Bob McKenzie releases his final 2022 NHL Entry Draft rankings
On Tuesday, long-time TSN hockey insider Bob McKenzie released his final rankings for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which is set to get underway in just over a week at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Following an outstanding performance at the 2022 Winter Olympics in China and a strong showing at the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship, TPS Turku forward Juraj Slafkovsky has taken the top spot on McKenzie's list for the first time this season.
Coming in at second is Kingston Frotenacs forward Shane Wright, who despite a slow start to the OHL season, finished the year with 94 points (32 goals, 62 assists) in 63 games.
Rounding out the top-three, Bob McKenzie has center Logan Cooley, who had 75 points in 51 games with the USNTDP U-18 and 36 points in 24 games with the USNTDP Juniors in the USHL.
Let's take a look at the top ten of Bob McKenzie's rankings.
1. Juraj Slafkovsky - TPS Turku (Liiga)
2. Shane Wright - Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3. Logan Cooley - USNTDP (USHL)
4. Simon Nemec - HK Nitra (Slovak Extraliga)
5. Cutter Gauthier - USNTDP (USHL)
6. David Jiricek - HC Plzen (Czech Extraliga)
7. Joakim Kemell - JYP (Liiga)
8. Jonathan Lekkerimaki - Djurgarden-jr (Sweden J-20)
9. Matt Savoie - Winnipeg Ice (WHL)
10. Marco Kasper - Rogle BK (SHL)
Stay tuned later this week as the writers here at Markerzone.com have their say on who they think will go in the top-ten of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
Source: TSN - Bob McKenzie.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||