The Hurricanes are two days away from deciding who to select with the seventh overall pick in 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Will it be Swiss power forward Nino Niederreiter? Talented but oft-injured winger Brett Connolly? Eric Staal-esque Ryan Johansen? Europeans Michael Granlund or Vladimir Tarasenko? One of the "Big Three" defensemen? We're getting closer and closer to knowing.
But the impact on the Hurricanes from this weekend goes beyond who will be selected at No. 7. Our inaugural draft board ranks the top 100 players in this year's draft using a mathematical and observational formula. While the players are ranked one through 100, need will also be a consideration once teams get into their later picks. The listed position for each player is according to NHL Central Scouting Services.
Without further adieu, here is the Canes Country Top 100 Draft Board.
1. Taylor Hall
2. Tyler Seguin, C
3. Erik Gudbranson, D
4. Cam Fowler, D
5. Brandon Gormley, D
6. Brett Connolly, RW
7. Nino Niederreiter, RW
8. Ryan Johansen, C
9. Mikael Granlund, C/W
10. Vladimir Tarasenko, RW
11. Derek Forbort, D
12. Alexander Burmistrov, C
13. Jack Campbell, G
14. Austin Watson, LW
15. Emerson Etem, RW
16. Mark Pysyk, D
17. Jeff Skinner, RW
18. Evgeni Kuznetsov, C
19. Nick Bjugstad, C
20. John Merrill, D
21. Dylan McIlrath, D
22. Tyler Pitlick, C
23. Quinton Howden, C
24. Riley Sheahan, C
25. Jaden Schwartz, C
26. John McFarland, LW
27. Jarred Tinordi, D
28. Ludvig Rensfeldt, LW
29. Brock Nelson, C
30. Charlie Coyle, C/RW
31. Tyler Toffoli, C
32. Stanislav Galiev, RW
33. Calle Jarnkrok, C
34. Calvin Picard, G
35. Petr Straka, RW
36. Jordan Weal, C
37. Beau Bennett, RW
38. Alexander Petrovic, D
39. Kevin Hayes, RW
40. Maxim Kitsyn, LW
41. Tom Kuehnhackl, RW
42. Kirill Kabanov, LW
43. Stephen Johns, D
44. Bradley Ross, LW
45. Ryan Spooner, C
46. Joey Hishon, C
47. Martin Marincin, D
48. Jason Zucker, LW
49. Ryan Martindale, C
50. Ivan Telegin, LW
51. Justin Faulk, D
52. Patrik Nemeth, D
53. Teemu Pulkkinen, LW
54. Matt MacKenzie, D
55. Danny Biega, D
56. Curtis Hamilton, LW
57. Oscar Lindberg, C
58. Brock Beukeboom, D
59. Julia Melchiori, D
60. Troy Rutkowski, D
61. Mark Alt, D
62. Jakub Culek, LW
63. Justin Holl, D
64. Patrick McNally, D
65. Brandon Archibald, D
66. Max Gardiner, C
67. Bill Arnold, C
68. Devante Smith-Pelly, RW
69. Greg McKegg, C
70. Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, D
71. Michael Bournival, LW
72. Justin Shugg, LW
73. Joe Basaraba, RW
74. Kevin Sundher, C
75. Brett Bulmer, RW
76. Joonas Donskoi, RW
77. Jared Knight, C
78. Andrew Yogan, C/LW
79. Connor Brickley, C
80. Steven Shipley, C
81. Stephen Silas, D
82. Kent Simpson, G
83. Adam Pettersson, C
84. Dalton Smith, LW
85. Austin Madaisky, D
86. Christian Thomas, RW
87. Philipp Grubauer, G
88. Kevin Gravel, D
89. Michael Chaput, C
90. Freddie Hamilton, C
91. Mark Visentin, G
92. Taylor Aronson, D
93. Bohumil Jank, D
94. Morgan Ellis, D
95. Victor Ohman, C
96. Alex Theriau, D
97. Jonathan Johansson, C
98. Maxwell Reinhart, C
99. Louis-Marc Aubry, C
100. Geoffrey Schemitsch, D