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TOP 30 / McKeen's 2013 NHL Draft Rankings
| RANK | LAST | PLAYER | POS | HT/WT | BORN | TM (LG) | GP-G-A-PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Seth Jones | D | 6-3/205 | 10~3~1994 | Portland (WHL) | 55-10-38-48 |
| 2 | 3 | Jonathan Drouin | LW | 5-11/185 | 3~28~1995 | Halifax (QMJHL) | 43-37-57-94 |
| 3 | 2 | Nathan MacKinnon | C | 6-0/180 | 9~1~1995 | Halifax (QMJHL) | 41-28-41-69 |
| 4 | 4 | Elias Lindholm | C | 6-0/190 | 12~2~1994 | Brynas (Swe) | 48-11-19-30 |
| 5 | 5 | Aleksander Barkov | C | 6-2/210 | 9~2~1995 | Tappara (Fin) | 49-21-25-46 |
| 6 | 6 | Ryan Pulock | D | 6-0/210 | 10~6~1994 | Brandon (WHL) | 53-14-29-43 |
| 7 | 7 | Sean Monahan | C | 6-2/190 | 10~12~1994 | Ottawa (OHL) | 50-26-43-69 |
| 8 | 19 | Valeri Nichushkin | RW | 6-4/195 | 3~4~1995 | Traktor (KHL) | 18-4-2-6 |
| 9 | 15 | Darnell Nurse | D | 6-3/190 | 2~4~1995 | Sault Ste Marie (OHL) | 60-11-25-36 |
| 10 | 8 | Adam Erne | LW | 6-1/195 | 4~20~1995 | Quebec (QMJHL) | 60-25-41-66 |
| 11 | 10 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 6-3/205 | 10~27~1994 | TPS Turku (Fin) | 47-2-11-13 |
| 12 | 11 | Valentin Zykov | LW | 6-0/210 | 5~15~1995 | Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) | 59-35-34-69 |
| 13 | 13 | Anthony Mantha | RW | 6-4/200 | 9~16~1994 | Val d'Or (QMJHL) | 60-45-37-82 |
| 14 | 9 | Hunter Shinkaruk | LW | 5-10/180 | 10~13~1994 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | 57-32-41-73 |
| 15 | 17 | Mirco Mueller | D | 6-3/185 | 3~21~1995 | Everett (WHL) | 54-6-19-25 |
| 16 | 22 | Robert Hagg | D | 6-2/200 | 2~8~1995 | MoDo (Swe) | 25-0-1-1 |
| 17 | 14 | Nikita Zadorov | D | 6-5/230 | 4~15~1995 | London (OHL) | 54-5-17-22 |
| 18 | 20 | Alexander Wennberg | C | 6-1/190 | 9~22~1994 | Djurgardens (Swe 2) | 45-14-17-31 |
| 19 | 12 | Frederik Gauthier | C | 6-5/210 | 4~26~1995 | Rimouski (QMJHL) | 55-19-37-56 |
| 20 | 23 | Bo Horvat | C | 6-0/200 | 4~5~1995 | London (OHL) | 59-28-27-55 |
| 21 | 21 | Max Domi | C | 5-9/195 | 3~2~1995 | London (OHL) | 56-35-40-75 |
| 22 | 16 | Andre Burakowsky | LW | 6-1/180 | 2~9~1995 | Malmo (Swe 2) | 42-4-7-11 |
| 23 | 18 | Josh Morrissey | D | 6-0/185 | 3~28~1995 | Prince Albert (WHL) | 62-15-28-43 |
| 24 | 27 | Kerby Rychel | LW | 6-1/200 | 10~7~1994 | Windsor (OHL) | 60-35-42-77 |
| 25 | 24 | Curtis Lazar | C | 6-0/195 | 2~2~1995 | Edmonton (WHL) | 65-34-18-52 |
| 26 | 25 | Zachary Fucale | G | 6-1/180 | 5~28~1995 | Halifax (QMJHL) | 39-5-2, 2.39 |
| 27 | 26 | Linus Arnesson | D | 6-1/190 | 9~21~1994 | Djurgardens (Swe 2) | 30-0-1-1 |
| 28 | 28 | Eric Comrie | G | 6-1/170 | 7~6~1995 | Tri-City (WHL) | 20-14-3, 2.62 |
| 29 | 29 | Ryan Hartman | C | 5-11/185 | 9~20~1994 | Plymouth (OHL) | 51-23-34-57 |
| 30 | NR | Chris Bigras | D | 6-0/190 | 2~22~1995 | Owen Sound (OHL) | 59-6-25-31 |
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