Top 50 North American skaters, as ranked by the NHL Central Scouting Service, listed with position, team and league, date of birth, height, weight, 2001-02 games played, goals, assists, points and penalty minutes:

#	NAME	POS	TEAM (LEAGUE)	D.O.B	HT	WT	GP, G-A-P, PIM
1	Jay Bouwmeester	D	Medicine Hat (WHL)	9/27/83	6-3	206	61, 12-49-61, 42
2	Rick Nash	LW	London (OHL)	6/12/84	6-3	188	54, 32-40-72, 88
3	Ryan Whitney	D	Boston U. (HE)	2/19/83	6-3	202	31, 4-15-19, 44
4	Joffrey Lupul	C/RW	Medicine Hat (WHL)	9/23/83	6-1	194	72, 56-51-107, 95
5	Scottie Upshall	RW	Kamloops (WHL)	10/7/83	5-11	176	61, 32-51-83, 139
6	Steve Eminger	D	Kitchener (OHL)	10/31/83	6-1	196	64, 19-39-58, 93
7	Petr Taticek	C	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)	9/22/83	6-2	188	60, 21-42-63, 32
8	Martin Vagner	D	Hull (QMJHL)	3/16/84	6-1	214	64, 6-28-34, 81
9	Christopher Higgins	C	YALE (ECAC)	6/2/83	5-11	192	25, 13-16-29, 32
10	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)	4/27/84	5-9	155	69, 46-94-140, 54
11	Jim Slater	C	Michigan St. (CCHA)	12/9/82	6-0	190	32, 9-18-27, 48
12	Dan Paille	LW	Guelph (OHL)	4/15/84	6-0	200	62, 27-30-57, 54
13	Eric Nystrom	LW	Michigan (CCHA)	2/14/83	6-1	195	32, 15-9-24, 32
14	Rob Globke	C/RW	Notre Dame (CCHA)	10/24/82	6-2	200	29, 11-11-22, 73
15	Ben Eager	LW	Oshawa (OHL)	1/22/84	6-2	210	63, 14-23-37, 255
16	Jakub Klepis	C	Portland (WHL)	6/5/84	6-0	200	70, 14-50-64, 111
17	Barry Tallackson	RW	Minnesota (WCHA)	4/14/83	6-4	196	37, 12-6-18, 36
18	Matt Stajan	C	Belleville (OHL)	12/19/83	6-1	178	68, 33-52-85, 50
19	Keith Ballard	D	Minnesota (WCHA)	11/26/82	5-11	196	34, 6-12-18, 28
20	Boyd Gordon	RW	Red Deer (WHL)	10/19/83	6-0	192	66, 22-29-51, 19
21	Gregory Campbell	C/LW	Plymouth (OHL)	12/17/83	6-0	191	65, 17-36-53, 105
22	Brett Skinner	D	Des Moines (USHL)	6/28/83	6-1	170	44, 9-38-47, 25
23	Adam Henrich	LW	Brampton (OHL)	1/19/84	6-4	230	66, 33-30-63, 92
24	Aaron Rome	D	Swift Current (WHL)	9/27/83	6-1	203	70, 7-24-31, 168
25	Matt Jones	D	North Dakota (WCHA)	8/8/83	6-0	214	35, 2-5-7, 20
26	Petr Kanko	RW	Kitchener (OHL)	2/7/84	5-9	195	61, 28-32-60, 54
27	Lance Monych	RW	Brandon (WHL)	7/25/84	6-1	199	71, 18-30-48, 96
28	Tim Brent	C	Toronto St. Michael's (OHL)	3/10/84	6-0	175	61, 19-40-59, 52
29	Brad Schell	C	Spokane (WHL)	8/5/84	6-0	172	70, 20-36-56, 16
30	Brian Lee	D	Erie (OHL)	7/5/84	6-2	187	66, 5-14-19, 115
31	Lee Falardeau	C	Michigan St. (CCHA)	7/22/83	6-4	203	29, 4-9-13, 22
32	Jason Ryznar	LW	Michigan (CCHA)	2/19/83	6-3	205	36, 8-6-14, 20
33	Brian McConnell	C	Boston U. (HE)	2/1/83	6-2	190	34, 11-14-25, 58
34	Matt Foy	RW	Merrimack (HE)	5/18/83	6-2	190	29, 6-17-23, 44
35	Brock Radunske	LW/RW	Michigan St. (CCHA)	4/5/83	6-4	187	36, 4-7-11, 24
36	Andy Thompson	D	Kootenay (WHL)	1/5/84	6-2	190	71, 1-23-24, 187
37	Michael Lambert	C/LW	Montreal (QMJHL)	3/10/84	6-1	180	71, 29-24-53, 111
38	Jeff Genovy	C	Des Moines (USHL)	12/4/82	6-3	191	52, 23-23-46, 86
39	Paul Ranger	D	Oshawa (OHL)	9/12/84	6-2	198	62, 0-9-9, 49
40	Justin Maiser	C	Boston U. (HE)	6/29/83	6-1	191	32, 7-13-20, 42
41	Dwight Melminen	C	Michigan (CCHA)	6/22/83	5-9	184	32, 9-7-16, 6
42	Jeremy Swanson	D	Barrie (OHL)	6/21/84	6-0	199	67, 8-16-24, 78
43	Vince Bellissimo	C	Topeka (USHL)	12/14/82	6-0	190	53, 34-32-66, 33
44	Nikita Korovkin	D	Kamloops (WHL)	12/3/83	6-2	198	72, 4-23-27, 103
45	Tom Gilbert	D	Chicago (USHL)	1/10/83	6-2	190	49, 12-12-24, 58
46	Erik Christensen	C	Kamloops (WHL)	12/17/83	6-1	178	70, 22-36-58, 68
47	James Wisneiwski	D	Plymouth (OHL)	2/21/84	5-11	197	62, 11-25-36, 100
48	Jesse Lane	D	Hull (QMJHL)	3/2/83	6-1	210	48, 16-24-40, 83
49	Tim Konsorda	RW	Branson (WHL)	3/21/84	6-0	201	71, 17-28-45, 36
50	Trevor Daley	D	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)	10/9/83	5-10	207	47, 9-39-48, 38