Prospect Info: 2024-25 Prospect Info (CHL, NCAA, Europe)

[McMetal]

Discuss our army of fresh and exciting new prospects here! Below are the results of the prospect ranking polls from this summer.

Position	Player	Draft	2024 Rank	2023 Rank	Change
C	Calum Ritchie	2023 #27	1 (98.6%)	1	0
D	Mikhail Gulyayev	2023 #31	2 (76.1%)	2	0
D	Sean Behrens	2021 #61	3 (60.9%)	3	0
G	Ilya Nabokov	2024 #38	4 (95.8%)	-	-
C	Jean-Luc Foudy	2020 #75	5 (74.0%)	4	-1
RW	Oskar Olausson	2021 #28	6 (51.3%)	6	0
C	Ivan Ivan	Undrafted	7 (36.1%)	-	-
LW	William Zellers	2024 #76	8 (50.0%)	-	-
C	Maxmilian Curran	2024 #161	9 (54.3%)	-	-
D	Tory Pitner	2024 #185	10 (37.0%)	-	-
C	Jake Fisher	2024 #121	11 (25.0%)	-	-
C	Christian Humphreys	2024 #215	12 (41.2%)	-	-
LW	Maros Jedlicka	2023 #219	13 (25.0%)	15	+2
G	Ivan Yunin	2024 #137	14 (33.3%)	-	-
C	Zakhar Bardakov	2021 #203 (TR)	15 (42.9%)	-	-
G	Louka Cloutier	2024 #132	16 (43.5%)	-	-
G	Kevin Mandolese	2018 #157 (TR)	17 (64.7%)	-	-
C	Ondrej Pavel	Undrafted	18 (41.7%)	8	-10
D	Chris Romaine	2022 #193	19 (28.6%)	20	+1
C	Nikita Prischepov	2024 #217	20 (26.3%)	-	-

Honorable Mentions:

Position	Player	Draft	2024 Rank	2023 Rank	Change
LW	Taylor Makar	2021 #220	HM 1	18	-3
G	Trent Miner	2019 #202	HM 2	HM 2	0
D	Saige Weinstein	Undrafted	HM 3	-	-
C	Colby Ambrosio	2020 #118	HM 4	10	-14
C	Matt Stienburg	2019 #63	HM 5	12	-13
LW	Chase Bradley	2020 #203 (FA)	HM 6	-	-
D	Nikita Ishimnikov	2023 #155	HM 7	17	-10
C	Andrei Buyalski	2021 #92	HM 8	11	-17

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[McMetal]

Mods, pretty please pin this? And you can unpin the prospect poll main thread as well, that's all wrapped up now.

 

[henchman21]

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Bet that movie made more money from VHS rentals than any of these players will from NHL careers.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Gulyayev scored his first of the season yesterday... Nothing especial, just another shot from the blueline...

 

[Foppa2118]

Bet that movie made more money from VHS rentals than any of these players will from NHL careers.

Makes me wonder if Blockbuster made more a year in fees for not rewinding tapes, than Jo Drouin made in salary last year?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Makes me wonder if Blockbuster made more a year in fees for not rewinding tapes, than Jo Drouin made in salary last year?

If you add in late return fees, I can almost guarantee they did (probably from my boat alone one year). We deployed for an emergency underway to go out to sea and dive under a hurricane rather than sit in port and have it blow in over us while moored to the pier. It was supposed to be like 2 or 3 days, ended up being over a month because the piers got damaged and we could come home. *LOL*

I think the poor store manager at Blockbusters had to listen to over a dozen of us that got stuck with movies out on rental while this happened and the late fees mounted quick. I even asked if I could just buy the damn thing because it would've been cheaper. *LOL* She was a gem though and waived the fees for us after laughing at the whole thing.

 

[Hasbro]

Makes me wonder if Blockbuster made more a year in fees for not rewinding tapes, than Jo Drouin made in salary last year?

Late fees were about a third of their revenue.

