2022 NHL Draft Meeting -- Top 64 -- March 2022

The Elite Prospects scouting team meets for the second time in the 2021-22 season to rank the 64 best prospects for the 2022 NHL Draft. There’s a strong turnout for this meeting, one which includes: J.D. Burke -- Editor-in-Chief -- (@JDylanBurke on Twitter) Mitch Brown -- Dir. of North American Scouting -- (@MitchLBrown) Cam Robinson -- Dir. of Film Scouting -- (@Hockey_Robinson) David St-Louis -- Lead scout -- (@DavidSt_Louis) Lauren Kelly -- Ontario regional scout -- (@laurkelly24) Dylan Griffing -- Russia regional scout -- (@GriffingDylan) Marek Novotny -- Czechia/Slovakia regional scout -- (@MarekNovotny96) Jimmy Hamrin -- Sweden regional scout -- (@JimmyHamrin) And even though they couldn’t attend this meeting, there were sizeable contributions from the following scouts: Lassi Alanen -- Dir. of European Scouting -- (@LassiAlanen) Joey Padmanabhan -- USA Regional Scout -- (@JoeyPad2) Daniel Gee -- Crossover and USHS scout -- (@DanielGScouting) Time Stamps: 00:30 Shane Wright 01:45 David Jiříček 03:00 Simon Nemec 06:25 Simon Nemec vs David Jiricek 08:25 Frank Nazar vs Logan Cooley 12:00 Juraj Slafkovský - why we’re moving him up 16:35 Juraj Slafkovský vs Logan Cooley 19:55 Pavel Mintyukov - best D playmaker? 22:15 Joakim Kemell - why we’re dropping him 27:00 Denton Mateychuk vs Pavel Mintyukov 29:30 Danila Yurov vs Gleb Trikozov 33:05 Brad Lambert - evaluating his hockey sense 36:45 Matt Savoie vs Brad Lambert 40:40 Danila Yurov - why we’re down on him 48:45 Kevin Korchinski - exciting and mistake-prone 50:40 Liam Öhgren - looks like an NHLer 54:30 Conor Geekie vs Cutter Gauthier 57:00 Calle Odelius - mini Simon Nemec 1:01:00 Jonathan Lekkerimäki - value of shooting ability 1:04:15 Filip Mešár - is he a periphery player? 1:09:15 Sam Rinzel - boom potential 1:11:00 Owen Pickering vs Sam Rinzel 1:15:15 Owen Beck - a safe projection 1:21:15 Marco Kasper - value of physicality 1:24:37 Jimmy Snuggerud - importance of skills’ flashes 1:26:10 Lian Bichsel 1:30:10 Zhilkin/Goyette/Ludwinski 1:33:25 David Goyette - translating playmaking 1:35:30 Danny Zhilkin - Skating vs hockey sense 1:37:35 Seamus Casey - why did we drop him? 1:41:50 Matthew Poitras vs Ludwinski - similar playstyles 1:43:30 Noah Östlund - what’s his range? 1:45:40 Nathan Gaucher - the QMJHL appears 1:48:00 Mats Lindgren -were we too high on him? 1:49:20 Christian Kyrou - a mini Mintyukov 1:51:50 Poitras vs Bryce McConnell-Barker 1:52:50 Michael Fisher - best HS player? 1:54:20 Ty Nelson - is he an NHLer? 1:57:57 JD loves Adam Ingram/ Mitch doesn’t 2:01:00 Jager Firkus - Braden Trace comparable 2:02:20 Rutger McGroarty - importance of skating 2:03:50 Ryan Chesley - discount Jake Sanderson 2:04:30 Jiri Kulich - creative playmaker 2:06:35 Matyas Sapovaliv - adapts to below-average skating 2:02:50 Ryan Chesley - how he could develop 2:13:50 Jiri Kulich - pro-ready skills 2:14:25 Tristan Luneau - Why we’re down on him 2:16:00 Lane Hutson - Size matters 2:15:15 Beau Jelsma/ Elias Pettersson 2:19:05 Jack Hughes - average skills but pro habits 2:20:45 Ty Nelson vs Lane Hutson - David, the hockey man 2:22:45 Jordan Gustafson /Owen Van Steensel/Kocha Delic 2:26:40 Maverick Lamoureux - size can be a disadvantage