2023 NHL Draft Results & Grades

The 2023 NHL Draft has come and gone, and so it is appropriate to give a letter grade for every team's NHL draft this year.

Anaheim Ducks (10 picks) 

B+

Leo Carlsson C SWE 6' 2" 194 SWEDEN OREBRO

Nico Myatovic L CAN 6' 2" 180 WHL SEATTLE

Carey Terrance C USA 6' 0" 178 OHL ERIE

Damian Clara   G ITA 6' 6" 214 SWEDEN-JR. FARJESTAD JR.

Coulson Pitre  RW CAN 6' 1" 170 OHL FLINT

Yegor Sidorov RW BLR 6' 0" 182 WHL SASKATOON

Konnor Smith D  CAN 6' 5" 208 OHL PETERBOROUGH

Rodwin Dionicio D USA 6' 2" 207 OHL WINDSOR

Vojtech Port D CZE 6' 2" 168 WHL EDMONTON

Arizona Coyotes (11 picks)

C

Dmitriy Simashev D RUS 6' 4" 198 RUSSIA-JR. YAROSLAVL JR.

Danil But LW RUS 6' 5" 203 RUSSIA-JR. YAROSLAVL JR.

Michael Hrabal G CZE 6' 7" 215 USHL OMAHA

Jonathan Castagna C CAN 6' 2" 195 HIGH-ON ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE

Noel Nordh L SWE 6' 2" 200 SWEDEN-JR. BRYNAS JR.

Tanner Ludtke C USA 6' 0" 185 USHL LINCOLN

Vadim Moroz   RW BLR 6' 2" 185 RUSSIA MINSK

Terrell Goldsmith D CAN 6' 4" 220 WHL PRINCE ALBERT

Melker Thelin G SWE 6' 2" 170 SWE-JR. U18 BJORKLOVEN U18

Justin Kipkie D CAN 6' 3" 195 WHL VICTORIA

Samu Bau C FIN 6' 5" 214 FINLAND ILVES

Carsen Musser G USA 6' 4" 212 NTDP USA U-18

Boston Bruins (5 picks)

D+

Christopher Pelosi C USA 6' 1" 181 USHL SIOUX FALLS

Beckett Hendrickson C USA 6' 2" 174 NTDP USA U-18

Ryan Walsh        C USA 6' 0" 180 USHL CEDAR RAPIDS

Casper Nassen RW SWE 6' 4" 205 SWEDEN-JR. VASTERAS JR.

Kristian Kostadinski D SWE 6' 5" 213 SWEDEN-JR. FROLUNDA JR.

Buffalo Sabres (8 picks)

B+

Zach Benson LW CAN 5' 10" 170 WHL WINNIPEG

Anton Wahlberg C SWE 6' 3" 192 SWEDEN-JR. MALMO JR.

Maxim Strbak D SVK 6' 1" 198 USHL SIOUX FALLS

Gavin Mccarthy D USA 6' 2" 186 USHL MUSKEGON

Ethan Miedema LW  CAN 6' 4" 208 OHL KINGSTON

Scott Ratzlaff G CAN 6' 0" 175 WHL SEATTLE

Sean Keohane D USA 6' 4" 182 HIGH-MA DEXTER SCHOOL

Norwin Panocha D GER 6' 1" 178 GERMANY-JR. EISBAREN BERLIN JR.

Calgary Flames (6 Picks)

C+

Samuel Honzek LW SVK 6' 3" 195 WHL VANCOUVER

Etienne Morin D CAN 6' 0" 180 QMJHL MONCTON

Aydar Suniev LW RUS 6' 2" 192 BCHL PENTICTON

Jaden Lipinski C USA 6' 4" 210 WHL VANCOUVER

Yegor Yegorov G RUS 6' 3" 183 RUSSIA-JR. DYNAMO MOSCOW JR.

Axel Hurtig D SWE 6' 4" 202 SWEDEN-JR. ROGLE JR.

Carolina Hurricanes (10 picks)

B

Bradly Nadeau LW CAN 5' 10" 160 BCHL PENTICTON

Felix Unger Sorum RW NOR 5' 11" 170 SWEDEN-JR. LEKSAND JR.

