Prospect Info: 2024-25 Prospect Thread

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PLAYER	POS	ACQUIRED	EP RANK	HF RANK	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
William Dufour	RW	2020 round 5 #152	10		Bridgeport Islanders	39	7	7	14	43	-19
Cole Eiserman	LW	2024 round 1 #20	1	1	Boston Univ.	28	16	8	24	27	6
					USA U20	7	3	4	7	6	1
Matthew Maggio	RW	2022 round 5 #142	12	6	Bridgeport Islanders	44	6	9	15	20	-21
Jesse Pulkkinen	D	2024 round 2 #54	2	3	JYP	29	3	3	6	18	1
					JYP U20	2	1	4	5	2	1
Danny Nelson	C	2023 round 2 #49	3	2	Univ. of Notre Dame	28	11	9	20	29	-2
					USA U20	7	4	2	6	0	1
Ruslan Iskhakov	C/LW	2018 round 2 #43			CSKA Moscow	49	11	15	26	28	7
					Russia 25	3	0	0	0	0	0
Calle Odelius	D	2022 round 2 #65	6	4	Bridgeport Islanders	45	0	10	10	18	-29
Kamil Bednarik	C	2024 round 2 #61	7	5	Boston Univ.	29	1	14	15	24	1
Isaiah George	D	2022 round 4 #98	5		Bridgeport Islanders	10	2	4	6	0	-6
					New York Islanders	33	1	4	5	6	-3
Alex Jefferies	LW	2020 round 4 #121	8	8	Bridgeport Islanders	37	8	15	23	10	-12
Eetu Liukas	LW	2021 round 5 #157			Bridgeport Islanders	36	3	4	7	35	-10
Quinn Finley	LW	2022 round 3 #78	13	7	Univ. of Wisconsin	32	19	15	34	31	-2
Jesse Nurmi	LW	2023 round 4 #113			London	42	8	16	24	10	9
					Finland U20 (WJC-U20)	7	2	3	5	2	-1
					Finland U20 (all)	10	3	5	8	0	-
Zach Schulz	D	2023 round 6 #177			Univ. of Wisconsin	24	1	8	9	6	-4
Cameron Berg	C	2021 round 4 #125	14		Univ. of North Dakota	17	9	7	16	12	7
Daylan Kuefler +	LW	2022 round 6 #174			Worcester Railers	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Gill	C	2023 round 5 #145	9		Worcester Railers	14	3	10	13	12	6
					Bridgeport Islanders	28	1	5	6	19	-18
Dennis Good Bogg	D	2023 round 7 #209			Östersunds IK	15	0	0	0	9	-7
					Mariestad BoIS	18	1	2	3	25	-2
Xavier Veilleux	D	2024 round 6 #179			Muskegon Lumberjacks	44	5	21	26	16	12
Tomas Machu	D	2021 round 7 #221			Providence College	23	1	4	5	23	6
Cam Thiesing	C	UFA			Bridgeport Islanders	32	2	5	7	32	-10
GOALIES						GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
Tristan Lennox	G	2021 round 3 #93			Bridgeport Islanders	0	0	0	0	0-0-0
Jakub Skarek	G	2018 round 3 #72			Bridgeport Islanders	20	3.20	.895	1	5-11-1
					New York Islanders	1	5.29	.844	0	0-1-0
Henrik Tikkanen	G	2020 round 7 #214			Worcester Railers	7	2.42	.918	2	2-4-0
					Bridgeport Islanders	19	4.53	.860	1	4-12-1
Marcus Gidlof	G	2024 round 5 #147		9	Leksands IF J20	9	1.45	.938	3	8-1-0
					Leksands IF	13	2.19	.912	0	9-4-0
					Sweden U20 (WJC-U20)	2	1.38	.938	0	1-1-0
					Sweden U20 (all)	5	2.36	.895	0	3-1-0
Dmitri Gamzin	G	2024 round 4 #115	11	10	CSKA Moscow	19	2.05	.933	2	5-5-0
					Zvezda Moskva	7	3.39	.887	0	6-1-0

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[Arsenalogist24]

So now that we have 6 more prospects to deliberate about, where do some of these guys fall into our top 10?

