NHL Central Scouting releases preliminary ‘players to watch’ list for 2018 Draft

Johnny Gruden (photo by Michael Caples/MiHockey)

 

By @MichaelCaples –

NHL Central Scouting has released its preliminary ‘players to watch’ list for the 2018 NHL Draft.

Check out the Michigan names who appear on the list, which was broken down alphabetically in three different grades – A, B, or C.

 

A Skaters

Joel Farabee – NTDP

Quinn Hughes – Michigan, NTDP alum

Mattias Samuelsson – NTDP, Michigan commit

Andrei Svechnikov – Barrie (OHL), Muskegon alum

Brady Tkachuk – Boston University, NTDP alum

Oliver Wahlstrom – NTDP

 

B Skaters

Ty Dellandrea – Flint

Ty Emberson – NTDP

Johnny Gruden – Rochester native, NTDP

Hunter Holmes – Flint

Jachym Kondelik – Muskegon

Christian Krygier – Novi native, Lincoln (USHL)

Cole Krygier – Novi native, Lincoln (USHL)

K’Andre Miller – NTDP

Adam Samuelsson – NTDP

Bode Wilde – Rochester native, NTDP, Michigan commit

 

C skaters

Dennis Busby – Flint

Paul Cotter – Canton native, Lincoln (USHL), Western Michigan commit

Marc Del Gaizo – Muskegon

Caleb Everett – Pleasant Lake native, Saginaw

Aidan Fulp – Dubuque (USHL), Western Michigan commit

Patrick Giles – NTDP

Jake Goldowski – NTDP

Maxim Grondin – Saginaw

Gavin Hain – NTDP

Kyle Haskins – Selects Academy, MSU commit

Blade Jenkins – Jackson native, Saginaw

Nate Knoepke – University of Minnesota, NTDP alum

Philippe LaPointe – Lincoln (USHL), Michigan commit

Will MacKinnon – Plymouth native, Des Moines (USHL)

Tony Malinowski – Clarkston native, Tri-City (USHL)

Erik Middendorf – NTDP

Tommy Miller – West Bloomfield native, Michigan State

Travis Mitchell – South Lyon native, Muskegon