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NHL Entry Draft

2016 NHL Draft Guide: The Next Ones

By Christopher Ralph May 6th, 2016

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THW’s 2016 NHL Draft Guide

Updated June 24th, 2016

The 2016 edition of the NHL Entry Draft takes place June 24th–25th at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. This draft class possesses a plethora of talent with potentially franchise-altering players available led by American Auston “Powers” Matthews plus the fabulous Finns – Jesse Puljujarvi and Patrick Laine.

Consider this your live home page for information for the 2016 NHL entry draft. Bookmark and check back often as it will be constantly updated leading up to hockey’s version of Christmas. THW’s 2016 NHL Entry Draft Guide – The Next Ones is your quintessential draft resource featuring:

  • Detailed unique prospect profiles in The Next Ones format
  • Mock Drafts
  • Exclusive rankings
  • Fantasy-based rankings
  • Team Previews
  • Looking ahead to the 2017 draft and beyond

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Highlights – Just In:

The Next Ones Four Round NHL Mock Draft

NHL Draft 2016: Live Tracker

The Next Ones 2016 NHL Draft Final Rankings

Ready, Set, Draft!

  • 5 Teams Most Likely to Trade Down in Draft
  • 5 Teams Most Likely to Trade Up in Draft
  • 5 Unspoken Swedish Next Ones
  • One Monster Mock Draft: 5th Annual NHL Mock Draft: 2016
  • 2016 NHL Draft War Room: Top 30 Impact Prospects
  • 5 Potential Draft Surprises Nobody is Predicting
  • Emptying The Combine Notebook

  •  2016 Combine Heights & Weights
  •  2016 NHL Draft War Room: Second Round Risers

 

Other Articles you just have to read:

  • NCAA Hockey Could Replace The “Russian Factor”
  • The NHL Draft & The Birth Of Champions
  • Classic Draft Day Quotes
  •  Meet The Steal Of The 2016 NHL Draft
  •  3 Super-Deep Sleepers For The 2016 NHL Draft
  •  Potential Shutdown Defenseman in the 2016 NHL Draft
  •  5 Biggest Movers On Central Scouting’s Final List

Rankings

The Next Ones 2016 NHL Draft Final Rankings

  • a.k.a. Chris’s List
  • The Top 120
  • Spreadsheet and PDF versions
  • Prospect Profiler Notes on all players

Other THW Rankings:

  • 2016 NHL Draft War Room May Rankings (E-Mac)

    • Downloadable spreadsheet/PDF formats
  • NHL Central Scouting’s Final Rankings Combined
  • 2016 NHL Draft Final Alternate Rankings – Pike’s Picks
  • 2016 NHL Draft Final Consensus Rankings
  • 2016 NHL Draft Midterm Consensus Rankings
  • Top 2016 NHL Draft Eligible Prospects for Fantasy Hockey

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Mock Drafts

The Next Ones Four Round NHL Mock Draft

  •  2016 NHL Mock Draft: The Next Ones Final Edition
    • Round 2
  • 5th Annual NHL Mock Draft: 2016 
  • NHL Mock Draft: May The Force Be With You Edition
    •  Round 2 Picks
  • NHL Mock Draft: March Madness Edition
    •  NHL Mock Draft: March Madness 2nd Round
  •  2016 NHL Mock Draft: The Next Ones Midterm Edition
  •  2016 NHL Mock Draft: Fallout Edition
  •  2016 NHL Mock Draft: The Next Ones Offseason Edition

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Prospect Profiles & Interviews

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

Eligibility

  1. Players born between January 1, 1996, and September 15, 1998, are eligible for selection in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
  2. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 1995 are eligible for the draft
  3. As well, those players who were drafted in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 1996, are also eligible to re-enter the draft.
Auston Matthews

Auston Matthews (Dominik Hew/doem.ch)

