The source for the draft choices is the Consensus Top 30 list. The sources for the consensus list are Future Considerations, ISS, Red Line Report, Corey Pronman of Hockey Prospectus. Their rankings are weight by their accuracy in ranking previous drafts: Future Considerations' rankings carry the most weight as they were the most accurate prognosticator in the group.
The source for the draft order is my Pre-season Power Rankings.
# | Team | Pos | Name | DOB | Ht - Wt | L/R | Team |
1 | Buffalo | C | Sam Reinhart | 11/6/1995 | 6'1, 186 | R | Kootenay |
2 | Toronto | F | Willie Nylander | 5/1/1996 | 5'10, 163 | R | Sodertalje |
3 | Tampa Bay | D | Aaron Ekblad | 2/7/1996 | 6'4, 213 | R | Barrie |
4 | Colorado | C | Leon Draisaitl | 10/27/1995 | 6'0, 199 | L | Prince Albert |
5 | Calgary | F | Nicholas Ritchie | 12/5/1995 | 6'3, 218 | L | Peterborough |
6 | Nashville | F | Blake Clarke | 1/24/1996 | 6'1, 190 | L | Brampton |
7 | Minnesota | F | Michael Dal Colle | 6/20/1996 | 6'2, 172 | L | Oshawa |
8 | Columbus | D | Roland McKeown | 1/20/1996 | 6'0, 186 | R | Kingston |
9 | Carolina | F | Jakub Vrana | 2/28/1996 | 6'0, 183 | L | Linkoping |
10 | Dallas | C | Jared McCann | 5/31/1996 | 6'0, 175 | L | S.S. Marie |
11 | Phoenix | F | Sam Bennett | 6/20/1996 | 6'0, 165 | L | Kingston |
12 | Florida | F | Ivan Barbashev | 12/14/1995 | 6'0, 181 | L | Moncton |
13 | NY Islanders | F | Jake Virtanen | 8/17/1996 | 6'0, 199 | R | Calgary |
14 | Winnipeg | F | Anton Karlsson | 9/3/1996 | 6'0, 170 | L | Frolunda |
15 | Edmonton | F | Kaspar Kapanen | 7/23/1996 | 5'11, 165 | R | Kuopio |
16 | Anaheim | F | Joshua Ho-Sang | 1/22/1996 | 5'11, 160 | R | Windsor |
17 | Philadelphia | D | Haydn Fleury | 7/8/1996 | 6'3, 202 | L | Red Deer |
18 | Washington | F | Nikolai Goldobin | 10/7/1995 | 5'11, 165 | L | Sarnia |
19 | Montreal | D | Jack Glover | 5/17/1996 | 6'3, 173 | R | USNT |
20 | Boston | C | Conner Bleackley | 7/2/1996 | 6'0, 197 | R | Red Deer |
21 | Vancouver | F | Matthew Mistele | 10/17/1995 | 6'2, 183 | L | Plymouth |
22 | Chicago | F | David Pastrnak | 5/25/1996 | 5'11, 165 | L | Sodertalje |
23 | NY Rangers | D | Brycen Martin | 5/9/1996 | 6'1, 178 | L | Swift Current |
24 | Anaheim | D | Jacob Middleton | 1/2/1996 | 6'3, 194 | L | Ottawa |
25 | San Jose | F | Oskar Lindblom | 8/15/1996 | 6'2, 187 | L | Brynas |
26 | Pittsburgh | C | Adrian Kempe | 9/13/1996 | 6'2, 178 | L | Modo |
27 | St Louis | F | Spencer Watson | 4/25/1996 | 5'10, 165 | L | Kingston |
28 | Detroit | F | Tyson Baillie | 11/16/1995 | 5'10, 195 | R | Kelowna |
29 | Los Angeles | F | Brandon Robinson | 10/13/1995 | 6'3, 200 | L | Brampton |
- New Jersey must forfeit their first round pick as a result of the Kovalchuk cap circumvention.
- Anaheim received Ottawa's first round selection as part of the Bobby Ryan trade.