Prospect Info: 2024 HF Oilers Prospect Rankings #2

[The Nuge]

Savoie wins #1 nearly unanimously

Rank
#1. Matthew Savoie (TR)
#2.


( ) - Previous Year Ranking
UR - Unranked Previously
ND - Newly Drafted
TR - Acquired Via Trade
HM - Honourable Mention

Spoiler: “2023) Rankings”

No Poll Done / Lowetide top 20
#1. Xavier Bourgault (3)
#2. Beau Akey (ND)
#3. Raphael Lavoie (11)
#4. Olivier Rodrigue (HM)
#5. Max Wanner (HM)
#6. Matvey Petrov (5)
#7. Maxim Berezkin (19)
#8. Shane Lachance (ND)
#9. Nikita Yevseyev (ND)
#10. James Hamblin (16)
#11. Carter Savoie (7)
#12. Tyler Tullio (8)
#13. Matt Copponi (ND)
#14. Cam Dineen (UR)
#15. Jayden Grubbe (UR)
#16. Markus Niemelainen (10)
#17. Ben Gleason (UR)
#18. Noel Hoffenmeyer (UR)
#19. Phil Kemp (18)
#20. Luca Munzenberger (14)

Spoiler: “2022 Rankings”

#1. Dylan Holloway (#2)
#2. Philip Broberg (#3)
#3. Xavier Bourgault (#5)
#4. Stuart Skinner (#11)
#5. Matvey Petrov (#20)
#6. Reid Schaefer (new draftee)
#7. Carter Savoie (#10)
#8. Tyler Tullio (#12)
#9. Dmitri Samorukov (#4)
#10. Markus Niemelainen (unranked)
#11. Raphael Lavoie (#7)
#12. Vincent Desharnais (unranked)
#13. Michael Kesselring (#13)
#14. Luca Munzenberger (#19)
#15. Ryan Fanti (new signee)
#16. James Hamblin (unranked)
#17. Jake Chiasson (unranked)
#18. Philip Kemp (unranked)
#19. Maksim Berezkin (#17)
#20. Joel Maata (new draftee)

Honourable mentions
Maximus Wanner
Olivier Rodrigue
Noah Philp

Spoiler: “2021 Rankings”

Prospect Info: - HFOil's 2021 Final Top-20 Prospect Ranking

We're done! What are your overall thoughts on the Oilers prospect pool as it stands? Who is too high/low on this ranking? Who will surprise/disappoint this year and who are you most excited to watch? :edmonton HFOil's Top-20 Oilers Prospects Eligibility:

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1. Evan Bouchard - RD (83.3%)
2. Dylan Holloway - C/LW (77.2%)
3. Philip Broberg - LD (74.8%)
4. Dmitri Samorukov - LD (53.7)
5. Xavier Bourgault - C/RW (50%)
6. Ryan McLeod - C (57.6%)
7. Raphael Lavoie - RW (66.7%)
8. Ilya Konovalov - G (50%)
9. Tyler Benson - LW (45.8%)
10. Carter Savoie - W (58.2%)
11. Stuart Skinner - G (64.6%)
12. Ty Tullio - RW (34.9%)
13. Michael Kesselring - RD (50%)
14. Cooper Marody - C (42.5%)
15. Olivier Rodrigue - G (26.0%)
16. Kirill Maksimov - W (35.9%)
17. Maxim Beryozkin - W (40.0%)
18. Filip Berglund - RD (30.0%)
19. Luca Munzenberger - LD (33.9%)
20. Matvei Petrov - LW (63.6%)

Spoiler: 2020 Rankings

Prospect Info: - HFOIL 2020 Prospect Rankings (Poll #20)

1. Philip Broberg
2. Evan Bouchard
3. Dylan Holloway
4. Dmitri Samorukov
5. Tyler Benson
6. Raphael Lavoie
7. Ryan McLeod
8. Ilya Konovalov
9. William Lagesson
10. Tyler Tullio
11. Filip Berglund
12. Carter Savoie
13. Olivier Rodrigue
14. Kirill Maksimov
15. Michael Kesselring
16. Cooper Marody
17. Philip Kemp
18. Stuart Skinner
19. Maxim Beryozkin
20. Aapeli Rasanen

Spoiler: 2019 Rankings

No Poll Done / Lowetide top 20

#1. Evan Bouchard
#2. Philip Broberg
#3. Ethan Bear
#4. Tyler Benson
#5. Raphael Lavoie
#6. Caleb Jones
#7. Kailer Yamamoto
#8. Dmitri Samorukov
#9. Ryan McLeod
#10. William Lagesson
#11. Cooper Marody
#12. Kirill Maksimov
#13. Ilya Konovalov
#14. Olivier Rodrigue
#15. Joakin Nygaard
#16. Joel Persson
#17. Filip Berglund
#18. Shane Starret
#19. Stuart Skinner
#20. Aapeli Rasanen

Spoiler: 2018 Rankings

Prospect Info: - HFOil Top 20 Oilers Prospects 2018 (Final Rankings)