 

[Sparksrus3]

So now that we have 6 more prospects to deliberate about, where do some of these guys fall into our top 10?

Unfortunately they all might be top 10

 

[Bronson]

I think we hit it out of the park with the first three selections.

 

[seafoam]

So now that we have 6 more prospects to deliberate about, where do some of these guys fall into our top 10?

Complete shot in the dark so don't roast me.

1.) Eiserman
2.) Nelson
3.) Odelius
4.) Maggio
5.) Jefferies
6) Iskhakov
7.) George
8.) Pulkkinen
9.) Bednarik
10.) Dufour
12.) Nurmi
12.) Finley
13.) Gill
14.) Gamzin
15.) Tikkanen
16.) Kuefler
17.) Malinen
18.) Warren
19.) Liukas
20.) Lennox

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

Unfortunately they all might be top 10

Not at all

 

[Top Corner]

Does anyone know if any of the unsigned draft picks are worth a shot to help build a weaker prospects pool ?

 

[Osakahaus]

Nurmi needs to be a guy reaching the top 10 if we signed him this early out of Finland

 

[Bill Herlyn]

Quinn Finley should be ahead of Nurmi and probably Dufour in Seafoam's rankings IMO but otherwise an excellent job!!

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

My short list:
1) Eiserman
2) Nelson
3) Pulkkinen
4) Finley
5) Jefferies
6) Bednarik
7) Odelius
8) Gamzin

 

[doublechili]

A couple of years ago everyone had Bolduc listed very low after a down year and then he bounced back and moved up. I suspect the same thing may be happening now with Dufour. The guy was Memorial Cup MVP and then had a very good first pro season before stepping back this past season.

 

[YearlyLottery]

My short list:
1) Eiserman
2) Nelson
3) Pulkkinen
4) Finley
5) Jefferies
6) Bednarik
7) Odelius
8) Gamzin

Pulkkinen is a pick I am super excited for. I am surprised that you do not have Isiah George included in here. What is the reasoning for that?

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Pulkkinen is a pick I am super excited for. I am surprised that you do not have Isiah George included in here. What is the reasoning for that?

George has some tools, but not (yet?) the toolbox.

Still seeing too many struggles at the OHL level over the past two seasons. As good as the skating has been, he still hasn't figured out how to use it to get himself out of trouble or to create many advantages for himself and his teammates.

 

[saintunspecified]

My short list:
1) Eiserman
2) Nelson
3) Pulkkinen
4) Finley
5) Jefferies
6) Bednarik
7) Odelius
8) Gamzin

I think Maggio deserves to be in there somewhere. Like Finley, and Jefferies I think he'll be an NHL player if only because he's a dedicated puck hound who has good hands/coordination.

But I think the take-home message about this list is that Dufour and Iskhakov aren't on it.

Unlike recent NYI prospect pools, this contains a whole bunch of forwards who seem likely to see NHL action at various roles, not just boom or (more likely) bust guys. Bednarik is definitely one of those. Of that group (Nelson, Finley, Jefferies, Maggio, Bednarik), I think Bednarik may have the best chance to be more than a bottom 6 forward. Better watch some college hockey, though, because BPT isn't going to be very good.

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

I think Maggio deserves to be in there somewhere. Like Finley, and Jefferies I think he'll be an NHL player if only because he's a dedicated puck hound who has good hands/coordination.

I'd have put him at 9 on that list.

He had a great second half and had clearly won over the coaching staff, often on the ice when the money was on the line, a situation that showed up in basically every game.

But I think the take-home message about this list is that Dufour and Iskhakov aren't on it.

Two young men somewhere in no-man's land right now.

Dufour's sophomore slump isn't entirely unusual. Hopefully he bounces back.

But Iskhakov is what he is and I just don't see a spot for him in this organization. Would be prudent to see if a team out there lacking system skill among its forward group wouldn't want to swap him out for a prospect that we might actually have more use for.

