Entry Draft 2002 Preview Page, Draft date: June 22nd

(#) in brackets is the Hockey News' ranking for the draft and their comment  I have adjusted the rankings to raise skill forwards given our little pool's focus. Click here for Hockey's Future's 2002 Entry Draft Centre

Draft Order

Mellon's Perpetual Pool Prospect Rankings

NHL Order

1. Kent 2. Pete 3. Ryan 4. Dale 5. Chris (from Tom) 6. Jeff 7. Larry 8. Mark (from Mike) 9. Ryan (from Chris) 10. Dale (from Ben) 11. Shawn (PASS) 12. Bruce (PASS) 13. Mark (PASS) 14. Kent (from Kent) 15. Pete 16. Ryan 17. Dale (PASS) 18. Tom (PASS) 19. Jeff (PASS) 20. Larry (PASS) 21. Mike 22. Chris 23. Ben (PASS) 24. Kent (PASS) 25. Pete (PASS) 26. Ryan 27. Mike (PASS) 28. Chris (PASS) 29. Ryan

1.  Rick Nash (3), power forward, LW London (KENT) 2.  Joffrey Lupul (6), skill forward, C, Medicine Hat (PETE) 3.  Peter Taticek (8), skill forward, C, S.S. Marie (CHRIS) 4.  Pierre-Marc Bouchard (11), skill forward, C, Chicoutimi (LARRY) 5.  Jiri Hudler (13), skill forward, C, Vsetin, Czech Rep. (DALE) 6.  Jay Bouwmeester (1), all-star D, Medicine Hat (RYAN) 7.  Scottie Upshall (7), character forward, C, Kamloops (RYAN) 8.  Alexander Semin (16), skill forward, LW, Cheryabinsk, Russia (JEFF) 9.  Jakub Koreis (17), skill forward, C, Czech Rep. (PETE) 10. Joni Pitkanen, (4), two-way d-man, D, Finland 11. Sergei Anshakov (30), skill forward, LW, Russia (MARK) 12. Vladislav Evseev (29), third-line forward, LW, Russia (DALE) 13. Eric Nystrom (15), power forward, LW, Michigan (RYAN) 14. Jonas Johansson (22), two-way forward, W, Sweden HV-71 15. Daniel Paille (25), two-way forward, LW, Guelph 16. Alexander Steen (26), two-way forward, C, Sweden Frolunda (RYAN) 17  Ryan Whitney (5), offensive d-man, D, Boston U 18. Steve Eminger, (9), offensive d-man, D, Kitchener 19. Peter Kanko (46), skill forward, RW, Czech Rep. (KENT) 20. Barry Tallackson (39), power forward, RW, Minnesota 21. Rob Globke (40), power forward, RW, Notre Dame 22. Jason Ryknar (42), power forward, LW, Michigan 23. Maxim Sheviev (51), two-way forward, C, Russia 24. Adam Henrich (43), power forward, LW, Brampton (MIKE) 25. Patrick Thoreson (48), skill forward, C, Norway 26. Jim Slater (49), skill forward, C, Michigan State 27. Jan Kubista (53), skill forward, RW, Czech Rep. 28. Erik Christensen (55), skill forward, C, Kamloops 29. Lance Monych (57), skill forward, RW, Brandon 30. Emmanuel Peter (58), skill forward, F, Switzerland

1. Florida 2. Atlanta 3. Columbus 4. Tampa Bay 5. Pittsburgh 6. Nashville 7. Anaheim 8. Minnesota 9. Calgary 10. Florida (NYR) 11. Buffalo 12. Washington 13. Washington (Dal) 14. Edmonton 15. Montreal 16. Ottawa 17. Washington (Van) 18. Los Angeles 19. Phoenix 20. Dallas (from NJ) 21. Chicago 22. NY Islanders 23. Phoenix (StL) 24. Toronto 25. Carolina 26. Dallas (Phi) 27. San Jose 28. Colorado 29. Boston 30. Buffalo (Det)