Hearthpwn

This deck is incredibly balanced and fun filled! Thank you for sharing! Just got rank 13 from 25 in couple of hours! Ship's Cannon mechanic works great, especially on turn 3 when you release Southsea Deckhand or Small-Time Buccaneer after it and suddenly Patches the Pirate comes out. Almost every opponent being stomped with this deck. I got only several defeats and and they were versus control warrior or aggro pally. All in all i must say its a way strong deck and really fun to play. I thank you!

Thx gm6!

Glad to hear you're having fun and doing good at the same time! Hunter has always been my favourite class, but it's getting harder to find the right balance in the Hunter cards. The other classes have so many good cards and as a Hunter you can only counter so much with your deck. I hope they will make Hunter great again with some new cool cards, just don't make Hunter TOO great like they did with Shaman. 

Thx for the great comment gm6, and you are welcome =D.

The more i climb further on ladder, the more control decks i face. Frankly speaking its a tough challenge. If you not managed to beat your opponent within 5-6 turns (and that also means you need to have almost perfect draw and curve) then its over. Ofc its my experiense, and i play on EU server, but never the less. The rare time i won control was against dragon priest and it was a huge satisfaction =D. Also there is a high amount of renolocks and renomages, who bring evil on my a** (Brann Bronzebeard + Antique Healbot and ofc Reno Jackson are way outside the chances to win the fight). So now i am at rank 13-14 bouncing back and forth. Will try to get at least to rank 10 today, will see what happens next.

replacement for patches?

Sup chinaaa, Patches the Pirate is one of the few card that makes this deck "Fun and Interactive". If you can I really recommend crafting it. 
But if you can't, I think you'll still get a very nice win rate if you replace it with any other, low cost, pirate or beast.

Also I put in the 2 Animal Companion because I think they are still good. If you don't have those in your list, you can put them in too.