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2023 Draft Class "The 2005s"

 

Below is the preliminary edition of the Hockey Prophets top 32 prospects for the 2023 draft class. The top 64 will be soon be available as will the full ranking of nearly 300 players for premium members.

If you have any questions, you can contact Brian at bfogarty@hockeyprophets.com or on Twitter @hockey_prophets. Thanks!

  

Rank Previous Rank Player Name Position Birthdate Age At Draft Height Height (cm) Weight A/P Score Weighted Opinions
1 NR Bedard, Connor C 7/17/2005 18.0 5'10 178 179 -5.28 1
2 NR Fantilli, Adam C 10/12/2004 18.7 6'3 191 192 -4.07 2.3
3 NR Carlsson, Leo C 12/26/2004 18.5 6'3 191 194 -3.01 3.4
4 NR Michkov, Matvei RW 12/9/2004 18.6 5'10 178 159 -3.78 4
5 NR Smith, Will C 3/17/2005 18.3 6'0 183 172 -3.36 5.3
6 NR Benson, Zachary LW 5/12/2005 18.1 5'10 178 150 -2.71 7.3
7 NR Dvorsky, Dalibor C 6/15/2005 18.0 6'0 183 187 -2.7 9.4
8 NR Perreault, Gabe C 5/7/2005 18.1 5'10 178 154 -3.38 16.9
9 NR Cristall, Andrew LW 2/4/2005 18.4 5'10 178 165 -2.92 17.1
10 NR Dragicevic, Lukas D 4/25/2005 18.2 6'2 188 181 -2.94 31.7
11 NR Leonard, Ryan RW 1/21/2005 18.4 5'11 180 181 -2.08 11
12 NR Sandin Pellikka, Axel D 3/11/2005 18.3 5'11 180 181 -2 15.4
13 NR Barlow, Colby LW 2/14/2005 18.4 6'1 185 187 -1.75 13.7
14 NR Honzek, Samuel C 11/12/2004 18.6 6'4 193 185 -1.5 18.9
15 NR Reinbacher, David D 10/25/2004 18.7 6'2 188 187 -0.9 14.8
16 NR Wood, Matthew RW 2/6/2005 18.4 6'3 191 190 -1.35 15.2
17 NR Moore, Oliver C 1/22/2005 18.4 5'11 180 176 -1.14 12.3
18 NR Yager, Brayden C 1/3/2005 18.5 6'0 183 161 -1.19 14.1
19 NR Gulyayev, Mikhail D 4/26/2005 18.2 5'10 178 170 -2.17 23.2
20 NR Heidt, Riley C 3/25/2005 18.3 5'11 180 179 -2.06 23.9
21 NR Ziemmer, Koehn RW 12/8/2004 18.6 6'0 183 194 -1.56 33.6
22 NR Ritchie, Calum C 1/21/2005 18.4 6'1 185 174 -0.76 19.3
23 NR Sale, Eduard RW 3/10/2005 18.3 6'1 185 168 -0.48 15.4
24 NR Musty, Quentin LW 7/6/2005 18.0 6'2 188 205 -2.34 24.9
25 NR Brindley, Gavin RW 10/5/2004 18.7 5'9 175 157 -1.09 31.7
26 NR But, Daniil LW 2/15/2005 18.4 6'4 193 198 -0.25 22.4
27 NR Gauthier, Ethan RW 1/26/2005 18.4 5'11 180 174 -0.89 23.7
28 NR Morin, Etienne D 3/9/2005 18.3 6'0 183 183 -2.75 55.3
29 NR Halttunen, Kasper RW 6/7/2005 18.1 6'3 191 207 -1.03 28.3
30 NR Akey, Beau D 2/11/2005 18.4 6'0 183 170 -1.23 59.8
31 NR Danielson, Nate C 9/27/2004 18.8 6'1 185 185 -1 19.1
32 NR Perron, Jayden RW 1/11/2005 18.5 5'8 173 157 -0.95 39.4

 

[Last Update: 6/01/2023] 

 

 

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Top Prospects: The Defensemen

 

With this spring edition of The Defensemen, several high-end blueliners from the fall list have graduated as full-time NHL players, including former number one prospect Owen Power. Also graduated are number six Jake Sanderson, number eight Kaiden Guhle, number seventeen Philip Broberg and number nineteen Cam York. In all, eleven players from the previous list are now full-time NHLers, and another 46 players have aged out or have become inactive players. 

 

Premium members have access to the full list of 450+ defensemen prospects.

  

Spring 2023 Edition

Last Updated February 20, 2023

 

