Ryan Yessie's OHL Top 30 for 2009

In case you haven't been following the blog regularly, I have done 2 OHL top 30's so far this season, one at the beginning, one at the halfway mark, and I'll be putting out my final one sometime after the OHL playoffs have finished.

Blog contributor Ryan Yessie has decided to compile his final OHL top 30 recently and has decided to share it with us. This is Ryan's ranking of the top 30 available players from the OHL for the 2009 NHL entry draft.

One minor difference you may notice between Ryan's and mine is his inclusion of some of the draft re-entry guys in his top 30. I have kept those guys out of mine, ranking only the first year eligible players. My reasons for this I will share with you when I release my final top 30.

Without further ado, here is Ryan's final top 30...

1 - John Tavares - Center - 6’0” - 190 - London (OHL)
2 - Matt Duchene - Center - 5’11” - 194 - Brampton (OHL)
3 - Peter Holland - Center - 6’1” - 178 - Guelph (OHL)
4 - Ryan Ellis - Defence - 5’10” - 175 - Windsor (OHL)
5 - Nazem Kadri - Center - 6’1” - 177 - London (OHL)
6 - Zack Kassian - Right Wing - 6’3” - 205 - Peterborough (OHL)
7 - Edward Pasquale - Goaltender - 6’3” - 215 - Saginaw (OHL)
8 - Ethan Werek - Left Wing - 6’3” - 195 - Kingston (OHL)
9 - Taylor Beck - Left Wing - 6’1” - 207 - Guelph (OHL)
10 - Matt Hackett - Goaltender - 6’2” - 170 - Plymouth (OHL)
11 - Calvin De Haan - Defence - 6’0” - 170 - Oshawa (OHL)
12 - Taylor Doherty - Defence - 6’8” - 220 - Kingston (OHL)
13 - Michael Latta - Center - 5’11” - 192 - Guelph (OHL)
14 - Ryan O’Reilly - Center - 6’0” - 205 - Erie (OHL)
15 - Marcus Foligno - Left Wing - 6’3” - 195 - Sudbury (OHL)
16 - Matthew Clark - Defence - 6’3” - 205 - Brampton (OHL)
17 - Casey Cizikas - Center - 5’10” - 188 - Mississauga (OHL)
18 - Alex Hutchings - Left Wing - 5’10” - 170 - Barrie (OHL)
19 - Phil Varone - Center - 5’10” - 187 - London (OHL)
20 - Brett Flemming - Defence - 5’10” - 165 - Mississauga (OHL)
21 - Tyler Randell - Right Wing - 6’1” - 195 - Kitchener (OHL)
22 - Scott Stajcer - Goaltender - 6’2” - 185 - Owen Sound (OHL)
23 - Peter DiSalvo - Goaltender - 6’0” - 190 - Barrie (OHL)
24 - Jordan Szwarz - Right Wing - 5’11” - 183 - Saginaw (OHL)
25 - Michael Zador - Goaltender - 6’2” - 175 - Oshawa (OHL)
26 - Jaroslav Janus - Goaltender - 6’0” - 185 - Erie (OHL)
27 - Ben Chiarot - Defence - 6’2” - 205 - Guelph (OHL)
28 - Jesse Blacker - Defence - 6’1” - 190 - Windsor (OHL)
29 - Matthew Tipoff - Right Wing - 5’11” - 175 - Belleville (OHL)
30 - Simon Gronvaldt - Defence - 6’2” - 179 - Kitchener (OHL)

Honourable Mention
Miroslav Preisinger
Beau Schmitz
Bjorn Krupp
Ben O’Quinn