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Canucks Army’s Final Top 100 2017 NHL Draft Rankings

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By Jeremy Davis

Jun 22, 2017, 22:00 EDTUpdated: Jun 22, 2017, 21:58 EDT

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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.

#	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.

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