2023 NHL Draft Guide

Consider The Hockey Writers your go-to source for everything related to the NHL Draft and this page your live home page for information on the upcoming 2023 NHL Entry Draft.

Bookmark this page and check back often as it will be constantly updated leading up to hockey’s version of Christmas. THW’s 2023 NHL Draft Guide is your quintessential draft resource featuring:

  • Detailed unique prospect profiles on all the top prospects
  • Mock drafts
  • Exclusive rankings
  • Team specific needs and speculations
  • Looking ahead to the 2024 NHL Draft and beyond

Grading the 2023 NHL Draft

Grading Every First Rounder in the 2023 NHL Draft
Grading Every Team’s Draft in the 2023 NHL Draft

Looking Ahead – Future Drafts

Early Look at the 2024 NHL Draft (Summer 2022)
2024 NHL Draft Rankings: Horn’s Super Early Top-16 (Summer 2023)

Recent Posts

2023 NHL Draft Rankings

Horn’s Top 160 for June
Baracchini’s Top 128 for June
Little’s Top 64
Forbes’ Top 128
THW’s Final Combined Top-32 Draft Rankings

Mock Drafts

Horn’s 2023 Mock Draft 1.0
Horn’s 2023 Mock Draft 2.0
Horn’s 2023 Mock Draft 3.0
Baracchini’s 2023 Mock Draft
Horn’s 2023 Two-Round Mock Draft
THW 2023 Mock NHL Draft Round 1: Our Writers Make Their Picks

The Prospect Corner YouTube Show

2023 NHL Draft- Prospect Profiles

Top 5 Hopefuls

Bedard, Connor
Benson, Zach
Carlsson, Leo
Fantilli, Adam
Michkov, Matvei
Smith, Will

Top 16 Hopefuls

Barlow, Colby
Bedard, Connor
Benson, Zach
Carlsson, Leo
Cristall, Andrew
Danielson, Nate
Dvorsky, Dalibor
Fantilli, Adam
Leonard, Ryan
Michkov, Matvei
Moore, Oliver
Musty, Quentin
Reinbacher, David
Sale, Eduard
Sandin Pellikka, Axel
Smith, Will
Wood, Matthew
Yager, Brayden

Forwards

Anoshko, Ivan
Barkey, Denver
Brindley, Gavin
But, Daniil
Cataford, Mathieu
Carlsson, Kalle
Castagna, Jonathan
Ciernik, Alex
Cowan, Easton
DeAngelo, Michael
De Luca, Tomasso
Dower Nilsson, Noah
Edstrom, David
Fiala, Samuel
Fink, Aiden
Fisher, Jake
Fisker Mølgaard, Oscar
Forsfjäll, Zeb
Foster, Cooper
Gardiner, Brad
Gauthier, Ethan
Halaburda, Ty
Halttunen, Kasper
Hameenaho, Lenni
Heidt, Riley
Hendrickson, Beckett
Honzek, Samuel
Järventie, Emil
Kantserov, Roman
Kiiskinen, Jesse
Knuble, Cole
Kumpulainen, Rasmus
Lardis, Nick
Levis, Connor
Lind, Kalan
Lipinski, Jaden
Loshko, Andrei
Ludtke, Tanner
Malinoski, Hudson
Miedema, Ethan
Misiak, Martin
Molnar, Ondrej
Moroz, Vadim
Mukhanov, Timur
Musty, Quentin
Myatovic, Nico
Nadeau, Bradly
Nehring, Zachary
Nelson, Danny
Nilsson, Felix
Nordh, Noel
Nurmi, Jesse
Peddle, Tyler
Pekarcik, Juraj
Perreault, Gabe
Perron, Jayden
Pharand, Alex
Pitre, Coulson
Rehkopf, Carson
Rimashevskiy, Yegor
Ritchie, Calum
Rykov, Alexander
Sawchyn, Gracyn
Shaugabay, Jayson
Sidorov, Yegor
Soto, Matthew
Squires, Cam
Stancl, Jakub
Stenberg, Otto
Stramel, Charlie
Suniev, Aydar
Susuyev, Nikita
Svoboda, Brandon
Terrance, Carey
Unger Sörum, Felix
Uronen, Tuomas
Wahlberg, Anton
Willis, Joey
Whitelaw, William
Ziemmer, Koehn

Defensemen

Akey, Beau
Allen, Cam
Bergstrom, Arvid
Bertucci, Tristan
Bonk, Oliver
Brzustewicz, Hunter
Cagnoni, Luca
Cleveland, Brady
Dragicevic, Lukas
Dvorak, Jakub
Fischer, Paul
Fortescue, Drew
Gibson, Andrew
Gulyayev, Mikhail
Hammell, Kaden
Hell, Hugo
Karki, Arttu
Karpovich, Daniil
Keenan, Larry
Kostadinski, Kristian
Landen, Axel
Leslie, Mazden
Lindstein, Theo
MacKinnon, Dylan
Mania, Matthew
Mann, Matteo
Mayich, Matthew
McCarthy, Gavin
McCoy, Donovan
Minnetian, Aram
Molendyk, Tanner
Morin, Etienne
Mynio, Sawyer
Parker, Kalem
Pieniniemi, Emil
Port, Vojtech
Price, Caden
Sandin Pellikka, Axel
Simashev, Dmitri
Sotheran, Carter
Stanley, Hoyt
Strathmann, Andrew
Strbak, Maxim
Tourigny, Jordan
Weinstein, Saige
Wickman, Albert
Willander, Tom

Goalies

Augustine, Trey
Bjarnason, Carson
Clara, Damian
Fowler, Jacob
Gajan, Adam
Hellnemo, Alexander
Hrabal, Michael
Musser, Carsen
Ratzlaff, Scott
Suchanek, Tomas

Top 5/10 Lists

NHL Draft Combine

Miscellaneous

Draft Coverage by NHL Team (Alphabetical)

Anaheim Ducks

Arizona Coyotes

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Calgary Flames

Carolina Hurricanes

Chicago Blackhawks

Colorado Avalanche

Columbus Blue Jackets

Detroit Red Wings

Edmonton Oilers

Minnesota Wild

Montreal Canadiens

Nashville Predators

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

New York Rangers

Ottawa Senators

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

San Jose Sharks

Seattle Kraken

St. Louis Blues

Tampa Bay Lightning

Toronto Maple Leafs

Vancouver Canucks

Vegas Golden Knights

Washington Capitals

Winnipeg Jets

Player Features

2023 Top Prospect Bedard is Clutch in Biggest Moments
Connor Bedard Off to an Exceptional Start
Adam Fantilli Emerging as Much More Than a Consolation Prize
Meet Matvei Michkov: The Best Russian Prospect Since Ovechkin
2023 Draft Eligible Leo Carlsson is NHL Ready
Will Smith: Skilled and Driven
Axel Sandin Pellikka: Is He Worth a Top-5 Pick?
2023 Draft Prospect Leo Carlsson Not Focused on NHL for 2023-24

World Junior Championship Coverage

World Junior Championship All Time Leading Scorers
2023 Draft Players to Watch at the World Junior Championship
Guide to the 2023 World Junior Championship
2023 World Juniors Rosters by NHL Team

Looking Back At Older NHL Drafts

2022 NHL Draft Review

2022 NHL Draft: Grading Every Team’s Picks
Islanders’ 2022 NHL Draft Grades
Grading the Red Wings’ 2022 NHL Draft Class
Grading the Avalanches’ 2022 NHL Draft Class

Previous Draft Guides

Forgotten Draft Picks

Where Are They Now?