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December 1st, 2014.
HockeyProspect.com has released their most recent rankings for the 2015 NHL Draft. Although he is injured, once again Connor McDavid remains atop this months top 30. There are not many changes to the top 10 this month. There are a few changes to the top 30.
New players to the top 30 this month include Adam Musil and Ivan Provorov, while Nick Merkley is a big riser this month. Merkley moves up 10 spots from #21 to #11 on the list.
HP’s Director of Scouting, Mark Edwards, commented on this years NHL Draft.
“We have a few months of viewings behind us now and it’s becoming more apparent to us that it’s not a deep group. While the first round is strong, this draft seems to fall off a cliff pretty quickly as far as the depth goes.”
Edwards compared this 2015 NHL Draft to the 2013 NHL Draft which featured Nathan Mackinnon, Seth Jones, Sean Monahan and other young stars already shining in the NHL.
“I think back to 2013 and that draft had fantastic talent in the top ten. It was a great first round overall (in 2013), but I remember feeling that it dropped off talent wise around the start of the 4th round that year. This draft is similar. We have some possible franchise type players at the top of this draft, but it might fall off (depth wise) even quicker than in 2013.”
2015 NHL Draft Rankings – December 1st, 2014
| HP | PLAYER | POS | TEAM | LEAGUE | HEIGHT | WEIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor McDavid | C | Erie | OHL | 6' 0" | 185 |
| 2 | Jack Eichel | C | Boston U | NCAA | 6' 1" | 195 |
| 3 | Noah Hanifin | D | Boston College | NCAA | 6' 2" | 201 |
| 4 | Pavel Zacha | LW | Sarnia | OHL | 6' 3" | 210 |
| 5 | Mitchell Marner | C | London | OHL | 5' 11" | 155 |
| 6 | Lawson Crouse | LW | Kingston | OHL | 6' 4" | 211 |
| 7 | Zack Werenski | D | Michigan | NCAA | 6' 2" | 201 |
| 8 | Dylan Strome | C | Erie | OHL | 6' 2" | 187 |
| 9 | Kyle Connor | C/W | Youngstown | USHL | 6' 1" | 170 |
| 10 | Jérémy Roy | D | Sherbrooke | QMJHL | 6' 0" | 182 |
| 11 | Nick Merkley | C | Kelowna | WHL | 5' 11" | 188 |
| 12 | Matthew Barzal | C | Seattle | WHL | 5' 11" | 178 |
| 13 | Oliver Kylington | D | Färjestad | SHL | 6' 0" | 181 |
| 14 | Daniel Sprong | RW | Charlottetown | QMJHL | 6' 0" | 192 |
| 15 | Jordan Greenway | LW | USNTDP | USHL | 6' 5" | 205 |
| 16 | Travis Konecny | C | Ottawa | OHL | 5' 10" | 173 |
| 17 | Jakub Zboril | D | Saint John | QMJHL | 6' 1" | 184 |
| 18 | Yevgeni Svechnikov | RW | Cape Breton | QMJHL | 6' 3" | 205 |
| 19 | Brock Boeser | RW | Waterloo | USHL | 6' 0" | 187 |
| 20 | Jeremy Bracco | C | USNTDP | USHL | 5'9" | 154 |
| 21 | Colin White | C | USNTDP | USHL | 6' 0" | 175 |
| 22 | Thomas Novak | C | Waterloo | USHL | 6' 1" | 178 |
| 23 | Paul Bittner | LW | Portland | WHL | 6' 4" | 195 |
| 24 | Jansen Harkins | C | Prince George | WHL | 6' 1" | 170 |
| 25 | Nikita Korostelev | RW | Sarnia | OHL | 6' 2" | 176 |
| 26 | Mikko Rantanen | C/W | TPS | SM-Liiga | 6' 4" | 195 |
| 27 | Ivan Provorov | D | Brandon | WHL | 5' 11" | 180 |
| 28 | Nicolas Roy | C | Chicoutimi | QMJHL | 6' 4" | 190 |
| 29 | Adam Musil | RC | Red Deer | WHL | 6' 3" | 193 |
| 30 | Blake Speers | RC | Soo | OHL | 5'11" | 162 |