jammer2 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Central Scouting just released their new updated draft ranking list. The OHL has a staggering 53 players ranked in the top 215, including 14 ranked in the 1st round, almost damn near half of the opening round.....Including 6 of the top 10. Central Scouting has Kingston center Sam Bennett slipping into the top spot, with Exlbad of the Barrie Colts coming in at #3. Anyone could basically leapfrog another player until the final rankings are released before the draft. These are called the mid-term rankings. You could also call this the year of the OHL wingers, with 24 Left and Right Wingers found in the top 215 North American ranked players. I'm bored, and typing things out really helps me remember players, so I will list all the OHL ranked players thus far. Some names you will recognize, Lemieux, Verbeek and Smith. Hunter Smith is Brad Smith's nephew (Motor City Smitty is one of his many nicknames). The kid is huge like Brad, but last I saw him (and that was well over a year ago) his skating was God awful. Perhaps he has improved, but the kid is 6'7, so he is probably still learning how to grow into his huge frame. 1) Sam Bennett C Kingston 2) Aaron Exblad D Barrie 5) Michael Dal Colle LW Oshawa 7) Nick Ritchie LW Peteborough 8) Brendan Perlini LW Niagara10) Anthony DeAngelo D Sarnia11) Jarred McCann C Sault Ste. Marie14) Nickolav Goldobin RW Sarnia15) Roland McKeown D Kingston18) Josh Ho-Sang C/RW Windsor23) Eric Cornell RW Peteborough25) Robert Fabbri C Guelph28) Aaron Hayden D Niagara30) Connor Chatham RW Plymouth33) Ryan Macinnis C Kitchener36) Alexander Peters D Plymouth37) Michael Dunting LW Sault Ste. Marie38) Brendan Lemieux LW Barrie43) Spencer Watson RW Kingston47) Blake Siebenaler D Niagara51) Matthew Mistele LW Plymouth52) Nicholas Magyer RW Kitchener56) Michael Amadio C North Bay69) Christian Dvorak LW London75) Kyle Jenkins LW D Sault Ste. Marie76) Brandon Prophet D Saginaw77) Kikita Yazkov LW Windsor79) Josh Wesley D Plymouth87) Jacob Middleton D Ottawa88) Kevin Leblanc C Barrie89) Dylan Sadowy LW Saginaw93) Blake Clarke LW Saginaw96) Jaden Lindo RW Owen Sound99) Ryan Foss C/LW Windsor108) Alexander Mikulouch D Niagara113) Darby Llewellyn RW Kitchener117)Chritiano Digiacinto LW Windsor120) Jacob Busch RW Oshawa126) James Cordell C Barrie131) Stephan Leblanc D Mississauga140) Hunter Smith RW Oshawa147) Ryan Verbeek LW Kingston149) Kevin Spinozzi D Sarnia154) Yannick Raddysh D Erie163) Niki Petti C Peteborough165) Frank Hora D Kitchener166) Alexander Protapovich C Niagara176) Damir Sharipzyanov D Owen Sound182) David Tomasek C Belleville184) Dylan Perna D Kitchener195) Joshua Sterk C Oshawa205) Phil Baltisberger D Guelph217) Kyle Wood D North Bay The OHL goalies are strongly represented also....7 of the top 34 North American ranked Goalies were from the OHL. There are some seriously tall goalies this year, check out how many are 6'2 - 6'6...some monsters for sure. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=699916 5) Alex Nedeljkovic Plymouth 6) Brent Moran Niagara 9) Brandon Halverson Sault Ste. Marie14) Devin Williams Erie17) Nikita Serebryakov Saginaw18) Matthew Mancian Guelph20) Kevin Appleby Oshawa Appleby is rumored to be on the Sabres radar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I think this was mentioned in the shoutbox awhile back but S. Jersey's local kid Anthony DeAngelo is one of the top Americans as he is in the top 20 in points in the OHL as a defenseman. http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2014/1/13/5304656/nhl-draft-rankings-2014-central-scouting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 @jammer2 Not a great draft this year but some nice players early on, and sure enough to be some great late picks (if Holmgren doesn't trade them for Prospal, Kubina and Amonte) Ekblad is still #1 in my books, and anyone else not named CSS .