With the 2016 NHL Entry Draft just a few weeks away, International Scouting Services has released their final rankings for the top 30 prospects. You can find their previous rankings here. The draft is set to take place in Buffalo, New York on June 24 and 25.
In the first round of the draft, the Nashville Predators are set to draft 17th overall. We participated in a mock draft here on Blogger’s Tribune and discussed what should be a priority in the draft here. Cutler Klein took at a look at Nashville’s organizational depth here along with the draft priorities.
You can also read our other prospect reports here on PBR on Jakob Chychrun, Michael McLeod, Alex Nylander and Tyler Benson from writer Steven Ellis.
ISS Hockey Releases Final Rankings In Its 2016 ISS NHL Draft Guide
With amateur hockey seasons completed, International Scouting Services has released its final prospect rankings in the 2016 NHL Draft Guide. The industry-leading guide provides the most comprehensive analysis and preview of the upcoming NHL Draft.
June 1, 2016 [Waterloo, ON] ISS Hockey announces the release of its final player rankings for the upcoming NHL Draft to be held on June 24-25, 2016 in Buffalo, NY. The rankings are featured in the newly released 2016 ISS NHL Draft Guide.
The industry leading ISS NHL Draft Guide provides the most comprehensive analysis and preview of the NHL Draft. With over 100 pages, the guide features:
Rankings of the top 220 NHL draft eligible prospects, as determined by ISS Hockey’s worldwide scouting staff, including rankings by positions
- Detailed Scouting Reports for top 100 ranked skating prospects, plus top 10 ranked goalie prospects, including grading of skills, analysis of strengths & weaknesses, NHL potential, NHL player comparisons, scout comments, and more
- Historical Draft and System Analysis for each NHL team, analyzing past drafts and free agency outlooks
- Picks of the top Wildcards & Sleepers in the draft, those players who are not highly rated, but ISS feels are likely to develop into impact players in the future
- Top 5 players in 14 categories – Skating, Puck Handling, Scoring, Playmaking, Toughness, Offensive Defenseman, Defensive Defenseman, Faceoffs, Best Little Guy, Defensive Forward, Puck Protection, Hardest Shot, Under Rated, and Over Rated
- ISS 2016 Mock Draft, as picked by the consensus of ISS Hockey’s scouts
- An outlook on the next THREE NHL Drafts, with rankings of the Top 50 prospects for 2017, Top 30 prospects for 2018 and Top 10 for 2019
ISS Hockey’s scouting information and the technology tools provided by ISS parent company HockeyTech are vital tools used by NHL teams in their day-to-day evaluations of prospects and players. For hockey fans and fantasy players, the ISS NHL Draft Guide has become the “bible” for providing the vital information needed to truly understand the NHL Draft from the eyes of professional scouts and NHL GMs. ISS scouts have been tracking the prospects eligible for the NHL Draft for years (typically from the age of fourteen), so they have unique knowledge of the strengths, weaknesses and probabilities for success at the NHL level for these young men.
The hockey media also relies upon the ISS Hockey rankings in their coverage of draft prospects. ISS scouts are relied upon by the hockey media as expert guests leading up to the NHL Draft.
While ISS Hockey scouting information is exclusively available to professional and elite amateur teams all season, the ISS NHL Draft Guide is the only annual opportunity for fans to “Get What the Pros Use!” To order or get more info, go to: http://ISShockey.com/nhldraftguide
