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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Final 2015 Cumulative Draft Rankings

 A new era of NHL is nearly upon us.
 This year's draft features two generational, franchise fortune-altering prospects that are sure to shape the scene of superstardom in the show for years to come. More than two names will be called in Sunrise, Fla. this weekend, though, and there has been much debate as to what the order of those names should be. Cue the Hart of Hockey cumulative draft rankings.
 Below is a comprehensive list of the top 75 prospects for the upcoming draft, scored accordingly based on the players' individual rankings from nine different scouting services.
 The eight draft rankings used to compute a player's "average score" are those of TSN's Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie, TSN's Director of Scouting Craig Button, the International Scouting Service (ISS,) HockeyProspect.com (HP,) McKeen's Scouting, Red Line Report (RLR,) The Hockey News (THN,) and Future Consideration (FC.) Since NHL Central Scouting separates its rankings by geography and position, its rankings are used as a tiebreaker in the event of two or more players ending up with the same average score value. The player with the greater CS rank wins the tie.
 The scouts have spoken, and the Excel sheet has... excelled. These are your final 2015 cumulative rankings:


Player
Pos.
Team
McKenzie
Button
ISS
HP
McKeen's
RLR
THN
FC
Avg Score
CS
1
C
Erie Otters
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
C
Boston University
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
RW
London Knights
4
4
6
3
4
4
5
5
4.38
6
4
D
Boston College
3
12
5
4
3
3
3
3
4.5
3
5
C
Erie Otters
5
3
3
6
7
5
4
4
4.63
4
6
D
Brandon Wheat Kings
8
5
7
9
5
6
6
6
6.5
7
7
LW
Kingston Frontenacs
7
10
4
8
10
13
8
10
8.75
5
8
D
University of Michigan
11
7
11
11
9
12
9
7
9.63
9
9
RW
TPS Turku
10
16
9
10
8
7
12
8
10
1
10
C
Seattle Thunderbirds
9
15
8
12
11
9
10
9
10.38
11
11
C
Sarnia Sting
6
24
10
7
6
10
7
15
10.63
8
12
C
Youngstown Phantoms
13
6
13
5
12
27
11
12
12.38
13
13
RW
Halifax Mooseheads
12
8
14
13
13
16
13
14
12.88
10
14
C
Kelowna Rockets
17
11
19
14
15
14
15
17
15.25
23
15
RW
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
18
17
18
17
23
15
16
16
17.5
17
16
RW
Ottawa 67's
15
33
12
19
14
17
24
11
18.13
14
17
C
Färjestad
23
13
20
15
16
19
27
23
19.5
4
18
D
Saint John Sea Dogs
25
19
16
20
21
21
23
21
20.75
16
19
D
Saint John Sea Dogs
14
26
22
25
18
26
22
20
21.63
12
20
D
Sherbrooke Phoenix
29
27
23
26
24
11
26
13
22.38
21
21
C
USNTDP
16
32
15
23
19
37
19
19
22.5
29
22
RW
Waterloo Black Hawks
26
9
35
18
27
30
14
26
23.13
27
23
G
Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk
19
14
n/a
21
17
23
38
40
24.57
1
24
LW
Portland Winterhawks
20
35
17
30
32
20
17
29
25
26
25
RW
Ladia Togliatti
21
20
24
16
22
8
66
24
25.13
7
26
LW
Swift Current Broncos
28
21
27
28
25
25
28
27
26.13
19
27
C
Prince George Cougars
30
23
25
34
50
18
21
25
28.25
15
28
D
Everett Silvertips
37
41
29
22
20
28
33
32
30.25
22
29
D
AIK
24
47
32
29
46
31
20
28
32.13
