After the final rankings I compiled my personal choices based on viewings and the importance players will bring to their team by the impact they could have. Those rankings are a reflection of which players I’d want for a winning environment. Not based on analytics, solely on my preferences. Vision is the foremost quality I look for, thereafter hockey smarts and skills.
Those rankings does not substitute my final list rather is in compliment to it.
Après avoir dressé une liste finale des espoirs j’ai compilé une liste personnelle basée sur les visionnements et l’importance qu’un joueur pourrait amener à sa nouvelle équipe et l’impact qu’il aura. Ce classement est la réflexion de joueurs que j’aimerais avoir dans un environnement gagnant. Non basé sur des données analytiques, seulement sur mes préférences. La vision est la qualité que je recherche avant tout, ensuite l’intelligence et les habiletés.
Ces classements ne remplacent pas ma liste finale mais constituent plutôt un complément.
- Alexis Lafrenière AG (L) 6’1 192 lbs, St-Eustache CAN, 11/10/2001, Q
- Tim Stützle AG/C 6′ 187 lbs (L) Viersen (GER) 15/01/2002 DEL
- Seth Jarvis C/RW 5’10 172 lbs (R) Winnipeg (CAN) 01/02/02 WHL
- Yaroslav Askarov G 6’3 176 lbs (D) Oms (RUS) 16/06/02 VHL
- Jamie Drysdale D 5’11 170 lbs (R) Toronto (CAN) 08/04/02 OHL
- Cole Perfetti C 5’10 177 lbs (L) Whitby (CAN) 01/01/2002 OHL
- Jack Quinn C/RW 5’11 176 lbs (R) Cobden (CAN) 19/09/01 OHL
- Lucas Raymond LW/RW 5’10 165 lbs (R) Göteborg (SWE) 28/03/02 SHL
- Marco Rossi C 5’9 179 lbs (L) Feldkirch (AUS) 23/09/2001, OHL
- Quinton Byfield C 6’4 214 lbs (L) Newmarket (CAN) 19/08/2002 OHL
- Alexander Holtz LW/RW 6′ 183 lbs (R) Saltsö-Boo (SWE) 23/01/02 SHL
- Tyson Foerster C/RW 6’1 194 lbs (R) Alliston (CAN) 18/01/02 OHL
- Anton Lundell C 6’1 183 lbs (L) Espoo (SWE) 03/10/01 SHL
- Rodion Amirov LW 6′ 168 lbs (L) Salavat (RUS) 02/10/01 KHL
- Brendan Brisson C 5’11 179 lbs (L) Manhattan Beach (USA) 22/10/01 USHL
- Jake Sanderson D 6’1 185 lbs (L) Whitefish (USA) 08/07/02 USDP
- Connor Zary C 6′ 181 lbs (L) Saskatoon (CAN) 25/09/01 WHL
- Lukas Reichel LW 6′ 172 lbs (L) Nürnberg (GER) 17/05/02 DEL
- Dawson Mercer C/RW 6′ 179 lbs (R) Carbonear (CAN) 27/10/01 Q
- Hendrix Lapierre C 6′ 181 lbs (L) Gatineau (CAN) 09/02/02 Q
- Emil Andrae D 5’9 183 lbs (L) Västervik (SWE) 23/02/02 SHL
- Ridly Greig C 5’11 159 lbs (L) Lethbridge (CAN) 08/08/02 WHL
- Marat Khusnutdinov C 5’9 165 lbs (L) Moscou (RUS) 17/07/02 MHL
