Central Scouting on Thursday revealed its final list of the top North American skaters and goalies, and the top International skaters and goalies.
Left wing Juraj Slafkovsky of TPS of Liiga, Finland's top professional league, is No. 1 among International skaters.
Central Scouting conducted its final meetings with a five-day in-person meeting in Toronto in early April and two follow-up video conferences later in the month to finalize their lists.
Rankings: [North American skaters | North American goalies | International skaters | International goalies]
PDFs: [North American skaters | North American goalies | International skaters | International goalies]
The 2022 draft will be held at Bell Centre in Montreal, with the first round July 7 and Rounds 2-7 on July 8. The Montreal Canadiens own the No. 1 pick after
they won the NHL Draft Lottery
on Tuesday.
Wright (6-foot, 191 pounds) was eighth in the OHL with 94 points (32 goals, 62 assists), and scored 28 power-play points (eight goals, 20 assists) in 63 regular-season games. The 18-year-old has scored eight points (two goals, six assists) in six OHL playoff games.
He was playing with the Don Mills Flyers Minor Midget AAA team when he was granted exceptional-player status by Hockey Canada in March 2019, and he was selected by Kingston with the No. 1 pick in the 2019 OHL draft as a 15-year-old. He was named rookie of the year in the Canadian Hockey League after scoring 66 points (39 goals, 27 assists) in 58 games in 2019-20.
"I'm someone who wants to win every single day," Wright said on the
"NHL Draft Class" podcast
in March. "My mindset is not to win scoring titles, it's not to win MVPs, it's to win Stanley Cups. I believe that the way I play, my competitiveness and my drive to win is going to help do that."
Center Logan Cooley (5-10, 174) of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program Under-18 Team is No. 2 on the North American skater list. The 17-year-old was second on the NTDP with 75 points (27 goals, 48 assists) in 51 games. He scored 10 points (three goals, seven assists) and 23 shots on goal in six games to help the United States finish second at the 2022 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.
"The margin between the two top North American prospects Wright and Cooley**