Rank Previous Rank Player Name Tier Birthdate Position Draft Year Age Height Height (CMs) Weight Draft Position Pre-Draft Ranking Age/Production Score Prospect Score NHL
1 3 Jiricek, David 1 11/28/2003 Defenseman 2022 19 6'3 191 176 6 5 -2.43 -3.70 CBJ
2 4 Nemec, Simon 1 2/15/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'1 185 192 2 4 -1.02 -3.50 NJD
3 9 Mateychuk, Denton 2 7/12/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 5'10 178 194 12 22 -2.68 -2.81 CBJ
4 10 Mintyukov, Pavel 2 11/25/2003 Defenseman 2022 19 6'1 185 194 10 12 -2.02 -2.77 ANA
5 11 Korchinski, Kevin 2 6/21/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'2 188 185 7 12 -2.58 -2.66 CHI
6 2 Hughes, Luke 2 9/9/2003 Defenseman 2021 19 6'0 183 161 4 7 -2.11 -2.29 NJD
7 5 Edvinsson, Simon 2 2/5/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'4 193 185 6 5 0.61 -2.26 DET
8 7 Clarke, Brandt 2 2/9/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'1 185 181 8 6 -0.65 -2.13 LAK
9 15 Pickering, Owen 3 1/27/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'4 193 180 21 22 -0.51 -1.76 PIT
10 16 Zellweger, Olen 3 9/10/2003 Defenseman 2021 19 5'10 178 174 34 50 -3.60 -1.58 ANA
11 12 Lambos, Carson 3 1/14/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'1 185 201 26 21 -0.97 -1.46 MIN
12 156 Hutson, Lane 3 2/14/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 5'8 173 158 62 38 -2.33 -1.31 MON
13 69 Nelson, Ty 3 3/30/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 5'10 178 185 68 49 -1.62 -1.27 SEA
14 29 Barron, Justin 3 11/15/2001 Defenseman 2020 21 6'2 188 187 25 32 -0.49 -1.26 MON
15 22 Rinzel, Sam 3 7/25/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'3 191 180 25 36 -0.12 -1.25 CHI
16 21 Heinola, Ville 3 3/2/2001 Defenseman 2019 22 5'11 180 178 20 27 -1.83 -1.23 WPG
17 35 Luneau, Tristan 3 1/12/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'1 185 189 53 35 -1.11 -1.23 ANA
18 13 Soderstrom, Victor 3 2/26/2001 Defenseman 2019 22 6'0 183 182 11 14 -0.33 -1.22 ARZ
19 14 Ceulemans, Corson 4 5/5/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'2 188 190 25 23 -1.03 -1.13 CBJ
20 26 Bichsel, Lian 4 5/18/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'5 196 225 18 31 0.30 -1.10 DAL
21 24 Wallinder, William 4 7/28/2002 Defenseman 2020 21 6'4 193 192 32 33 -0.69 -1.08 DET
22 59 Casey, Seamus 4 1/8/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 5'9 175 173 46 43 -0.89 -1.08 NJD
23 43 Havelid, Mattias 4 1/1/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 5'10 178 172 45 42 -0.34 -1.08 SJS
24 39 Odelius, Calle 4 5/30/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'0 183 188 65 36 -0.74 -1.07 NYI
25 18 Harley, Thomas 4 8/19/2001 Defenseman 2019 22 6'3 191 193 18 19 -2.11 -1.02 DAL
26 28 Thomson, Lassi 4 9/24/2000 Defenseman 2019 22 6'0 183 186 19 37 -0.78 -1.01 OTT
27 34 LaCombe, Jackson 4 1/9/2001 Defenseman 2019 22 6'1 185 187 39 51 0.18 -1.00 ANA
28 25 Chayka, Daniil 5 10/22/2002 Defenseman 2021 20 6'2 188 187 38 28 -0.25 -0.94 VGK
29 20 Morrow, Scott 5 11/1/2002 Defenseman 2021 20 6'2 188 190 40 48 0.15 -0.94 CAR
30 49 Duda, Artyom 5 4/8/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'1 185 180 36 71 -1.06 -0.93 ARZ
31 65 Lamoureux, Maveric 5 1/13/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'6 198 199 29 49 -0.13 -0.93 ARZ
32 23 Chesley, Ryan 5 2/27/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'0 183 201 37 30 -0.24 -0.91 WAS
33 56 Svozil, Stanislav 5 1/17/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'0 183 172 69 46 0.58 -0.89 CBJ
34 38 Nause, Evan 5 1/20/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'2 188 186 56 49 -1.14 -0.88 FLA
35 27 O'Rourke, Ryan 5 5/16/2002 Defenseman 2020 21 6'2 188 181 39 41 -1.34 -0.85 MIN
36 81 Thrun, Henry 5 3/12/2001 Defenseman 2019 22 6'2 188 188 101 66 -0.72 -0.84 ANA
37 32 Buium, Shai 5 3/26/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'3 191 214 36 45 -0.39 -0.80 DET
38 31 Grans, Helge 5 5/10/2002 Defenseman 2020 21 6'3 191 192 35 43 -1.66 -0.78 LAK
39 51 Salomonsson, Elias 5 8/31/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'1 185 183 55 50 -0.69 -0.77 WPG
40 102 Spence, Jordan 5 2/24/2001 Defenseman 2019 22 5'10 178 177 95 79 -1.37 -0.76 LAK
41 33 Warren, Noah 5 7/15/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 6'5 196 224 42 46 -0.22 -0.75 ANA
42 73 Kleven, Tyler 6 1/10/2002 Defenseman 2020 21 6'4 193 190 44 47 0.70 -0.75 OTT
43 85 Kyrou, Christian 6 9/16/2003 Defenseman 2022 19 5'10 178 172 50 73 -1.72 -0.74 DAL
44 68 Bolduc, Samuel 6 12/9/2000 Defenseman 2019 22 6'4 193 209 57 81 -0.65 -0.72 NYI
45 37 Behrens, Sean 6 3/31/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 5'8 173 172 61 51 -1.34 -0.69 COL
46 60 Allan, Nolan 6 4/28/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 6'2 188 187 32 63 1.00 -0.69 CHI
47 152 Honka, Anttoni 6 10/5/2000 Defenseman 2019 22 5'10 178 178 83 65 -0.19 -0.68 CAR
48 41 Peart, Jack 6 5/15/2003 Defenseman 2021 20 5'11 180 180 54 42 -0.88 -0.68 MIN
49 46 Poirier, Jeremie 6 6/2/2002 Defenseman 2020 21 6'0 183 192 72 41 -1.96 -0.67 CGY
50 158 Buchinger, Michael 6 4/25/2004 Defenseman 2022 19 5'11 180 187 88 77 -1.36 -0.64 STL
 

 

 

Brian Fogarty is the creator and Managing Editor of Hockey Prophets. You can follow Brian on Twitter @hockey_prophets. 

 

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