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2012 NHL Draft: Final Ranking of the Top 50 Players Available
Nicholas GossJun 7, 2018
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:
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| 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 |
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.



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