DCHL Rankings - Scott Wheeler's Top 100 Drafted Prospects

Ranking DCHL teams per Wheeler's top 100 list

Scott Wheeler recently released his top 100 drafted NHL prospects list. This article will serve as the rankings of the teams in the DCHL based on that list. Before I get to the ranking, here are Wheeler's parameters for what is considered a prospect. Feel free to skip past this paragraph. 

"To be considered a prospect, a skater must be under 23 and not fully established with his NHL club. The latter qualifier is arbitrary. There, I trust my judgement for whether a player should be considered fully graduated more than I trust any predetermined games-played cutoff. Preference for inclusion as an NHL prospect is more likely to be given to teenagers than 21- or 22- year-olds. The following players have graduated: Will Smith, Denton Mateychuk, Frank Nazar, Jiri Kulich, Marco Kasper, Lian Bischel, and Elias Pettersson." 

Wheeler's article is sorted into 5 tiers. For this ranking, each tier will be given the following number of points: 

1. 25 points (1-7)
2. 20 points (8-15)
3. 15 points (16-33)
4. 10 points (34-70)
5. 5 points (71-100)

Lastly, there are 5 teams with 0 points: Boston (gasp), Buffalo, Calgary, Carolina, and Vancouver. With that in mind, here is the ranking. 

27. Montreal Canadiens - 5 points

• 90. Matthew Wood - 5

t-24. New Jersey Devils- 10 points

• 49. Isaac Howard - 10

t-24. Ottawa Senators - 10 points

• 73. Braeden Cootes - 5
• 80. Maveric Lamoureux - 5

t-24. Utah Mammoth - 10 points

• 69. Tristan Luneau - 10

t-21. Chicago Blackhawks - 20 points

• 13. Gabe Perreault - 20

t-21. Philadelphia Flyers - 20 points

• 10. Berkly Catton - 20

t-21. San Jose Sharks - 20 points

• 32. Cole Eiserman - 15
• 94. Brennan Othmann - 5

t-19. Colorado Avalanche - 25 points

• 23. Roger McQueen - 15
• 61. Cameron Reid - 10

t-19. New York Islanders - 25 points

• 45. Oliver Bonk - 10
• 54. Jett Luchanko - 10
• 92. Jordan Dumais - 5

t-17. Columbus Blue Jackets - 30 points

• 18. Axel Sandin-Pelikka - 15
• 55. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard - 10
• 96. Nikita Artamonov - 5

t-17. New York Rangers - 30 points

• 7. Artyom Levshunov - 25
• 100. Riley Heidt - 5

t-15. Minnesota Wild - 35 points

• 27. Jimmy Snuggerud - 15
• 67. Scott Morrow - 10
• 81. Quentin Musty - 5
• 99. Terik Parascak - 5

t-15. Vegas Golden Knights - 35 points

• 42. Jackson Smith - 10
• 58. Trevor Connelly - 10
• 62. Kevin Korchinski - 10
• 71. Oliver Moore - 5

t-11. Dallas Stars - 40 points

• 33. David Jiricek - 15
• 40. Tanner Molendyk - 10
• 66. Harrison Brunicke - 10
• 95. Zachary L'Heureux - 5

t-11. Nashville Predators - 40 points

• 21. Victor Eklund - 15
• 41. Cole Reschny - 10
• 74. Ryker Lee - 5
• 78. Conor Geekie - 5
• 91. Theo Lindstein - 5

t-11. St. Louis Blues - 40 points

• 4. Zayne Parekh - 25
• 30. Justin Carbonneau - 15

t-11. Winnipeg Jets - 40 points

• 2. Michael Misa - 25
• 65. Rutger McGroarty - 10
• 87. Sacha Boisvert - 5

t-8. Anaheim Ducks - 45 points

• 16. Simon Nemec - 15
• 20. Jake O'Brien - 15
• 70. Logan Mailloux - 10
• 75. Daniil But - 5

t-8. Detroit Red Wings - 45 points

• 15. Ryan Leonard - 20
• 53. Matt Savoie - 10
• 57. Ilya Protas - 10
• 72. Noah Ostlund - 5

t-8. Pittsburgh Penguins - 45 points

• 36. Carter Bear - 10
• 39. David Reinbacher - 10
• 50. Jonathan Lekkerimaki - 10
• 64. Benjamin Kindel - 10
• 77. Brayden Yager - 5

7. Edmonton Oilers - 50 points

• 1. Matthew Schaefer - 25
• 44. Tom Willander - 10
• 48. Easton Cowan - 10
• 88. Matt Poitras - 5

6. Toronto Maple Leafs - 55 points

• 9. Porter Martone - 20
• 35. Cole Hutson - 10
• 47. Liam Greentree - 10
• 76. Elias Salomonsson - 5
• 86. Luca Cagnoni - 5
• 98. Jagger Firkus - 5

5. Tampa Bay Lightning - 60 points

• 3. Ivan Demidov - 25
• 19. Carter Yakemchuk - 15
• 37. Danila Yurov - 10
• 43. Dmitri Simashev - 10

4. Washington Capitals - 75 points

• 5. Zeev Buium - 25
• 26. Sam Rinzel - 15
• 56. Nate Danielson - 10
• 59. Lynden Lakovic - 10
• 60. Cullen Potter - 10
• 84. Igor Chernyshov - 5

3. Los Angeles Kings - 85 points

• 8. James Hagens - 20
• 14. Beckett Sennecke - 20
• 22. Brady Martin - 15
• 25. Cayden Lindstrom - 15
• 38. Dalibor Dvorsky - 10
• 93. Colby Barlow - 5

2. Seattle Kraken - 95 points

• 12. Anton Frondell - 20
• 29. Andrew Cristall - 15
• 34. Kashawn Aitcheson - 10
• 46. Bradly Nadeau - 10
• 52. Konsta Helenius - 10
• 63. Logan Hensler - 10
• 82. Carson Rehkopf - 5
• 83. Nick Lardis - 5
• 85. Seamus Casey - 5
• 89. Brad Lambert - 5

1. Florida Panthers - 130 points!!

• 6. Sam Dickinson - 25
• 11. Caleb Desnoyers - 20
• 17. Radim Mrtka - 15
• 24. Anton Silayev - 15
• 28. Tij Iginla - 15
• 31. Calum Ritchie - 15
• 51. Michael Hage - 10
• 68. Stian Solberg - 10
• 79. Liam Ohgren - 5