The NHL draft is unique in that very few players are taken each year who can impact the game immediately. Many prospects—even those taken in the first round—will take two years or more to make it and even longer to have an impact.
This season does offer teams more plug-and-play types, and they will go off the board quickly. It's been a dozen years since the draft offered such a range of quality players who might impact the game in 2015-16.
Here are the most NHL-ready players available in the 2015 draft.
Note: NHLE—NHL equivalency numbers—is now an industry standard for estimating amateur or minor league stats at the NHL level.