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Jackson Bales, Will Reilly & Dawson Theede were all listed on the most recent NHL Central Scouting Preliminary Players to Watch List for the 2015 NHL Draft that will be held in Nashville, Tennessee.

NHL Central Scouting releases this list every November and ranks every players as an A (1st round candidate), B (2nd/3rd round candidate) or C (4th/5th/6th round candidate) based on their potential.

Jackson Bales - Oakville Blades ('C' skater)
(pictured left - photo credit: Andy Corneau/OJHL Images)
The Oakville, Ontario native got his first taste of OJHL action last season with the Blades, playing eight games as an affiliated midget from the Oakville Rangers.  Bales had previously played his minor midget season with the Brampton 45's before returning home and was selected that summer (2013) by the Saginaw Spirit in the 8th round, 143rd overall, in the OHL Priority Selection.The 17-year old currently sits fourth in scoring on the Blades with 5 goals and 18 points in 23 games played.

Will Reilly - North York Rangers ('C' skater)
(pictured middle - photo credit: Shawn Muir/OJHL Images)
The Toronto, Ontario native played his minor midget season in 2012-13 as a member of the Toronto Red Wings organization, including a trip to the prestigious OHL Cup tournament.  The defenceman joined Upper Canada College last season and played his first OJHL games as an affiliate with the with Oakville Blades.  Reilly joined the North York Rangers fulltime this season and has not disappointed, currently lead the club's defenders in scoring with 18 points in 22 regular season contests, tied for 10th overall among the league's blueliners.

Dawson Theede - Cobourg Cougars ('C' skater)
(pictured right - photo credit: Shawn Muir/OJHL Images)
The surprise amongst the group is Cobourg Cougars 17-year old forward Dawson Theede.  The Whitby, Ontario native played the past two seasons in his hometown Whitby Wildcats organization before making the jump to the OJHL fulltime this season.  The power forward has 9 points in 23 games thus far this season and has shown an ability to be a physical force, also registering 50 penalty minutes.

Congratulations to all three on the ranking and best of luck the rest of the way!

Also ranked by NHL Central Scouting were 18 former OJHL players, including:

• A-Mitch Marner (London, OHL) - St. Michael's 2012/13
• B-Travis Dermott (Erie, OHL) - Newmarket 2012/13
• B-Graham Knott (Niagara, OHL) - Aurora 2012/13
• B-Matt Luff (Belleville, OHL) - Oakville 2013/14
• B-Michael McNiven (Owen Sound, OHL) - Georgetown 2013/14
• B-Thomas Schemitsch (Owen Sound, OHL) - Toronto Lakeshore 2012/13
• B-Matthew Spencer (Peterborough, OHL) - Oakville 2012/13
• C-Jeremiah Addison (Ottawa, OHL) - Brampton 2011/12
• C-Kyle Capobianco (Sudbury, OHL) - Oakville 2012/13
• C-Anthony Cirelli (Oshawa, OHL) - Mississauga 2013/14
• C-Marcus Crawford (Saginaw, OHL) - Whitby 2012-14
• C-Dennis Gilbert (Chicago, USHL) - Buffalo 2013/14
• C-Sam Harding (Oshawa, OHL) - Aurora 2012/13
• C-Jeremy Helvig (Kingston, OHL) - Toronto Lakeshore 2013/14
• C-Liam Herbst (Ottawa, OHL) - St Michael's 2011/12
• C-Mason Marchment (Erie, OHL) - Cobourg 2013/14
• C-Garrett McFadden (Guelph, OHL) - Orangeville 2012/13
• C-David Miller (Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) - Georgetown 2012/13

For the full NHL Central Scouting November Players to Watch List, please CLICK HERE.