NHL Draft Guide | 2019 Edition

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 2019 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 2019 NHL Entry 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 2020 draft and beyond

2019 Draft Rankings

• 2019 NHL Draft: Fisher’s Top 300 for April
• Pike’s Picks: 2019 NHL Draft Rankings – March Edition
• 2019 NHL Draft: Fisher’s Top 300 for March
• 2019 NHL Draft: Forbes’ Top 155 for March
• 2019 NHL Draft: Fisher’s Top 217 Overagers
• 2019 NHL Draft: Fisher’s Top 217 for February
• 2019 NHL Draft Consensus Rankings – Mid Season (Feb. 2019)
• Pike’s Picks: 2019 NHL Draft Rankings – January Edition
• 2019 NHL Draft: Forbes’ Top 124 for January

Mock Drafts

coming soon…

2019 NHL Draft Guide – The Players

Forecasted Top 4

• Byram, Bowen
• Hughes, Jack
• Kakko, Kaapo
• Podkolzin, Vasili

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

• Boldy, Matthew
• Broberg, Philip
• Cajkovic, Maxim
• Firstov, Vladislav
• Foote, Nolan
• Harley, Thomas
• Jones, Hunter
• Kaliyev, Arthur
• Kallionkieli, Marcus
• Kolyachonok, Vladislav
• Korczak, Kaedan
• Mastrosimone, Robert
• McMichael, Connor
• Newhook, Alex
• Pelletier, Jakob
• Rees, Jamieson
• Robertson, Nicholas
• Suzuki, Ryan
• Tomasino, Philip

THW Prospect Features

• 2019 NHL Draft: 10 Fallers from Fisher’s Top 300 for March
• 2019 NHL Draft: 10 Risers from Fisher’s Top 300 for March
• 2019 NHL Draft: 10 Risers from Fisher’s Top 217 for February
• 2019 NHL Draft: 10 Fallers from Fisher’s Top 217 for February
• 5 Up, 5 Down From CHL Top Prospects Game (Jan. 2019)
• 5 Takeaways from the CHL Top Prospects Game

Other Draft Features

• 2019 NHL Draft Lottery – What You Need to Know

Exclusive 2019 NHL Combine Coverage

• updated once the combine takes place (May 29 – June 3)

Team by Team Draft Info

Will be updated as stories come in…

Detroit Red Wings

• The Grind Line: Red Wings 1st Round Must-Have

St. Louis Blues

• Revisiting Doug Armstrong’s Drafts – 2011

Vancouver Canucks

• Ranking the Canucks 2000s First-Round Picks

Winnipeg Jets

• Jets’ 2018 Draft Pick Update

Older Drafts – A Look Back

• 2018 NHL Draft Guide
• 2017 NHL Draft Guide
• The Best Late-Round Picks Ever
• The 2013 NHL Draft, Where Are They Now?
• The 2012 NHL Draft, Where Are They Now?
• 2011 NHL Entry Draft: Five Forgotten Picks
• 2010 NHL Entry Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
• 2008 NHL Entry Draft: Five Forgotten Picks

We’ll be adding more stories, mock drafts and player profiles on a daily basis. Come back often for all your 2019 NHL Entry Draft information and/or follow us on Twitter or on Instagram for the latest draft/prospect additions.