2010 NHL Draft: RT Ranks the Best Prospects

Here is the 2010 edition of RT's (Matthew Rutledge-Taylor's) annual NHL draft rankings.

The following list is a composite of various sources including: NHL Central Scouting (CS), International Scouting Services (IIS), The Hockey News (THN), and The Sports Network (TSN).

As we all know, any player can be taken with any pick.  The order that players are drafted often doesn't resemble any previously compiled rankings. 

With that in mind, I've added comments to players who have a chance to be taken earlier than they would according to their ranking listed here. 

Also, players that have been consistently ranked around the same number by various sources are listed as locks to be drafted in a certain range of picks.

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Position	Comment
1	Taylor	Hall	LW	Could fall to No. 2 if the Oilers prefer a centre
2	Tyler	Seguin	C	Could rise to No. 1 if the Oilers prefer a centre
3	Cam	Fowler	D	Unlikely to fall out of the Top Five
4	Erik	Gudbranson	D	Unlikely to fall out of the Top Seven
5	Brandon	Gormley	D	Unlikely to fall out of the Top Seven
6	Brett	Connolly	RW	THN ranked No. 4; Could crack the Top Five
7	Ryan	Johansen	C
8	Nino	Niederreiter	RW	A lock to go No. 6— No. 10
9	Derek	Forbet	D	A lock to go early in the first round
10	Mikael	Granlund	C
11	Alexander	Burmistrov	C	Could crack the Top 10
12	Vladimir	Tarasenko	RW	IIS ranked No. 4; Could crack the Top 10
13	Mark	Pysyk	D
14	Jack	Campbell	G	IIS No. 1 ranked NA goalie;
15	Austin	Watson	LW
16	Nick	Bjugstad	C	Could crack the Top 10
17	Emerson	Etem	RW	A lock to go middle of the first round
18	Evgeny	Kuznetsov	C	A lock to go late in the first round
19	Tyler	Pitlick	C	A lock to go late in the first round
20	Quinton	Howden	C
21	Riley	Sheahan	C	A lock to go late in the first round
22	Jonathon	Merrill	D	Could rise or fall by 10 spots
23	Dylan	McIlrath	D
24	Calvin	Pickard	G	CS No. 1 ranked NA goalie;
25	John	McFarland	LW
26	Jaden	Schwartz	C
27	Brock	Nelson	C	A lock to be taken late in round one or early round two
28	Tyler	Toffoli	C
29	Charlie	Coyle	C	A lock to be taken late in round one or early round two
30	Jeff	Skinner	C	Could crack the Top 10
31	Calle	Jarnkrok	C	Has been a fast riser all year; could get drafted by the Senators
32	Stanislav	Galiev	RW
33	Ludvig	Rensfeldt	LW
34	Beau	Bennett	RW	Could be a first-rounder
35	Alexander	Petrovic	D
36	Jarred	Tinordi	D
37	Jordan	Weal	C
38	Petr	Straka	RW
39	Kirill	Kabanov	LW
40	Kevin	Hayes	RW	A lock to go middle of the second round
41	Jason	Zucker	LW
42	Ryan	Martindale	C
43	Brad	Ross	LW
44	Ivan	Telegin	C
45	Martin	Marincin	D
46	Maxim	Kitsyn	LW
47	Justin	Faulk	D
48	Curtis	Hamilton	LW
49	Philipp	Grubauer	G	IIS No. 3 ranked goaltender; could rise
50	Stephen	Johns	D
51	Teemu	Pulkkinen	D
52	Joey	Hishon	C
53	Ryan	Spooner	C
54	Tom	Kuehnhackl	RW
55	Brock	Beukeboom	D
56	Matt	Mackenzie	D	IIS No. 33; could go early in the second round
57	Jakub	Culek	LW
58	Kent	Simpson	G
59	Martin	Marincin	D	THN No. 34; could go early in the second round
60	Justin	Holl	D
61	Mark	Alt	D
62	Johan	Larsson	LW	IIS No. 29; could go in the first round
63	Devante	Smith-Pelly	RW
64	Julian	Melchiori	D
65	Max	Gardiner	LW
66	Jerome	Gauthier-Leduc	D
67	Greg	McKegg	C
68	Kevin	Sundher	C	A lock to go early in the third round
69	Connor	Brickley	LW
70	Patrik	Nemeth	D
71	Louis	Domingue	G
72	Mark	Visentin	G
73	Oscar	Lindberg	C
74	Johan	Gustafsson	G
75	Dalton	Smith	LW
76	Zane	Gothberg	G
77	Brett	Bulmer	RW
78	Adam	Pettersson	C
79	Sam	Brittain	G
80	Cameron	Lanigan	G
81	Fredrik	Pettersson-Wentzel	G
82	Tyler	Bunz	G
83	Alexei	Marchenko	D
84	Sami	Aittokallio	G
85	Nikita	Zaytsev	D
86	Jonathon	Johansson	C
87	Mathieu	Corbeil-Theriault	G
88	Benjamin	Conz	G
89	Joonas	Donskoi	RW
90	Lars	Volden	G