24 hours before the Ice and Blades resume their series for game three, the NHL's Central Scouting Service released their final rankings for the 2011 NHL Draft today.
Red Deer's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins headlines the class while Swedish winger playing in Kitchener, Gabriel Landeskog is second.
The entire list is at the NHL site here.
D Adam Larsson out of Sweden is the top ranked player out of Europe.
With the Oilers and the Avs likely to have the top pick, what's the chances of dealing that pick and taking Larsson after RNH, based on the number of young forwards both clubs have? They might even take Larsson ahead of RNH.
As far as Ice prospects go - D John Neibrandt (1992-born, late birth date) checks in at 170 while fellow D-man Jagger Dirk is at 188.
Ice list player F Colten St. Clair, a 1992-born late birth date drafted out of Phoenix in 2007 (same year as Reinhart, Leach, Pearce and Czerwonka) in the 10th round, 218th overall checks in on the NHL list at 77th. The pick was more or less a flyer as St. Clair never came to camp, choosing instead to play with Fargo of the USHL. He's committed to North Dakota although he didn't make the squad this year.
Another player that didn't come to the club after showing up at camp as a 15-year-old is D-man Micheal King. Taken in the 3rd round (59th overall) in 2008 the big PG product decided not to join the Ice as a 16-year-old (How deep would this club be on the blueline?) and instead choose the NCAA route, playing the past season with Westside of the BCHL. King is committed to Div 1 Colorado College for 2012-13 and is ranked 126th.
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We did it. The ICE are up 3-0 and can finish this tomorrow. We had over 3000 people there! Let's keep it up. Let's get these people there tomorrow night too. Keep pushing everyone! Let's show Western Canada what we are made of and that we love OUR team! GO ICE GO!!
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