  •  Vitali Abramov
  •  Frédéric Allard
  •  Joey Anderson
  •  Rasmus Asplund
  •  Travis Barron
  •  Patrick Bajkov
  •  Jake Bean
  •  Tyler Benson
  •  William Bitten
  •  Adam Brooks
  •  Logan Brown
  •  Brayden Burke
  •  Cole Candella
  •  Dennis Cholowski
  •  Jakob Chychrun
  •  Kale Clague
  •  Jonathan Dahlen
  •  Sean Day
  •  Alex DeBrincat
  •  Cam Dineen
  •  Dillon Dube
  •  Pierre-Luc Dubois
  •  Mitch Eliot
  •  Dante Fabbro
  •  Evan Fitzpatrick
  •  Adam Fox
  •  Trent Frederic
  •  Julien Gauthier
  •  Max Gerlach
  •  Noah Gregor
  •  Filip Gustavsson
  •  Brandon Hagel
  •  Libor Hajek
  •  Carter Hart
  •  Brett Howden
  •  Lucas Johansen
  •  Max Jones
  •  Tyson Jost
  •  Olli Juolevi
  •  Antti Kalapudas
  •  Boris Katchouk
  •  Evan Fitzpatrick
  •  Max Jones
  •  Clayton Keller
  •  Jack Kopacka
  •  Luke Kunin
  •  Chad Krys
  •  Jordan Kyrou
  •  Patrik Laine
  •  Ryan Lindgren
  •  Josh Mahura
  •  Kyle Maksimovich
  •  Adam Mascherin
  •  Mitchell Mattson
  •  Auston Matthews
  •  Charlie McAvoy
  •  Micheal McLeod
  •  Victor Mete
  •  Jacob Moverare
  •  Markus Niemelainen
  •  Markus Nurmi
  •  Tyler Parsons
  •  Andrew Peeke
  •  Rem Pitlick
  •  Clifford Pu
  •  Jesse Puljujarvi
  •  Matthew Phillips
  •  Taylor Raddysh
  •  Aapeli Rasanen
  •  German Rubtsov
  •  Dante Salituro
  •  Jordan Sambrook
  •  Zach Sawchenko
  •  Mikhail Sergachev
  •  Dmitri Sokolov
  •  Jordy Stallard
  •  Alexander Nylander
  •  Logan Stanley
  •  Sam Steel
  •  Jakob Stukel
  •  Tage Thompson
  •  Matthew Tkachuk
  •  Riley Tufte
  •  Carsen Twarynski
  •  Dylan Wells

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Historical Essential Reads

  • 1990 NHL Re-draft: Possibly the Best Draft Class Ever (Part I of II)
  • 1990 NHL Re-draft: Possibly the Best Draft Class Ever (Part II)
  • Historical Analysis of the NHL Entry Draft- Part 1
  • Could The Sabres’ Pick of Taro Tsujimoto Happen Today?
  • Analyzing Detroit’s Draft History – Are the Red Wings Really the Best?
  • 5 Years Later: Redoing the 2011 NHL Draft

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Team Specific Prospect Articles

  • Anaheim Ducks:

  •  Ducks Sign Jacob Larsson to Three-Year Contract
  • 2015 NHL Draft: Anaheim Ducks Select Jacob Larsson

 

  • Arizona Coyotes

  • Coyotes Have “Impressive Offer” to Trade Down
  • The Coyotes Are One of the 2015 Draft Winners

 

  • Boston Bruins:

  • Bruins Defensive Prospects Ready For AHL In 2016-17
  • Recapping A Wild Draft Day For The Boston Bruins (2015)
  • Buffalo Sabres:

  • NHL Draft: Sabres Willing to Trade 8th Overall Pick
  • Who Might the Buffalo Sabres Target At Eight?
  • Top 10 Buffalo Sabres Draft Picks
  • Calgary Flames

  • Calgary Flames 2016 NHL Draft Primer
  • Handicapping the Flames 2016 First Round Pick
  • Reviewing the 2015 Calgary Flames NHL Draft Class
  • Carolina Hurricanes

hurricanes logo 1997 - present
  • Potential Draft Day Trades for the Carolina Hurricanes
  • Hurricanes Top Five Options for Their First Draft Pick
  • Can Ron Francis and the Canes Avoid the Draft Trap? (archives)
  • Chicago Blackhawks