- Noel Gunler LW/C/RW 6’2 174 lbs (R) Luleä (SWE) 07/10/01 SHL
- Dylan Holloway C/LW 6′ 192 lbs (L) Calgary (CAN) 23/09/01NCAA
- John-Jason Peterka RW 5’11 192 lbs (L) München (GER) 14/01/02 DEL
- William Villeneuve D 6’1 163 lbs (R) Sherbrooke (CAN) 20/03/02 Q
- Mavrik Bourque C/RW 5’10 165 lbs (R) Plessisville (CAN) 08/01/02 Q
- Jake Neighbours LW 5’11 201 lbs (L) Airdrie (CAN) 29/03/02 WHL
- Samuel Knazko D 6′ 185 lbs (L) Trencin (SVK) 07/08/02 Jr.A SM-liiga
- Jan Mysak LW/C 6′ 176 lbs (L) Litvinov (CZE) 24/06/02 OHL
- Theodor Niederbach C 5’11 172 lbs (R) Bjästa (SWE) 25/02/02 SuperElit
- Joni Jurmo D 6’4 190 lbs (L) Espoo (FIN) 19/04/02 Jr. A SM-liiga
- Topi Niemelä D 6′ 163 lbs (R) Oulu (FIN) 25/03/02 Liiga
- Roby Järventie 6’2 185 lbs (L) Tampere (FIN) 08/08/02 Liiga
- Ozzy Wiesblatt C/RW 5’10 183 lbs (R) Calgary (CAN) 09/03/02 WHL
- Mitchell Miller D 5’11 194 lbs (R) Sylvania (USA) 20/12/01 USHL
- Justin Barron D 6’2 187 lbs (R) Halifax (CAN) 15/11/01 Q
- Martin Chromiak LW 6′ 181 lbs (R) Llava (SVK) 20/08/02 OHL
- Jacob Perreault LW/C/RW 5’11 198 lbs (R) Montreal (CAN) 15/04/02 OHL
- Jack Finley C 6’5 207 lbs (R) Kelowna (CAN) 02/09/02
- Helge Grans D 6’3 192 lbs (R) Ljungby (SWE) 10/05/2002 SHL
- Dmitri Ovchinnikov F 5’10 161 lbs (L) Chita (RUS) 19/08/02 MHL
- Eamon Powell D 5’11 165 lbs (R) Marcellus (USA) 10/05/02 USDP
- Tristen Robins C 5’10 174 lbs (R) Brandon (CAN) 15/11/01 WHL
- Zaye Wisdom C 5’10 201 lbs (R) Toronto (CAN) 20/05/02 OHL
- Vasili Ponomaryov C 6′ 176 lbs (L) Zelenograd (RUS) 13/03/02 Q
- Sam Colangelo RW 6’2 205 lbs (R) Stoneham (USA) 26/12/01 USHL
- Braden Schneider D 6’2 209 lbs (R) Prince Albert (CAN) 20/09/01
- Anton Johannesson D 5’9 154 lbs Gnosjö (SWE) 26/03/02 SuperElit
- Thomas Bordeleau C 5’9 179 lbs (L) Houston (USA/CAN) 03/01/02 USDP
- Ryan O’Rourke D 6’2 181 lbs (L) Pickering (CAN) 16/05/02 OHL
- Brandon Coe RW 6’3 185 lbs (R) Toronto (CAN) 01/12/01 OHL
- Emil Heineman LW 6’1 185 lbs (L) Leksand (SWE) 16/10/01 SHL
- Justin Sourdif C/RW 5’11 165 lbs (R) Surrey (CAN) 24/03/02 WHL
- Lukas Cormier D 5’10 170 lbs (L) Ste-Marie-de-Kent (CAN) 27/03/02 Q
- Luke Evangelista RW 5’11 165 lbs (R) Oakville (CAN) 21/02/02 OHL
- Ronan Seely D 5’11 176 lbs (L) Yellowknife (CAN) 02/08/02 WHL
- Sean Farrell RW 5’9 179 lbs Hopkinton (USA) 02/11/01 USHL
- Michael Benning D 5’10 174 lbs (R) St-Albert (CAN) 05/01/02 BCHL
- Jacob Truscott D 6′ 172 lbs (L) Fort Gratiot (USA) 12/04/02 USDP
- Ty Smilanic LW 6’1 170 lbs (L) Denver (USA) 20/01/02 USDP
