NHL Central Scouting: Final rankings

The National Hockey League Central Scouting Bureau released its final rankings for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft on Monday and Sarnia Sting forward Nail Yakupov is still the top-ranked skater, while Filip Forsberg of Leksand in the Swedish league was named the top draft-eligible skater playing in Europe.

The NHL Draft Lottery takes place on Tuesday with five teams having a chance to get the first-overall pick. The team that wins the lottery can’t move up more than four positions in the draft order, so only the bottom five teams have a shot at landing the top pick.

Columbus Blue Jackets — 25.0 per cent

Edmonton Oilers — 18.8 per cent

Montreal Canadiens — 14.2 per cent

New York Islanders — 10.7 per cent

Toronto Maple Leafs — 8.1 per cent

Anaheim Ducks — 6.2 per cent

Minnesota Wild — 4.7 per cent

Carolina Hurricanes — 3.6 per cent

Winnipeg Jets — 2.7 per cent

Tampa Bay Lightning — 2.1 per cent

Washington Capitals (from Colorado) — 1.5 per cent

Buffalo Sabres — 1.1 per cent

Dallas Stars — 0.8 per cent

Calgary Flames — 0.5 per cent

If any team outside the bottom five wins, Columbus will make the first selection.

Following the completion of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the draft will take place at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh with the first round taking place on June 22.

Here are the final rankings by the NHL CSS.