A recently retired insurance executive, William Deyesso previously served as CEO of Royal Administration Services, where he provided third-party insurance services to a diverse clientele with combined assets totaling billions of dollars. In retirement, William Deyesso enjoys spending his free time watching the National Hockey League (NHL).

1. EXAMINING THE TOP
ELIGIBLE PLAYERS FOR
THE 2019 NHL DRAFT
William Deyesso

2. INTRODUCTION
A recently retired insurance executive, William Deyesso
previously served as CEO of Royal Administration
Services, where he provided third-party insurance
services to a diverse clientele with combined assets
totaling billions of dollars. In retirement, William Deyesso
enjoys spending his free time watching the National
Hockey League (NHL).
The 2019 NHL Draft doesn't begin until June 21, but
there's already plenty of hype behind some of the top-
ranked prospects available to be selected. The NHL
Central Scouting Bureau released its mid-season
rankings on January 21 and Jack Hughes and Kaapo
Kakko ranked first respectively on the North American
and international skaters list. The recipient of the 2018
Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year from USA Hockey,

3. NHL DRAFT
brother of Quinn Hughes, who was selected seventh
overall in 2018 by the Vancouver Canucks. Through 27
games this season with the United States Under-18
National Team Development Program (NTDP), he had 12
goals and 41 assists for 53 points. Kakko, meanwhile,
was the MVP of the top Finnish junior league last season
and scored the game-winning goal for Finland in the
finals of the 2019 World Junior Championship.
The top five of the North American Skaters list is
rounded out by WHL forwards Kirby Dach, Dylan Cozens,
Bowen Byram, and U.S. NTDP defenseman Alex Turcotte.
Other players at the top of the international list include
Russian forward Vasili Podkolzin and Swedish
defenseman Philip Broberg. The top-ranked goalies are
Spencer Knight of the U.S. NTDP and Russian Pyotr