2016 NHL Draft Rankings
Throughout the year we will continue to update our 2016 NHL draft rankings page - bringing you NHL draft rankings from some of the best scouting services and media outlets out there.
We've updated our list from newest to oldest.
We'll be adding to our list as the season progresses and other sites publish their lists.
From the below rankings, we've also created a 2016 draft prospect consensus ranking - updated June 13th.
2016 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings
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| TSN June 20th | The Draft Analyst June 12th |
McKeen's Hockey June 10th |
NA Central Scouting June 10th |
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| 1 | Auston Matthews | Auston Matthews | Patrik Laine | Auston Matthews |
| 2 | Patrik Laine | Patrik Laine | Auston Matthews | Patrik Laine |
| 3 | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi |
| 4 | Matthew Tkachuk | Jakob Chychrun | Matthew Tkachuk | Matthew Tkachuk |
| 5 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Matthew Tkachuk | Olli Juolevi | Clayton Keller |
| 6 | Olli Juolevi | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Alexander Nylander | Mikhail Sergachev |
| 7 | Alexander Nylander | Alexander Nylander | Michael McLeod | Pierre-Luc Dubois |
| 8 | Clayton Keller | Clayton Keller | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Alexander Nylander |
| 9 | Mikhail Sergachev | Olli Juolevi | Logan Brown | Jakob Chychrun |
| 10 | Logan Brown | Mike McLeod | Jake Bean | Olli Juolevi |
| 11 | Tyson Jost | Mikhail Sergachyov | Clayton Keller | Michael McLeod |
| 12 | Jake Bean | Luke Kunin | Charles McAvoy | Jake Bean |
| 13 | Jakob Chychrun | Tyson Jost | Jakob Chychrun | Max Jones |
| 14 | Charles McAvoy | Julien Gauthier | Mikhail Sergachev | Dante Fabbro |
| 15 | Michael McLeod | Kieffer Bellows | Tyson Jost | Logan Brown |
| 16 | Dante Fabbro | Logan Brown | Luke Kunin | Julien Gauthier |
| 17 | Julien Gauthier | German Rubtsov | Max Jones | Luke Kunin |
| 18 | Kieffer Bellows | Dante Fabbro | Dennis Cholowski | Cliff Pu |
| 19 | Max Jones | Pascal Labarge | Kieffer Bellows | Tyson Jost |
| 20 | Luke Kunin | Will Bitten | Julien Gauthier | Logan Stanley |
| 21 | Riley Tufte | Alex DeBrincat | Riley Tufte | German Rubtsov |
| 22 | Logan Stanley | Max Jones | German Rubtsov | Nathan Bastian |
| 23 | German Robtsov | Sam Steel | Rasmus Asplund | Boris Katchouk |
| 24 | Brett Howden | Adam Mascherin | Dante Fabbro | Charles McAvoy |
| 25 | Dennis Cholowski | Rasmus Asplund | Tage Thompson | Tage Thompson |
| 26 | Libor Hajek | Vitalii Abramov | Brett Howden | William Bitten |
| 27 | Tage Thompson | Adam Fox | Adam Fox | Kieffer Bellows |
| 28 | Lucas Johansen | Charlie McAvoy | Jordan Kyrou | Dylan Dube |
| 29 | Boris Katchouk | Tyler Benson | Lucas Johansen | Taylor Raddysh |
| 30 | Kale Clague | Libor Hajek | Pascal Laberge | Libor Hajek |
2016 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings
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| Craig Button June 8th |
Hockey Prospect June 7th |
Future Considerations June 4th |
ISS June 1st |
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| 1 | Auston Matthews | Auston Matthews | Auston Matthews | Auston Matthews |
