2017 NHL Entry Draft Results

The 2017 NHL Entry Draft commenced this weekend and 42 OHL players had their names called by NHL clubs.

Below you can find the results for OHL players, as well as my draft ranking before the draft (for comparison's sake).


Some general thoughts on how the draft played out:


- Matthew Strome, Adam Ruzicka, Sasha Chmelevski, and Markus Phillips were some of the guys that I had ranked quite highly who fell outside of the Top 100. Chmelevski fell the furthest, lasting all the way until the late 6th round. I suppose, given his disappointing season, that it's no surprise that he fell. But his offensive upside remains sky high.


- Eight players from my Top 40 (but only two from my top 30) went undrafted: Greg Meireles, Linus Nyman, Austen Keating, Macauley Carson, Jacob McGrath, Brady Lyle, Adam Thilander, and Dylan Seitz. Those guys will obviously have many more opportunities to impress scouts. Every year re-entries are selected (especially from the OHL).


- Matthew Villalta, Eemeli Rasanen, and Jack Studnicka were among the players who went higher than I had them ranked, however I don't think any of the three were a massive surprise. All well deserving and possess NHL potential.


- I suppose it came as no surprise to see Michael Dipietro fall to the early 3rd round, considering his lack of elite size in an era that's obsessed with size at the goaltending position. I sure hope he's able to prove everyone wrong; the most exciting goaltending prospect to come from the OHL in the last few years.


- Speaking of big goaltenders, I'm shocked that Stephen Dhillon went undrafted yet again, after a terrific season where he essentially carried the Niagara IceDogs into the playoffs. Someone get this guy an NHL contract at a rookie camp (ala Michael McNiven).


- here's a link to the full draft results.

My Rank	Player Name	PO	OHL Team	NHL Team	RD	Pick
1	Gabe Vilardi	F	Windsor	LA	1	11
2	Owen Tippett	F	Mississauga	FLA	1	10
3	Nick Suzuki	F	Owen Sound	VGS	1	13
4	Robert Thomas	F	London	STL	1	20
5	Nic Hague	D	Mississauga	VGS	2	34
6	Conor Timmins	D	SSM	COL	2	32
7	Michael Dipietro	G	Windsor	VAN	3	64
8	Jason Robertson	F	Kingston	DAL	2	39
9	Jonah Gadjovich	F	Owen Sound	VAN	2	55
10	Isaac Ratcliffe	F	Guelph	PHI	2	35
11	Matthew Strome	F	Hamilton	PHI	4	106
12	Mackenzie Entwistle	F	Hamilton	ARZ	3	69
13	Ivan Lodnia	F	Erie	MIN	3	85
14	Adam Ruzicka	F	Sarnia	CGY	4	109
15	Alex Formenton	F	London	OTT	2	47
16	Morgan Frost	F	SSM	PHI	1	27
17	Dmitri Samorukov	D	Guelph	EDM	3	84
18	Nate Schnarr	F	Guelph	ARZ	3	75
19	Sasha Chmelevski	F	Ottawa	SJS	6	185
20	Markus Phillips	D	Owen Sound	LA	4	118
21	Zach Gallant	F	Peterborough	DET	3	83
22	Jack Studnicka	F	Oshawa	BOS	2	53
23	Noel Hoefenmayer	D	Ottawa	ARZ	4	108
24	Eemeli Rasanen	D	Kingston	TOR	2	59
25	Kirill Maksimov	F	Niagara	EDM	5	146
26	Jacob Paquette	D	Kingston	NSH	7	216
27	Greg Meireles	F	Kitchener
28	Linus Nyman	F	Kingston
29	Marian Studenic	F	Hamilton	NJD	5	143
30	Maksim Sushko	F	Owen Sound	PHI	4	107
31	Austen Keating	F	Ottawa
32	Macauley Carson	F	Sudbury
33	Matt Villalta	G	SSM	LAK	3	72
34	Jacob McGrath	G	Sudbury
35	Ryan McGregor	F	Sarnia	TOR	6	172
36	Brady Lyle	D	North Bay
37	Ben Jones	F	Niagara	VGS	7	189
38	Fedor Gordeev	D	Flint	TOR	5	141
39	Adam Thilander	D	North Bay
40	Dylan Seitz	F	Kitchener
41	Sean Durzi	D	Owen Sound
42	Liam Hawel	F	Guelph	DAL	4	101
43	Nick Deakin-Poot	F	Guelph
44	Kyle Keyser	G	Oshawa
45	Gera Poddubnyi	F	Erie
46	Kaden Fulcher	G	Hamilton
47	Cole Coskey	F	Saginaw
48	Joseph Gareffa	F	Kitchener
49	Shaw Boomhower	F	Mississauga
50	Zach Roberts	F	Owen Sound
1	Stephen Dhillon	G	Niagara
2	Drake Rymsha	F	Sarnia	LAK	5	138
3	Kevin Hancock	F	Owen Sound
4	Justin Brazeau	F	North Bay
5	Matthew Timms	D	Peterborough
6	Matt Brassard	D	Oshawa	VAN	7	188
7	Brandon Saigeon	F	Hamilton
8	Brandon Crawley	D	London	NYR	4	123
9	Artur Tyanulin	F	Ottawa
10	Petrus Palmu	F	Owen Sound	VAN	6	181
N/A	Cole Fraser	D	Peterborough	DET	5	131
N/A	Jacob Golden	D	London	MIN	5	147
N/A	Reilly Webb	D	Hamilton	DET	6	164
N/A	Trenton Bourque	D	Owen Sound	STL	6	175
N/A	Brady Gilmour	F	Saginaw	DET	7	193