40 WHL PLAYERS HIGHLIGHT NHL CSS PLAYERS TO WATCH LIST

Calgary, AB – NHL Central Scouting issued its preliminary ‘Players to Watch’ list for the 2016 NHL Draft earlier today with 40 WHL players making the grade.

NHL Central Scouting identifies players with a rating system that includes four categories.  The ‘A’ rating indicates a first round candidate, a ‘B’ rating indicates a second or third round candidate, and a ‘C’ rating indicates a fourth, fifth, or sixth round candidate. An ‘LV’ rating indicates Limited Viewing of injured players who have not had sufficient viewings to be categorized.

Four WHL players were assigned an ‘A’ rating including Kale Clague of the Brandon Wheat Kings, Sam Steel of the Regina Pats, Maxime Lajoie of the Swift Current Broncos and Tyler Benson of the Vancouver Giants.

In addition, 10 WHL skaters were assigned ‘B’ ratings while 21 WHL skaters were given ‘C’ ratings.  

Five WHL goaltenders also made the list including Carter Hart of the Everett Silvertips, Zachary Sawchenko of the Moose Jaw Warriors, Evan Sarthou of the Tri-City Americans, and 2015 Scholastic Player of the Year Nick McBride of the Prince Albert Raiders. Hart, Sawchenko and Sarthou were assigned a ‘B’ rating while McBride was given a ‘C’ rating. Medicine Hat Tigers netminder Nick Schneider also cracked the list, but recently signed as a free agent with the Calgary Flames.

2016 NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING PRELIMINARY ‘PLAYERS TO WATCH’ – WHL PLAYERS

Players have been identified using the following criteria:

• A Rating — Indicates a first round candidate

• B Rating — Indicates a second or third round candidate

• C Rating — Indicates a fourth/fifth/sixth round candidate

• LV (Limited Viewing) — Injured players who have not had sufficient viewings to be categorized.

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