- Luke Tuch LW 6’2 203 lbs (L) Baldwinsville (USA) 07/03/02 USDP
- Donovan Sebrango D 6′ 179 lbs (L) Kingston (CAN) 12/01/02 OHL
- Jean-Luc Foudy C 5’11 168 lbs (R) Scarborough (CAN) 13/05/02 OHL
- Cross Hanas LW 6’1 165 lbs (L) Highland Village (USA) 05/01/02 WHL
- Rory Kerins C 5’11 172 lbs (L) Bolton (USA) 23/04/02 OHL
- James Hardie LW 5’11 176 lbs (L) Innisfil (CAN) 18/01/02 OHL
- Roman Faith LW 5’11 168 lbs (L) Kosice (SVK) 28/07/02 Slovakia
- Charlie Desroches D 5’10 170 lbs (R) Days Cormer (CAN) 24/04/02 Q
- Daniel Torgersson LW/RW 6’3 205 lbs (L) Hönö (SWE) 26/01/01 SHL
- Pavel Novák LW/RW 5’10 170 lbs (R) Tabor (CZE) 16/04/02 WHL
- Yan Kuznetsov D 6’3 201 lbs (L) Murmansk (RUS) 21/03/02 NCAA
- Evan Vierling C 6′ 168 lbs (L) Aurora (USA) 20/06/02 OHL
- Wiil Cuylle LW 6’2 201 lbs Toronto (CAN) 05/02/02 OHL
- Oliver Suni F 6’2 187 lbs (R) Kempele (FIN) 13/02/02 OHL
- Dylan Peterson C 6’4 192 lbs (R) Roseville (USA) 08/01/02 USDP
- Bogdan Trineyev F 6’3 176 lbs Voronezh (RUS) 04/03/02 MHL
- Kasper Puutio D 6′ 185 lbs (R) Vaasa (SWE) 03/06/02 WHL
- Zion Nybeck LW/RW 5’8 176 lbs (L) Alvesta (SWE) 12/05/02 SHL
- Lucas Ramberg D 6′ 176 lbs (L) Västerås (SWE) 3006/02 SuperElit
- Dmitri Zlodeyev C 5’11 181 lbs Voronezh (RUS) 15/02/02 MHL
- Landon Slaggert C 6′ 183 lbs (L) South Bend (USA) 25/06/02 USDP
- Daniel Ljungman C 6′ 168 lbs (L) Uppsala (SWE) 03/04/02 SuperElit
- Ivan Didkovsky F 5’10 185 lbs (L) Novocherkassk (RUS) 20/01/02 MHL
- Nikita Shuidin F 5’10 159 lbs Moscow (RUS) 03/05/02 MHL
- Alex Cotton D 6’2 183 lbs (R) Langley (CAN) 12/05/01 WHL
- Daniil Gushchin RW 5’8 161 lbs (L) Yekaterinburg (RUS) 06/02/02 USHL
- William Wallinder D 6’4 192 lbs (L) Sollefteã (SWE) 28/07/02 Allsvenskan
- Kaiden Guhle D 6’3 187 lbs (L) Sherwood Park (CAN) 18/01/02 WHL
- Daniil Gushchin RW 5’8 161 lbs (L) Yekaterinburg (RUS) 06/02/02 USHL
- Jérémie Poirier D 6′ 192 lbs (L) Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (CAN) 02/06/02 Q
- Karri Aho D 6’1 179 bs (L) Tampere (FIN) 06/09/02 Liiga
- Drew Commesso G 6’2 181 lbs (L) Boston (USA) 19/07/02 USDP
- Blake Biondi C 6′ 181 lbs (R) Hermantown (USA) 24/04/02 USHS
- Eemil Viro D 6′ 168 lbs (L) Vantaa (FIN) 03/04/02 Liiga
- Ivan Zinchenko LW/C 6’2 183 lbs Rostov-na-Donu (RUS) 20/01/02 MHL
- Joel Blomqvist G 6’1 205 lbs (L) Uusikaarlepyy (FIN) 10/01/02 Liiga
- Calle Clang G 6’2 176 lbs (L) Olofström (SWE) 20/05/02 Allsvenskan
- Dylan Garand G 6’1 172 lbs (L) Victoria (CAN) 07/06/02 WHL