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Alexander Appleyard, Paul Zuk, Sebastian Jackson, Matthew Somma, Mikael Holm, Tobias Pettersson, Austin Brass and Josh Tessler combined their draft rankings and put together the official Smaht Scouting 2022 NHL Draft Preliminary Rankings.
The rankings are below. We are working on 2022 NHL Draft scouting reports and once they are completed, we will hyperlink the reports on the rankings.
| Ranking | Player | Team | Position | Nationality |
| 1 | Shane Wright | Kingston | C | Canada |
| 2 | Matthew Savoie | Winnipeg | C | Canada |
| 3 | Brad Lambert | Lahti | C | Finland |
| 4 | Danila Yurov | Magnitogorsk | F | Russia |
| 5 | Logan Cooley | USNTDP | C | USA |
| 6 | Seamus Casey | USNTDP | RHD | USA |
| 7 | Šimon Nemec | HK Nitra | RHD | Slovakia |
| 8 | Joakim Kemell | JYP | F | Finland |
| 9 | Conor Geekie | Winnipeg | C | Canada |
| 10 | Ivan Miroshnichenko | Omsk | LW | Russia |
| 11 | Juraj Slafkovsky | TPS | F | Slovakia |
| 12 | Frank Nazar | USNTDP | RW | USA |
| 13 | Noah Östlund | Djurgårdens | C | Sweden |
| 14 | Isaac Howard | USNTDP | LW | USA |
| 15 | Ty Nelson | North Bay | RHD | Canada |
| 16 | Denton Mateychuk | Moose Jaw | LHD | Canada |
| 17 | David Jiricek | Plzen | RHD | Czech Republic |
| 18 | Liam Öhgren | Djurgårdens | F | Sweden |
| 19 | Elias Salomonsson | Skellefteå | RHD | Sweden |
| 20 | Marco Kasper | Rögle | C | Austria |
| 21 | Rutger McGroarty | USNTDP | C | USA |
| 22 | Jack Hughes | Northeastern University | F | USA |
| 23 | Ludwig Persson | Frölunda | C/LW | Sweden |
| 24 | Jonathan Lekkerimäki | Djurgårdens | C | Sweden |
| 25 | Simon Forsmark | Örebro | LHD | Sweden |
| 26 | Matthew Poitras | Guelph | C | Canada |
| 27 | Pano Fimis | Niagara | C | Canada |
| 28 | Tristan Luneau | Gatineau | RHD | Canada |
| 29 | Alexander Perevalov | Yaroslavl | F | Russia |
| 30 | Ryan Chesley | USNTDP | RHD | USA |
| 31 | Filip Mesar | Poprad | RW | Slovakia |
| 32 | Paul Ludwinski | Kingston | C | Canada |
| 33 | Calle Odelius | Djurgårdens | LHD | Sweden |
| 34 | Filip Bystedt | Linköping | C | Sweden |
| 35 | Braeden Bowman | Guelph | RW | Canada |
| 36 | Mats Lindgren | Kamloops | LHD | Canada |
| 37 | Devin Kaplan | USNTDP | F | USA |
| 38 | Alexander Pelevin | Novgorod | LHD | Russia |
| 39 | Ilya Kvochko | Magnitogorsk | C | Russia |
| 40 | Hunter Haight | Barrie | C | Canada |
| 41 | Gleb Trikozov | Omsk | F | Russia |
| 42 | Cruz Lucius | USNTDP | F | USA |
| 43 | Markus Vidicek | Halifax | C | Canada |
| 44 | Kevin Korchinski | Seattle | LHD | Canada |
| 45 | Bryce McConnell-Barker | Sault Ste. Marie | C | Canada |
| 46 | Jiří Kulich | Karlovy Vary | F | Czech Republic |
| 47 | Jimmy Snuggerud | USNTDP | F | USA |
| 48 | Jack Devine | University of Denver | F | USA |
| 49 | Luca Del Bel Belluz | Mississauga | C | Canada |
| 50 | Justin Côté | Drummondville | C | Canada |
| HM | Noah Warren | Gatineau | RHD | Canada |
| HM | Cutter Gauthier | USNTDP | LW | USA |
| HM | Jani Nyman | Ilves | LW | Finland |
| HM | Julian Lutz | München | F | Germany |
| HM | Cole Knuble | Fargo | RW | USA |
| HM | Brandon Lisowsky | Saskatoon | F | Canada |
| HM | Fraser Minten | Kamloops | F | Canada |
| HM | Brennan Ali | Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT) | C | USA |
| HM | David Goyette | Sudbury | C | Canada |
| HM | Spencer Sova | Erie | LHD | Canada |
| HM | Danny Zhilkin | Guelph | C | Canada |
| HM | Otto Salin | HIFK | RHD | Finland |
| HM | Mattias Hävelid | Linköping | RHD | Sweden |
| HM | Lian Bichsel | Leksands | LHD | Switzerland |
| HM | Alexander Suzdalev | HV71 | LW | Sweden |
| HM | Helmer Styf | MODO | C | Sweden |
| HM | Tyler Duke | USNTDP | LHD | USA |
| HM | Aleksanteri Kaskimäki | HIFK | C | Finland |
| HM | Miko Matikka | Jokerit | RW | Finland |
| HM | Vladimir Grudinin | CSKA Moscow | LHD | Russia |