ISS April rankings

The 2012 draft is just over 2 months away and International Scouting Service has released it's April rankings.   The top 4 looks different then NHL Central's list as ISS includes European players in it's overall list.  

1 Yakupov, Nail * RW
2  Forsberg, Filip RW
3  Grigorenko, Mikhail * RW
4  Murray, Ryan * LD
5  Trouba, Jacob * RD
6  Dumba, Matt RD
7  Rielly, Morgan LD

Photo: Vesa Koivunen

8  Teravainen, Teuvo LW (above)
9  Ceci, Cody * RD
10  Reinhart, Griffin LD
11  Gaunce, Brendan * C
12  Collberg, Sebastian RW
13  Maatta, Olli * LD
14  Galchenyuk, Alexander * RW
15  Faksa, Radek * LW
16  Finn, Matthew * LD
17  Aberg, Pontus * LW
18  Koekkoek, Slater * LD

Photo: John Allen

19  Pouliot, Derrick D (above)
20  Laughton, Scott * C
21  Girgensons,Zemgus F
22  Kerdiles, Nicholas C/L
23  Sissons, Colton CW/R
24  Skjei, Brady LWD
25  Lindholm, Hampus LD
26  Thrower, Dalton * RD
27  Wilson, Thomas * RW
28  Bystrom, Ludvig LD
29  Hertl, Tomas LW
30  Zharkov, Daniil * F

Goaltenders

Photo: Andy Devlin

1. Oscar Dansk - Brynas (SWE)

2. Malcolm Subban - Belleville (OHL)

3. Andrei Vasilevski - Ufa (RUS)

4. Chris Driedger - Calgary (WHL)

5. Matt Murray - Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)

What do you think?  It's nice to see where some think Filip Forsberg fits in the big picture, and that ISS has Ryan Murray 4 where Central placed him 2.  The first round wild card Alex Galchenyuk sits 14 on this list while Matt Dumba ahead of Morgan Rielly and Griffin Reinhart could change as the latter 2 will face each other in the WHL playoffs.  


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