HF Habs: 2023 HF Habs Prospect Rankings #5

[Treb]

Here we finally are! Sorry for those who experienced physical pain from prospect pool voting withdrawal for the 24h overdue poll.

1. Lane Hutson, 50.8% (+7)
2. David Reinbacher, 84.8% (NA)
3. Logan Mailloux, 37.2% (+4)
4. Joshua Roy, 37.7% (+1)

Graduated: Slafkosky, Guhle, Barron, Harris, Xhekaj, Ylonen, Harvey-Pinard
Out: Dichow, Fairbrother, Teasdale, Hillis, Schnarr, Gorniak, Henriksson

Prospect to add (request next):
Jakub Dobes
Bogdan Konyushkov
Oliver Kapanen
Mattias Norlinder
Jared Davidson
Vincenz Rohrer
Jan Mysak
Luke Tuch
Blake Biondi
Ty Smilanic
Cedric Guindon
Florian Xhekaj
Quentin Miller
Sam Harris
Yevgeni Volokhin
Filip Eriksson
Luke Mittelstadt
Dmitri Kostenko
Xavier Simoneau
Petteri Nurmi
Miguel Tourigny
Joe Vrbetic
Emmet Croteau
Rhett Pitlick
Daniil Sobolev
Lucas Condotta
Alexander Gordin
Jack Smith

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[Gustave]

Inexcusable

 

[WeThreeKings]

Owen Beck

Add Dobes

 

[HomeAndHome]

Owen Beck, again
Add Norlinder

 

[Caser]

Add Konyushkov.

 

[Tuggy]

Beck.

 

[McGees]

Beck vs Engstrom vs Heineman
Tough call.
All 3 I'm expecting to be very solid middle of the lineup players.

 

[Simarino]

Beck vs Engstrom vs Heineman
Tough call.
All 3 I'm expecting to be very solid middle of the lineup players.

I think Engstrom got the chance to be the more impactful, playing 20minutes a night and 2nd pp wave. I would be surprised if Heineman and Beck are more than 3rd line players.

 

[Habs13]

The guy who should have been 2nd.... Owen f***ing Beck

 

[Fatbiggie]

Beck, Owen

Add Davidson

 

[bcv]

Engstrom, imo, is the 3rd best prospect.

Add Konyushkov

 

[BaseballCoach]

Inexcusable

Yes, inexcusable that we can't vote for Dobes but we can vote for Trudeau!!

What the sweet phoque?

 

[Treb]

Yes, inexcusable that we can't vote for Dobes but we can vote for Trudeau!!

What the sweet phoque?

That's my bad, it should have been Dobes or Kapanen, but I think I skipped a page when counting the votes.

At least none of the three actually had a chance of going #5.

Also, there was like only 15 peoples that voted for next out of 260 poll votes.

 

[BaseballCoach]

That's my bad, it should have been Dobes or Kapanen, but I think I skipped a page when counting the votes.

At least none of the three actually had a chance of going #5.

Also, there was like only 15 peoples that voted for next out of 260 poll votes.

If Trudeau were in the NCAA, would he be getting consideration for high honours?

 

[Skip Bayless]

Owen "Big dick" Beck

 

[Treb]

If Trudeau were in the NCAA, would he be getting consideration for high honours?

Probably lower than now, but his play in the AHL definitely increased his stock. I have him at 18 and he was #30 last year.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Probably lower than now, but his play in the AHL definitely increased his stock. I have him at 18 and he was #30 last year.

He's a pylon, IMO. But perhaps you are less down on him than I am.

Let's put it this way. Dobes has potential to maybe be a #1 NHL goalie.

Trudeau does not have potential to be even a top-4 D.

Dobes should have been there from the start. He is one of the guys with the most potential for an NHL impact. He's also one of the guys the club is probably LEAST willing to trade, whereas Trudeau could easily be the next Fairbrother to be thrown into a deal to keep the contracts down.

 

[Playmaker09]

I think Engstrom got the chance to be the more impactful, playing 20minutes a night and 2nd pp wave. I would be surprised if Heineman and Beck are more than 3rd line players.

Yeah, I like Beck. He's a nice prospect to have in the system, but he has 4C faceoff specialist written all over him.

 

[Goldthorpe]

Engstrom is seriously undervalued. He has top-4 written all over him and he's coming next year.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Beck, add Kapanen

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I think Engstrom got the chance to be the more impactful, playing 20minutes a night and 2nd pp wave. I would be surprised if Heineman and Beck are more than 3rd line players.

Engstrom also has the highest bust factor of the three. I like him alot but Heineman and Beck look to have a high probability of being middle six forwards who bring a ton of much needed speed and sandpaper along with the potential to be 40+ point producers.

If we were dealing with tiers I would have all three in the same tier. For me, in this particular case it came down to the safest player and best fit.

 

[Treb]

He's a pylon, IMO. But perhaps you are less down on him than I am.

Let's put it this way. Dobes has potential to maybe be a #1 NHL goalie.

Trudeau does not have potential to be even a top-4 D.

Dobes should have been there from the start. He is one of the guys with the most potential for an NHL impact. He's also one of the guys the club is probably LEAST willing to trade, whereas Trudeau could easily be the next Fairbrother to be thrown into a deal to keep the contracts down.

I have Dobes higher at #10, I just don't fret about the new adds until their turns comes close.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I have Dobes higher at #10, I just don't fret about the new adds until their turns comes close.

Except Dobes is top 4-5 for me, so I fretted. One of the guys we are least likely to trade. Has to be up there.

People are fawning over Fowler but Dobes is much bigger.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

The sleep on Engstrom continues

 

[BaseballCoach]

The sleep on Engstrom continues

His ceiling in terms of NHL impact is much higher than Beck's and I'm not sure why he would have more risk than other prospects.