2013 ISS Draft Rankings - March

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International Scouting Services (ISS) has released their March rankings for the 2013 NHL Draft. Head scout Ross MacLean can be heard every second Saturday on The Pipeline Show in our regular and ongoing ISS Draft Countdown segment. 

Ross spotlights five different members of the Class of 2013 and offers listeners his opinion on why a player should or should not be considered strongly for the draft next June.

After the jump, the top 30 skaters and top 10 goaltenders according to ISS.

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TOP 30 FORWARDS

Rank (prev. rank). Name (position) - Team (League)
 
1. (1). Seth Jones (RD) - Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
2. (2). Valery Nichushkin (F) - Chelyabinsk (VHL)
3. (3). Nathan MacKinnon (C) - Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
4. (4). Jonathan Drouin (LW) - Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
5. (5). Darnell Nurse (LD) - Soo Greyhounds (OHL)
6. (7). Sasha Barkov (F) - Tappara (SM-Liiga)
7. (6). Nikita Zadorov (LD) - London Knights (OHL)
8. (9). Elias Lindholm (C) - Brynas (SEL)

Photo: Dan Hickling

9. (8). Sean Monahan (C) - Ottawa 67's (OHL)
10. (10). Rasmus Ristolainen (RD) - TPS Turku (SM-Liiga) 
11. (11). Curtis Lazar (C) - Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
12. (12).  Ryan Pulock (RD) - Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
13. (13). Hunter Shinkaruk (LW) - Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
14. (14). Jason Dickinson (LW) - Guelph Storm (OHL)  
15. (15). Valentin Zykov (RW) - Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
16. (19). Kerby Rychel (LW) - Windsor Spirtfires (OHL)
17. (16). Andre Burakowsky (LW) - Malmo (SEL)
18. (18). Alex Wennberg (C) - Djurgarden (SEL)

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19. (17). Josh Morrissey (LD) - Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
20. (21). Frederik Gauthier (C) - Rimouski (QMJHL)
21. (25). J.T. Compher (C) - US-NTDP (USHL)

22. (20). Steve Santini (RD) - US-NTDP (USHL)
23. (22). Robert Hagg (RD) - Modo (SEL)
24. (23). Bo Horvat (C) - London Knights (OHL)
25. (24). Madison Bowey (RD) - Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 
26. (32) Ryan Hartman (RW) - Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
27. (33). Anthony Mantha (LW) - Val d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
28. (28). Max Domi (C) - London Knights (OHL)
29. (29). Nic Petan (C) - Portland Winterhawks (WHL) 30. (39). Ian McCoshen (LD) - Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

TOP 10 GOALIES

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1 (1). Zach Fucale - Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 (2). Spencer Martin - Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
3. (4). Tristan Jarry - Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
4. (3). Eric Comrie - Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5. (5) Eamon McAdam - Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
6. (7). Brendan Burke - Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
7. (NR) Alex Fotinos - Barrie Colts (OHL)
8. (NR) Charlie Graham - Belleville Bulls (OHL)
9. (NR) Juuse Saros - HPK (FIN)
10. (NR) Louis-Philip Guidon - Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)