2013 NHL Entry Draft: St. Louis Blues "Hot List"

By Brian Weidler, "Game Time" Prospect Department

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DO YOU FEEL A DRAFT?

Your "Game Time" Prospect Department does, and this is by far the most interesting and exciting time of the NHL season for us here at Prospect HQ West.

As of today, the Blues have six selections in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft -- 47th overall (2nd round), 83rd overall (3rd round), 94th and 113th overall (4th round), 173rd overall (6th round) and 203rd overall (7th round).

The Blues have no first-round pick, having dealt that to Calgary in the Jay Bouwmeester package, and it's a longshot at this point that Doug Armstrong will attempt to acquire a first-rounder at the Draft in Newark next Sunday.

The Blues have used three picks in the last two drafts to select goaltenders, snagging Jordan Binnington at 88th overall and the recently-signed Niklas Lündström with the 132nd pick in the 2011 Draft, and selecting Quebecois Francois Tremblay at 147th overall in 2012. This year's goaltending crop is not considered to be as good as in recent years, but there is always a chance that the Blues will use a late pick to add a netminder to the prospect stable, so we will preview several goalies in today's "Hot List" as well.

Without further ado, then, your "Game Time" Prospect Department presents our view of the Blues 2013 Draft "Hot List." The column headed "CSS" indicates the player's rank in the NHL Central Scouting Final rankings, and the "ISS" column indicates the player's ranking by International Scouting Services.

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ROUND 2 (47TH OVERALL)

CSS

ISS

PLAYER

CLUB/LEAGUE

PS/SH

HT/WT

GP

GL

AS

PT

+-

PM

..

13 EUR

51 OVR

LINUS ARNESSON

DJURGARDEN JR (SWE)

D / L

6-02 / 190

13

1

3

4

+ 2

22

70 N/A

40 OVR

HUDSON FASCHING

USNTDP U-18 (USHL)

RW / R

6-02 / 214

65

11

25

36

+ 0

58

29 N/A

43 OVR

JOHN HAYDEN

USNTDP U-18 (USHL)

C / R

6-03 / 221

53

17

17

34

+ 0

80

25 N/A

47 OVR

MORGAN KLIMCHUK

REGINA (WHL)

LW / L

5-11 / 180

72

36

40

76

- 1

20

102 N/A

52 OVR

CARTER VERHAEGE

NIAGARA (OHL)

C / L

6-01 / 181

67

18

26

44

-12

22

16 EUR

50 OVR

LUKAS WALLMARK

SKELLEFTEA JR (SWE)

C / L

6-01 / 181

14

5

11

16

+ 5

18

ROUND 3 (83RD OVERALL)

CSS

ISS

PLAYER

CLUB/LEAGUE

PS/SH

HT/WT

GP

GL

AS

PT

+-

PM

..

14 EUR

76 OVR

VIKTOR CRUS RYDBERG

LINKOPING JR (SWE)

C / R

5-11 / 187

35

12

23

35

+10

24

12 EUR

81 OVR

MARKO DANO

SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (KHL)

C / L

5-11 / 183

37

3

4

7

- 4

26

75 N/A

77 OVR

ANTHONY FLORENTINO

SOUTH KENT SCHOOL (HS-CT)

D / R

6-00 / 209

62

21

32

53

+ 0

68

139 N/A

83 OVR

DOMINIK KUBALIK

SUDBURY (OHL)

LW / L

6-01 / 175

67

17

17

34

- 3

25

58 N/A

85 OVR

NICK MOUTREY

SAGINAW (OHL)

C-W / L

6-03 / 208

65

16

27

43

+ 2

44

21 EUR

88 OVR

RUSHAN RAFIKOV

YAROSLAVL JR (RUS)

D / L

6-01 / 185

53

1

9

10

+11

38

ROUND 4 (94TH AND 113TH OVERALL)

CSS

ISS

PLAYER

CLUB/LEAGUE

PS/SH

HT/WT

GP

GL

AS

PT

+-

PM

..

