The Pipeline Podcast: CBJ Assistant Director of Amateur Scouting Trevor Timmins.

It's important to note this is not the draft board being used by the Blue Jackets' front office, but merely a way to get a general sense of how the prospects available are viewed by the hockey world at large going into the draft. We then combined all the results to come up with a consensus poll of the top 32 players in the draft.

The top player in each draft ranking received 32 points, the second 31, and so on until one point was given to the No. To create the consensus poll, we took each of the 15 rankings and assigned points to the top 32 players listed. The poll in this story combines the NHL draft ratings of 15 different media and scouting experts, all mixed into one to give Blue Jackets fans a look at the players Columbus might select in the first round and perhaps even beyond. This piece should allow CBJ fans a chance to get to know the top players on the board as well as some a little further down that could still end up being Blue Jackets with later picks. With the first round of the draft now just nine days away, today we debut our annual consensus draft poll. JOIN THE PARTY: RSVP now for the CBJ draft party at Pins Easton

Columbus also holds Winnipeg's pick in the fourth round (No. 34, 66 and 98) as well as the seventh round (No. 3 overall pick, the Blue Jackets retain their own picks in rounds two through four (Nos. 2, but he's in the mix for the Jackets along with Swedish center Leo Carlsson, American center Will Smith, Russian wing Matvei Michkov, and potentially others. Many evaluators have tabbed University of Michigan center Adam Fantilli as the likely choice of Anaheim at No. 1 overall by Chicago, there are multiple options on the table for Columbus at No. Who will it be? While most experts agree Canadian wunderkind Connor Bedard will be chosen No.

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