90
Olle Eriksson Ek
G
Jr. A Liiga
 17.24
6.03
 30
–
–
–
–
91
Joni Ikonen
C/RW
SHL
17.42
5.10
10
0
0
0
0.00
15%
44.7
6.7
92
Patrick Khodorenko
C
NCAA
17.93
6.00
35
7
11
18
0.92
18%
48.2
8.9
93
Alexander Polunin
LW
Russia
19.31
5.08
45
9
10
19
–
6%
69.5
4.0
94
D’Artagnan Joly
RW
QMJHL
17.44
6.02
66
16
32
48
0.74
10%
43.4
4.4
95
Linus Nyman
F
OHL
17.18
5.10
68
26
24
50
0.86
16%
38.0
6.0
96
Jordy Bellerive
C
WHL
17.37
5.10
70
27
29
56
0.79
21%
42.7
8.8
97
Macauley Carson
LW
OHL
17.51
6.00
68
30
20
50
0.81
20%
35.2
6.9
98
Mark Kastelic
C
WHL
17.52
6.03
67
13
22
35
0.56
7%
28.5
2.0
99
Tyler Inamoto
D
USHL
17.36
6.01
15
2
5
7
0.51
14%
34.0
4.8
100
Ryan Peckford
C
WHL
17.54
6.00
45
13
21
34
0.72
14%
37.6
5.2
Regarding the data omissions: there is obviously no SEAL adjusted scoring for goaltenders, and unfortunately we don’t have a cohort model for goalies up and running yet either. As for the skaters, SEAL covers the CHL, USHL, NCAA, SHL, Allsvenskan and Czech Extraliga, but misses Liiga, Russian leagues, and Junior A leagues. pGPS includes Liiga, the KHL and the AJHL, but doesn’t cover the VHL at this point, which is why there’s nothing for Alexei Lipanov.