 

[AvsFan4]

Nikita Ishimnikov has played the last 3 games for his KHL team and TOI increasing little by little. Honestly didn’t expect this considering he had like 5 points in 50ish games across the 3 different Russian leagues. Didn’t think he’d be on KHL radar. I know production/points isn’t everything but I mean it also kind of has to be to a degree.

 

[AvsFan4]

Do we know why Will Zellers isn’t playing for his USHL team yet?

 

[Deadsy]

Do we know why Will Zellers isn’t playing for his USHL team yet?

In true Avs fashion he had some surgery in the summer and is not yet ready.

Source: USHL Fall Classic begins

 

[ANewHope]

What kinda minutes is Gulyayev getting so far in the KHL? Only has 1 point in 9 games looking at EP.

 

[henchman21]

What kinda minutes is Gulyayev getting so far in the KHL? Only has 1 point in 9 games looking at EP.

https://en.khl.ru/players/40811/#:~:text=Hockey%20player%20Gulyayev%20Mikhail:

He's not up the lineup much (bottom pairing mostly), and hasn't been good enough this year to have a bigger role. It's early though.

Nikita Ishimnikov has played the last 3 games for his KHL team and TOI increasing little by little. Honestly didn’t expect this considering he had like 5 points in 50ish games across the 3 different Russian leagues. Didn’t think he’d be on KHL radar. I know production/points isn’t everything but I mean it also kind of has to be to a degree.

It speaks more to the KHL than anything else. Ishimnikov doesn't skate nearly well enough to have much of a chance in North America.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

What kinda minutes is Gulyayev getting so far in the KHL? Only has 1 point in 9 games looking at EP.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841843463064564037

 

[Richard Doll]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841843463064564037

Bummer, have a lot of hopes for Gulyayev as a prospect in the system.

 

[henchman21]

Russian development of defensemen with Gulyayev's skill set is a very large question. I really wish he would have the ability to come to NA ASAP. There's always still a chance of busting... but his skill set fits the NA game much better and even playing in the CHL would help nurture it.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

I think hes just a trade chip. BPA and then traded for a developed prospect with lower upside or a role played.

 

[henchman21]

I think hes just a trade chip. BPA and then traded for a developed prospect with lower upside or a role played.

Then they drafted the wrong guy for that. He wasn't ever going to build much hype in Russia due to how they develop defensemen. Along with that, his contract situation makes it more difficult to use him for rentals last season and this season. Teams tend to hate waiting. So they have a guy that you have to wait for... and won't be building hype due to how Russia develops players.

IMO they grabbed Gulyayev to directly replace Girard in 27-28.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Then they drafted the wrong guy for that. He wasn't ever going to build much hype in Russia due to how they develop defensemen. Along with that, his contract situation makes it more difficult to use him for rentals last season and this season. Teams tend to hate waiting. So they have a guy that you have to wait for... and won't be building hype due to how Russia develops players.

IMO they grabbed Gulyayev to directly replace Girard in 27-28.

Something tells me that is not going to be a lateral change and will end up being a downgrade. But then again in 27-28 who gives a shit. The window on championships closes this summer or next. Of course, we'll still be a playoff team for years to come but actually competing for the cup? We've got at most 2 kicks at the can left from what I can see.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841922889840517551

 

[The Merchant]

Feels good to finally have a blue chip goalie prospect for the first time ever

 

[henchman21]

Is this where we ignore that he got yanked 2 starts ago?

 

[GoNordiquesGo]

Feels good to finally have a blue chip goalie prospect for the first time ever

I think "blue chip" means something close to "certain to pan out".
I doubt Nabokov as reached that level of certainty in his development.
Very promising but I think its early for the term "blue chip".

 

[The Merchant]

I think "blue chip" means something close to "certain to pan out".
I doubt Nabokov as reached that level of certainty in his development.
Very promising but I think its early for the term "blue chip".

Hey this is the closest thing we're ever gonna get. That's blue enough for me

 

[henchman21]

Hey this is the closest thing we're ever gonna get. That's blue enough for me

How dare you forget Marc Denis