| 2 | Patrik Laine | Patrik Laine | Patrik Laine | Jesse Puljujarvi |
| 3 | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi | Patrik Laine |
| 4 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Matthew Tkachuk |
| 5 | Matthew Tkachuk | Matthew Tkachuk | Matthew Tkachuk | Pierre-Luc Dubois |
| 6 | Clayton Keller | Olli Juolevi | Jakob Chychrun | Alexander Nylander |
| 7 | Logan Brown | Logan Brown | Clayton Keller | Logan Brown |
| 8 | Mikhail Sergachyov | Mikhail Sergachyov | Alexander Nylander | Jakob Chychrun |
| 9 | Olli Juolevi | Clayton Keller | Mikhail Sergachyov | Tyson Jost |
| 10 | Alexander Nylander | Tyson Jost | Tyson Jost | Mikhail Sergachev |
| 11 | Tyson Jost | Dante Fabbro | Olli Juolevi | Olli Juolevi |
| 12 | Jake Bean | Alexander Nylander | Logan Brown | Clayton Keller |
| 13 | Kieffer Bellows | Charles McAvoy | Dante Fabbro | Michael McLeod |
| 14 | German Rubtsov | Jakob Chychrun | Charlie McAvoy | Max Jones |
| 15 | Charlie McAvoy | Jake Bean | Michael McLeod | German Rubtsov |
| 16 | Dante Fabbro | German Rubtsov | Kieffer Bellows | Jake Bean |
| 17 | Jakob Chychrun | Luke Kunin | German Rubtsov | Kieffer Bellows |
| 18 | Brett Howden | Kieffer Bellows | Jake Bean | Luke Kunin |
| 19 | Michael McLeod | Michael McLeod | Luke Kunin | Dante Fabbro |
| 20 | Luke Kunin | Max Jones | Max Jones | Brett Howden |
| 21 | Alex DeBrincat | Rasmus Asplund | Julien Gauthier | Julien Gauthier |
| 22 | Cam Dineen | Boris Katchouk | Riley Tufte | Riley Tufte |
| 23 | Vitali Abramov | Riley Tufte | Pascal Laberge | Charles McAvoy |
| 24 | Carter Hart | Jonathan Dahlen | Vitali Abramov | Tage Thompson |
| 25 | Dennis Cholowski | Julien Gauthier | Alex DeBrincat | Logan Stanley |
| 26 | Will Bitten | Dennis Cholowski | Rasmus Asplund | Alex Debrincat |
| 27 | Samuel Girard | Brett Howden | Samuel Girard | Boris Katchouk |
| 28 | Dillon Dube | Tage Thompson | William Bitten | Taylor Raddysh |
| 29 | Jordan Kyrou | Vitaly Abramov | Tyler Benson | Jacob Moverare |
| 30 | Logan Stanley | Logan Stanley | Tage Thompson | Pascal Laberge |
2016 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings
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| The Hockey News - Guide June |
DraftBuzz Hockey June |
Damien Cox May 20th |
Hockey Prospectus May 18th |
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| 1 | Auston Matthews | Auston Matthews | Auston Matthews | Auston Matthews |
| 2 | Patrik Laine | Patrik Laine | Patrik Laine | Patrik Laine |
| 3 | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi | Jesse Puljujarvi |
| 4 | Matthew Tkachuk | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Matthew Tkachuk | Jakob Chychrun |
| 5 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Matthew Tkachuk | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Alexander Nylander |
| 6 | Olli Juolevi | Mikhail Sergachev | Olli Juolevi | Matthew Tkachuk |
| 7 | Alexander Nylander | Alexander Nylander | Tyson Jost | Olli Juolevi |
| 8 | Mikhail Sergachev | Clayton Keller | Logan Brown | Clayton Keller |
| 9 | Jacob Chychrun | Luke Kunin | Alexander Nylander | Michael McLeod |
| 10 | Mike McLeod | Tyson Jost | Mikhail Sergachev | Pierre-Luc Dubois |
| 11 | Tyson Jost | Olli Juolevi | Charlie McAvoy | Charlie McAvoy |
| 12 | Clayton Keller | Logan Brown | Jakob Chychrun | Luke Kunin |
