The 2009 NHL Entry Draft

Well the 2009 NHL Entry Draft is a little over 24 hours away, are you excited? I know that it's one of my favourite events of the year (hard to guess right?).

I'll be keeping track of the draft here on the blog, by way of a spreadsheet that you can find below. It's primarily organized by my top 50. Also included are my list of the top draft re-entries, as well as players not signed by NHL teams from the 2007 draft. And of course, by the wild chance that an NHL team selects a player outside of my top 50, I'll be including them too.

Below the spreadsheet can be found the full links to my top 50 write up, as well as the rankings write ups by blog contributors Sean Keogh and Ryan Yessie.

My Rank	Player Name	PO	OHL Team	NHL Team	RD	Pick
1	John Tavares	F	London	NYI	1	1
2	Matt Duchene	F	Brampton	COL	1	3
3	Ryan Ellis	D	Windsor	NSH	1	11
4	Calvin de Haan	D	Oshawa	NYI	1	12
5	Ethan Werek	F	Kingston	NYR	2	47
6	Zack Kassian	F	Peterborough	BUF	1	13
7	Nazem Kadri	F	London	TOR	1	7
8	Peter Holland	F	Guelph	ANA	1	15
9	Edward Pasquale	G	Saginaw	ATL	4	117
10	Ryan O'Reilly	F	Erie	COL	2	33
11	Scott Stajcer	G	Owen Sound	NYR	5	140
12	Alex Hutchings	F	Barrie	TBL	4	93
13	Casey Cizikas	F	Mississauga	NYI	4	92
14	Matt Clark	D	Brampton	ANA	2	37
15	Taylor Doherty	D	Kingston	SJS	2	57
16	Jordan Szwarz	F	Saginaw	PHX	4	97
17	Michael Latta	F	Guelph	NSH	3	72
18	Taylor Beck	F	Guelph	NSH	3	70
19	Jesse Blacker	D	Windsor	TOR	2	58
20	Marcus Foligno	F	Sudbury	BUF	4	104
21	Brett Flemming	D	Mississauga	WSH	5	145
22	Kyle Clifford	F	Barrie	LAK	2	35
23	Phil Varone	F	London	SJS	5	147
24	Tyler Randell	F	Kitchener	BOS	6	176
25	Garrett Wilson	F	Owen Sound	FLA	4	104
26	Chris DeSousa	F	Niagara
27	Ben Chiarot	D	Guelph	ATL	4	120
28	Beau Schmitz	D	Plymouth
29	Matthew Tipoff	F	Belleville
30	Peter Di Salvo	G	Barrie
31	William Wallen	F	Mississauga
32	Luke Judson	F	Belleville
33	Andrew Agozzino	F	Niagara
34	Michael Zador	G	Oshawa	TBL	5	148
35	Michael Fine	F	Sault Ste. Marie
36	Tyler Hostetter	D	Erie
37	Jordan Mayer	F	Mississauga
38	Paul Bezzo	D	Owen Sound
39	Andrew Shaw	F	Niagara
40	Bjorn Krupp	D	Belleville
41	Marc Zanetti	D	Ottawa
42	Scott Valentine	D	Oshawa	ANA	6	166
43	Chris Perugini	G	Ottawa
44	Daniel Erlich	F	London
45	Simon Gronvaldt	D	Kitchener
46	Alex Friesen	F	Niagara
47	Cody Sol	D	Saginaw	ATL	5	125
48	Peter Hermenegildo	D	Sudbury
49	Brandon Foote	G	Guelph
50	Kyle Pereira	D	Brampton
1	Matt Hackett	G	Plymouth	MIN	3	77
2	Darren Archibald	F	Barrie
3	Luke Pither	F	Barrie
4	Jason Akeson	F	Kitchener
5	Jaroslav Janus	G	Erie	TBL	6	162
6	Matt Kennedy	F	Guelph	CAR	5	131
7	Shawn Szydlowski	F	Erie
8	Brett Parnham	F	Oshawa
9	David Kolomatis	D	Owen Sound	LAK	5	126
10	Dan Kelly	D	Kitchener
1	Bryan Cameron	F	Belleville
2	Jacob Muzzin	D	Sault Ste. Marie
3	Justin Taylor	F	London
4	Josh Unice	G	Windsor
5	Zach Torquato	F	Erie
6	Corey Syvret	D	Guelph
7	Richard Greenop	F	Windsor
N/A	Jamie Devane	F	Plymouth	TOR	3	68
N/A	Lane Macdermid	F	Windsor	BOS	4	112
N/A	Andy Bathgate	F	Belleville	PIT	5	151
N/A	Michael Pelech	F	Mississauga	LAK	6	156
N/A	Corey Cowick	F	Ottawa	OTT	6	160

N/A	Scott Timmins	F	Windsor	FLA	6	165
N/A	David Shields	D	Erie	STL	6	168
N/A	Daniel Maggio	D	Sudbury	NYR	6	170
N/A	Eric Wellwood	F	Windsor	PHI	6	172
N/A	Jordan Nolan	F	Sault Ste. Marie	LAK	7	186
N/A	Barron Smith	D	Peterborough	TOR	7	188
N/A	Kyle Neuber	F	Mississauga	CBJ	7	197

As promised, here are the links you need to our draft write ups...

You can find mine here, here, and here.

You can find Sean Keogh's here.

You can find Ryan Yessie's here.

You can find my draft re-entry article here.

You can find the article on unsigned 2007 draftees here.

And finally, in case you are curious, you can find the final NHL Central Scouting Rankings here.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OHL PLAYERS AT THE DRAFT!

EDIT - Link to the full NHL draft results is here