Unlike recent NYI prospect pools, this contains a whole bunch of forwards who seem likely to see NHL action at various roles, not just boom or (more likely) bust guys. Bednarik is definitely one of those. Of that group (Nelson, Finley, Jefferies, Maggio, Bednarik), I think Bednarik may have the best chance to be more than a bottom 6 forward. Better watch some college hockey, though, because BPT isn't going to be very good.

Yes, we could find ourselves down on guys like Bednarik and Veilleux in no time flat.

Hopefully, they'll already take on big roles in college next year and have us just as enthusiastic about them as we are about Nelson and Finley.

College hockey will definitely be interesting.

At this point, looks like BPort is gonna be non-competitive. But there's still time and the Lamoriellos tend to have a lot of bodies there by the time camp opens up.

 

[saintunspecified]

Yes, we could find ourselves down on guys like Bednarik and Veilleux in no time flat.

I think Bednarik is in a very good spot to have a very good 1st year. He plays a college style game already. I wouldn't be surprised if he plays 2nd line minutes right off the bat.

 

[seafoam]

I'd have put him at 9 on that list.

He had a great second half and had clearly won over the coaching staff, often on the ice when the money was on the line, a situation that showed up in basically every game.



Two young men somewhere in no-man's land right now.

Dufour's sophomore slump isn't entirely unusual. Hopefully he bounces back.

But Iskhakov is what he is and I just don't see a spot for him in this organization. Would be prudent to see if a team out there lacking system skill among its forward group wouldn't want to swap him out for a prospect that we might actually have more use for.



Yes, we could find ourselves down on guys like Bednarik and Veilleux in no time flat.

Hopefully, they'll already take on big roles in college next year and have us just as enthusiastic about them as we are about Nelson and Finley.

College hockey will definitely be interesting.

At this point, looks like BPort is gonna be non-competitive. But there's still time and the Lamoriellos tend to have a lot of bodies there by the time camp opens up.

Veilleux is playing another year at Muskgeon before going to Harvard.

 

[SRBisles]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808536200707289550

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Very interesting.

Look who was just selected in the CHL Import Draft:

PS) Went to post this the second it happened but the site said something went wrong and to try again later. So, this is later.

 

[Arsenalogist24]

We can watch the OHL this year!

 

[Chapin Landvogt]

Veilleux is playing another year at Muskgeon before going to Harvard.

Really like hearing this!

Seems like the type of player who could really benefit from putting in a hopefully dominant USHL season before taking his act to Boston.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808536200707289550

After the amount of time he missed last season and how miscast he was in the pro team (too early, too little ice time), it really seems like a year under <gulp> Dale Hunter's tutelage would be as ideal a situation as Nurmi could find himself in.

I'd have to think the Isles think so too.

And I've gotten so used to following the Knights since George has been there.

 

[seafoam]

Really like hearing this!

Seems like the type of player who could really benefit from putting in a hopefully dominant USHL season before taking his act to Boston.



After the amount of time he missed last season and how miscast he was in the pro team (too early, too little ice time), it really seems like a year under <gulp> Dale Hunter's tutelage would be as ideal a situation as Nurmi could find himself in.

I'd have to think the Isles think so too.

And I've gotten so used to following the Knights since George has been there.

The Knights are a great program, I'd love to see Nurmi go there and rip it up.

At the very worst, he becomes a potential trade trip (a la Raty) for a piece (Ehlers?) that could help the Islanders "today and tomorrow" as Lou loves to say.

 

[SI90]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808536200707289550

Just came to post this. Couldn't have him go to a better organization in juniors to acclimate to North America.

Now we have a prospect in the CHL lol

 

[LDN]

Really like hearing this!

Seems like the type of player who could really benefit from putting in a hopefully dominant USHL season before taking his act to Boston.



After the amount of time he missed last season and how miscast he was in the pro team (too early, too little ice time), it really seems like a year under <gulp> Dale Hunter's tutelage would be as ideal a situation as Nurmi could find himself in.

I'd have to think the Isles think so too.

And I've gotten so used to following the Knights since George has been there.

He seems like a London Knight type of player

 

[MJF]

We can watch the OHL this year!

And Hockey East.