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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Cumulative 2015 Draft Rankings (March)

 Hello fellow draftketeers.
 First of all, this is an incredibly deep draft. The talent breeds much further down the list than the top two names everyone has been (rightfully) talking about. That is why I am so sorry that it has taken until March to post the first edition of these cumulative draft rankings. We were unable to watch these rankings change and evolve over a few months time, and that stinks. However, I'm happy to bring this Hart of Hockey tradition back.
 To reiterate the rules, the cumulative rankings system takes an individual player's rankings in various pundits'/scouting services' publications and then finds the average score from combining all the rankings. In this addition, the lists used were TSN's Bob McKenzie and Craig Button, NHL Central Scouting (CS,) International Scouting Services (ISS,) McKeen's Hockey, and HockeyProspect.com (HP). Since Central Scouting separates its rankings by European/North American and Skaters/Goalies, its numbers are only used as a tiebreaker if the values of two players' or more average score is the same.
 Lastly, this is the time where I remind you that these rankings are not to be interpreted as a mock draft, but rather a different way to value the prospects heading into the draft and potentially project when their names will be called on draft day.
 The first name on this edition of the 2015 draft cumulative rankings comes as no surprise.



Player
Pos.
Team
McKenzie
Button
ISS
HP
McKeen's
Avg Score
CS
1
C
Erie Otters
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
C
Boston University
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
D
Boston College
3
8
4
3
3
4.2
3
4
RW
London Knights
5
4
5
5
4
4.6
7
5
C
Erie Otters
4
3
6
6
8
5.4
5
6
LW
Kingston Frontenacs
6
11
3
8
6
6.8
4
7
D
Brandon Wheat Kings
12
5
9
7
5
7.6
10
8
D
University of Michigan
8
6
10
9
7
8
6
9
C
Youngstown Phantoms
13
7
13
11
14
11.6
14
10
C
Sarnia Sting
7
28
11
4
9
11.8
8
11
RW
TPS Turku
9
12
8
19
12
12
2
12
C
Seattle Thunderbirds
10
18
7
17
10
12.4
9
13
RW
Halifax Mooseheads
20
10
12
15
13
14
12
14
C
Kelowna Rockets
19
14
15
16
17
16.2
13
15
RW
Ottawa 67's
15
23
14
20
11
16.6
26
16
D
Saint John Sea Dogs
27
15
18
12
15
17.4
15
17
D
Saint John Sea Dogs
16
20
19
21
16
18.4
11
18
RW
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
21
17
22
18
23
20.2
21
19
D
AIK
11
29
24
13
27
20.8
1
20
LW
Portland Winterhawks
14
24
16
31
20
21
19
21
D
Sherbrooke Phoenix
25
21
28
10
22
21.2
23
22
RW
Waterloo Black Hawks
26
9
29
14
28
21.2
28
23
C
USNTDP
18
27
17
26
19
21.4
27
24
D
Tri-City Americans
17
35
20
22
21
23
16
25
LW
Swift Current Broncos
28
22
>30
23
24
25.6
24
26
C
Prince George Cougars
31
13
26
25
35
26
18
27
C
Waterloo Black Hawks
42
19
>30
24
29
29
28
RW
Charlottetown Islanders
32
25
>30
28
38
30.8
20
29
C
Charlottetown Islanders
24
30
>30
43
36
32.8
17
30
LW
Ilves Tampere
38
37
>30
37
35.75
11
31
D
Frölunda
33
42
27
>60
25
37.6
5
32
C
Shawinigan Cataractes
58
16
>30
36
47
37.6
49
33
RW
USNTDP
29
49
25
49
38
36
34
G
Barrie Colts
36
60
>30
34
33
38.8
1
35
C
USNTDP
39
44
>30
48
40.5
40
36
D
Acadie-Bathurst Titan
55
52
>30
33
32
40.6
30
37
D
Baie-Comeau Drakkar
34
26
>30
29
84
40.8
45
38
D
ZSC Lions
45
73
>30
32
26
41.4
12
39
LW
USNTDP
22
60
23
>60
41.5
22
40
D
Everett Silvertips
54
45
>30
38
41
41.8
38