Jayden Perron RW CAN 5' 9" 166 USHL CHICAGO

Alexander Rykov RW RUS 6' 0" 176 RUSSIA-2 CHELMET

Stanislav Yarovoi RW RUS 5' 11" 190 RUSSIA VITYAZ

Charles-Alexis Legault D CAN 6' 3" 208 ECAC QUINNIPIAC

Ruslan Khazheyev G RUS 6' 4" 201 RUSSIA-JR. CHELYABINSK JR.

Timur Mukhanov LW RUS 5' 7" 178 RUSSIA-JR. OMSK JR.

Michael Emerson RW USA 6' 1" 192 USHL CHICAGO

Yegor Velmakin G RUS 6' 2" 172 RUSSIA-2 VORONEZH

Chicago Blackhawks (11 picks)

A+

Connor Bedard C CAN 5' 10" 185 WHL REGINA

Oliver Moore C USA 5' 11" 195 NTDP USA U-18

Adam Gajan G SVK 6' 3" 180 NAHL CHIPPEWA

Roman Kantserov RW RUS 5' 9" 176 RUSSIA-JR. MAGNITOGORSK JR.

Martin Misiak RW SVK 6' 2" 200 USHL YOUNGSTOWN

Nick Lardis LW CAN 5' 11" 168 OHL HAMILTON

Jiri Felcman C CZE 6' 4" 198 SWISS-JR. LANGNAU JR.

Alex Pharand C CAN 6' 2" 205 OHL SUDBURY

Marcel Marcel LW CZE 6' 4" 242 QMJHL GATINEAU

Milton Oscarson C SWE 6' 6" 216 SWEDEN OREBRO

Janne Peltonen D FIN 6' 3" 174 FINLAND-JR. KARPAT JR.

Colorado Avalanche (5 picks)

B-

Calum Ritchie C CAN 6' 2" 184 OHL OSHAWA

Mikhail Gulyayev D RUS 5' 10" 172 RUSSIA-JR. OMSK JR.

Nikita Ishimnikov D RUS 6' 3" 194 RUSSIA-JR. YEKATERINBURG JR.

Jeremy Hanzel D CAN 6' 1" 196 WHL SEATTLE

Maros Jedlicka C SVK 6' 2" 194 SLOVAKIA ZVOLEN

Columbus Blue Jackets (8 picks)

A

Adam Fantilli C CAN 6' 2" 195 BIG10 MICHIGAN

Gavin Brindley C USA 5' 8" 168 BIG10 MICHIGAN

William Whitelaw RW USA 5' 9" 175 USHL YOUNGSTOWN

Andrew Strathmann D USA 5' 11" 185 USHL YOUNGSTOWN

Luca Pinelli C CAN 5' 9" 167 OHL OTTAWA

Melvin Strahl G SWE 6' 3" 163 SWEDEN-JR. MODO JR.

Oiva Keskinen C FIN 6' 0" 180 FINLAND-JR. TAPPARA JR.

Tyler Peddle L CAN 6' 1" 204 QMJHL DRUMMONDVILLE

Dallas Stars (6 picks)

C

Tristan Bertucci D CAN 6' 2" 175 OHL FLINT

Brad Gardiner C CAN 6' 1" 184 OHL OTTAWA

Aram Minnetian D USA 5' 11" 195 NTDP USA U-18

Arno Tiefensee G GER 6' 4" 192 GERMANY MANNHEIM

Angus Macdonell C CAN 5' 9" 180 OHL MISSISSAUGA

Sebastian Bradshaw LW CAN 6' 3" 196 USMAAAE ELITE HOCKEY ACADEMY 18U

Detroit Red Wings (11 picks)

B+

Nate Danielson C CAN 6' 2" 186 WHL BRANDON

Axel Sandin Pellikka D SWE 5' 11" 180 SWEDEN-JR. SKELLEFTEA JR.

Trey Augustine G USA 6' 1" 190 NTDP USA U-18

Andrew Gibson D CAN 6' 3" 202 OHL SAULT STE. MARIE

Brady Cleveland D USA 6' 5" 210 NTDP USA U-18

Noah Dower Nilsson LW SWE 6' 0" 185 SWEDEN-JR. FROLUNDA JR.

Larry Keenan D CAN 6' 3" 186 HIGH-IN CULVER ACADEMY

Jack Phelan D USA 6' 2" 171 USHL SIOUX FALLS

Kevin Bicker LW GER 6' 0" 176 GERMANY-JR. MANNHEIM JR.