| 13 | Max Jones | Jake Bean | Clayton Keller | Alex DeBrincat |
| 14 | Logan Brown | Dante Fabbro | Logan Stanley | Dante Fabbro |
| 15 | Julien Gauthier | Jakob Chychrun | Dante Fabbro | Mikhail Sergachev |
| 16 | Jake Bean | Kieffer Bellows | Michael McLeod | Tyson Jost |
| 17 | Dante Fabbro | Charlie McAvoy | Jake Bean | German Rubtsov |
| 18 | Charlie McAvoy | Michael McLeod | Luke Kunin | Wade Allison |
| 19 | Logan Stanley | Pascal Labarge | Max Jones | Logan Brown |
| 20 | Kieffer Bellows | Max Jones | Kieffer Bellows | Kieffer Bellows |
| 21 | Luke Kunin | German Rubtsov | Julien Gauthier | Jake Bean |
| 22 | Riley Tufte | Riley Tufte | Riley Tufte | Tyler Benson |
| 23 | German Rubtsov | William Bitten | German Rubtsov | Vitaly Abramov |
| 24 | Alex DeBrincat | Brett Howden | Alex DeBrincat | Riley Tufte |
| 25 | Cliff Pu | Vitalii Abramov | Pascal Laberge | Jonathan Dahlen |
| 26 | Brett Howden | Julien Gauthier | Rasmus Asplund | Julien Gauthier |
| 27 | Pascal Laberge | Alex DeBrincat | Kale Clague | William Bitten |
| 28 | Markus Niemelainen | Jonathan Dahlen | Tage Thompson | Trent Frederic |
| 29 | Vitalii Abramov | Wade Allison | Filip Gustavsson | Sam Steel |
| 30 | Nathan Bastian | Adam Fox | Sam Steel | Max Jones |
2016 NHL Draft Prospect Rankings
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| Corey Pronman ESPN May 12th |
NHL Central Scouting International Apr. 12th |
NHL Central Scouting Intl. Apr. 12th |
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| 1 | Patrik Laine | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Auston Matthews | |
| 2 | Auston Matthews | Matthew Tkachuk | Patrik Laine | |
| 3 | Jesse Puljujarvi | Alexander Nylander | Jesse Puljujarvi | |
| 4 | Clayton Keller | Jakob Chychrun | Rasmus Asplund | |
| 5 | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Olli Juolevi | German Rubtsov | |
| 6 | Matthew Tkachuk | Charles McAvoy | Carl Grundstrom | |
| 7 | Alexander Nylander | Logan Brown | Yegor Korshkov | |
| 8 | Olli Juolevi | Mikhail Sergachev | Filip Hronek | |
| 9 | Tyson Jost | Clayton Keller | Henrik Borgstrom | |
| 10 | Dante Fabbro | Kieffer Bellows | Linus Lindstrom | |
| 11 | Jakob Chychrun | Luke Kunin | Jonathan Dahlen | |
| 12 | Logan Brown | Julien Gauthier | Jacob Moverare | |
| 13 | German Rubtsov | Michael Mcleod | Otto Makinen | |
| 14 | Kieffer Bellows | Max Jones | Artur Kayumov | |
| 15 | Alexander DeBrincat | Jake Bean | Lucas Carlsson | |
| 16 | Luke Kunin | Tyson Jost | Jacob Cederholm | |
| 17 | Mikhail Sergachyov | Riley Tufte | Jesper Bratt | |
| 18 | Tyler Benson | Dante Fabbro | Oskar Steen | |
| 19 | Jake Bean | Logan Stanley | Eetu Tuulola | |
| 20 | Michael McLeod | Tage Thompson | Janne Kuokkanen | |
| 21 | Vitaly Abramov | Alexander Debrincat | Aapeli Rasanen | |
| 22 | Kale Clague | Brett Howden | Kasper Bjorkqvist | |
| 23 | Samuel Girard | Dennis Cholowski | Igor Shvyrev | |
| 24 | Julien Gauthier | Tyler Benson | Andrei Svetlakov | |
| 25 | Rasmus Asplund | Boris Katchouk | Oleg Sosunov | |
| 26 | Charles McAvoy | Lucas Johansen | Mathias From | |
| 27 | Dmitri Sokolov | Kale Clague | Joona Koppanen | |
| 28 | Carl Grundstrom | Pascal Laberge | Otto Koivula | |
| 29 | Sam Steel | Vitaly Abramov | Daniel Kurovsky | |
| 30 | Max Jones | Sam Steel | Ondrej Najman | |
