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NHL Entry Draft

2014 NHL Draft Guide: The Next Ones

By Christopher Ralph June 27th, 2014

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THW 2014 NHL Draft Guide

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City of Brotherly Love Draft

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft takes place on June 27-28th at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With many prospects as sons, brothers and nephews of former NHL players or future NHLers, having Philly as the hosts is all the more appropriate for this instalment of the draft.

Consider this your live home page for information for the 2014 NHL entry draft. Bookmark and check back often as it will be constantly updated leading up to hockey’s version of Christmas. THW’s 2014 NHL Entry Draft Guide – The Next Ones is your quintessential draft resource featuring:

  • Detailed unique prospect profiles in The Next Ones and The War Room formats
  • Mock Drafts
  • Exclusive rankings
  • Fantasy based rankings
  • Team Previews
  • Looking ahead to the 2015 draft and beyond

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Highlights:

  • 2014 NHL Mock Draft: Three Round Final Edition
    • Complete with stats, commentary on all picks
  • 2014 NHL Draft Rankings: The Next Ones Final Top 210 – Chris’s List
  • 2014 NHL Draft Top 100 Prospects for Fantasy Hockey
    • Based primarily on offensive upside
  • 2014 NHL Draft: Ranking The Best Goalies
  • Historical Analysis of the NHL Entry Draft- Part 1
  • Could The Sabres’ Pick of Taro Tsujimoto Happen Today?
  • The Dish on the NHL Entry Draft
  • The NHL Combine: Behind the Scenes
  • 2014 NHL Draft War Room: The Sleeper Quiz
  • Analyzing Detroit’s Draft History – Are the Red Wings Really the Best?

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Rankings:

  • 2014 NHL Draft Rankings: The Next Ones Final Top 210 
    • Chris’s List
  • 2014 NHL Draft Rankings War Room: June Edition – Intro (E-Mac)
    • The Top 180 Final Rankings
  • 2014 NHL Draft Rankings War Room: Combining Central Scouting’s Final Rankings
  • 2014 NHL Draft Top 100 Prospects for Fantasy Hockey
    • Based primarily on offensive upside
  • Reznik’s Rankings: Top 60 for the 2014 NHL Draft
  • Pike’s Picks: 2014 NHL Draft Alternate Rankings – Final Edition

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Mock Drafts:

  • 2014 NHL Mock Draft: Three Round Final Edition
    • Complete with stats, commentary on all picks
  • 2014 NHL Draft: The Writers Mock Draft
  • 2014 NHL Mock Draft – June Edition (Carl Maloney)
  • 2014 NHL Mock Draft: Playoffs Edition 
    • Round 1
    • Round 2
Essential Link:
  •  2014 NHL Mock Draft Database (DC Pro Sports Report)

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The Next Ones: Prospect Profiles & Interviews:

(Alphabetical order by surname: click on name/link for detailed prospect profiles)

*Note: The 2014 NHL Draft War Room: Prospect Profile Index  contains all the prospects profiled in the War Room weries as well as those from The Next Ones series plus player interviews that we have conducted. 

Eligibility

  1. Players born between January 1, 1994, and September 15, 1996, are eligible for selection in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
  2. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 1993 are eligible for the draft
  3. As well, those players who were drafted in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 1994, are also eligible to re-enter the draft.
Haydn Fleury Sam Reinhart Leon Draisaitl

Haydn Fleury #4, BMO Top CHL Top Prospects Game sandwiched by top forward prospects Sam Reinhart and Leon Draisaitl (Photo by Brad Watson)