Rudy Guimond G CAN 6' 2" 166 HIGH-CT TAFT SCHOOL

Emmitt Finnie C CAN 6' 0" 163 WHL KAMLOOPS

Edmonton Oilers (3 picks)

C-

Beau Akey D CAN 6' 0" 175 OHL BARRIE

Nathaniel Day G CAN 6' 2" 181 OHL FLINT

Matt Copponi C USA 5' 10" 167 H-EAST MERRIMACK

Florida Panthers (5 picks)

C

Gracyn Sawchyn C CAN 5' 11" 155 WHL SEATTLE

Albert Wikman D SWE 6' 0" 191 SWEDEN-JR. FARJESTAD JR.

Olof Glifford G SWE 6' 4" 191 SWE-JR. U18 HV 71 U18

Luke Coughlin D CAN 5' 10" 170 QMJHL RIMOUSKI

Stepan Zvyagin LW RUS 6' 0" 161 RUSSIA-JR. DINAMO-SHINNIK JR.

Los Angeles Kings (5 picks)

C

Jakub Dvorak D CZE 6' 5" 210 CZECHIA LIBEREC

Koehn Ziemmer R CAN 6' 0" 210 WHL PRINCE GEORGE

Hampton Slukynsky G USA 6' 1" 179 HIGH-MN WARROAD

Matthew Mania D USA 6' 1" 180 OHL SUDBURY

Ryan Conmy R USA 5' 10" 188 USHL SIOUX CITY

Minnesota Wild (6 picks)

C+

Charlie Stramel C USA 6' 3" 222 BIG10 WISCONSIN

Rasmus Kumpulainen C FIN 6' 3" 190 FINLAND-JR. PELICANS JR.

Riley Heidt C CAN 5' 10" 180 WHL PRINCE GEORGE

Aaron Pionk D USA 6' 1" 173 USHL WATERLOO

Kalem Parker D CAN 6' 0" 192 WHL VICTORIA

James Clark LW USA 6' 0" 179 USHL GREEN BAY

Montreal Canadiens (9 picks)

C

David Reinbacher D AUT 6' 2" 194 SWISS KLOTEN

Jacob Fowler G USA 6' 1" 222 USHL YOUNGSTOWN

Florian Xhekaj L CAN 6' 2" 175 OHL HAMILTON

Bogdan Konyushkov D RUS 5' 11" 176 RUSSIA NIZHNY NOVGOROD

Quentin Miller G CAN 6' 2" 183 QMJHL QUEBEC

Sam Harris LW USA 5' 11" 180 USHL SIOUX FALLS

Yevgeni Volokhin G RUS 6' 3" 168 RUSSIA-JR. KHANTY-MANSIYSK JR.

Filip Eriksson C SWE 6' 0" 172 SWEDEN-JR. VAXJO JR.

Luke Mittelstadt D USA 5' 11" 185 BIG10 MINNESOTA

Nashville Predators (11 picks)

B

Matthew Wood RW CAN 6' 4" 197 H-EAST UCONN

Tanner Molendyk D CAN 5' 11" 181 WHL SASKATOON

Felix Nilsson C SWE 6' 0" 187 SWEDEN-JR. ROGLE JR.

Kalan Lind LW CAN 6' 0" 158 WHL RED DEER

Jesse Kiiskinen RW FIN 6' 0" 190 FINLAND-JR. PELICANS JR.

Dylan Mackinnon D CAN 6' 2" 190 QMJHL HALIFAX

Joey Willis C USA 5' 10" 170 OHL SAGINAW

Juha Jatkola G FIN 6' 1" 176 FINLAND KALPA

Sutter Muzzatti C USA 6' 5" 210 ECAC RPI

Austin Roest C CZE 5' 10" 175 WHL EVERETT

Aiden Fink RW CAN 5' 9" 153 AJHL BROOKS

New Jersey Devils (5 picks)

B

Lenni Hameenaho RW FIN 6' 1" 185 FINLAND ASSAT

Cam Squires RW CAN 6' 0" 165 QMJHL CAPE BRETON

Chase Cheslock D USA 6' 3" 208 HIGH-MN ROGERS

Cole Brown LW CAN 6' 2" 178 OHL HAMILTON

Daniil Karpovich D BLR 6' 3" 209 RUSSIA-JR. YEKATERINBURG JR.