  •  Nick Schmaltz Leaves School for Blackhawks
  • The Chicago Blackhawks Are Scary Good At Drafting And Developing
  • Colorado Avalanche

  • Colorado Avalanche Draft Strategy
  • Who Should the Avalanche Target at 10th Overall
  • Colorado Avalanche Draft Steals
  • The Colorado Avalanche’s Best Late Round Draft Picks
  • The Avalanche’s Disappointing Draft Picks
  • Columbus Blue Jackets

  • 2016 Columbus Blue Jackets Draft Guide
  • Columbus’ 3rd Pick Possibilities
  • Finally, The Draft Lottery Falls Favorably For Columbus
  • Blue Jackets 2000 Entry Draft, Where Are They Now?
  • Dallas Stars

  • Dallas Stars Will Have Plenty Of Options With 25th Overall Pick
  • 5 Best Late Round Draft Picks of the Dallas Stars
  • Detroit Red Wings:

  • Wings Top 25 Under 25
  • The Grind Line: Discussing Detroit’s Draft Strategy
  • Top Class Scouting Keeping Detroit Alive
  • Red Wings Draft Recap: 2008
  • Determining Ken Holland’s Primary Draft Day Duties
  • Analyzing Detroit’s Draft History – Are the Red Wings Really the Best?
  • Late Draft Picks Lead to Red Wings’ Success
  • Edmonton Oilers:

  • The Edmonton Oilers 2016 NHL Draft Guide
  • Oilers in Favourable Position Heading Into Draft
  • Options Aplenty for the Oilers at 4th Overall
  • Edmonton Oilers Top 20 Prospects
  • What If The Oilers Use The 4th Overall Pick?
  • One Year Later: Oilers Excellent 2015 NHL Draft Picks
  • Striking Oil Late in the NHL Draft
  • The 5 Biggest Draft Busts in Edmonton Oilers History
  • Fire Up The Flux-Capacitor, Re-Drafting Oilers 2003 Picks
  • Florida Panthers

  • Panthers Prowling for Promising Prospects
  • Who is Lawson Crouse?
  • Los Angeles Kings:

  • State of the Los Angeles Kings
  • NHL Entry Draft Rewind: Tyler Toffoli
  • Top 5 Kings Drafts Of All Time
  • These Kings Bow to the OHL
  • Minnesota Wild:

  • Should the Wild Chase the 4th Overall Pick?
  • Wild Prospect Joel Eriksson Ek to Stay in Sweden: Report
  • Drafts From the Past: Minnesota’s Previous Selections
  • Seventh Round Picks, Chuck Fletcher’s Goldmine?
  • Montreal Canadiens

  • Montreal Canadiens: The Benefits of Trading at the Draft
  • Looking at the Last Five Montreal Canadiens First Round Picks
  • Canadiens Prospect Development Needs to Improve
  • The Canadiens Could Trade Up At the Draft
  • Montreal Canadiens: 2015 NHL Draft Review
  • Stars the Montreal Canadiens Missed by a Draft Pick
  • Nashville Predators:

  • The Nashville Predators 2016 NHL Draft Guide
  • Preds Poll: Who Should Nashville Take in the 1st Round?
  • Nashville Predators: 2015 NHL Draft Review
  • The 5 Biggest Steals in Nashville Predators Draft History
  • New Jersey Devils:

  •  Young Devils Learning From a Legend in Albany
  • 2015 NHL Draft: New Jersey Devils Select Pavel Zacha
  • Lou Lamoriello’s Top NHL Draft Picks By Round
  • New York Islanders:

  • What Will the Islanders do at the NHL Draft?
  • Islanders Remain in Great Shape After Reinhart Trade (2015)
  • Analyzing Isles GM Garth Snow’s Past Drafts
  • New York Rangers:

  • Rangers 5-Step Plan to Return to Contention
    Buchnevich Signing a Key Step for Rangers
  • Nicklas Jensen Is Positioning Himself to Make the Rangers
  • Rangers’ Draft Weekend Report Card (2015)
  • Ottawa Senators:

  • Senators’ Approaching an Offseason Full of Potential
  • Ottawa Draft Round Up: Goodbye Robin Lehner and Eric Gryba (2015)
  • Philadelphia Flyers:

Philadelphia Flyers logo

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

  • Flyers 2016 Draft Targets: Jake Bean
  • Philadelphia Flyers’ Goalie Prospects Fly Under The Radar
  • Philippe Myers: Flyers Defensive Prospect On The Rise
  • Philadelphia Flyers Draft Class Of 2013: Where Are They Now?
  • A Closer Look into Ron Hextall’s Draft Weekend Magic (2015)
  • Pittsburgh Penguins

  • Pittsburgh Penguins: Offseason Madness has Arrived
  • NHL Entry Draft Rewind: Matt Murray
  •  Did the Penguins Find a Hidden Gem at the Draft?
  • San Jose Sharks:

  • Sharks Acquire Maxim Letunov
  • NHL Draft: First Round Dismay Haunts San Jose
  • Sharks’ 10 Best Draft Picks 6th Round or Later
  • St. Louis Blues:

  • St. Louis Blues Draft Expectations
  • 5 Blues Prospects That Could Take Advantage of a New-Look Roster
  • St. Louis Blues Positional Strengths and Weaknesses
  • All Time Top 5 St. Louis Blues NHL Drafts
  • History: Unbreakable Records: The St. Louis Blues and the 1978 NHL Draft
  • Tampa Bay Lightning:

  • NHL Draft Rewind: Lightning’s Top Five Picks of All-Time
  • NHL Entry Draft Rewind: Nikita Kucherov
  • Tampa Bay Lightning Draft Review (2015)
  • The 2015 Draft for the Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Jonathan Drouin, Seth Jones and the 2013 NHL Entry Draft
  • Tampa Bay’s Transformation: The Yzerman Effect
  • Toronto Maple Leafs: 

  • Toronto Maple Leafs 2016 NHL Draft Preview
  • Auston Matthews in Toronto Vital to NHL’s Success
  • Maple Leafs NHL Draft Plan
  • Who Should the Leafs Draft with Pittsburgh’s Pick?
  • Toronto Maple Leafs 2015 Draft Review
  • 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:

  • Dubois or Tkachuk for Canucks?
  • Should Canucks Trade for Higher First Round Pick?
  • Canucks 33rd Overall Pick is Best Chance to Draft a D-Man
  • Breaking Down Canucks’ Trade Failures at NHL Draft
  • Round Up Of Canucks’ 2000-09 1st Round Picks
  • Washington Capitals:

  • Capitals Young Talent Will Keep Cup Window Open
  • Washington Capitals Restock Defense Pipeline at Draft (2015)
  • Ranking the Russians: Capitals First-Round Picks
  • Winnipeg Jets:

  •  Winnipeg Jets Set For Massive 2016 NHL Draft
  •  The Winnipeg Jets at the Draft: Kale Clague
  •  The Winnipeg Jets at the Draft: Riley Tufte
  •  The Winnipeg Jets at the Draft: Jesse Puljujärvi
  •  The Winnipeg Jets at the Draft: Brett Howden
  •  The Winnipeg Jets at the Draft: Logan Stanley
  •  Enough Debate, Patrik Laine Will be a Jet

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The Next, Next Ones – Beyond the 2016 Draft:

  •  Remember the Name: Stuart Skinner

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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
  • 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)
  • Translating AHL Success To The NHL

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THW The Next Ones Draft Guide Archives:

For prior year’s detailed draft previews/guides:

  • 2015 NHL Draft Guide: The Next Ones
  • 2014 NHL Draft Guide: The Next Ones
    • City of Brotherly Love Edition
  • 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:

  • Eldon MacDonald
  • RYAN PIKE
  • DENNIS SCHELLENBERG
  • MARK SCHEIG
  • ANDREW FORBES
  • JOSEPH ALEONG
  • Ross Bonander

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

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