Saturday, July 1, 2023

2023 NHL Entry Draft Results

The 2023 NHL Entry Draft commenced recently and, just like last year, 35 OHL players had their names called by NHL clubs. This has been right in line with the 30 or so taken the last few years.

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: 

- Highest players to go unselected from my rankings included Ondrej Molnar, Matthew Soto, Charlie Robertson, and Donovan McCoy

- The OHL's crop of "re-entry" guys certainly didn't go even close to how I had them ranked. The focus was on size and more size there with the likes of Xhekak, Roobroeck, Julien, etc off the board first. Granted, I had mentioned that I didn't like the crop of OA players available from the OHL this year and that I didn't see many getting selected. While it doesn't line up with my rankings, I'm not all that surprised at how it ended up going.

- Lots of people are talking about the Leafs picking Easton Cowan in round one. I had mentioned on twitter how I believed he was going quite early. Lots of Leafs fans are hilariously talking about how the pick was bad because they could have gotten him later. I can assure you that would not have been the case. Lots of teams were circling Cowan as a top 50 prospect this year after his terrific playoff performance. 

- The top 12 OHL players taken this year were my top 12 OHL players ranked. The order wasn't the exact same, but it's definitely interesting to see that. 


My RankPlayer NamePOOHL TeamNHL TeamRDPick
1Colby BarlowWOwen SoundWPJ118
2Cal RitchieCOshawaCOL1
27
3Nick LardisWHamiltonCHI367
4Quentin Musty
WSudburySJ126
5Oliver Bonk
DLondonPHI122
6Carson Rehkopf
C
KitchenerSEA2
50
7Carey TerranceFErieANA2
59
8Coulson PitreWFlintANA3
65
9Beau AkeyDBarrieEDM256
10Tristan BertucciDFlintDAL261
11Andrew GibsonDSSMDET2
42
12Easton CowanWLondon
TOR128
13Hunter Brzustewicz   DKitchenerVAN375
14Luca PinelliFOttawaCBJ4114
15Cam AllenDGuelphWSH5136
16Quinton BurnsDKingstonSTL374
17Denver BarkeyF
LondonPHI3
95
18Matthew ManiaDSudburyLAK5150
19Ondrej Molnar
W
Erie


20Ethan MiedemaWWindsorBUF4109
21Joey WillisCSaginawNSH4111
22Alex PharandFSudburyCHI499
23Ethan HayCFlintTBL7211
24Brad GardinerCOttawa
DAL379
25Angus MacDonellFMississaugaDAL6189
26Matthew SotoWKingston


27Cooper FosterC
OttawaPIT6174
28Charlie RobertsonGNorth Bay


29Cole BrownWHamiltonNJ6164
30Donovan McCoyDPeterborough


31Owen OutwaterF
Kingston


32Alex AssadourianCNiagara


33Matthew MayichDOttawaSTL6170
34Valentin ZhuginWGuelph


35Nathaniel DayGFlintEDM6184
36Bronson RideDNiagara


37Konnor SmithDPeterboroughANA497
38Anthony RomaniFNorth Bay    



39Zach BowenGLondon


40Lucas MooreDHamilton


41Calem MangoneW
Saginaw


42James PetrovskiDOwen Sound


43Alexis DaviaultDErie


44Luke McNamaraCSaginaw


45Matt AndonovskiDKitchenerOTT5140
46Marco MignosaWSSM


47Adam Zidlicky
WMississauga


48Declan WaddickFNiagara


49Joey CostanzoG
Windsor  



50Blake SmithD
Oshawa









1Rodwin DionicioDWindsorANA5129
2Brady StonehouseW
Ottawa


3Spencer Sova
D
Erie


4Beau JelsmaWBarrie


5Braeden BowmanW
Guelph


6Kocha DelicC
Sudbury


7Djibril ToureDSudbury


8Oliver PeerCWindsor


9Connor PunnettDBarrie


10Dylan RoobroeckCOshawaNYR6178







N/AFlorian XhekajW
HamiltonMTL4    101      
N/A     Patrick Thomas  W  Hamilton           WSH     4     104

N/A     Jacob Julien       W  London             WPJ      5    146           










































































































































































































































































































































































































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