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1. Connor McDavid, C, EDM (21)
2. Auston Matthews, C, TOR (21)
3. Patrik Laine, RW, WPG (20)
4. Nathan MacKinnon, C, COL (23)
5. Jack Eichel, C, BUF (21)
6. David Pastrnak, RW, BOS (22)
7. Aleksander Barkov, C, FLA (23)
8. Aaron Ekblad, D, FLA (22)
9. Mitchell Marner, C/RW, TOR (21)
10. Brock Boeser, RW, VAN (21)
11. Mathew Barzal, C, NYI (21)
12. Mikko Rantanen, LW/RW, COL (21)
13. Sean Monahan, C, CGY (23)
14. Mikhail Sergachev, D, TBL (20)
15. Nikolaj Ehlers, LW/RW, WPG (22)
16. Leon Draisaitl, C/RW, EDM (22)
17. William Nylander, C/RW, TOR (RFA; 22)
18. Matthew Tkachuk, LW, CGY (20)
19. Ivan Provorov, D, PHI (21)
20. Clayton Keller, C/LW/RW, ARI (20)
21. Brayden Point, C/RW, TBL (22)
22. Alex DeBrincat, LW/RW, CHI (20)
23. Nico Hischier, C, NJD (19)
24. Sebastian Aho, LW/RW, CAR (21)
25. Charlie McAvoy, D, BOS (20)
26. Pierre-Luc Dubois, C/LW, CBJ (20)
27. Dylan Larkin, C/RW, DET (RFA; 22)
28. Kyle Connor, LW, WPG (21)
29. Nolan Patrick, C, PHI (20)
30. Zach Werenski, D, CBJ (21)
31. Nick Schmaltz, C/LW, CHI (22)
32. Anthony Beauvillier, C/LW, NYI (21)
33. Jake DeBrusk, LW, BOS (21)
34. Alex Tuch, RW, VGK (22)
35. Kevin Fiala, LW/RW, NSH (22)
36. Rasmus Ristolainen, D, BUF (23)
37. Jonathan Drouin, C/LW/RW, MTL (23)
38. Ryan Donato, C, BOS (22)
39. Eeli Tolvanen, RW, NSH (19)
40. Casey Mittelstadt, C, BUF (19)
41. Sam Reinhart, C/LW/RW, BUF (RFA; 22)
42. Travis Konecny, C/LW/RW, PHI (21)
43. Noah Hanifin, D, CAR (RFA; 21)
44. Jack Roslovic, C/RW, WPG (21)
45. Henrik Borgstrom, C, FLA (21)
46. Jesse Puljujarvi, RW, EDM (20)
47. Shea Theodore, D, VGK (RFA; 23)
48. Dylan Strome, C, ARI (21)
49. Thomas Chabot, D, OTT (21)
50. Samuel Girard, D, COL (20)
Others to consider: Lias Andersson, C, NYR (20); Will Butcher, D, NJD (23); Filip Chytil, C, NYR (19); Jesper Bratt, LW/RW, NJD (20); Max Domi, C/LW, ARI (RFA; 23); Jakob Chychrun, D, ARI (20); Owen Tippett, RW, FLA (19); Kailer Yamamoto, RW, EDM (20)