NHL Combine 2012: Full List of Invitees and Prospect Rankings

28 teams are officially eliminated from contention for the 2012 Stanley Cup. All of those teams must focus their efforts on improving the franchise for future seasons.

The first step towards doing so is the NHL Draft, which is scheduled for June 22-23 at Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center. More than 100 of hockey’s top prospects are invited to take part in the NHL combine in Toronto from Monday, May 26 through Saturday, June 2.

Here are all of those players, their essential details and a projection of where their talents might land them in the draft.

Name	Position	Country	Height, Weight	Amateur Team	Round Projection
Pontus Aberg	LW	Sweden	5’11”, 194 lbs	Djurgarden, Sweden	1
Josh Anderson	RW	Canada	6’1”, 183 lbs	London, OHL	3
Calle Andersson	D	Sweden	6’1”, 201 lbs	Farjestad, Swedish Jr.	3
Andreas Athanasiou	C/LW	Canada	6’0”, 179 lbs	London, OHL	2
Robert Baillargeon	C	United States	6’0”, 175 lbs	Indiana, USHL	3
Patrik Bartosak	G	Czech Republic	6’0”, 181 lbs	Red Deer, WHL	3
Francis Beauvillier	C/LW	Canada	6’1”, 180 lbs	Rimouski, QMJHL	3
Dylan Blujus	D	United States	6’3”, 193 lbs	Brampton, OHL	3
Tim Bozon	LW	United States	6’0”, 183 lbs	Kamloops, WHL	2
Ludwig Bystrom	D	Sweden	6’1”, 208 lbs	Modo, Swedish Jr.	2
Chris Calnan	RW	United States	6’2”, 190 lbs	Nobles High School, MA	3
Trevor Carrick	D	Canada	6’2”, 175 lbs	Mississauga, OHL	3
Cody Ceci	D	Canada	6’2”, 207	Ottawa, OHL	1
Sebastian Collberg	RW	Sweden	5’11”, 176 lbs	Frolunda, Sweden	1
Brian Cooper	D	United States	5’10”, 181 lbs	Fargo, USHL	3
Ryan Culkin	D	Canada	6’1”, 174 lbs	Quebec, QMJHL	3
Oscar Dansk	G	Sweden	6’2”, 183 lbs	Brynas, Swedish Jr.	2
Matthew Deblouw	C	United States	6’0”, 185 lbs	Muskegon, USHL	3
Phillip Di Giuseppe	LW	Canada	5’11”, 176 lbs	University of Michigan, NCAA	2
Mathew Dumba	D	Canada	5’11”, 183 lbs	Red Deer, WHL	1
Radek Faksa	C	Czech Republic	6’3”, 202 lbs	Kitchener, OHL	1
Matthew Finn	D	Canada	6’0”, 195 lbs	Guelph, OHL	1
Filip Forsberg	C	Sweden	6’2”, 181 lbs	Leksand, Sweden-2	1
Dane Fox	C	Canada	6’0”, 185 lbs	Erie, OHL	3
Martin Frk	RW	Czech Republic	6’0”, 204 lbs	Halifax, QMJHL	1
Alex Galchenyuk	C	Russia	6’1”, 197 lbs	Sarnia, OHL	1
Brendan Gaunce	C	Canada	6’2”, 215 lbs	Belleville, OHL	1
Artur Gavrus	C/LW	Belarus	5’10”, 168 lbs	Owen Sound, OHL	3
Jon Gillies	G	United States	6’4”, 210 lbs	Indiana, USHL	3
Zemgus Girgensons	C	Latvia	6’1”, 198 lbs	Dubuque, USHL	1
Coda Gordon	LW	Canada	6’0”, 175 lbs	Swift Current, WHL	3
Mikhail Grigorenko	C	Russia	6’3”, 200 lbs	Quebec, QMJHL	1
Brian Hart	RW	United States	6’2”, 216 lbs	Exeter High School, MA	3
Kenton Helgesen	D	Canada	6’3”, 186 lbs	Calgary, WHL	3
Tomas Hertl	C	Czech Republic	6’2”, 198 lbs	Slavia, Czech Extraliga	2
Tomas Hyka	RW	Czech Republic	5’11”, 164 lbs	Gatineau, QMJHL	2
Max Iafrate	D	United States	6’1”, 198 lbs	Kitchener, OHL	3
Mark Jankowski	C	Canada	6’2”, 170 lbs	Stanstead College, Quebec	1
Ben Johnson	C/LW	United States	6’0”, 186 lbs	Windsor, OHL	3
Erik Karlsson	C/LW	Sweden	5’11”, 154 lbs	Frolunda, Swedish Jr.	3
Nicolas Kerdiles	LW	United States	6’2”, 201 lbs	Under-18, USHL	2
Jujhar, Khaira	LW	Canada	6’2”, 182 lbs	Prince George, BCHL	3
Slater Koekkoek	D	Canada	6’2”, 186 lbs	Peterborough, OHL	1
Joonas Korpisalo	G	Pori, Finland	6’2”, 163 lbs	Jokerit, Finnish Jr.	3
Scott Kosmachuk	RW	Canada	6’0”, 185 lbs	Guelph, OHL	1
Brett Kulak	D	Canada	6’0”, 174 lbs	Vancouver, WHL	3
Samuel Kurker	RW	United States	6’2”, 198 lbs	St. John’s Prep School, MA	3
Christophe Lalancettie	RW	Canada	6’0”, 168 lbs	Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL	3
Scott Laughton	C	Canada	6’0”, 177 lbs	Oshawa, OHL	2
