Tuesday, April 18, 2023

2023 NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings

NHL Central Scouting has released their final draft ranking for 2023. Let's see how the OHL players were ranked. In total, 56 were listed. See below for some commentary on these rankings, in addition to the risers and fallers from the January midseason list.

Skaters

1. Colby Barlow (12)
2. Cal Ritchie (13)
3. Quentin Musty (14)
4. Oliver Bonk (20)
5. Nick Lardis (27)
6. Carson Rehkopf (29)
7. Andrew Gibson (31)
8. Tristan Bertucci (32)
9. Beau Akey (33)
10. Quinton Burns (34)
11. Coulson Pitre (37)
12. Carey Terrance (38)
13. Hunter Brzustewicz (41)
14. Cam Allen (46)
15. Ethan Miedema (50)
16. Easton Cowan (51)
17. Luca Pinelli (54)
18. Brad Gardiner (57)
19. Cole Brown (69)
20. Matthew Mania (70)
21. Matthew Mayich (72)
22. Alex Pharand (77)
23. Denver Barkey (79)
24. Ethan Hay (83)
25. Cooper Foster (88)
26. Konnor Smith (94)
27. Luke McNamara (100)
28. Anthony Romani (106)
29. Rodwin Dionicio (114)
30. Owen Outwater (126)
31. Ondrej Molnar (129)
32. Matthew Soto (130)
33. Florian Xhekaj (131)
34. Matthew Andonovski (134)
35. James Petrovski (136)
36. Angus MacDonell (142)
37. Blake Smith (155)
38. Alexis Daviault (160)
39. Jacob Julien (161)
40. Donovan McCoy (173)
41. Joey Willis (174)
42. Braeden Bowman (177)
43. Djibril Toure (178)
44. Spencer Sova (182)
45. Beau Jelsma (190)
46. Kocha Delic (191)
47. Alex Christopoulos (198)
48. Lucas Moore (209)
49. Calem Mangone (214)

Goaltenders

1. Nathaniel Day (12)
2. Charlie Robertson (13)
3. Zach Bowen (15)
4. Charlie Schenkel (25)
5. Owen Flores (27)
6. Andrew Oke (29)
7. Corbin Votary (32)

For the complete rankings, see here.

Biggest Risers:
1. Rodwin Dionicio - From Unranked to 114 (+100ish)
2. Jacob Julien - From Unranked to 161 (+70ish)
3. Nick Lardis - From 96 to 27 (+69)
4. Anthony Romani - From 170 to 106 (+64)
5. Braeden Bowman - From Unranked to 177 (+60ish)
6. Matthew Mayich - From 122 to 72 (+50)
7. Cole Brown - From 105 to 69 (+36)
8. Angus MacDonell - From 172 to 142 (+30)
9. Easton Cowan - From 75 to 51 (+24)
10. Tristan Bertucci - From 51 to 32 (+19)

Biggest Fallers:
1. Nic Sima - From 133 to Unranked (-90ish)
2. Ondrej Molnar - From 48 to 129 (-81)
3. Chris Barlas - From 177 to Unranked (-50sh)
4. Owen Outwater - From 76 to 126 (-50)
5. Spencer Sova - From 136 to 182 (-46)
6. Matthew Soto - From 88 to 130 (-42)
7. Calem Mangone - From 176 to 214 (-38)
8. Florian Xhekaj - From 103 to 131 (-28)
9. Blake Smith - From 123 to 155 (-22)
10. Djibril Toure - From 156 to 178 (-22)

Comments:

- I haven't released my own final rankings yet. But I have a rough idea of what they will look like. Denver Barkey, Joey Willis, and Alex Assadourian (unranked) are the guys that I'm definitely going to have a bit higher. 

- Obviously not shocking at all to see how far Nick Lardis has risen in the eyes of NHL Central Scouting. He's a borderline first rounder depending on how he performs at the U18's. 

- Love the aggressive ranking of Tristan Bertucci, who will also be in my own top ten of the OHL players available and is someone that I can will end up being a top 50 selection.

- As far as re-entries...no Brady Stonehouse is shocking and not something I'd agree with. Ditto for Oliver Peer and Connor Punnett.

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