I usually hold off on this until after the Select 17 Festival, but since the event was moved to Rochester, NY this year, I won't be going, so the aftermath of this year's NHL Draft seems like a good time to get this list out there.

Here's a list of 50 kids that I've seen that I think have a pretty good shot at getting drafted next year, including twenty 'A' prospects that I think have a chance of going in the first three rounds of the draft.

Just as a note, this far from a complete list. It's just kids I've seen(plus I added Taylor Hall, Kirill Kabanov, and Stanislav Galiev to the 'A' list. Despite not having seen them, I'm fairly confident they'll be there.)

1. Cam Fowler (A)
2. Taylor Hall (A)
3. Teemu Pulkkinen (A)
4. Kirill Kabanov (A)
5. Erik Gudbranson (A)
6. Stanislav Galiev (A)
7. Derek Forbort (A)
8. Brett Connolly (A)
9. Jack Campbell (A)
10. Jon Merrill (A)
11. Mark Alt (A)
12. John McFarland (A)
13. Mikael Granlund (A)
14. Victor Ohman (A)
15. Brendan O’Donnell (A)
16. Tyler Pitlick (A)
17. Curtis Hamilton (A)
18. Jason Zucker (A)
19. Nick Bjugstad (A)
20. Kevin Clare (A)
21. Nick Mattson
22. Kevin Gravel
23. Caleb Herbert
24. Jared Knight
25. Aaron Harstad
26. Brent Darnell
27. Lukas Kozak
28. Brandon Archibald
29. Andy Iles
30. Joey Hishon
31. Ben Marshall
32. Luke Moffatt
33. Max Gardiner
34. Justin Faulk
35. Matt White
36. Jacob Fallon
37. Stephen Johns
38. Bryan Rust
39. Jarred Tinordi
40. Clark Cristofoli
41. Brett Stern
42. Jeffrey Pauluk
43. Joe Rubbelke
44. Zane Gothberg
45. CJ Motte
46. John Parker
47. Kevin Lind
48. Joe Rogalski
49. Adam Brown
50. Christian Isackson

There's still a long ways to go before next year's NHL Draft, and it should be fun watching players rise and fall on this list, and see others come out of nowhere to the top of the list, while some drop off completely.