2022 Prospect Poll #19

[tsujimoto74]

RESULTS SO FAR:

1. Owen Power, D (--): 86/103 votes (83.5%). Runner up: Jack Quinn (11 votes).
2. Jack Quinn, F (+2): 65/78 votes (83.3%). Runner up: Devon Levi (4 votes).
3. J.J. Peterka, F (--): 40/91 votes (43.8%). Runner up: Matthew Savoie (35 votes).
4. Matthew Savoie, F (NR): 59/96 votes (61.5%). Runner up: Devon Levi (27 votes).
5. Devon Levi, G (+4): 79/96 votes (82.3%). Runner up: Jiri Kulich (11 votes).
6. Jiri Kulich, F (NR): 54/96 votes (56.3%). Runner up: Noah Ostlund (29 votes).
7. Noah Ostlund, F (NR): 77/98 votes (78.6%). Runner up: Ryan Johnson (8 votes).
8. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G (+3): 30/97 votes (30.9%). Runners up: Ryan Johnson, Isak Rosen (28 votes).
9. Isak Rosen, F (-4): 40/95 votes (42.1%). Runner up: Ryan Johnson (40 votes, see tie-breaker)
10. Ryan Johnson, D (-4): 40/95 votes (42.1%). Runner up: Erik Portillo (7 votes).
11. Erik Portillo, G (-1): 36/73 votes (49.3%). Runner up: Prokhor Poltapov (10 votes).
12. Alexander Kisakov, F (+3): 25/82 votes (30.5%). Runner up: Prokhor Poltapov (15 votes).
13. Prokhor Poltapov, F (-5): 20/70 votes (28.6%). Runner up: Viktor Neuchev (16 votes).
14. Viktor Neuchev, F (NR): 24/82 votes (29.3%). Runner up: Tyson Kozak (22 votes).
15. Tyson Kozak, F (NR): 25/55 votes (45.5%). Runner up: Nikita Novikov (9 votes).
16. Nikita Novikov, D (+1): 22/66 votes (33.3%). Runner up: Lukas Rousek (18 votes).
17. Lukas Rousek, F (NR): 21/59 votes (35.6%). Runner up: Mats Lindgren (13 votes).
18. Mats Lindgren, D (NR): 23/63 votes (36.5%). Runner up: Olivier Nadeau (11 votes)

RULES: Each poll will remain open for 2 days. In the case of a tie within the top 10, I'll create a 1-day runoff poll to decide the winner. Ties outside of the top 10 will be left as ties. For each additional poll, I will add the most commented next to add prospect.


ELIGIBILITY: All players whose rights are held by the Buffalo Sabres and who are eligible to win the Calder Trophy for the 2022-23 season are eligible inclusion. That means a prospect is eligible if--

• He is under age 26 (as of September 15, 2022);
• He has played no more than 25 games in any single preceding season; and
• He has not played 6 or more games in each of any two or more preceding seasons.

Thinking about taking this year's edition all the way to 25 because of the depth in our pool right now. LMK in the comments if you're into that idea or not.

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[Matt Ress]

Nadeau
Yeah let's go 25

 

[Chainshot]

I'm giving Leinonen some love here as a recent 2nd rounder who was well-regarded by other teams as well.

 

[Bobby Bottle Service]

25 please.

 

[Zman5778]

I'm giving Leinonen some love here as a recent 2nd rounder who was well-regarded by other teams as well.

I've got Nadeau and Bloom ahead of Leinonen......but I have for some time.

It is kind of ridiculous that our most recent 2nd round pick won't crack the top 20 here. And I don't think it's because Leinonen lacks talent or upside -- it's that he was a goalie, and the pick was absolutely loathed by the fanbase.

He's absolutely in my personal top 20 though.

 

[Ralonzo]

25 is going to be the level of guys we were voting at 10 a decade ago. If so, add... who the hell knows, Sardarian?

 

[Chainshot]

25 is going to be the level of guys we were voting at 10 a decade ago. If so, add... who the hell knows, Sardarian?

There are six guys ahead of him already on the list.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

I think we have to go 25. Hell, while 30 is probably pushing it, I don't think it's too farfetched...

 

[Ralonzo]

There are six guys ahead of him already on the list.

I can be persuaded, I just didn't see the list in this thread. And, I'm lazy.

Edit: The guys already in the poll take us to 27, and I can't say any of them are guys whose absolute ceiling is less than NHL games. If there's six more in the list ahead of Stivie, that's 30+ guys in the pipe with NHL upside, that's ludicrous.

 

[SundherDome]

@MillerTime my man!

 

[Saggy]

Bloom all day….we picked him as a Captain here in Saginaw for a reason.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

I will laugh so hard if this ends in a 4 way tie.

 

[Faceboner]

I gave richard a vote because i choose chaos i wanna see how this tie plays out

 

[tsujimoto74]

I will laugh so hard if this ends in a 4 way tie.

Honestly that's 3 fewer polls I have to make, so I'm into it
E: I should not have posted this until after the poll closed.