Prospects Analysis: Updated Top Prospects List

Prospects Analysis: Updated Top Prospects List

This article is part of our Prospects Analysis series.


TOP 100 NHL Prospects: 2014 Post Draft Edition
By, Jon Litterine

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft is in the books. It's time to see where the players who were drafted last month in Philadelphia debut on our list. Quite a few players dropped off the list to make room for the incoming class.

(Note: Players with 25 games or more of regular season NHL experience are not included)

1) Jonathan Drouin (F-TB)
2) Evgeny Kuznetsov (F-WSH)
3) Anthony Mantha (F-DET)
4) Teuvo Teravainen (F-CHI)
5) John Gibson (G-ANA)
6) Johnny Gaudreau (F-CGY)
7) Andrei Vasilevskiy (G-TB)
8) Aaron Ekblad (D-FLA): 1st overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
9) Griffin Reinhart (D-NYI)
10) Darnell Nurse (D-EDM)
11) Andre Burakovsky (F-WSH)
12) Sam Bennett (F-CGY): 4th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
13) Derrick Pouliot (D-PIT)
14) Alexander Wennberg (F-CBJ)
15) Nikolaj Ehlers (F-WPG): 9th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
16) Sam Reinhart (F-BUF): 2nd overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
17) Oscar Klefbom (D-EDM)
18) Mathew Dumba (D-MIN)
19) Nikita Zadorov (D-BUF)
20) Leon Draisaitl (F-EDM): 3rd overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
21) Dmitrij Jaskin (F-STL)
22) Bo Horvat (F-VAN)
23) Max Domi (F-ARI)
24) William Nylander (F-TOR): 8th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
25) Oscar Dansk (G-CBJ)
26) Jake Allen (G-STL)
27) Nicolas Kerdiles (F-ANA)
28) Michael Dal Colle (F-NYI): 5th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
29) Calle Jarnkrok (F-NSH)
30) Filip Forsberg (F-NSH)
31) Kerby Rychel (F-CBJ)
32) Danny Kristo (F-NYR)
33) Shayne Gostisbehere (D-PHI)


TOP 100 NHL Prospects: 2014 Post Draft Edition
By, Jon Litterine

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft is in the books. It's time to see where the players who were drafted last month in Philadelphia debut on our list. Quite a few players dropped off the list to make room for the incoming class.

(Note: Players with 25 games or more of regular season NHL experience are not included)

