HF Habs: 2022 HF Habs Prospect Rankings #20

[Treb]

1. Juraj Slafkovsky, 84.1% (NA)
2. Kaiden Guhle, 86.2% (-1)
3. Sean Farrell, 47.2% (+8)
4. Justin Barron, 50.4% (NA)
5. Joshua Roy, 38.6% (+15)
6. Filip Mesar, 38.8% (NA)
7. Logan Mailloux, 37.5% (-3)
8. Lane Hutson, 54.8% (NA)
9. Jordan Harris, 54.1% (-3)
10. Owen Beck, 30.6% (NA)
11. Cayden Primeau, 41.9% (-6)
12. Riley Kidney, 27.8% (+1)
13. Emil Heineman, 33.9% (NA)
14. Jakub Dobes, 34.7% (+9)
15. Arber Xhekaj, 39.0% (NA)
16. Jesse Ylonen, 52.8% (-8)
17. Mattias Norlinder, 48.6% (-15)
18. Vincenz Rohrer, 32.5/51.2% (NA)
19. Jan Mysak, 55.9% (-9)

Current order to be added to poll (suggest who you want next):
Petteri Nurmi
Dmitri Kostenko
Joe Vrbetic
Jared Davidson
William Trudeau
Joel Teasdale
Xavier Simoneau
Miguel Tourigny
Cam Hillis
Rhett Pitlick
Daniil Sobolev
Emmett Croteau
Lucas Condotta
Nate Schnarr
Alexander Gordin
Brett Stapley (rights expire August 15)
Jack Gorniak (rights expire August 15)
Jack Smith
Arvid Henriksson


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[Estimated_Prophet]

Struble.......again, add Nurmi

 

[Mrb1p]

RHP time

No one is even guaranteed to reach AHL star at this poiny

 

[Saku K]

RHP and Struble I feel will be depth players at best. Dichow had a very strong year and will probably play in the ahl soon. He could surprise. Engstrom and him will probably be under-rated on this list.

 

[HABitual Fan]

RHP add Numi

 

[Ezpz]

We have a lot of second rounders in our system. Going Struble for potential, not sure there's any potential NHLers left at this point as lot of the higher picked guys left have had terrible progression like Kapanen or Tuch.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Frederik Dichow. Put his name on the map for Denmark and the AHL, was the best goalie in our rookie camp.

Add Dmitri Kostenko. Solid VHL season as an offensive defenseman.

 

[DougHarvey]

Voted Kapanen, Add Davidson

 

[DougHarvey]

We have a lot of second rounders in our system. Going Struble for potential, not sure there's any potential NHLers left at this point as lot of the higher picked guys left have had terrible progression like Kapanen or Tuch.

Why would you say Kapanen has terrible progression ?

He was drafted last year and had a good U20 season and playoffs.

 

[26Mats]

We have a lot of second rounders in our system. Going Struble for potential, not sure there's any potential NHLers left at this point as lot of the higher picked guys left have had terrible progression like Kapanen or Tuch.

Every one of the 10 choices now have a shot at the NHL, as do Fairbrother, Engstrom, Nurmi, and many others other to-add list.

It's a VERY deep pool.

 

[Treb]

Why would you say Kapanen has terrible progression ?

He was drafted last year and had a good U20 season and playoffs.

Because he was already good in the U20 the year before and this year he struggled against men.

 

[Ezpz]

Why would you say Kapanen has terrible progression ?

He was drafted last year and had a good U20 season and playoffs.

The number of players who played u20 liiga post draft and made the NHL is not a high one. He hasn't shown anything to be a legit prospect. He's trending down the same path olofsson did.

 

[MrNasty]

Struble for a while now. Ironically Smilanic was Florida's 8th best prospect and he won't make top 20 here. Its time to cash in a bunch of these B prospects for proven talent.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Laval top scorer at 20 we are deep

1st game 1st NHL goal

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[Estimated_Prophet]

To each their own but are people forgetting that RHP turns 24 in January, is tiny and a below average skater with only 4 NHL games under his belt.

