2023 NHL Draft: Who are the best players available on day two?

After the first round of the 2023 NHL Draft, 32 players were selected but there are still a lot of interesting prospects available when day two will get underway shortly after 11:00 a.m. Eastern (NHL Network, Sportsnet, TVA Sports). The Anaheim Ducks have the 33rd pick. The Montreal Canadiens’ next pick is 69th overall.

Five players remaining had a first-round grade in our consensus rankings. The top player on the board is forward Andrew Cristall, who is ranked 21st. The other remaining players with first round rankings are forwards Gavin Brindley (25), Riley Heidt (27), Ethan Gauthier (29), and Gracyn Sawchyn (31st).

There are definitely some intriguing players in that group, and the forwards all bring something different.

There are prospects who had second round grades who should also hear their named called early on Thursday, including defencemen Lukas Dragicevic (ranked 36) and Etienne Morin (ranked 47th).

There are also goaltenders who are awaiting their name to be called, as none have been drafted so far. They include Michael Hrabal (38th) and Trey Augustine (44th).

Here are all the players ranked in our consensus ranking who are still available.

Best Remaining Players 2023 Consensus Rankings

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RK	NAME	POS	HT	WT	DOB	S	LEAGUE	AVG	DROP	RANGE	BEST
21	ANDREW CRISTALL	LW	5’10”	165	2005-02-04	L	WHL	21.23	0.62	57	11
25	GAVIN BRINDLEY	RW	5’9″	157	2004-10-05	R	NCAA	22.85	1.15	42	9
27	RILEY HEIDT	F	5’11”	179	2005-03-25	L	WHL	26.54	1.15	50	15
29	ETHAN GAUTHIER	RW	5’11”	176	2005-01-26	R	QMJHL	32.85	6.08	77	17
31	GRACYN SAWCHYN	C	5’11”	165	2005-01-19	R	WHL	36.46	1.38	103	13
34	JAYDEN PERRON	F	5’8″	157	2005-01-11	R	USHL	39.23	1.08	95	12
35	OSCAR FISKER MØLGAARD	F	6’0″	163	2005-02-18	L	SHL	39.46	0.23	56	23
36	LUKAS DRAGICEVIC	D	6’2″	181	2005-04-25	R	WHL	39.77	0.31	40	20
38	MICHAEL HRABAL	G	6’6″	209	2005-01-20	L	USHL	41.62	1.23	37	24
39	KASPER HALTTUNEN	RW	6’3″	207	2005-06-07	R	LIIGA	41.77	0.15	41	23
40	NICK LARDIS	RW	5’10”	154	2005-07-08	L	OHL	44.08	2.31	64	30
41	ANTON WAHLBERG	C	6’3″	185	2005-07-04	L	J20 NATIONELL	46.15	2.08	68	28
42	KOEHN ZIEMMER	RW	6’0″	194	2004-12-08	R	WHL	47.54	1.38	44	31
44	TREY AUGUSTINE	G	6’1″	179	2005-02-23	L	USDP	48.15	0.54	44	33
46	CADEN PRICE	D	6’1″	181	2005-08-24	L	WHL	51.69	1.15	52	28
47	ÉTIENNE MORIN	D	6’0″	183	2005-03-09	L	QMJHL	51.69	0.00	79	32
48	WILLIAM WHITELAW	C	5’9″	172	2005-02-05	R	USHL	52.23	0.54	89	23
49	BEAU AKEY	D	6’0″	170	2005-02-11	R	OHL	52.46	0.23	62	32
50	LUCA CAGNONI	D	5’10”	172	2004-12-21	L	WHL	53.08	0.62	93	17
51	CARSON REHKOPF	C/LW	6’1″	194	2005-01-07	L	OHL	55.15	2.08	46	36
52	HUNTER BRZUSTEWICZ	D	6’0″	187	2004-11-29	R	OHL	56.00	0.85	59	32
53	DANNY NELSON	F	6’3″	203	2005-08-03	L	USDP	56.23	0.23	82	28
54	ARAM MINNETIAN	D	6’0″	170	2005-03-19	R	USDP	57.46	1.23	67	43
55	MAXIM STRBAK	D	6’2″	198	2005-04-13	R	USHL	58.15	0.69	77	33
