Here we are, back again with the February edition of The Hart of Hockey's signature cumulative draft rankings. The sources which are used to compile this list had expanded their rankings greatly since the last time we had a cumulative draft rankings post in November, so the math is a little less fuzzy and our list has expanded to 40 players.
For those of you who don't know the drill, we take the rankings of TSN's Bob McKenzie, Craig Button, and the International Scouting Services, and take an individual's average score based on those three sources. Whatever number pops out is the score used to rank them here in the cumulative rankings. NHL Central Scouting is used as a tiebreaker between prospects, since they separate players into North American skaters, European skaters, North American goalies, etc.
In addition to expanding to 40 prospects, there was a ton of movement from the November rankings. Here's what we've got as of February, 7th:
What we learned:
For those of you who don't know the drill, we take the rankings of TSN's Bob McKenzie, Craig Button, and the International Scouting Services, and take an individual's average score based on those three sources. Whatever number pops out is the score used to rank them here in the cumulative rankings. NHL Central Scouting is used as a tiebreaker between prospects, since they separate players into North American skaters, European skaters, North American goalies, etc.
In addition to expanding to 40 prospects, there was a ton of movement from the November rankings. Here's what we've got as of February, 7th:
Player
|
Pos.
|
Team
|
McKenzie
|
Button
|
ISS
|
Avg Score
|
CS
|
|
1
|
D
|
Portland Winterhawks
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
2
|
C
|
Halifax Mooseheads
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
3
|
LW
|
Halifax Mooseheads
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
3.33
|
3
|
|
4
|
C
|
Tappara
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
3.66
|
1
|
|
5
|
C
|
Ottawa 67’s
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
5.66
|
4
|
|
6
|
C
|
Brynäs
|
5
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
|
7
|
LW
|
Chelyabinsk
|
10
|
5
|
7
|
7.33
|
4
|
|
8
|
D
|
London Knights
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
8.66
|
30
|
|
9
|
D
|
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
|
12
|
9
|
10
|
10.33
|
9
|
|
10
|
LW
|
Medicine Hat Tigers
|
8
|
12
|
14
|
11.33
|
5
|
|
11
|
D
|
TPS
|
7
|
20
|
8
|
11.66
|
3
|
|
12
|
D
|
Brandon Wheat Kings
|
15
|
13
|
17
|
15
|
6
|
|
13
|
LW
|
Québec Remparts
|
16
|
15
|
15
|
15.33
|
13
|
|
14
|
G
|
Halifax Mooseheads
|
22
|
10
|
n/a
|
16
|
1
|
|
15
|
C
|
Djurgårdens
|
11
|
18
|
21
|
16.66
|
8
|
|
16
|
C
|
Rimouski Océanic
|
13
|
19
|
19
|
17
|
7
|
|
17
|
D
|
Prince Albert Raiders
|
20
|
11
|
20
|
17
|
11
|
|
18
|
C
|
London Knights
|
18
|
14
|
28
|
20
|
23
|
|
19
|
C
|
Edmonton Oil Kings
|
25
|
24
|
11
|
20
|
26
|
|
20
|
LW
|
Guelph Storm
|
24
|
25
|
13
|
20.66
|
16
|
|
21
|
LW
|
London Knights
|
19
|
22
|
22
|
21
|
15
|
|
22
|
LW
|
Val-d’Or Foreurs
|
17
|
17
|
>30
|
21.66
|
10
|
|
23
|
D
|
MODO J20
|
29
|
28
|
12
|
23
|
7
|
|
24
|
RW
|
Baie-Comeau Drakkar
|
27
|
30
|
16
|
24.33
|
8
|
|
25
|
LW
|
Windsor Spitfires
|
23
|
23
|
27
|
24.33
|
18
|
|
26
|
RW
|
Malmö J20
|
14
|
44
|
18
|
25.33
|
5
|
|
27
|
LW
|
KalPa
|
40
|
16
|
24
|
26.66
|
9
|
|
28
|
RW
|
Plymouth Whalers
|
28
|
29
|
25
|
27.33
|
25
|
|
29
|
C
|
USNTDP
|
30
|
27
|
26
|
27.66
|
20
|
|
30
|
C
|
Regina Pats
|
33
|
21
|
>30
|
28.33
|
24
|
|
31
|
LW
|
Québec Remparts
|
35
|
26
|
30
|
30.33
|
35
|
|
32
|
D
|
Everett Silvertips
|
21
|
42
|
>30
|
31.33
|
12
|
|
33
|
D
|
Kelowna Rockets
|
34
|
33
|
>30
|
32.66
|
22
|
|
34
|
C
|
Leksands
|
26
|
47
|
>30
|
34.33
|
6
|
|
35
|
D
|
USNTDP
|
41
|
39
|
23
|
34.33
|
47
|
|
36
|
D
|
Owen Sound Attack
|
31
|
45
|
>30
|
35.66
|
19
|
|
37
|
D
|
USNTDP
|
43
|
36
|
>30
|
36
|
51
|
|
38
|
D
|
Waterloo Black Hawks
|
32
|
46
|
>30
|
36.33
|
21
|
|
39
|
C
|
Portland Winterhawks
|
48
|
31
|
>30
|
36.66
|
34
|
|
40
|
C
|
Chicoutimi Saguenéens
|
45
|
34
|
>30
|
36.66
|
41
|
- Curtis Lazar and Robert Hagg have really fallen out of favor of a lot of scouts. No one is suggesting that Lazar still isn't a first round talent, but he's gone from practically a consensus top 10 guy to the last few picks of the first round in the eyes of some. His production hasn't equaled quite what was expected of him, but you have to still respect his upside.
- Alex Wennberg has made a gigantic leap into the first half of the first round. Heck, "gigantic" may be an understatement. He was hardly on anyone's radar back in October. Now, he's playing against full-grown men for Djurgårdens, and posting above average stats for that matter. Keep an eye on Wennberg, he may turn out to be this year's Hampus Lindholm.
- The book is still out on Artturi Lehkonen. Button has been praising him for moths, whereas McKenzie's insider info with NHL scouts suggests he hasn't impressed enough to even go in the first several picks of the second round. The ISS plops him almost right in between where Button and McKenzie have him, but these numbers show this Finn still has a lot of scouts puzzled as to what he can really become at this point.
- Who doesn't love Seth Jones? No one. No one doesn't love Seth Jones. However, not everyone doesn't not love the use of a double negative.
