According to a group called International Scouting Service (they're an independent scouting service - I had not heard of them before), Kessel is #4 behind Erik Johnson, Jonathan Toews, and Jordan Staal.
Bob McKenzie says of the 5 scouts surveyed by TSN, one had Kessel #1, another had him at #2 behind Johnson, and two had him at #3 behind Johnson and Toews.