@hf101 If we're picking between the two, I'd prefer McKeown over Deangelo. McKeown has good size, skating and plays a solid two way game. Deangelo is on the small side (doesn't mean he stays that way but 5'11 167 isn't a good start and he's older than McK) and plays an all offence game from what I've seen (though sarnia is jammers territory) Since we already have Ghost in that style and near ready, I don't see the need for another. McKeown projects to a much better NHLer IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishjim Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 whose the 15th rated center on that list..homer will draft him and say we got a steal :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 @flyercanuck As you know, I have not been to many games this year, so I have no idea about DeAngelo, but I am going to see Kingston on Thursday. It's a good game to hit, with Bennett ranked #1 on some lists, (agree with you though Exblad will go first)....and that should give me a good feel on this draft, since Bennett is ranked so high. McKowen is ranked #15 and RW Spencer Watson might go in the 2nd, so nice to see 3 guys ranked fairly high. I'll give a full report when I get home from the game. The high end talent is not even close to last year, but it's looking like this draft is pretty deep. A good year to stock up on 2nd and 3rd's it appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Bennett remains top prospect in Central Scouting final ranking.... Rank Player Team League Position Height Weight 1 1.BENNETT, SAMUEL KINGSTON OHL C 6' 0.25" 178 2 EKBLAD, AARON BARRIE OHL D 6' 3.5" 216 3 REINHART, SAM KOOTENAY WHL C 6' 0.75" 185 4 DRAISAITL, LEON PRINCE ALBERT WHL C 6' 1.5" 204 5 DAL COLLE, MICHAEL OSHAWA OHL LW 6' 1.5" 182 6 VIRTANEN, JAKE CALGARY WHL RW 6' 0.75" 208 7 RITCHIE, NICHOLAS PETERBOROUGH OHL LW 6' 2.25" 226 8 PERLINI, BRENDAN NIAGARA OHL LW 6' 2.75" 205 9 FLEURY, HAYDN RED DEER WHL D 6' 2.5" 203 10 MCCANN, JARED SAULT STE. MARIE OHL C 6' 0.25" 179 11 HONKA, JULIUS SWIFT CURRENT WHL D 5' 10.75" 180 12 TUCH, ALEX USA U-18 USHL RW 6' 3.5" 213 13 EHLERS, NIKOLAJ HALIFAX QMJHL LW 5' 11.0" 162 14 DEANGELO, ANTHONY SARNIA OHL D 5' 10.5" 175 15 SCHERBAK, NIKITA SASKATOON WHL RW 6' 1.0" 175 16 MILANO, SONNY USA U-18 USHL LW 5' 11.5" 183 17 LARKIN, DYLAN USA U-18 USHL C 6' 0.75" 190 18 BARBASHEV, IVAN MONCTON QMJHL C/LW 6' 0.0" 180 19 SCHMALTZ, NICK GREEN BAY USHL C 5' 11.5" 172 20 MACINNIS, RYAN KITCHENER OHL C 6' 3.25" 183 21 FABBRI, ROBERT GUELPH OHL C 5' 10.25" 170 22 HO-SANG, JOSHUA WINDSOR OHL C/RW 5' 11.0" 175 23 QUENNEVILLE, JOHN BRANDON WHL C 6' 0.5" 182 24 GOLDOBIN, NIKOLAY SARNIA OHL RW 5' 11.75" 178 25 CORNEL, ERIC PETERBOROUGH OHL C 6' 1.5" 186 26 MARTIN, BRYCEN SWIFT CURRENT WHL D 6' 1.75" 195 27 MCKEOWN, ROLAND KINGSTON OHL D 6' 0.75" 195 28 LEMIEUX, BRENDAN BARRIE OHL LW 6' 0.25" 206 29 GARDINER, REID PRINCE ALBERT WHL C/RW 5' 10.5" 183 30 DOUGHERTY, JACK USA U-18 USHL D 6' 1.0" 186 Note: North American skaters only listed here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 On 1/27/2014 at 4:12 AM, jammer2 said: Central Scouting just released their new updated draft ranking list. The OHL has a staggering 53 players ranked in the top 215, including 14 ranked in the 1st round, almost damn near half of the opening round.....Including 6 of the top 10. Central Scouting has Kingston center Sam Bennett slipping into the top spot, with Exlbad of the Barrie Colts coming in at #3. Anyone could basically leapfrog another player until the final rankings are released before the draft. These are called the mid-term rankings. You could also call this the year of the OHL wingers, with 24 Left and Right Wingers found in the top 215 North American ranked players. I'm bored, and typing things out really helps me remember players, so I will list all the OHL ranked players thus far. Some names you will recognize, Lemieux, Verbeek and Smith. Hunter Smith is Brad Smith's nephew (Motor City Smitty is one of his many nicknames). The kid is huge like Brad, but last I saw him (and that was well over a year ago) his skating was God awful. Perhaps he has improved, but the kid is 6'7, so he is probably still learning how to grow into his huge frame. 