46 N/A

102 OVR

MYLES BELL

KELOWNA (WHL)

LW / R

6-00 / 210

69

38

55

93

+46

68

25 EUR

113 OVR

ANTON CEDERHOLM

ROGLE JR (SWE)

D / L

6-02 / 203

36

5

8

13

+27

64

49 N/A

94 OVR

MICHAEL DOWNING

DUBUQUE (USHL)

D / L

6-03 / 190

52

3

20

23

+16

107

181 N/A

127 OVR

CLINT LEWIS

USNTDP U-18 (USHL)

D / L

6-02 / 206

56

0

9

9

+ 0

29

83 N/A

91 OVR

J.C. LIPON

KAMLOOPS (WHL)

C / R

6-00 / 181

61

36

53

89

+34

115

85 N/A

143 OVR

ROBERTS LIPSBERGS

SEATTLE (WHL)

LW / L

5-11 / 195

64

30

28

58

-11

24

98 N/A

142 OVR

CONNOR RANKIN

TRI-CITY (WHL)

LW / L

6-00 / 195

71

32

26

58

+ 9

34

20 EUR

119 OVR

ANTON SLEPYSHEV

NOVOKUZNETSK / UFA (KHL)

LW / R

6-02 / 187

26

7

2

9

+ 2

4

42 N/A

93 OVR

ADAM TAMBELLINI

SOUTH SURREY (BCHL)

LW / L

6-02 / 170

52

36

29

65

+ 0

26

11 EUR

97 OVR

BOGDAN YAKIMOV

PENZA / IZHEVSK (VHL)

C / L

6-05 / 202

37

8

14

22

+12

16

ROUND 6 (173RD OVERALL)

CSS

ISS

PLAYER

CLUB/LEAGUE

PS/SH

HT/WT

GP

GL

AS

PT

+-

PM

..

160 N/A

162 OVR

ZACH GLEINKE

EAGAN HS (HS-MN)

LW / L

6-03 / 190

25

30

30

60

+ 0

19

79 N/A

153 OVR

JEREMY GREGOIRE

CHICOUTIMI / BAIE-COMEAU (QMJHL)

C / R

6-00 / 188

62

19

13

32

+ 9

100

180 N/A

154 OVR

HENRI IKKONEN

KINGSTON (OHL)

LW / L

6-00 / 183

61

22

29

51

+ 2

30

102 EUR

172 OVR

AMIL KRUPIC

ROGLE JR (SWE)

D / L

6-02 / 194

41

10

18

28

+10

28

66 N/A

179 OVR

TYLER LEWINGTON

MEDICINE HAT (WHL)

D / R

6-01 / 191

69

2

24

26

+14

131

118 NA

173 OVR

SERGEI TOLCHINSKY

SAULT STE MARIE (OHL)

LW / L

5-09 / 160

62

26

25

51

+8

12

ROUND 7 (203RD OVERALL)

CSS

ISS

PLAYER

CLUB/LEAGUE

PS/SH

HT/WT

GP

GL

AS

PT

+-

PM

..

100 N/A

200 OVR

GREG BETZOLD

PETERBOROUGH (OHL)

C-W / L

6-02 / 195

67

9

23

32

-11

32

N/R

185 OVR

ALEX GUDBRANSON

SAULT STE MARIE (OHL)

D / R

6-03 / 205

65

3

11

14

+ 0

62

158 N/A

192 OVR

ZACH HALL

BARRIE (OHL)

C / L

5-11 / 182

63

24

57

81

+ 9

38

178 N/A

182 OVR

WILLIE RASKOB

SHATTUCK ST MARY'S (MN-HS)

D / R

5-10 / 187

57

9

40

49

+ 0

28

42 EUR

181 OVR

TIMOTEJ SILLE

SKALICA JR (SVK)

RW / L

6-03 / 178

43

33

38

71

+37

10

N/R

186 OVR

FREDERIK TIFFELS

MUSKEGON (USHL)

LW / L

6-00 / 190

50

3

22

25

+13

10

GOALTENDERS
CSS	ISS	PLAYER	CLUB/LEAGUE	PS/CT	HT/WT	GP	MN	GA	AV	S%	SO	..
9 NAG	N/R	ANTOINE BIBEAU	PRICE EDWARD ISL (QMJHL)	G / L	6-02 / 210	46	2521	118	2.81	.911	5
4 EUG	N/R	MARCUS HOGBERG	LINKOPING JR (SWE)	G / L	6-03 / 196	23	1369	55	2.41	.917	2
23 NAG	N/R	EETU LAURIKAINEN	SWIFT CURRENT (WHL)	G / L	6-00 / 179	60	3507	140	2.40	.922	1
27 NAG	N/R	JACKSON WHISTLE	KELOWNA (WHL)	G / L	6-01 / 185	21	1166	38	1.96	.931	1