56	KALAN LIND	F	6’0″	154	2005-01-25	L	WHL	60.08	1.92	66	44
57	CARSON BJARNASON	G	6’3″	181	2005-06-30	L	WHL	60.23	0.15	85	24
58	LENNI HÄMEENAHO	F	6’0″	174	2004-11-07	R	LIIGA	60.54	0.31	53	31
59	MATHIEU CATAFORD	RW	5’11”	187	2005-03-01	R	QMJHL	62.08	1.54	71	39
60	LUCA PINELLI	C	5’9″	161	2005-04-05	L	OHL	63.46	1.38	85	37
61	JAKUB DVORAK	D	6’5″	203	2005-05-25	L	CZECHIA	64.23	0.77	54	43
62	ALEX CIERNIK	LW/RW	5’10”	179	2004-10-08	L	J20 NATIONELL	65.77	1.54	86	19
63	AYDAR SUNIEV	LW	6’2″	205	2004-11-16	L	BCHL	67.00	1.23	81	31
64	ROMAN KANTSEROV	F	5’9″	176	2004-09-20	L	MHL	67.00	0.00	64	32
65	DENVER BARKEY	C	5’8″	174	2005-04-27	L	OHL	68.15	1.15	65	36
66	COULSON PITRE	C	6’1″	172	2004-12-13	R	OHL	68.46	0.31	60	50
67	FELIX NILSSON	C/W	6’0″	174	2005-06-22	L	J20 NATIONELL	68.92	0.46	76	41
68	NICO MYATOVIC	F	6’2″	181	2004-12-01	L	WHL	69.38	0.46	68	44
69	ANDREW STRATHMANN	D	5’11”	174	2005-02-27	L	USHL	70.77	1.38	75	47
71	JACOB FOWLER	G	6’2″	201	2004-11-24	L	USHL	71.69	0.23	65	45
72	CAMERON ALLEN	D	5’11”	190	2005-01-07	R	OHL	73.38	1.69	66	44
73	NOAH DOWER NILSSON	C	6’0″	183	2005-04-25	L	J20 NATIONELL	75.38	2.00	82	41
74	ADAM GAJAN	G	6’4″	176	2004-05-06	L	USHL	75.92	0.54	76	34
75	ANDREW GIBSON	D	6’3″	190	2005-02-13	R	OHL	76.31	0.38	69	46
76	JESSE KIISKINEN	RW	6’0″	187	2005-08-23	R	U20 SM-SARJA	77.54	1.23	197	48
77	CAREY TERRANCE	C	6’1″	174	2005-05-10	L	OHL	78.31	0.77	79	49
78	ALEXANDER RYKOV	RW	5’11”	170	2005-07-14	L	VHL	79.77	1.46	196	28
79	FELIX UNGER SÖRUM	F	5’11”	172	2005-09-14	R	J20 NATIONELL	80.00	0.23	93	37
80	JURAJ PEKARCIK	LW/C	6’2″	183	2005-09-12	L	SLOVAKIA	81.38	1.38	113	39
81	TIMUR MUKHANOV	C	5’8″	170	2005-06-17	R	MHL	83.38	2.00	130	22
82	MARTIN MISIAK	C	6’2″	198	2004-09-30	L	SLOVAKIA	83.92	0.54	95	35
83	QUINTON BURNS	D	6’1″	179	2005-04-14	L	OHL	84.62	0.69	82	40
84	NOEL NORDH	LW/RW	6’2″	194	2005-01-25	L	J20 NATIONELL	87.00	2.38	119	42
85	MATTHEW MANIA	D	6’0″	187	2005-01-11	R	OHL	87.38	0.38	92	46
86	TRISTAN BERTUCCI	D	6’2″	179	2005-07-12	L	OHL	88.62	1.23	88	58
87	SCOTT RATZLAFF	G	6’1″	172	2005-03-09	L	WHL	91.92	3.31	77	69
88	GAVIN MCCARTHY	D	6’1″	181	2005-06-02	R	USHL	93.00	1.08	257	48
89	RASMUS KUMPULAINEN	F	6’2″	196	2005-08-08	L	U20 SM-SARJA	95.00	2.00	56	62
90	CARTER SOTHERAN	D	6’3″	185	2005-06-26	R	WHL	95.08	0.08	103	55
91	ARTTU KÄRKI	D	6’2″	176	2004-12-08	L	U20 SM-SARJA	97.62	2.54	120	41
92	AIDEN FINK	RW	5’9″	152	2004-11-24	R	AJHL	97.77	0.15	62	70
93	ETHAN MIEDEMA	LW	6’3″	181	2005-03-22	L	OHL	100.38	2.62	97	64
94	EMIL JÄRVENTIE	F	5’10”	168	2005-04-04	L	U20 SM-SARJA	100.54	0.15	84	62
95	DYLAN MACKINNON	D	6’2″	187	2005-01-12	R	QMJHL	100.85	0.31	68	60
96	TYLER PEDDLE	C/LW	6’1″	190	2005-01-28	L	QMJHL	100.92	0.08	74	63
97	JESSE NURMI	LW	5’11”	165	2005-03-07	L	U20 SM-SARJA	101.08	0.15	68	78
98	JORDAN TOURIGNY	D	5’11”	168	2005-02-28	R	QMJHL	103.08	2.00	96	56
99	HOYT STANLEY	D	6’2″	196	2005-02-04	R	BCHL	104.15	1.08	181	64
100	ALBERT WIKMAN	D	6’1″	194	2005-03-10	L	J20 NATIONELL	104.31	0.15	176	69
