Tuesday, April 16, 2024

2024 NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings

NHL Central Scouting has released their final draft ranking for 2024. Let's see how the OHL players were ranked. In total, 57 were listed. See below for some commentary on these rankings, in addition to the risers and fallers from the January midseason list.

Skaters

1. Zayne Parekh (5)
2. Sam Dickinson (7)
3. Beckett Sennecke (13)
4. Liam Greentree (14)
5. Marek Vanacker (17)
6. Jett Luchanko (20)
7. Sam O'Reilly (24)
8. Cole Beaudoin (25)
9. Ben Danford (35)
10. Henry Mews (37)
11. Jacob Battaglia (42)
12. Lukas Fischer (45)
13. Luca Marrelli (46)
14. Ethan Procyszyn (48)
15. Nathan Villeneuve (60)
16. Riley Patterson (61)
17. Jakub Fibigr (67)
18. Anthony Romani (70)
19. AJ Spellacy (72)
20. Jared Woolley (73)
21. Luke Misa (76)
22. Kevin He (78)
23. Gabriel Frasca (85)
24. Luke Ellinas (88)
25. Owen Protz (100)
26. Nathan Aspinall (102)
27. Mason Zebeski (103)
28. Trent Swick (109)
29. Dalyn Wakely (116)
30. Kieron Walton (117)
31. Bode Stewart (126)
32. Ty Henry (129)
33. Finn Harding (130)
34. Frankie Marrelli (135)
35. Cole Davis (137)
36. Luca Testa (143)
37. Kaden Pitre (144)
38. Chris Thibodeau (151)
39. Jack Van Volsen (164)
40. Owen Allard (174)
41. Sam McCue (178)
42. Parker Von Richter (184)
43. Ruslan Gazizov (192)
44. Anthony Cristoforo (194)
45. Mitchell Young (203)
46. Braydon McCallum (208)
47. Charlie Paquette (217)
48. Beau Jelsma (219)
49. Max Dirracolo (220)
50. Matthew Jenken (222)

Goalies

1. Carter George (2)
2. Landon Miller (6)
3. Ryerson Leenders (10)
4. Noah Bender (19)
5. Jacob Oster (24)
6. David Egorov (26)
7. Karsen Chartier (30)

For the complete rankings, see here.

Biggest Risers:
1. Dalyn Wakely +108 (unranked previously)
2. Ty Henry +95 (unranked previously)
3. Owen Protz +68
4. Jared Woolley +56
5. Riley Patterson +55
6. AJ Spellacy +53
7. Cole Davis +47
8. Finn Harding +44
9. Ruslan Gazizov +32 (unranked previously)
10. Sam O'Reilly +16
11. Noah Bender +15 (unranked goaltender previously)
12. Jacob Battaglia +14
13. Landon Miller +11 (goaltender)

Biggest Fallers:
1. Charlie Hilton (-98) - now unranked
2. Anthony Cristoforo (-93)
3. Luca Testa (-81)
4. Josef Eichler (-79) - now unranked
5. Owen Allard (-65)
6. Kieron Walton (-54)
7. Marco Mignosa (-52) - now unranked)
8. Gabriel Frasca (-48)
9. Chris Thibodeau (-36)
10. Frankie Marrelli (-35)
11. Luke Misa (-31)
12. Ryerson Leenders (-7 among goalies)

Comments:

- Love seeing Central Scouting really increase the rankings for Spellacy, Patterson, and Owen Protz. Those three are definitely among the most improved in the second half of the season. I'd lump Luke Ellinas in that group too and I was surprised that he didn't jump more.

- I think they nailed a lot of the fallers. Luke Misa is interesting. I'm not entirely sure that I agree, but they've also been lower on him all season. Leenders is also interesting. I've always been on team Carter George, but it seems most favor Leenders in the amateur scouting community. I wouldn't have expected him to drop that much given the weaker goaltending pool this year.

- Lots of re-entry love and you know I also love that. 

- I haven't finalized my own rankings yet, but here are some players that you can expect to see higher on mine: AJ Spellacy, Luke Misa, Kevin He, Kieron Walton, Luca Testa, Parker Von Richter, and Anthony Cristoforo. Here are some players that you can expect to see lower on mine: Ethan Procyszyn, Jared Woolley, and Landon Miller. 


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