Jan 20, 2003
Top NHL Prospects
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The following is the midseason evaluation of prospects, as ranked by NHL Central Scouting, for the 2003 draft, which will be held in Nashville: NORTH AMERICAN DEFENSE/FORWARDS ---------------- Rank Name Team 1. Eric Staal, c, Peterborough (OHL) 2. Dustin Brown, rw, Guelph (OHL) 3. Thomas Vanek, lw, Minnesota (WCHA) 4. Marc-Antoine Pouliot, c, Rimouski (QMJHL) 5. Nathan Horton, c, Oshawa (OHL) 6. Ryan Getzlaf, c, Calgary (WHL) 7. Dion Phaneuf, d, Red Deer (WHL) 8. Braydon Coburn, d, Portland (WHL) 9. Ryan Stone, c, Brandon (WHL) 10. Ryan Suter, d, U.S. National Team 11. Zach Parise, c, North Dakota (WCHA) 12. Dan Fritsche, c, Sarnia (OHL) 13. Richard Stehlik, d, Sherbrooke (QMJHL) 14. Patrick O'Sullivan, c, Mississauga (OHL) 15. Steve Bernier, rw, Moncton (QMJHL) 16. Eric Fehr, rw, Brandon (WHL) 17. Mark Stuart, d, Colorado College (WCHA) 18. Alexandre Bolduc, c, Rouyn Noranda (QMJHL) 19. Anthony Stewart, c-rw, Kingston (OHL) 20. Ryan Kesler, c, Ohio State (CCHA) 21. Kamil Kreps, c, Brampton (OHL) 22. Maxim Lapierre, c, Montreal (QMJHL) 23. Kevin Klein, d, Toronto St. Michael's (OHL) 24. Stefan Meyer, lw, Medicine Hat (WHL) 25. Brent Seabrook, d, Lethbridge (WHL) 26. Jonathan Filewich, rw, Prince George (WHL) 27. Jeremy Colliton, c, Prince Albert (WHL) 28. Jeff Carter, c, Sault Ste. Marie, (OHL) 29. Patrice Bergeron, c, Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) 30. Louis-Philippe Martin, rw, Baie Comeau (QMJHL) 31. Brian Boyle, c, St. Sebastian's (USHS) 32. Marc-Andre Bernier, rw, Halifax (QMJHL) 33. Patrick Eaves, rw, Boston College (HE) 34. David Liffiton, d, Plymouth (OHL) 35. Hugh Jessiman, rw, Dartmouth (ECAC) 36. Colin Fraser, c, Red Deer (WHL) 37. Jeff Tambellini, lw, Michigan (CCHA) 38. Jamie Tardif, c-rw, Peterborough (OHL) 39. Frank Rediker, d, Windsor (OHL) 40. Philippe Dupuis, c, Hull (QMJHL) 41. Shawn Belle, d, Tri-City (WHL) 42. Aaron Dawson, d, Peterborough (OHL) 43. Mike Richards, c, Kitchener (OHL) 44. Matt Smaby, d, Shattuck-St. Mary's (USHS) 45. Mike Egener, d, Calgary (WHL) 46. Shane Hynes, rw, Cornell (ECAC) 47. John Doherty, d, Phillips-Andover (USHS) 48. Danny Richmond, d, Michigan (CCHA) 49. Pavel Voroshnin, d, Mississauga (OHL) 50. Guillaume Desbiens, rw, Rouyn Noranda (QMJHL) NORTH AMERICAN GOALTENDERS -------------- Rank Name Team 1. Marc-Andre Fleury, Cape Breton (QMJHL) 2. Alvaro Montoya, Michigan (CCHA) 3. James Howard, Maine (HE) 4. Jonathan Boutin, Halifax (QMJHL) 5. Corey Crawford, Moncton (QMJHL) 6. Ryan Munce, Sarnia (OHL) 7. Chris Holt, U.S. National team 8. David Tremblay, Hull (QMJHL) 9. Mike Brown, Saginaw (USHL) 10. Kevin Nastiuk, Medicine Hat (WHL) EUROPEAN DEFENSE/FORWARDS ---------------- Rank Name Team 1. Nikolai Zherdev, lw, CSKA (Russia) 2. Milan Michalek, rw, Budejovice (Czech) 3. Konstantin Glazachev, lw, Yaroslavl 2 (Russia) 4. Igor Mirnov, rw, Dynamo (Russia) 5. Denis Ezhov, d, Togliatti (Russia) 6. Robert Nilsson, c-w, Leksand (Sweden) 7. Vojtech Polak, lw, Karlovy Vary (Czech) 8. Yevgeny Tunik, lw, Elektrostal (Russia) 9. Ivan Khomutov, rw, Elektrostal (Russia) 10. Michal Barinka, d, Budejovice (Czech) 11. Dimitri Kosmachev, d, CSKA (Russia) 12. Tim Ramholt, d, Zurich (Swiss) 13. Dimitri Pestunov, c, Magnitogorsk (Russia) 14. Grigory Shafigulin, c, Yaroslavl 2 (Russia) 15. Andrei Kostitsyn, c-w, CSKA (Russia) 16. Johan Fransson, d, Lulea (Sweden) 17. Evgeny Isakov, lw, Cherepovets (Russia) 18. Alexei Ivanov, c, Yaroslavl 2 (Russia) 19. Kevin Romy, c-w, Geneve (Swiss) 20. Arsi Pisspanen, c-w, Jokerit Jr. (Finland) 21. Liam Lindstrom, c, Mora (Sweden) 22. Ruslan Khasanshin, lw, Samara (Russia) 23. Patric Valcak, w, Ostrava (Czech) 24. Dimitri Chernikh, rw, Khimik (Russia) 25. Andreas Valdix, c-w, Malmo (Sweden) EUROPEAN GOALTENDERS ----------- Rank Name Team 1. Konstantin Barulin, Tjumen (Russia) 2. Jakub Cech, Havirov (Czech) 3. Ruslan Sidikov, CSKA (Russia) 4. Patrick Ehelechner, Landshut (Germany) 5. Tommi Tervo, Jyvaskyla (Finland)
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