6
30
RW
Charlottetown Islanders
33
38
26
37
44
38
25
18
32.38
20
31
RW
USNTDP
34
28
36
24
26
49
37
33
33.38
39
32
D
Tri-City Americans
22
52
21
27
54
41
31
38
35.75
25
33
C
Shawinigan Cataractes
43
18
41
40
35
35
48
31
36.38
33
34
D
Frölunda
31
22
34
31
37
88
32
30
38.13
3
35
D
Linköping
27
56
30
33
39
50
29
49
39.13
2
36
C
Charlottetown Islanders
39
46
40
43
40
40
30
35
39.13
18
37
D
Niagara IceDogs
36
54
51
46
33
34
34
34
40.25
32
38
D
Baie-Comeau Drakkar
44
36
37
32
66
24
54
43
42
40
39
G
Barrie Colts
35
62
n/a
39
31
33
39
59
42.57
1
40
C
Waterloo Black Hawks
57
29
44
58
43
55
35
37
44.75
28
41
RW
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
40
49
39
57
52
46
47
42
46.5
38
42
RW
USNTDP
53
60
28
54
47
42
74
22
47.5
36
43
D
Erie Otters
42
40
58
47
30
57
77
36
48.38
46
44
C
Saginaw Spirit
46
45
33
51
42
43
65
66
48.88
112
45
D
ZSC Lions
32
53
56
38
28
76
79
47
51.13
12
46
C
USNTDP
45
42
38
49
64
60
59
53
51.25
37
47
D
Acadie-Bathurst Titan
48
55
46
48
41
54
63
58
51.63
41
48
C
Gatineau Olympiques
68
73
59
36
65
36
43
48
53.5
48
49
LW
Shawinigan Cataractes
38
58
48
71
38
39
45
99
54.5
30
50
D
Oshawa Generals
63
25
74
88
49
74
36
41
56.25
34
51
C
Omaha Lancers
52
64
55
61
29
70
57
69
57.13
31
52
LW
Regina Pats
64
67
43
55
53
52
67
57
57.25
35
53
LW
USNTDP
62
90
31
72
82
47
50
39
59.13
47
54
D
Barrie Colts
59
31
107
60
76
51
44
50
59.75
93
55
C
Chicoutimi Saguenéens
73
100
47
67
78
58
18
46
60.88
45
56
D
Tri-City Americans
>75
59
54
109
45
63
49
52
63.38
43
57
LW
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
86
30
88
41
74
87
42
64
64
51
58
C
SKA-1946 St. Petersburg
54
97
45
91
61
29
58
78
64.13
17
59
LW
AIK
>75
>100
53
35
51
78
76
51
65.13
8
60
C
JYP-Akatemia
60
57
66
42
107
44
69
76
65.13
15
61
D
Peterborough Petes
50
95
70
81
57
43
89
45
66.25
68
62
RW
Sarnia Sting
69
>100
60
53
79
62
46
62
66.5
50
63
LW
Seattle Thunderbirds
56
92
50
62
62
103
55
54
66.75
71
64
G
Rytíři Kladno
47
91
n/a
52
95
67
40
84
68
2
65
LW
Ilves Tampere
58
76
52
44
110
82
56
71
68.63
14
66
D
Brandon Wheat Kings
55
51
94
85
75
48
100
70
72.25
24
67
D
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
86
>100
77
68
85
59
64
44
73
42
68
LW
Niagara IceDogs
49
>100
73
56
80
95
53
79
73.25
57
69
D
Košice Ocelari
41
94
42
80
36
111
99
90
74.13
16
70
RW
Brynäs
>75
80
63
99
55
96
52
81
75.25
10
71
G
Topeka RoadRunners
67
>100
n/a
107
90
22
61
82
75.71
5
72
RW
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
72
61
105
90
34
83
>100
61
75.88
49
73
G
Québec Remparts
51
>100
n/a
66
81
91
86
67
77.57
2
74
D
Prince Albert Raiders
70
99
110
64
67
69
70
88
79.63
56
75
C
Red Deer Rebels
65
>100
104
82
68
86
71
65
80.25
61

* It's worth noting that Craig Button and Future Considerations' rankings do not go beyond 100. Additionally, Bob McKenzie only ranks players until 75, then has a 10 player "Honorable Mention."

** The ISS does not rank goalies along with skaters, thus the n/a for goalies in that column. It does not reflect their score positively or negatively. The algorithm treats it as if it weren't there and there were only seven rankings lists to collects scores from.