101	TUOMAS URONEN	F	6’0″	187	2005-03-19	R	U20 SM-SARJA	104.38	0.08	156	73
102	ONDREJ MOLNÁR	LW	6’0″	176	2005-02-08	L	OHL	104.62	0.23	88	64
103	JAYSON SHAUGABAY	C	5’9″	154	2005-04-05	R	USHL	105.38	0.77	94	58
104	BRADY CLEVELAND	D	6’4″	201	2005-04-01	L	USDP	105.38	0.00	189	68
105	ZEB FORSFJÄLL	C	5’9″	168	2005-01-16	L	J20 NATIONELL	106.77	1.38	64	77
106	JOSEPH WILLIS	C	5’10”	165	2005-03-14	L	OHL	108.00	1.23	205	49
107	JADEN LIPINSKI	F	6’3″	198	2004-12-02	R	WHL	108.15	0.15	128	61
108	CONNOR LEVIS	C	6’2″	194	2004-10-05	R	WHL	108.31	0.15	151	63
109	MATTHEW SOTO	RW	5’11”	168	2005-08-31	R	OHL	108.85	0.54	101	55
110	ZACHARY NEHRING	RW	6’3″	179	2005-03-07	R	USHS-PREP	108.92	0.08	225	80
111	ALEX PHARAND	RW/C	6’3″	201	2005-01-05	R	OHL	109.38	0.46	66	74
112	DAMIAN CLARA	G	6’6″	207	2005-01-13	L	J20 NATIONELL	109.69	0.31	247	44
113	BECKETT HENDRICKSON	LW	6’1″	168	2005-06-24	L	USDP	110.62	0.92	117	58
114	TANNER LUDTKE	F	6’0″	185	2004-11-27	L	USHL	111.31	0.69	85	69
115	FRANCESCO DELL’ELCE	D	6’0″	157	2005-06-23	L	CAHS	111.92	0.62	217	88
116	DREW FORTESCUE	D	6’3″	170	2005-04-28	L	USDP	112.38	0.46	227	78
117	ANDREI LOSHKO	RW	6’1″	170	2004-10-07	L	QMJHL	112.77	0.38	129	89
118	YEGOR KLIMOVICH	F	5’9”	159	2005-05-14	L	MHL	112.85	0.08	147	53
119	LUKE COUGHLIN	D	5’10”	172	2005-04-11	L	QMJHL	112.85	0.00	119	83
120	COLE KNUBLE	RW	5’10”	183	2004-07-01	R	USHL	114.08	1.23	228	77
121	BRANDON SVOBODA	C	6’2″	190	2005-02-04	R	USHL	114.92	0.85	76	79
122	GRIFFIN ERDMAN	F	5’10”	174	2005-02-10	L	USHL	115.85	0.92	157	72
123	LUKE MITTELSTADT	D	5’11”	174	2003-01-22	L	NCAA	116.46	0.62	108	91
124	EMIL PIENINIEMI	D	6’2″	170	2005-03-02	L	U20 SM-SARJA	116.62	0.15	127	64
125	JAKUB STANCL	LW	6’3″	201	2005-04-10	L	J20 NATIONELL	117.23	-4.77	71	81
126	HUDSON MALINOSKI	C	6’1″	174	2004-05-19	L	AJHL	117.77	0.54	141	96
127	JAN SPRYNAR	RW	6’1″	176	2005-02-26	R	QMJHL	117.85	0.08	162	57
128	YEGOR SIDOROV	F	6’0″	176	2004-06-18	L	WHL	118.62	0.77	93	77
129	RYAN FINE	F	5’9″	183	2005-03-14	R	USDP	118.77	0.15	151	78
130	YEGOR ZAVRAGIN	G	6’2″	183	2005-08-23	L	MHL	119.15	0.38	86	66
131	GAVYN THORESON	F	5’8”	183	2004-10-30	L	USHS-MN	119.31	0.15	132	80
132	BRAD GARDINER	C	6’1″	174	2005-03-06	R	OHL	119.77	0.46	116	47
133	CARSEN MUSSER	G	6’4″	214	2005-05-19	L	USDP	119.85	0.08	66	85
134	PAUL FISCHER	D	6’0″	183	2005-01-30	L	USDP	120.46	0.62	113	74
135	COLE BROWN	RW	6’3″	170	2005-04-27	L	OHL	120.54	0.08	114	111
136	TANNER ADAMS	RW/C	5’11”	183	2005-09-02	R	USHL	120.92	0.38	134	70
137	PETTER VESTERHEIM	C/W	5’11”	165	2004-09-30	L	J20 NATIONELL	121.46	0.54	163	82
138	ARVID BERGSTRÖM	D	5’11”	163	2005-06-12	L	J20 NATIONELL	121.92	0.46	172	57
139	TOMAS SUCHANEK	G	6’2″	181	2003-04-30	L	WHL	122.00	0.08	115	103
140	JONATHAN CASTAGNA	C	6’2″	185	2005-04-20	L	CAHS	122.69	0.69	215	100

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Best Remaining Players 2023 Consensus Rankings

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