International Scouting Services Inc.’s top NHL prospects:
No. Name (age) Pos. Ht. Wt. 2007-08 club (league) NHL rank
1. Steven Stamkos (18) C 6-0 176 Sarnia (OHL) No. 1 (NAS)
2. Nikita Filatov (18) LW 6-0 172 CSKA 2 (Russian-3) No. 1 (ES)
3. Zach Bogosian (17) D 6-2 197 Peterborough (OHL) No. 2 (NAS)
4. Drew Doughty (18) D 6-0 219 Guelph (OHL) No. 3 (NAS)
5. Alex Pietrangelo (18) D 6-3 206 Niagara (OHL) No. 6 (NAS)
6. Luke Schenn (18) D 6-2 216 Kelowna (WHL) No. 5 (NAS)
7. Mikkel Boedker (18) LW 5-11 195 Kitchener (OHL) No. 11 (NAS)
8. Colin Wilson (18) C 6-1 215 Boston Univ. (HE) No. 10 (NAS)
9. Cody Hodgson (18) C 6-0 185 Brampton (OHL) No. 9 (NAS)
10. Luca Sbisa (18) D 6-2 190 Lethbridge (WHL) No. 12 (NAS)
11. Joshua Bailey (18) C 6-0 188 Windsor (OHL) No. 14 (NAS)
12. Zach Boychuk (18) C 5-10 175 Lethbridge (WHL) No. 8 (NAS)
13. Kyle Beach (18) C 6-3 203 Everett (WHL) No. 7 (NAS)
14. Mattias Tedenby (18) LW 5-10 176 HV 71 (Sweden) No. 3 (ES)
15. Tyler Myers (18) D 6-7 204 Kelowna (WHL) No. 4 (NAS)
16. Joe Colborne (18) LW 6-5 190 Camrose (AJHL) No. 28 (NAS)
17. Kirill Petrov (18) LW 6-3 198 Kazan (Russia) No. 2 (ES)
18. Colten Teubert (18) D 6-3 185 Regina (WHL) No. 18 (NAS)
19. Colby Robak (18) D 6-3 194 Brandon (WHL) No. 13 (NAS)
20. Zac Dalpe (18) C 6-0 170 Penticton (BCHL) No. 16 (NAS)
21. John Carlson (18) D 6-2 212 Indiana (USHL) No. 17 (NAS)
22. Erik Karlsson (18) D 5-11 165 Vastra Frolunda (Sweden) No. 4 (ES)
23. Michael Del Zotto (17) D 5-11 211 Oshawa (OHL) No. 15 (NAS)
24. Evgeny Grachev (18) C 6-3 202 Yaroslavl (Russia) No. 9 (ES)
25. Nicholas Deschamps (18) C 6-3 173 Chicoutimi (QMJHL) No. 21 (NAS)
26. Corey Trivino (18) C 6-1 170 Stouffville (OPJHL) No. 49 (NAS)
27. David Toews (18) LW 5-10 175 Shattuck-St. Mary (Minn.-HS) No. 79 (NAS)
28. Greg Nemisz (18) C 6-3 197 Windsor (OHL) No. 22 (NAS)
29. Aaron Ness (18) D 5-10 162 Roseau (Minn.-HS) No. 27 (NAS)
30. Jordan Eberle (18) C 5-10 174 Regina (WHL) No. 33 (NAS)

Best of the rest
Name (age) Pos. Ht. Wt. 2007-08 club (league) NHL rank
Jake Allen (17) G 6-2 175 St. John’s (QMJHL) No. 8 (NAG)
Brandon Burlon (18) D 6-0 190 St. Michael’s (OPJHL) No. 41 (NAS)
Tyler Cuma (18) D 6-2 180 Ottawa (OHL) No. 19 (NAS)
Jake Gardiner (17) D 6-0 173 Minnetonka (Minn.-HS) No. 23 (NAS)
Cody Goloubef (18) D 6-0 195 Univ. of Wisconsin (WCHA) No. 34 (NAS)
Anton Gustafsson (18) C 6-2 194 Frolunda Jr. (Sweden-Jr.) No. 5 (ES)
Daultan Leveille (17) C 5-11 163 St. Catharines (OHA-B) No. 47 (NAS)
Jacob Markstrom (18) G 6-3 178 Brynas (Sweden-Jr.) No. 1 (EG)
Thomas McCollum (18) G 6-2 205 Guelph (OHL) No. 1 (NAG)
Chet Pickard (18) G 6-2 210 Tri-City (WHL) No. 2 (NAG)
Harri Sateri (18) G 6-1 190 Tappara Jr. (Finland-Jr.) No. 2 (EG)
Maxime Sauve (18) C 6-0 170 Val d’Or (QMJHL) No. 26 (NAS)
Jared Staal (17) RW 6-3 198 Sudbury (OHL) No. 43 (NAS)
Mikhail Stefanovich (18) G 6-2 202 Quebec (QMJHL) No. 57 (NAS)
Viktor Tikhonov (18) RW 6-2 187 Cherepovets (Russia) No. 7 (ES)
Key: AJHL – Alberta Junior Hockey League; BCHL – British Columbia Hockey League; EG – European goaltenders; ES – European skaters; HE – Hockey East; NAG – North American goaltenders; NAS – North American skaters; HS – High School; OHA-B – Ontario Hockey Association, Golden Horseshoe B; OHL – Ontario Hockey League; OPJHL – Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League; QJMHL – Quebec Major Junior Hockey League; USHL – United States Hockey League; WCHA – Western Collegiate Hockey Association; WHL – Western Hockey League
Sources: International Scouting Services Inc. (www.isshockey.com), NHL Entry Draft Web site (www.nhlentrydraft2008.com)