2012 NHL Draft: Final Ranking of the Top 50 Players Available

The 2012 NHL draft takes place Friday at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, and there should be a lot of excitement over this year's class of players.

Talented stars such as Nail Yakupov and Filip Forsberg will add a new level of excitement to the game and give the lucky fans of the prospects' new teams even more reason to support their favorite club.

Here are my final rankings for the top 50 players available in the 2012 draft:

Rank	Player	Team (League)	Position
1	Nail Yakupov	Sarnia Sting (OHL)	RW
2	Filip Forsberg	Leksand (Sweden-2)	C
3	Ryan Murray	Everett (WHL)	D
4	Alex Galchenyuk	Sarnia (OHL)	C
5	Mikhail Grigorenko	Quebec (QMJHL)	C
6	Morgan Rielly	Moose Jaw (WHL)	D
7	Radek Faksa	Kitchener (OHL)	C
8	Cody Ceci	Ottawa (OHL)	D
9	Teuvo Teravainen	Jokerit (Finland)	LW
10	Mathew Dumba	Red Deer (WHL)	D
11	Jacob Trouba	USA-18 (USHL)	D
12	Griffin Reinhart	Edmonton (WHL)	D
13	Olli Maatta	London (OHL)	D
14	Derrick Pouliot	Portland (WHL)	D
15	Sebastian Collberg	Frolunda (Sweden)	RW
16	Hampus Lindholm	Rogle Jr. (SWE-JR)	D
17	Brendan Gaunce	Belleville (OHL)	C
18	Colton Sissons	Kelowna (OHL)	C
19	Thomas Wilson	Plymouth (OHL)	RW
20	Matthew Finn	Guelph (OHL)	D
21	Stefan Matteau	USA-18 (USHL)	C
22	Zemgus Girgensons	Dubuque (USHL)	C
23	Brady Skjei	USA-18 (USHL)	D
24	Martin Frk	Halifax (OHL	RW
25	Malcolm Subban	Belleville (OHL)	G
26	Andrei Vasilevski	Ufa-2 (Russia-Jr)	G
27	Mike Winther	Prince Albert (WHL)	C
28	Phil Di Giuseppe	Michigan (CCHA)	LW
29	Tomas Hertl	Slavia (CZREP)	C
30	Pontus Aberg	Djugarden (Sweden)	LW
31	Slater Koekkoek	Peterborough (OHL)	D
32	Dalton Thrower	Saskatoon (WHL)	D
33	Ville Pokka	Karpat (Finland)	D
34	Scott Kosmachuk	Guelph (OHL)	RW
35	Tanner Pearson	Barrie (OHL)	LW
36	Cristoval Nieves	Kent School (HIGH-CT)	C
37	Brandon Whitney	Victoriaville (QMJHL)	G
38	Ludvig Bystrom	Modo-Jr (SWE-JR)	D
39	Scott Laughton	Oshawa (OHL)	C
40	Nicolas Kerdiles	USA-18 (USHL)	LW
41	Michael Matheson	Dubuque (USHL)	D
42	Danill Zharkov	Belleville (OHL)	LW
43	Patrick Sieloff	USA-18 (USHL)	D
44	Oscar Dansk	Brynas Jr (SWE-JR)	G
45	Nikolai Prokhorkin	CSKA 2 (RUS-JR)	LW
46	Jake Peterson	Saginaw (OHL)	G
47	Anton Slepyshev	Novokuznetsk (Russia)	LW
48	Chandler Stephenson	Regina (WHL)	LW
49	Jordan Schmaltz	Green Bay (USHL)	D
50	Samuel Kurker	St. John's Prep (HIGH-MA) RW

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Nicholas Goss is an NHL Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report and was also the organization's on-site reporter for the 2011 Stanley Cup Final in Boston. He has covered the Boston Bruins firsthand since the 2011 SCF.