1) Jonathan Drouin (F-TB)
2) Evgeny Kuznetsov (F-WSH)
3) Anthony Mantha (F-DET)
4) Teuvo Teravainen (F-CHI)
5) John Gibson (G-ANA)
6) Johnny Gaudreau (F-CGY)
7) Andrei Vasilevskiy (G-TB)
8) Aaron Ekblad (D-FLA): 1st overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
9) Griffin Reinhart (D-NYI)
10) Darnell Nurse (D-EDM)
11) Andre Burakovsky (F-WSH)
12) Sam Bennett (F-CGY): 4th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
13) Derrick Pouliot (D-PIT)
14) Alexander Wennberg (F-CBJ)
15) Nikolaj Ehlers (F-WPG): 9th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
16) Sam Reinhart (F-BUF): 2nd overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
17) Oscar Klefbom (D-EDM)
18) Mathew Dumba (D-MIN)
19) Nikita Zadorov (D-BUF)
20) Leon Draisaitl (F-EDM): 3rd overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
21) Dmitrij Jaskin (F-STL)
22) Bo Horvat (F-VAN)
23) Max Domi (F-ARI)
24) William Nylander (F-TOR): 8th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
25) Oscar Dansk (G-CBJ)
26) Jake Allen (G-STL)
27) Nicolas Kerdiles (F-ANA)
28) Michael Dal Colle (F-NYI): 5th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
29) Calle Jarnkrok (F-NSH)
30) Filip Forsberg (F-NSH)
31) Kerby Rychel (F-CBJ)
32) Danny Kristo (F-NYR)
33) Shayne Gostisbehere (D-PHI)
34) Haydn Fleury (D-CAR): 7th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
35) Mike Matheson (D-FLA)
36) Curtis Lazar (F-OTT)
37) Jake Virtanen (F-VAN): 6th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
38) Ty Rattie (F-STL)
39) Malcolm Subban (G-BOS)
40) Josh Morrissey (D-WPG)
41) Zachary Fucale (G-MTL)
42) Vladislav Namestnikov (F-TB)
43) Radek Faksa (F-DAL)
44) Nathan Beaulieu (D-MTL)
45) Kasperi Kapanen (F-PIT): 22nd overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
46) Connor Hellebuyck (G-WPG)
47) Kevin Roy (F-ANA)
48) Jon Gillies (G-CGY)
49) Nick Ritchie (F-ANA): 10th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
50) Rocco Grimaldi (F-FLA)
51) Joel Armia (F-BUF)
52) Scott Laughton (F-PHI)
53) Brett Ritchie (F-DAL)
54) Brady Skjei (D-NYR)
55) Teemu Pulkkinen (F-DET)
56) Nicolas Petan (F-WPG)
57) Shea Theodore (D-ANA)
58) Matt Grzelcyk (D-BOS)
59) Samuel Morin (D-PHI)
60) Brendan Perlini (F-ARI): 12th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
61) Vincent Trocheck (F-FLA)
62) Danny O'Regan (F-SJ)
63) Jamie Oleksiak (D-DAL)
64) Robby Fabbri (F-STL): 21st overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
65) Ryan Hartman (F-CHI)
66) Anthony Duclair (F-NYR)
67) Pavel Buchnevich (F-NYR)
68) Hunter Shinkaruk (F-VAN)
69) Nicklas Jensen (F-VAN)
70) Sonny Milano (F-CBJ): 16th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
71) Scott Harrington (D-PIT)
72) Ian McCoshen (D-FLA)
73) Jake McCabe (D-BUF)
74) Ivan Barbashev (F-STL): 33rd overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
75) Julius Honka (D-DAL): 14th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
76) Mark McNeill (F-CHI)
77) Adam Erne (F-TB)
78) Damon Severson (D-NJ)
79) Steve Santini (D-NJ)
80) Henrik Samuelsson (F-ARI)
81) Thatcher Demko (G-VAN): 36th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
82) Brandon Gormley (D-ARI)
83) Anthony DeAngelo (D-TB): 19th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
84) Mark Jankowski (F-CGY)
85) Adam Clendening (D-CHI)
86) Max Reinhart (F-CGY)
87) Reid Boucher (F-NJ)
88) Josh Ho-Sang (F-NYI): 28th overall pick in 2014 Entry Draft
89) Alexander Khokhlachev (F-BOS)
90) Hudson Fasching (F-BUF)
91) Devin Shore (F-DAL)
92) Andreas Athanasiou (F-DET)
93) Marko Dano (F-CBJ)
94) Ryan Pulock (D-NYI)
95) Kevin Hayes (F-CHI)
96) J.T. Compher (F-BUF)
97) Bill Arnold (F-CGY)
98) Oliver Bjorkstrand (F-CBJ)
99) Emile Poirier (F-CGY)
100)Mario Lucia (F-MIN)

DROPPED OFF

Colton Sissons (F-NSH)
Joe Morrow (D-BOS)
Stefan Matteau (F-NJ)
Frank Corrado (D-VAN)
Tristan Jarry (G-PIT)
Charles Hudon (F-MTL)
Anthony Stolarz (G-PHI)
Victor Rask (F-CAR)
T.J. Tynan (F-CBJ)
Seth Griffith (F-BOS)
Stephen Johns (D-CHI)
Jordan Schmaltz (D-STL)
Vince Hinostroza (F-CHI)
Connor Brown (F-TOR)
Christian Folin (D-MIN)
Mike Reilly (D-CBJ)
Brendan Leipsic (F-NSH)
Riley Barber (F-WSH)
Austin Watson (F-NSH)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jon Litterine
Jon Litterine is RotoWire's lead MMA Writer and MMA Editor. He has covered numerous MMA events live. He's also RW's NHL Prospect Analyst. Jon has been writing for RotoWire since 2005. He is a graduate of U Mass-Lowell.
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