Writer: Kevin Durso

2016 NHL Draft Preview: Best Players Available

Kevin Durso Sports Editor

Published24 Jun 2016

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The NHL Draft begins tonight with the first round. 30 players will find a new home with an NHL organizations as they receive the call to the next level of their careers.

It should be an eventful night with many picks and potential trades.

Flyerdelphia has you covered with your guide to the best players available in the draft at each position. Here are the top 10 at each position with some information about the player and his stats from the previous season.

Additionally, you'll find links to all of our draft prospect profiles from the past six weeks.

Centers

Auston Matthews – Zurich ZSC (SuiA), 6’1”, 210 lbs, 18 years old, 36 GP, 24 G, 22 A, 46 P
Pierre-Luc Dubois – Cape Breton (QMJHL), 6’2”, 202 lbs, 18 years old, 64 GP. 42 G, 57 A, 99 P
Logan Brown – Windsor (OHL), 6’6”, 222 lbs, 18 years old, 59 GP, 21 G, 53 A, 74 P
Tyson Jost – Penticton (BCHL), 5’11”, 191 lbs, 18 years old, 48 GP, 42 G, 62 A, 104 P
Clayton Keller – NTDP USA U-18, 5’9”, 168 lbs, 17 years old, 62 GP, 37 G, 70 A, 107 P
Michael McLeod – Mississauga (OHL) 6’2”, 188 lbs, 18 years old, 57 GP, 21 G, 40 A, 61 P
German Rubstov – Russia MHL 98 (RusJr), 6’2”, 178 lbs, 17 years old, 28 GP, 12 G, 14 A, 26 P
Brett Howden – Moose Jaw (WHL), 6’2”, 193 lbs, 18 years old, 68 GP, 24 G, 40 A, 64 P
Tage Thompson – Connecticut (NCAA), 6’5”, 185 lbs, 18 years old, 34 GP, 13 G, 18 A, 31 P
Nathan Bastian – Mississauga (OHL), 6’4”, 208 lbs, 18 years old, 64 GP, 19 G, 40 A, 59 P

Left Wingers

Matthew Tkachuk – London (OHL), 6’1”, 195 lbs, 18 years old, 57 GP, 30 G, 77 A, 107 P
Max Jones – London (OHL), 6’3”, 209 lbs, 18 years old, 63 GP, 28 G, 24 A, 52 P
Kieffer Bellows – USA U18, 6’0”, 196 lbs, 18 years old, 62 GP, 50 G, 31 A, 81 P
Riley Tufte – Blaine HS, 6’5”, 205 lbs, 18 years old, 25 GP, 47 G, 31 A, 78 P
Boris Katchouk – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL), 6’1”, 181 lbs, 18 years old, 63 GP, 24 G, 27 A, 51 P
Vitali Abramov – Gatineau (QMJHL), 5’9”, 172 lbs, 18 years old, 63 GP, 38 G, 55 A, 93 P
Janne Kuokkanen – Karpat (Fin JrA), 6’1”, 175 lbs, 18 years old, 47 GP, 22 G, 31 A, 53 P
Timothy Gettinger – Sault Ste. Marie (OHL), 6’5”, 206 lbs, 18 years old, 60 GP, 17 G, 22 A, 39 P
Tyler Benson – Vancouver (WHL), 6’0”, 201 lbs, 18 years old, 30 GP, 9 G, 19 A, 28 P
Beck Malenstyn – Calgary (WHL), 6’2”, 191 lbs, 18 years old, 70 GP, 8 G, 17 A, 25 P

Right Wingers

Patrik Laine – Tappara (FinE), 6’4”, 209 lbs, 18 years old, 46 GP, 17 G, 16 A, 33 P
Jesse Puljujarvi – Karpat (FinE), 6’3”, 203 lbs, 18 years old, 50 GP, 13 G, 15 A, 28 P
Alexander Nylander – Mississauga (OHL), 6’0”, 179 lbs, 18 years old, 57 GP, 28 G, 47 A, 75 P
Luke Kunin – Wisconsin (NCAA), 6’0”, 193 lbs, 18 years old, 34 GP, 19 G, 13 A, 32 P
Julien Gauthier – Val d’Or (QMJHL), 6’3”, 225 lbs, 18 years old, 54 GP, 41 G, 16 A, 57 P
Alexander DeBrincat – Erie (OHL), 5’7”, 163 lbs, 18 years old, 60 GP, 51 G, 50 A, 101 P
Taylor Raddysh – Erie (OHL), 6’2”, 203 lbs, 18 years old, 67 GP, 24 G, 49 A, 73 P
Pascal Laberge – Victoriaville (QMJHL), 6’1”, 175 lbs, 18 years old, 56 GP, 23 G, 45 A, 58 P
Jordan Kyrou – Sarnia (OHL), 6’0”, 178 lbs, 18 years old, 65 GP, 17 G, 34 A, 51 P
Yegor Korshkov – Yaroslavl (KHL), 6’3”, 201 lbs, 19 years old, 41 GP, 6 G, 6 A, 12 P