1) Sam Bennett C Kingston 2) Aaron Exblad D Barrie 5) Michael Dal Colle LW Oshawa 7) Nick Ritchie LW Peteborough 8) Brendan Perlini LW Niagara 10) Anthony DeAngelo D Sarnia 11) Jarred McCann C Sault Ste. Marie 14) Nickolav Goldobin RW Sarnia 15) Roland McKeown D Kingston 18) Josh Ho-Sang C/RW Windsor 23) Eric Cornell RW Peteborough 25) Robert Fabbri C Guelph 28) Aaron Hayden D Niagara 30) Connor Chatham RW Plymouth 33) Ryan Macinnis C Kitchener 36) Alexander Peters D Plymouth 37) Michael Dunting LW Sault Ste. Marie 38) Brendan Lemieux LW Barrie 43) Spencer Watson RW Kingston 47) Blake Siebenaler D Niagara 51) Matthew Mistele LW Plymouth 52) Nicholas Magyer RW Kitchener 56) Michael Amadio C North Bay 69) Christian Dvorak LW London 75) Kyle Jenkins LW D Sault Ste. Marie 76) Brandon Prophet D Saginaw 77) Kikita Yazkov LW Windsor 79) Josh Wesley D Plymouth 87) Jacob Middleton D Ottawa 88) Kevin Leblanc C Barrie 89) Dylan Sadowy LW Saginaw 93) Blake Clarke LW Saginaw 96) Jaden Lindo RW Owen Sound 99) Ryan Foss C/LW Windsor 108) Alexander Mikulouch D Niagara 113) Darby Llewellyn RW Kitchener 117)Chritiano Digiacinto LW Windsor 120) Jacob Busch RW Oshawa 126) James Cordell C Barrie 131) Stephan Leblanc D Mississauga 140) Hunter Smith RW Oshawa 147) Ryan Verbeek LW Kingston 149) Kevin Spinozzi D Sarnia 154) Yannick Raddysh D Erie 163) Niki Petti C Peteborough 165) Frank Hora D Kitchener 166) Alexander Protapovich C Niagara 176) Damir Sharipzyanov D Owen Sound 182) David Tomasek C Belleville 184) Dylan Perna D Kitchener 195) Joshua Sterk C Oshawa 205) Phil Baltisberger D Guelph 217) Kyle Wood D North Bay The OHL goalies are strongly represented also....7 of the top 34 North American ranked Goalies were from the OHL. There are some seriously tall goalies this year, check out how many are 6'2 - 6'6...some monsters for sure. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=699916 5) Alex Nedeljkovic Plymouth 6) Brent Moran Niagara 9) Brandon Halverson Sault Ste. Marie 14) Devin Williams Erie 17) Nikita Serebryakov Saginaw 18) Matthew Mancian Guelph 20) Kevin Appleby Oshawa Appleby is rumored to be on the Sabres radar Funny looking back at the names in the draft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 11 hours ago, OccamsRazor said: Funny looking back at the names in the draft... The one that really sticks out is Nick Ritchie at #7....this guy is not a good skater. His hands and hitting might keep him in the league, but he can't keep up. He's been given numerous chances to play with Getzlaf and Perry, a major fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 1 hour ago, jammer2 said: The one that really sticks out is Nick Ritchie at #7....this guy is not a good skater. His hands and hitting might keep him in the league, but he can't keep up. He's been given numerous chances to play with Getzlaf and Perry, a major fail. There is some good talent there funny how the Flyers have been dipping their hand in the WHL and QMJHL and one of their few out the OHL (Laughton) has struggled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 1 hour ago, OccamsRazor said: There is some good talent there funny how the Flyers have been dipping their hand in the WHL and QMJHL and one of their few out the OHL (Laughton) has struggled. I know i've said this before... I don't think concussions have helped Laughtons development. It's like he's forgot how to (or just can't) play the game he played before them. And those 2014 players are still far from a finished product. We're all pretty excited about Sanheim...he hasn't played a single NHL game yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 31 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: I know i've said this before... I don't think concussions have helped Laughtons development. It's like he's forgot how to (or just can't) play the game he played before them. And those 2014 players are still far from a finished product. We're all pretty excited about Sanheim...he hasn't played a single NHL game yet. I think no matter what he is ready to replace Chris Vandevelde on the 4th at least. And by that i mean let him stay and learn like Ivan did. Learn from his mistakes and continue to play to get better. He's ready after this playoff run with the Phantoms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.