Esa Lindell	D	Finland	6’0”, 194 lbs	Jokerit, Finnish Jr.	2
Hampus Lindholm	D	Sweden	6’2”, 196 lbs	Rogle, Swedish Jr.	1
Olli Maatta	D	Finland	6’1”, 202 lbs	London, OHL	1
Jarrod Maidens	C/LW	Canada	6’1”, 178 lbs	Owen Sound, OHL	2
Andrey Makarov	G	Russia	6’0”, 180 lbs	Saskatoon, WHL	3
Matia Marcantuoni	C/RW	Canada	6’0”, 194 lbs	Kitchener, OHL	2
Michael Matheson	D	Canada	6’1”, 178 lbs	Dubuque, USHL	1
Stefan Matteau	C	United States	6’2”, 210 lbs	Under-18, USHL	1
Jake McCabe	D	United States	6’0”, 195 lbs	University of Wisconsin, NCAA	3
Brock McGinn	LW	Canada	5’11”, 174 lbs	Guelph, OHL	3
James Melindy	D	Canada	6’2”, 191 lbs	Moncton, QMJHL	3
Mitchell Moroz	LW	Canada	6’2”, 209 lbs	Edmonton, WHL	3
Ryan Murray	D	Canada	6’0”, 205 lbs	Everett, WHL	1
Logan Nelson	C	United States	6’1”, 180 lbs	Victoria, WHL	3
Cristoval Nieves	C	United States	6’2”, 184 lbs	Kent High School, CT	1
Daniel O’Regan	C	Germany	5’9”, 162 lbs	St. Sebastian High School, MA	3
Vyacheslav Osnovin	C	Russia	6’0”,188 lbs	Chelyabinsk, Russia Jr.	2
Frank Palazzese	G	Canada	6’0”, 160 lbs	Kitchener, OHL	3
Jake Paterson	G	Canada	6’2”, 183 lbs	Saginaw, OHL	3
Tanner Pearson	LW	Canada	6’0”, 198 lbs	Barrie, OHL	2
Ville Pokka	D	Finland	5’11”,198 lbs	Karpat, Finland	2
Derrick Pouliot	D	Canada	5’11”, 186 lbs	Portland, WHL	1
Nikolay Prokhorkin	LW	Russia	6’2”, 191 lbs	CSKA, Russian Jr.	3
Griffin Reinhart	D	Canada	6’3”, 202 lbs	Edmonton, WHL	1
Tanner Richard	C	Canada	6’0”, 183 lbs	Guelph, OHL	3
Morgan Rielly	D	Canada	6’0”, 190 lbs	Moose Jaw, WHL	1
Kevin Roy	C	Canada	5’9”, 168 lbs	Lincoln, USHL	3
Henrik Samuelsson	C/RW	United States	6’2”,195 lbs	Edmonton, WHL	3
Jordan Schmaltz	D	United States	6’2”, 189 lbs	Green Bay, USHL	3
Damon Severson	D	Canada	6’1”, 200 lbs	Kelowna, WHL	2
Devin Shore	C	Canada	6’0”, 184 lbs	Whitby, OJHL	3
Patrick Sieloff	D	United States	6’0”, 198 lbs	Under-18, USHL	2
Colton Sissons	C	Canada	6’1”, 189 lbs	Kelowna, WHL	2
Brady Skjei	D	United States	6’2”, 200 lbs	Under-18, USHL	1
Gemel Smith	C	Canada	5’10”, 160 lbs	Owen Sound, OHL	2
Zachary Stepan	C	United States	6’0”, 166 lbs	Shattuck-St. Mary’s High School, MN	3
Chandler Stephenson	C/LW	Canada	5’10”, 192 lbs	Regina, WHL	3
Anthony Stolarz	G	United States	6’5”, 200 lbs	Corpus Christi, NAHL	3
Malcolm Subban	G	Canada	6’1”, 188 lbs	Belleville, OHL	1
Lukas Sutter	C	United States	6’0”, 207 lbs	Saskatoon, WHL	3
Teuvo Teravainen	LW	Finland	5’11”, 165 lbs	Jokerit, Finland	1
Dalton Thrower	D	Canada	6’0”,189 lbs	Saskatoon, WHL	2
Matt Tomkins	G	Canada	6’2”, 171 lbs	Sherwood Park, AJHL	3
Francois Tremblay	G	Canada	6’2”, 200 lbs	Val-D’Or, QMJHL	3
Branden Troock	RW	Canada	6’2”, 174 lbs	Seattle, WHL	3
Jacob Trouba	D	United States	6’2”, 193 lbs	Under-18, USHL	1
Brady Vail	C	United States	6’0”, 195 lbs	Windsor, OHL	2
Mikko Vainonen	D	Finland	6’2”, 205 lbs	HIFK, Finnish Jr.	2
Andrei  Vasilevski	G	Russia	6’3”, 204 lbs	UFA, Russian Jr.	1
Jimmy Vesey	LW	United States	6’0”, 178 lbs	South Shore, EJHL	3
Nicholas Walters	D	Canada	6’2”, 187 lbs	Everett, WHL	3
Brandon Whitney	G	Canada	6’5”, 193 lbs	Victoriaville, QMJHL	3
Thomas Wilson	RW	Canada	6’4”, 203 lbs	Plymouth, OHL	1
Mike Winter	C	Canada	5’11”, 175 lbs	Prince Albert, WHL	2
Nail Yakupov	RW	Russia	5’11”, 189 lbs	Sarnia, OHL	1
Daniil Zharkov	LW	Russia	6’3”, 197 lbs	Belleville, OHL	3

Note: Round projections are an estimation of where that player’s abilities may put him in the draft in regards to talent, so total players selected in each round according to this table may be over or under the total of 30 selections each round contains.

For a first round mock draft, check out additional 2012 NHL Draft coverage here.

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