I would take most of the names in this poll over him just because they at least have a chance to become something more than a non zero value replacement level player.

He is a great kid and it isn't 100% impossible that he is more than a 4th liner/AHL tweener on a competetive franchise but it is not far from it. I am not "hating" on him as I am glad we have him and hopefully he will stick around for a while in Laval to help the real prospects when they get there.

Try offering RHP or Struble to NHL GM's and I know who they would want and it is not RHP. The truth is that this reality is not what drives these polls, it is mostly recency bias based on stats without context....that is fine though as this is a fan site and fans vote with their heart.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Struble for a while now. Ironically Smilanic was Florida's 8th best prospect and he won't make top 20 here. Its time to cash in a bunch of these B prospects for proven talent.

That certainly is a possibility, there is also the knowledge that a percentage of "B" prospects will develop into "A" prospects and with higher numbers come better odds. Either way our depth of "B" prospects may be unprecedented at this point.

 

[Team_Spirit]

If RHP was 6ft he would be ranked higher. He outproduced Ylonen during the season and in the playoffs not to mention the gigantic +/-(+29 vs -16) differential in favor of RHP. Im fine with Ylonen ranked higher has he project better in the NHL but at some point leading the farm club in scoring has to mean something.

Struble is unknown because he's always injuried at the development camp, cannot attend the rookie camp as a NCAA player, never made the wjc. You guys watched a lot of Huskies games? Tell us more about him please.

I am expecting players with international experience going next like Kapanen and Dichow.

Edit add Pitlick

 

[HomeAndHome]

I like Struble here.

Add Trudeau, he needs some love after getting walked by Hutson so many times at the summer camp

 

[WatchfulElm]

To each their own but are people forgetting that RHP turns 24 in January, is tiny and a below average skater with only 4 NHL games under his belt.

I would take most of the names in this poll over him just because they at least have a chance to become something more than a non zero value replacement level player.

He is a great kid and it isn't 100% impossible that he is more than a 4th liner/AHL tweener on a competetive franchise but it is not far from it. I am not "hating" on him as I am glad we have him and hopefully he will stick around for a while in Laval to help the real prospects when they get there.

Try offering RHP or Struble to NHL GM's and I know who they would want and it is not RHP. The truth is that this reality is not what drives these polls, it is mostly recency bias based on stats without context....that is fine though as this is a fan site and fans vote with their heart.

You talk as if it was already too late for him.

In reality, he has only 2 years of experience at pro level, which have been shortened and derailed by the pandemic. And despite this, he showed constant progress to the point of being his team best player in the AHL, including in a deep playoff run, and he also showed great things in his short stint in the NHL. If I had to bet on only one player to be an NHL regular among the current list, no doubt in my mind I'd bet on him. Some others might have higher ceilings, but they are long shots at best. RHP is almost guaranteed to be a fringe NHLer at worst, and a great 3rd liner at best, which is more than we can say about all others.

 

[WinterLion]

Still a decent list. Heck RHP will probably get 50-100 games in ... not bad at 20!

 

[Maitz]

I voted Dichow because I think he is our 2nd best goaler prospect. I have him ahead of Dobes

 

[Goldenhands]

Voted RHP. Having him outside of the top 20 is only a statement how sick the depth in our prospects pool is. Kid will eventually play for the Habs IMO, probably on a 4th line, but still. Hopefully Gallagher bounces back so we can trade him, RHP brings similar qualities while much cheaper.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

Dichow add Kostenko

 

[Goldenhands]

I voted Dichow because I think he is our 2nd best goaler prospect. I have him ahead of Dobes

Dichow I like what I hear, but I never saw him play, so I didnt rank him in my top 20. If Dichow is better than Dobes like you pretend, Habs have hands down the best G prospect pipeline since Im incredibly high on both Dobes and Primeau.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

The real question I'm curious about: will Stapley's rights expire before we have to vote for him? I think maybe yes...

Gorniak because he is going for a 5th year I believe the Habs keep his rights...