Prospect Info: 2024 Ducks Prospect Rankings #20

[MMC]

Each poll will run for 48 hours except in the case of a clear landslide. I will go to the top 25 and include a final poll where you can pick 5 honorable mentions. In the twentieth poll I am voting for Coulson Pitre.

As always the list will define prospects as hockeysfuture does: NHL Prospect Criteria - Hockey's Future.

2024 Ducks Prospect Rankings:

1. LW - Cutter Gauthier (2024 acquired)
2. RW - Beckett Sennecke (2024 draftee)
3. D - Olen Zellweger (no change)
4. D - Tristan Luneau (+1)
5. D - Stian Solberg (2024 draftee)
6. G - Damian Clara (+16)
7. RW - Sam Colangelo (+18)
8. C - Lucas Pettersson (2024 draftee)
9. D - Rodwin Dionicio (2023 HM)
10. C - Nathan Gaucher (-2)
11. G - Tomas Suchanek (2024 acquired)
12. D - Tyson Hinds (-5)
13. RW - Yegor Sidorov (+10)
14. LW - Nikita Nesterenko (+2)
15. D - Ian Moore (-2)
16. D - Noah Warren (-1)
17. RW - Maxim Massé (2024 draftee)
18. C - Carey Terrance (+3)
19. RW - Sasha Pastujov (-10)

Our graduates and departures are:

Leo Carlsson
Pavel Mintyukov
Lukas Dostal
Jackson LaCombe
Connor Hvidston
Jacob Perreault
Pavol Regenda
Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Brayden Tracey
Blake McLaughlin
Gage Alexander
Ben King
Jack Perbix
Artyom Galimov
Albin Sundsvik​

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[Kalv]

Well now what? I was on Pasta train past few votes and have to check who's left now

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Helleson because he's shown progress in the NHL as opposed to his AHL numbers.
We have no idea if any of the remaining prospects will even get to that point of looking good in the NHL.
I feel like if they move Vaak or LaCombe he will get called up.

 

[Rooch]

Clang

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Going with Helleson here, despite him seeming to have plateaued to some degree this past season. He turns 24 this season, completes his ELC and is six years past his draft season. He needs to solidify himself as an NHL option this year.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Went with Kukkonen. I think his coaches shafted him last season at Mich Tech and Kukkonen moved onto a new college team, Wisconsin. (Although, I would have preferred Western Michigan the new destination.) Two seasons ago, Kukkonen raked 18 goals as a freshman and tied at 29th overall in the NCAA for goal scoring. Last year, he had 1 goal and played in a bottom-6 role.

I'm hoping Kukkonen's story follows Colangelo's story. Colangelo had a great sophomore year at Northeastern and then got shafted in his junior season by his coaches. Then Colangelo changed schools to Western Michigan, where they emphasize goal scoring. Colangelo's rank in our prospect pool last year was 25th and is now ranked 7th in this year's prospect pool.

 

[Ducks]

I'm high on Tarin Smith and expect him to be a big riser on this list next year.

 

[AngelDuck]

Does Myatovic even make the top 25? What a disappointing pick that is so far

 

[Static]

Does Myatovic even make the top 25? What a disappointing pick that is so far

Lack of exposure is going to hurt him in a poll like this. Very few of us have seen him play and he was hurt all of last year so he has no fun numbers to point to.

 

[MMC]

Does Myatovic even make the top 25? What a disappointing pick that is so far

He’s next for me personally

 

[Kalv]

I was considering Helleson or Smith. Going with Smith it seems there is a lot of untapped potential there

 

[Blue and Green]

Does Myatovic even make the top 25? What a disappointing pick that is so far

Don't know if anyone on your board is aware of this, but Nico's dad passed away suddenly about a month after he was drafted. (A buddy of mine was a friend of his dad.) Between that and the injuries, perhaps he was affected mentally/physically last season.