  • Evan Allen (2013 profile)
  • Nicolas Aube-Kubel
  • Daniel Audette
  • Daniel Bagenda
  • Ivan Barbashev
  • Samuel Bennett
  • Julius Bergman
  • Clark Bishop
  • Anders Bjork
  • Conner Bleackley
  • Michael Bunting
  • Blake Clarke
  • Ryan Collins
  • Eric Cornel
  • Michael Dal Colle
  • Anthony DeAngelo
  • Chase De Leo
  • Thatcher Demko
  • Ryan Donato
  • Jack Dougherty
  • Leon Draisaitl
  • Reid Duke
  • Nikolaj Ehlers
  • Aaron Ekblad 
  • Robby Fabbri
  • Kevin Fiala
  • Haydn Fleury
  • Brandon Fortunato (Interview)
  • Reid Gardiner
  • Miles Gendron
  • Shane Gersich
  • Alex Gillies
  • Jack Glover
  • Nikolay Goldobin
  • Stephen Harper (2013 profile)
  • Jayce Hawryluk
  • Aaron Haydon
  • Ryan Hitchcock
  • Julius Honka
  • Josh Ho-Sang
  • Ville Husso (2013 profile)
  • Josh Jacobs
  • Emil Johansson
  • Jonas Johansson
  • Kaapo Kähkönen
  • Vladislav Kamenev
  • Kasperi Kapanen
  • Vaclav Karabacek
  • Anton Karlsson
  • Kasimir Kaskisuo
  • Adrian Kempe
  • Dylan Larkin
  • Olivier Leblanc
  • Brendan Lemieux
  • Oskar Lindblom 
  • Jaden Lindo
  • Austin Lotz (2013 profile)
  • Nikita Lyamkin
  • Ryan MacInnis
  • Johnathan MacLeod
  • Ryan Mantha
  • Brycen Martin
  • Dominik Masin
  • Jared McCann
  • Mason McDonald
  • Roland McKeown
  • Jacob Middleton
  • Sonny Milano
  • Edwin Minney 
  • Matt Mistele
  • Brent Moran
  • Julien Nantel
  • Alex Nedeljkovic
  • Pat Newell
  • William Nylander
  • Adam Ollas Mattsson
  • David Pastrnak
  • Alexis Pepin
  • Brendan Perlini
  • Chase Perry
  • Alex Peters
  • Luke Philp
  • Brayden Point
  • Brett Pollock
  • Austin Poganski
  • John Quenneville
  • Kevin Reich (Interview)
  • Sam Reinhart
  • Nick Ritchie
  • Travis Sanheim
  • Nikita Scherbak
  • Nick Schmaltz
  • Dmitrii Sergeev
  • Ben Thomas
  • Vladimir Tkachyov
  • Alex Tuch
  • Rinat Valiev (2013 profile)
  • Alexis Vanier
  • Jake Virtanen
  • Jakub Vrana
  • Lucas Wallmark (2013 profile)
  • Hunter Warner
  • Spencer Watson
  • Joe Wegwerth

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Alex Nedeljkovic

Alex Nedeljkovic moved up in CSS’s final draft rankings, and there is good reason for the higher listing. (Terry Wilson/OHL Images)

  • 2014 NHL Draft: Top Draft-Eligible Prospect Goalies (North America)
  • 2014 NHL Draft: Top Draft-Eligible Prospect Goalies (Europe)
  • 2014 NHL Draft: Draft-Eligible Darkhorse Goalies (North America)
  • Interviews with the 2014 Eligible Masked Men
    • Thatcher Demko
    • Ty Edmonds
    • Kasimir Kaskisuo
    • Logan Halladay
    • Mason McDonald
    • Edwin Minney
    • Brent Moran
    • Alex Nedeljkovic
    • Chase Perry
    • Kevin Reich
    • Blake Weyrick

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Other Draft Feature Articles:

  • Ivan Barbashev: The KHL Debate
  • Could The Sabres’ Pick of Taro Tsujimoto Happen Today?
  • Backdraft: How High Were Today’s NHL GMs and Coaches Drafted?
  • Unbreakable Records: The St. Louis Blues and the 1978 NHL Draft
  • NHL Entry Draft: A Decade of Diamonds in the Rough

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Team Specific Prospect Articles:

  • Anaheim Ducks:

Ducks

  • Anaheim Ducks’ 2013 NHL Draft Results
  • Boston Bruins:

  • NHL Draft 2013: Exploring Boston Bruins’ Mid- and Late-Round Options
  • Buffalo Sabres:

  • Buffalo Sabres Draft Grades (2013)
  • Buffalo Sabres All About Blue Line Early At 2013 Draft
  • Top 10 Buffalo Sabres Draft Picks
  • Calgary Flames

  • 2014 Calgary Flames NHL Draft Primer
  • Top Ten Calgary Flames Prospects, Winter 2014 Edition
  • Reviewing the Calgary Flames 2013 Draft Class
  • Morgan Klimchuk: A Feel Good Story From the 2013 NHL Draft
  • Calgary Flames: 2013 NHL Draft War Room
  • Carolina Hurricanes

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  • Predicting the 7th Overall Pick
  • 2013 NHL Draft War Room: Carolina Hurricanes
  • NHL Draft 2010: Skinner, Faulk Winners for the Hurricanes
  • Chicago Blackhawks