New York Islanders (5 picks)

C

Danny Nelson C USA 6' 3" 212 NTDP USA U-18

Jesse Nurmi LW FIN 5' 11" 168 FINLAND-JR. KOOKOO JR.

Justin Gill C CAN 6' 1" 190 QMJHL SHERBROOKE

Zachary Schulz D USA 6' 1" 197 NTDP USA U-18

Dennis Good Bogg D SWE 6' 1" 191 SWEDEN-JR. AIK JR.

New York Rangers (5 picks)

C+

Gabriel Perreault RW CAN 5' 11" 163 NTDP USA U-18

Drew Fortescue D USA 6' 1" 176 NTDP USA U-18

Rasmus Larsson D SWE 6' 3" 200 SWEDEN-JR. VASTERAS JR.

Dylan Roobroeck C CAN 6' 7" 206 OHL OSHAWA

Ty Henricks LW USA 6' 4" 205 USHL MUSKEGON

Ottawa Senators (5 picks)

D

Hoyt Stanley D CAN 6' 2" 187 BCHL VICTORIA

Matthew Andonovski D CAN 6' 2" 200 OHL KITCHENER

Owen Beckner C CAN 6' 2" 175 BCHL SALMON ARM

Vladimir Nikitin G KAZ 6' 4" 192 KAZAKHSTAN U20 BARYS NUR-SULTAN U20

Nicholas Vantassell R USA 6' 4" 196 USHL GREEN BAY

Philadelphia Flyers (10 picks)

A+

Matvei Michkov RW RUS 5' 10" 172 RUSSIA SKA ST. PETERSBURG

Oliver Bonk D CAN 6' 2" 180 OHL LONDON

Carson Bjarnason G CAN 6' 3" 190 WHL BRANDON

Egor Zavragin G RUS 6' 2" 183 RUSSIA-JR. KHANTY-MANSIYSK JR.

Denver Barkey C CAN 5' 9" 155 OHL LONDON

Cole Knuble C USA 5' 10" 185 USHL FARGO

Alex Ciernik LW GER 5' 10" 174 SWEDEN-2 SODERTALJE

Carter Sotheran D CAN 6' 3" 202 WHL PORTLAND

Ryan Macpherson C CAN 6' 0" 167 GOJHL LEAMINGTON

Matteo Mann D CAN 6' 6" 230 QMJHL CHICOUTIMI

Pittsburgh Penguins (6 picks)

C+

Brayden Yager C CAN 5' 11" 170 WHL MOOSE JAW

Emil Pieniniemi D FIN 6' 2" 175 FINLAND-JR. KARPAT JR.

Mikhail Ilyin RW RUS 6' 0" 181 RUSSIA-JR. CHEREPOVETS JR.

Cooper Foster C CAN 5' 11" 172 OHL OTTAWA

Emil Jarventie LW FIN 5' 10" 167 FINLAND-JR. ILVES JR.

Kalle Kangas D FIN 6' 4" 205 FINLAND-JR. JOKERIT JR.

San Jose Sharks (9 picks)

B+

William Smith C USA 6' 0" 180 NTDP USA U-18

Quentin Musty LW USA 6' 2" 200 OHL SUDBURY

Kasper Halttunen RW FIN 6' 3" 215 FINLAND HIFK

Brandon Svoboda C USA 6' 3" 209 USHL YOUNGSTOWN

Luca Cagnoni D CAN 5' 9" 182 WHL PORTLAND

Axel Landen D SWE 6' 1" 185 SWEDEN-JR. HV 71 JR.

Eric Pohlkamp D USA 5' 10" 201 USHL CEDAR RAPIDS

David Klee C USA 6' 3" 188 USHL WATERLOO

Yegor Rimashevskiy R BLR 6' 2" 197 RUSSIA-JR. DYNAMO MOSCOW JR.

