By @MichaelCaples –
NHL Central Scouting has released an updated ‘Players to Watch’ list for the 2016 NHL Draft, and plenty of Michigan names are included.
Check out the latest headcount, sorted by letter grade. NHL Central Scouting says an ‘A’ player is expected to go in the first round, a ‘B’ player is expected to go in the second/third round, a ‘C’ player is expected to go in the fourth/fifth/sixth round and a ‘limited viewing’ player is one to keep an eye on despite limited playing time due to injury or other circumstances.
‘A’ Players
Alex DeBrincat – Farmington Hills – Erie Otters – OHL
Max Jones – Rochester – London Knights – OHL
Kieffer Bellows – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Clayton Keller – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Chad Krys – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
‘B’ Players
William Bitten – Flint Firebirds – OHL
Tyler Parsons – Chesterfield – London Knights – OHL
Sean Day – Rochester – Mississauga Steelheads – OHL
Evan Cormier – Saginaw Spirit – OHL
Keaton Middleton – Saginaw Spirit – OHL
Markus Niemelainen – Saginaw Spirit – OHL
Jack Kopacka – Northville – Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds – OHL
Joseph Anderson – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Trent Frederic – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Ryan Lindgren – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Griffin Luce – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
‘C’ Players
Grant Gabriele – Brighton – Chicago Steel – USHL
Mitch Eliot – Grosse Pointe – Muskegon Lumberjacks – USHL
Derek Daschke – Troy – Muskegon Lumberjacks – USHL
Zachary Berzolla – Muskegon Lumberjacks – USHL
Bo Hanson – Muskegon Lumberjacks – USHL
Michael Campoli – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Adam Fox – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
James Greenway – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Keeghan Howdeshell – Brighton – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Will Lockwood – Bloomfield Hills – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Graham McPhee – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Nick Pastujov – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
James Sanchez – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Keenan Suthers – Macomb – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Zach Walker – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Joseph Woll – NTDP U18 Team – USHL
Ben Gleason – Ortonville – Hamilton Bulldogs – OHL
Drake Rymsha – Huntington Woods – Ottawa 67’s – OHL
Tye Felhaber – Saginaw Spirit – OHL
Limited Viewing
Ryan Larkin – Clarkston – Cedar Rapids RoughRiders – USHL