3 on Final CSS Rankings

We're at the beginning of May and the Central Scouting Services announced its final rankings for the 2022 National Hockey League entry draft today. There are now 16 teams left without a spot in the post-season who are now concentrating on which players they want to draft and hoping for a chance to pick first overall. 

The Halifax Mooseheads are a young team once again but they had some good production by a few players who are draft eligible. Three Herd sophomores were among the 200+ North American skaters that were ranked. 

I'm not sure why our guys dropped from their mid-term rank, especially Jordan Dumais who didn't just double his point production but more than tripled it from the 2020-21 season but rankings aren't always indicative of where guys will be drafted. 

Leading the way is defenceman Jake Furlong who was ranked #68. Furlong scored four goals and 42 points in 67 games in his second year with the Mooseheads. Despite finishing with 109 points (39G&70A), Dumais was ranked #73 in the final list. Rounding out Herd players on the list, at #116 is Markus Vidicek. The Kirkland, QC native played in all 68 games this season scoring 18 goals and picking up 65 points. 

Photo - Herd website

The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is scheduled to be held at Centre Bell in Montreal, QC July 7-8. The draft lottery to determine the first 16 draft picks will be on May 10.