Seattle Kraken (10 picks)

A-

Eduard Sale LW CZE 6' 2" 175 CZECHIA BRNO

Carson Rehkopf LW CAN 6' 2" 195 OHL KITCHENER

Oscar Fisker Molgaard C DNK 6' 0" 166 SWEDEN HV 71

Lukas Dragicevic D CAN 6' 1" 194 WHL TRI-CITY

Caden Price D CAN 6' 0" 190 WHL KELOWNA

Andrei Loshko C BLR 6' 1" 173 QMJHL CHICOUTIMI

Kaden Hammell D CAN 6' 1" 173 WHL EVERETT

Visa Vedenpaa G FIN 6' 2" 170 FINLAND-JR. KARPAT JR.

Zeb Forsfjall C SWE 5' 9" 167 SWEDEN-JR. SKELLEFTEA JR.

Zaccharya Wisdom R CAN 6' 0" 175 USHL CEDAR RAPIDS

St Louis Blues (9 picks)

A

Dalibor Dvorsky C SVK 6' 1" 200 SWEDEN-2 AIK

Otto Stenberg C SWE 5' 11" 185 SWEDEN-JR. FROLUNDA JR.

Theo Lindstein D SWE 6' 0" 185 SWEDEN BRYNAS

Quinton Burns D CAN 6' 1" 185 OHL KINGSTON

Juraj Pekarcik LW SVK 6' 1" 183 SLOVAKIA NITRA

Jakub Stancl C CZE 6' 3" 202 SWEDEN-JR. VAXJO JR.

Paul Fischer D USA 6' 1" 200 NTDP USA U-18

Matthew Mayich D CAN 6' 2" 187 OHL OTTAWA

Nikita Susuyev RW RUS 6' 0" 172 RUSSIA-JR. SPARTAK JR.

Tampa Bay Lightning (5 picks)

C-

Ethan Gauthier RW USA 6' 0" 183 QMJHL SHERBROOKE

Jayson Shaugabay R USA 5' 9" 165 HIGH-MN WARROAD

Warren Clark D CAN 6' 3" 195 MJHL STEINBACH

Jack Harvey C USA 5' 10" 175 USHL CHICAGO

Ethan Hay C CAN 6' 1" 189 OHL FLINT

Toronto Maple Leafs (3 picks)

D

Easton Cowan RW CAN 5' 10" 170 OHL LONDON

Hudson Malinoski C CAN 6' 0" 175 AJHL BROOKS

Noah Chadwick D CAN 6' 4" 187 WHL LETHBRIDGE

Vancouver Canucks (7 picks)

C

Tom Willander D SWE 6' 1" 180 SWEDEN-JR. ROGLE JR.

Hunter Brzustewicz D USA 6' 0" 190 OHL KITCHENER

Sawyer Mynio D CAN 6' 0" 163 WHL SEATTLE

Ty Mueller C CAN 5' 11" 185 NCHC NEBRASKA-OMAHA

Vilmer Alriksson L SWE 6' 6" 214 SWEDEN-JR. DJURGARDEN JR.

Matthew Perkins C CAN 5' 11" 156 USHL YOUNGSTOWN

Aiden Celebrini D CAN 6' 1" 187 AJHL BROOKS

Vegas Golden Knights (4 picks)

B-

David Edstrom C SWE 6' 3" 185 SWEDEN-JR. FROLUNDA JR.

Mathieu Cataford C CAN 5' 11" 190 QMJHL HALIFAX

Arttu Karki D FIN 6' 2" 176 FINLAND-JR. TAPPARA JR.

Tuomas Uronen RW FIN 5' 11" 183 FINLAND-JR. HIFK JR.

Washington Capitals (6 picks)

B

Ryan Leonard RW USA 6' 0" 190 NTDP USA U-18

Andrew Cristall LW CAN 5' 10" 175 WHL KELOWNA

Patrick Thomas C CAN 6' 0" 172 OHL HAMILTON

Cameron Allen D CAN 6' 0" 192 OHL GUELPH

Brett Hyland C CAN 6' 0" 180 WHL BRANDON

Antoine Keller G FRA 6' 2" 176 SWISS-JR. GENEVE JR.

Winnipeg Jets (5 picks)

B-

Colby Barlow LW CAN 6' 0" 195 OHL OWEN SOUND

Zach Nehring RW USA 6' 3" 182 HIGH-MN SHATTUCK - ST.MARY'S PREP

Jacob Julien C CAN 6' 4" 181 OHL LONDON

Thomas Milic G CAN 6' 0" 179 WHL SEATTLE

Connor Levis RW CAN 6' 1" 187 WHL KAMLOOPS