Defenseman

Jakob Chychrun – Sarnia (OHL), 6’2”, 215 lbs, 18 years old, 62 GP, 11 G, 38 A, 49 P
Mikhail Sergachev – Windsor (OHL), 6’2”, 206 lbs, 17 years old, 58 GP, 23 G, 30 A, 53 P
Olli Juolevi – London (OHL), 6’2”, 179 lbs, 18 years old, 57 GP, 9 G, 33 A, 42 P
Jake Bean – Calgary (WHL), 6’0”, 173 lbs, 18 years old, 68 GP, 24 G, 40 A, 64 P
Dante Fabbro – Penticton (BCHL), 6’0”, 189 lbs, 18 years old, 45 GP, 14 G, 53 A, 67 P
Charles McAvoy – Boston U (NCAA), 6’0”, 208 lbs, 18 years old, 32 GP, 3 G, 16 A, 19 P
Logan Stanley – Windsor (OHL), 6’7”, 220 lbs, 18 years old, 64 GP, 5 G, 12 A, 17 P
Jacob Moverare – HV71 (SweJE), 6’2”, 198 lbs, 18 years old, 24 GP, 4 G, 7 A, 11 P
Libor Hajek – Saskatoon (WHL), 6’2”, 185 lbs, 18 years old, 69 GP, 3 G, 23 A, 26 P
James Greenway – USA U18, 6’5”, 213 lbs, 18 years old, 64 GP, 5 G, 22 A, 27 P
Dennis Cholowski – Chilliwack (BCHL), 6’0”, 170 lbs, 18 years old, 50 GP, 12 G, 28 A, 40 P
Kale Clague – Brandon (WHL), 6’0”, 177 lbs, 18 years old, 71 GP, 6 G, 37 A, 43 P
Ryan Lindgren – USA U18, 5’11”, 198 lbs, 18 years old, 61 GP, 6 G, 19 A, 25 P
Lucas Johansen – Kelowna (WHL), 6’1”, 174 lbs, 18 years old, 69 GP, 10 G, 39 A, 49 P
Adam Fox – USA U18, 5’10”, 185 lbs, 18 years old, 64 GP, 9 G, 50 A, 59 P
Samuel Girard – Shawinigan (QMJHL), 5’9”, 160 lbs, 18 years old, 67 GP, 10 G, 64 A, 74 P
Jacob Cederholm – HV71 (SweJE), 6’3”, 187 lbs, 18 years old, 18 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Chad Krys – USA U18, 5’11”, 185 lbs, 18 years old, 53 GP, 3 G, 26 A, 29 P
Maxime Lajoie – Swift Current (WHL), 6’1”, 183 lbs, 18 years old, 62 GP, 8 G, 29 A, 37 P
Ilya Karpukhin – Chelyabinsk (RusJr), 6’1”, 191 lbs, 17 years old, 13 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 2 P

Goalies

Evan Fitzpatrick – Sherbrooke (QMJHL), 6'2", 222 lbs, 18 years old, 54 GP, 3.42 GAA, .896 SV%
Filip Gustavsson – Luela HR Jr. (SweJE), 6’2”, 185 lbs, 18 years old, 38 GP, 2.72 GAA, .915 SV%
Joseph Woll – USA U18, 6’2”, 198 lbs, 17 years old, 33 GP, 2.14 GAA, .918 SV%
Connor Ingram – Kamloops (WHL), 6’0”, 195 lbs, 19 years old, 61 GP, 2.61 GAA, .922 SV%
Carter Hart – Everett (WHL), 6’0”, 177 lbs, 18 years old, 63 GP, 2.14 GAA, .918 SV%
Evan Cormier – Saginaw (OHL), 6’3”, 202 lbs, 18 years old, 58 GP, 3.72 GAA, .890 SV%
Mikhail Berdin – Russia MHL 98 (RusJr), 6’1”, 163 lbs, 18 years old, 22 GP, 2.07 GAA, .928 SV%
Tyler Parsons – London (OHL), 6’1”, 184 lbs, 18 years old, 49 GP, 2.33 GAA, .921 SV%
Jack Lafontaine – Janesville (NAHL), 6’2”, 185 lbs, 18 years old, 41 GP, 2.16 GAA, .921SV%
Dylan Wells – Peterborough (OHL), 6’1”, 187 lbs, 18 years old, 27 GP, 4.59 GAA, .871 SV%

Draft Prospect Profiles

Adam Mascherin – Kitchener (OHL), 5'9", 206 lbs, 18 years old, 65 GP, 35 G, 46 A, 81 P
Cliff Pu - London (OHL), 6'1", 192 lbs, 18 years old, 63 GP, 12 G, 19 A, 31 P
Mitch Mattson - Grand Rapids HS, 6'4", 186 lbs, 18 years old, 25 GP, 17 G, 29 A, 46 P
Vladimir Kuznetsov – A. Bathurst (QMJHL), 6'2", 210 lbs, 18 years old, 68 GP, 25 G, 33 A, 58 P
William Lockwood - USA U18, 5'11", 172 lbs, 18 years old, 59 GP, 13 G, 20 A, 33 P
Travis Barron - Ottawa (OHL), 6'1", 187 lbs, 17 years old, 60 GP, 13 G, 24 A, 37 P