  • Grading The 2013 NHL Draft On A Curve: Division B
  • 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Would Chicago Still Pick Patrick Kane 1st overall?
  • Colorado Avalanche

    • 2013 NHL Draft: Grading the Colorado Avalanche Selections
  • Columbus Blue Jackets

  • Rising Blue Jackets Flush with Options, Picks in 2013 Draft
  • Dallas Stars

  • 2013 Stars Draft Recap: Who is Valeri Nichushkin?
  • Detroit Red Wings:

  • Determining Ken Holland’s Primary Draft Day Duties
  • Analyzing Detroit’s Draft History – Are the Red Wings Really the Best?
  • Grading The 2013 NHL Draft On A Curve: Division C
  • Late Draft Picks Lead to Red Wings’ Success
  • Edmonton Oilers:

  • Edmonton Oilers Draft Day Targets
  • Should the Edmonton Oilers Trade the 3rd Overall Pick?
  • Striking Oil Late in the NHL Draft
  • Fire Up The Flux-Capacitor, Re-Drafting Oilers 2003 Picks
  • Edmonton Oilers Play it Safe on Draft Day (2013)
  • 2013 NHL Draft: Edmonton Oilers Edition
  • Florida Panthers

  •  What Should the Florida Panthers Do With the First Overall Pick?
  • Florida Panthers: Why Barkov Was a Better Pick Than Jones
  • Mackenzie Weegar: Florida Panthers’ Draft Pick Keeps Pushing Forward
  • NHL 2013 Draft War Room – Florida Panthers
  • Los Angeles Kings:

  • These Kings Bow to the OHL
  • Los Angeles Kings 2013 Draft Analysis — Pick by Pick
  • Valentin Zykov’s Good Luck: Dean Lombardi Is King of Second Round
  • Minnesota Wild:

  • The Minnesota Wild Select “El Nino” In The 2013 NHL Draft (sort of)
  • Archive: Minnesota Wild Upcoming Prospects Guide
  • Seventh Round Picks, Chuck Fletcher’s Goldmine?
  • Montreal Canadiens

  • Habs Send a Draft Day Message to Fans: Size Matters
  • Montreal Canadiens: 2013 NHL Draft War Room
  • Nashville Predators:

  • Is Nashville Looking To Trade First Round Pick?
  • Nashville Predators Top Five Prospects: Pre 2014 Draft
  • Predators strike gold, land Seth Jones with 4th overall pick
  • 2013 NHL Draft War Room: Nashville Predators
  • New Jersey Devils:

  • Enter The Writers Mock — New Jersey Devils
  • 2013 NHL Draft War Room: New Jersey Devils
  • Lou Lamoriello’s Top NHL Draft Picks By Round
  • New York Islanders:

  • Vanek Trade Leaves Islanders With Tough Decision As Draft Approaches
  • 2013 NHL Draft Recap: New York Islanders
  • New York Rangers:

  • New York Rangers Draft Day Recap (2013)
  • Ottawa Senators:

  • Ottawa Senators 2014 NHL Draft Preview
  • Grading The 2013 NHL Draft On A Curve: Division C
  • Ottawa Senators: 2013 NHL Draft War Room
  • Philadelphia Flyers:

Philadelphia Flyers logo

The Philadelphia Flyers have used just one primary logo – THIS logo, in fact – in franchise history.

  • 4 Gamebreakers the Flyers Should Select at 17th Overall
  • Flyers, GM Holmgren Go Defense Heavy in Draft
  • Contrary To Popular Belief, Paul Holmgren Drafts Well
  • Phoenix (Arizona) Coyotes:

  • Arizona Coyotes 2014 NHL Draft Preview
  • Phoenix Coyotes NHL Draft Day Results (2013)
  • Pittsburgh Penguins

  •  The Penguins Day at the Draft, and Letang’s Supposed Millions
  •  Ray Shero Can Trade, But Can He Draft?
  •  Simon Despres: Arrested Development
  • San Jose Sharks:

  • Safe is Death; Sharks Options at 20 Overall
  • How the West Was Won: Smart Picks in the NHL Draft Middle Rounds
  • Sharks 2013 Draft: Finding a Great White Scorer
  • St. Louis Blues:

  • St. Louis Blues Draft Targets Part I: Josh Ho-Sang
  • St. Louis Blues Draft Targets Part II: Ivan Barbashev
  • St. Louis Blues Draft Targets Part III: Adrian Kempe
  • St. Louis Blues Draft Targets Part IV: Travis Sanheim
  • St. Louis Blues Draft Targets Part V: Nick Schmaltz – Jordan’s brother
  • St. Louis Blues Draft Targets Part VI: Ryan MacInnis
  • St. Louis Blues Top 5 NHL Draft Picks Show Interesting Trend
  • All Time Top 5 St. Louis Blues NHL Drafts
  • History: Unbreakable Records: The St. Louis Blues and the 1978 NHL Draft
  • Tampa Bay Lightning:

    • Tampa Bay Lightning Draft Preview
    • Tampa Bay Lightning Draft Preview Part II
    • Drouin, Peca Among Tampa Bay’s Top Prospects
    • NHL Draft War Room: Tampa Bay Lightning (2013)
    • Why Steve Yzerman Was Right: Cory Conacher for Ben Bishop
  • Toronto Maple Leafs: 

  • Nick Ritchie: A Typical Maple Leaf
  • Maple Leafs Draft Target: Nikolaj Ehlers
  • Draft Schmaft: The Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL Entry Draft First Round (I)
  • Draft Schmaft – The Maple Leafs First Round Draft 1968-70: Part II Selwood and Sittler
  • Vancouver Canucks:

  • Tape2Tape Draft Edition: The Jim Benning Rebuild
  • Vancouver Canucks Draft Day Recap
  • When The 2013 NHL Draft Stood Still: Cory Schneider
  • Vancouver Canucks NHL Draft Picks 2012: The Owners Manual
  • Washington Capitals:

 
  • NHL Draft Game Plan: Washington Capitals
  • Washington Capitals Top Ten Prospects: Pre 2014 Draft
  • Washington Capitals Draft Grades
  • Washington Capitals 2004 NHL Draft Review
  • Winnipeg Jets:

  • Jets Select Morrissey at No. 13
  • 2013 NHL Draft Results: Top 10 Team Performances
  • Winnipeg Jets: 2013 NHL Draft War Room

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The Next, Next Ones – Beyond the 2014 Draft:

  • Erie Otters’ Dylan Strome Next in Elite Hockey Family
  • Connor McDavid Impresses Early: What Makes Him Exceptional?
  • Sean Day – Exceptional Status Granted: A Truly Special ‘Day’

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Extra Reading:

  • Book Review: The Art of Scouting by Shane Malloy
  • Essential Hockey Read: Behind The Moves
  • Late Round Larceny: THW’s Shawn Reznik looks at the dubious task of drafting goalies.
  • Draft Day: The Curse of the Sixth Pick
  • NHL Draft: The History of the 5th Overall Pick
  • The Age Old Question: CHL vs. NCAA?
  • The Russian Non-Factor – NHL Theory May Become Obsolete
  • What’s the best round to draft a goalie? by Ryan Pike
  • The Best Late Round Gems Of The NHL Entry Draft Since 2000 (Part I – ’00-’02 Drafts)
  • The 170 Men Drafted Before Pavel Datsyuk
  • Translating AHL Success To The NHL
  • 2007 NHL Entry Draft: Was it the Gift or the Curse?
  • NHL Draft: Top-10 All-Time Best Selections with 5th Overall Pick
  • The History of the Eighth Overall Draft Pick

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THW The Next Ones Draft Guide Archives:

For prior year’s detailed draft previews/guides:

  • 2013 NHL Entry Draft Preview
  • 2012 NHL Entry Draft Preview
  • 2011 NHL Entry Draft Preview
  • 2010 NHL Entry Draft Preview
  • 2009 NHL Entry Draft Preview

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Special thanks to fellow THW  writers, prospect profilers, integral contributors:

  • Andy Eide
  • Shawn Reznik  
  • Ryan Pike
  • Anatoliy Metter
  • Ross Bonander
  • Carl Maloney
  • Eldon MacDonald

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THW’s The Next Ones prospect profile template design architect: Chris Ralph

Christopher Ralph is THW’s senior prospect & draft analyst & a Managing Editor at THW.

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Follow ChrisRalphTHW on Twitter as he infiltrates, dissects and analyzes all happenings of hockey prospects & the NHL entry draft.

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This document is the intellectual property of Christopher Ralph and cannot be used or duplicated in any way without expressed written consent. Any use of this document without the expressed written consent of Christopher Ralph will result in public exposure and legal prosecution.
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