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There have been a few individual updates in the month since my last rankings.
I’ve cut the rankings back down to 30, due to one of the sources shortening their list. Without those rankings, I didn’t feel confident in the 31-60 picks this time around, but they will return in June.
Two notes this time around:
- Most significant rise: Pierre-Luc Dubois
- Most significant fall: Jacob Chychrun
Making its debut is a Tableau visual, fit with many important characteristics, statistics, and rankings for each of the top-30 players.
Thanks for reading and make sure to hit me with any questions or comments on Twitter: @3rdPeriodSuits.
Outlets included in these rankings:
- Corey Pronman (ESPN Insider)
- Mark Seidel (NACS)
- Damien Cox (Sportsnet)
- Craig Button (TSN)
- Ryan Kennedy (THN)
- HockeyProspect.com
- Future Considerations
- ISS
- McKeen’s Hockey
- Bob McKenzie
2016 NHL Draft Average Player Rankings — October 19 to April 15
(Click on the player’s name at the bottom of the chart to turn their data on and off)
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2016 NHL Draft Player Rankings – April 15
| Rank | Prev | Player | Pos | Team | League | Height | Weight | Avg | High | Low | StdDev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Auston Matthews | C | ZSC | NLA | 6' 2" | 194 | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 0.32 |
| 2 | 2 | Patrik Laine | RW/LW | Tappara | Liiga | 6' 4" | 209 | 2.2 | 1 | 3 | 0.63 |
| 3 | 3 | Jesse PuljujŠrvi | RW | KŠrpŠt | Liiga | 6' 3" | 198 | 2.8 | 2 | 4 | 0.63 |
| 4 | 4 | Matthew Tkachuk | LW | London | OHL | 6' 1" | 194 | 4.9 | 4 | 6 | 0.74 |
| 5 | 6 | Alexander Nylander | LW | Mississauga | OHL | 6' 0" | 172 | 6.6 | 4 | 10 | 1.71 |
| 6 | 8 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | Cape Breton | QMJHL | 6' 3" | 201 | 6.8 | 4 | 9 | 1.93 |
| 7 | 5 | Jacob Chychrun | D | Sarnia | OHL | 6' 2" | 194 | 7.1 | 4 | 10 | 2.33 |
| 8 | 7 | Olli Juolevi | D | London | OHL | 6' 2" | 183 | 8.3 | 5 | 13 | 2.91 |
| 9 | 9 | Michael McLeod | C | Mississauga | OHL | 6' 1" | 184 | 9.3 | 3 | 15 | 3.27 |
| 10 | 10 | Clayton Keller | C | US U18 | USDP | 5' 10" | 170 | 10.1 | 4 | 15 | 3.78 |
| 11 | 11 | Mikhail Sergachyov | D | Windsor | OHL | 6' 2" | 205 | 10.8 | 8 | 22 | 4.13 |
| 12 | 15 | Jake Bean | D | Calgary | WHL | 6' 1" | 172 | 14.7 | 11 | 21 | 3.20 |
| 13 | 12 | Julien Gauthier | RW | Val-d'Or | QMJHL | 6' 4" | 225 | 14.8 | 7 | 26 | 5.59 |
| 14 | 13 | Tyson Jost | RW | Penticton | BCHL | 6' 0" | 194 | 15.1 | 10 | 31 | 5.76 |
| 15 | 19 | Charles McAvoy | D | Boston U | NCAA | 6' 0" | 205 | 17.6 | 11 | 24 | 4.27 |
| 16 | 14 | Dante Fabbro | D | Penticton | BCHL | 6' 1" | 185 | 17.9 | 10 | 31 | 6.17 |
| 17 | 16 | Max Jones | LW | London | OHL | 6' 3" | 201 | 18.6 | 11 | 35 | 6.95 |
| 18 | 17 | German Rubtsov | C | Russia U18 | MHL | 6' 1" | 174 | 18.6 | 13 | 24 | 4.20 |
| 19 | 20 | Logan Brown | C | Windsor | OHL | 6' 6" | 218 | 19.1 | 10 | 28 | 6.51 |
| 20 | 21 | Luke Kunin | C | Univ. of Wisconsin | NCAA | 6' 0" | 196 | 19.2 | 16 | 23 | 2.20 |
| 21 | 18 | Kieffer Bellows | C | US U18 | USDP | 6' 1" | 194 | 19.4 | 14 | 29 | 4.33 |
| 22 | 22 | Riley Tufte | LW | Fargo | USHL | 6' 5" | 190 | 23.4 | 18 | 32 | 4.95 |
| 23 | 25 | Logan Stanley | D | Windsor | OHL | 6' 6" | 216 | 25.7 | 15 | 42 | 8.01 |
| 24 | 24 | Alex DeBrincat | RW | Erie | OHL | 5' 7" | 161 | 25.9 | 12 | 33 | 6.37 |
| 25 | 23 | Rasmus Asplund | C/LW | FŠrjestad BK | SHL | 5' 11" | 176 | 27 | 18 | 43 | 6.65 |
| 26 | 31 | Tage Thompson | C | Univ. of Connecticut | NCAA | 6' 5" | 185 | 27.3 | 20 | 31 | 4.22 |
| 27 | 29 | Dillon Dube | LW | Kelowna | WHL | 5' 10" | 181 | 28.1 | 17 | 31 | 4.72 |
| 28 | 35 | Pascal Laberge | C/LW | Victoriaville | QMJHL | 6' 1" | 172 | 29.7 | 23 | 48 | 6.78 |
| 29 | 32 | Taylor Raddysh | RW | Erie | OHL | 6' 2" | 198 | 30 | 25 | 32 | 2.40 |