1) Evan Bouchard
2) Kailer Yamamoto
3) Ethan Bear
4) Tyler Benson
5) Ryan McLeod
6) Kirill Maksimov
7) Caleb Jones
8) Stuart Skinner
9) Cooper Marody
10) Ostap Safin
11) William Lagesson
12) Filip Berglund
13) Dmitri Samorukov
14) Olivier Rodrigue
15) Joel Persson
16) Aapeli Rasanen
17) Philip Kemp
18) Cameron Hebig
19) Graham McPhee
20) Tyler Vesel

Spoiler: 2017 Rankings

Prospect Info: - HFOil Top 20 Oilers Prospects 2017 (FINAL RANKINGS)

1) Jesse Puljujarvi
2) Kailer Yamamoto
3) Caleb Jones
4) Ethan Bear
5) Tyler Benson
6) Laurent Brossoit
7) Ziyat Paigin
8) Jujhar Khaira
9) Dylan Wells
10) Joe Gambardella
11) Nick Ellis
12) Ryan Mantha
13) Dmitri Samorukov
14) Ostap Safin
15) Aapeli Rasanen
16) Kirill Maksimov
17) Filip Berglund
18) Stuart Skinner
19) Markus Niemelainen
20) John Marino

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[McDNicks17]

Tough pick as an OHL homer, but I'm going O'Reilly.

He's the exact type of player this team has needed for like two decades.

Watch for his point totals to explode next year and put to rest any doubts on his NHL upside.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

O'Reilly for me. I think that he'll take a step forward offensively this season. I'm hoping that he gets a good look in the first 4 games of training camp.

 

[MessierII]

I’d say Akey. d can be hard to project but I think he has the highest upside.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I voted Jarventie. False hope perhaps.

 

[Pass the Saitl Sauce]

Tough pick as an OHL homer, but I'm going O'Reilly.

He's the exact type of player this team has needed for like two decades.

Watch for his point totals to explode next year and put to rest any doubts on his NHL upside.

I’m optimistically hopeful he could get 90+ points this year

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Top 5 and Tiers

1.Savioe - top line wing potential. Only blue chip in bad prospect system. Arrival this season or next.


2.O'Reilly - future hard ice 3C replacement. Big development year ahead with see if offensive potential manifests with junior team opportunity. Arrival three years..
3. Akey - prospective mid-size, puck mover 3 RD with some stretch upside to reach 2RD. Arrival window in three years.
4. Wanner - prospective hard ice goal suppression defender 3RD. Arrival window in two to three seasons.


5.Jarventie - second organization established AHL player with NHL games in. Recovery time on major injury with opportunity to complete for top 9 forward job in two seasons.
5.B Lavoie - big, productive mid-range shooter among the youngest of AHL top 10 goal scorers and at crossroads of NHL opportunity in Edmonton.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Love these!

 

[Mr Kot]

I have high hopes for rodrique so him.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Outside Lavoie I have not a lot of hope for the ptospects

 

[McDoused]

One thing I really like about Pracy is that he seems to really understand how guys develop differently. Jackson really seems to have a good overview of the teams age curves and rhe importance of replacing contracts with younger cheaper players.

I think the goal is have one guy from each draft year in the NHL with two prospects from each year with the potential to make the NHL.

2008: Henrique
2009: Kane / Ekholm
2010: Hyman / Skinner
2011: RNH
2012: Kulak / Brown
2013: Nurse / Janmark
2014: Arvidsson
2015: McDavid
2016: Draisaitl
2017: Skinner
2018: Bouchard / Emberson
2019: Podkolzin / Lavoie
2020: Jarventie
2021: Wanner
2022: Savoie
2023: Akey / Fischer
2024: O'Reilly / Vinni

I wouldn't be surprised if the Oilers start targeting some more guys from the 2020-2023 drafts that maybe aren't panning out with their respective teams or are going through waivers.

I see a guy like Luke Prokop (2020 draft) who was a 3rd round pick but saw time in the ECHL. Maybe Nashville is ready to move on from him?

Or maybe Chicago with so much young talent has soured on a guy like like Lukas Reichel (2020)?

Columbus is loaded with center prospects. A guy like Luca Del Bel Bulluz (2022) might be NHL ready but likely buried behind the higher drafted prospects.

Filip Mesar (2022) was almost traded earlier this year. With all the talent coming up, maybe they look to move him out.

 

[Fourier]

This one was close. I went with Akey because his success is more important to the team.

 

[Fourier]

One thing I really like about Pracy is that he seems to really understand how guys develop differently. Jackson really seems to have a good overview of the teams age curves and rhe importance of replacing contracts with younger cheaper players.

I think the goal is have one guy from each draft year in the NHL with two prospects from each year with the potential to make the NHL.

2008: Henrique
2009: Kane / Ekholm
2010: Hyman / Skinner
2011: RNH
2012: Kulak / Brown
2013: Nurse / Janmark
2014: Arvidsson
2015: McDavid
2016: Draisaitl
2017: Skinner
2018: Bouchard / Emberson
2019: Podkolzin / Lavoie
2020: Jarventie
2021: Wanner
2022: Savoie
2023: Akey / Fischer
2024: O'Reilly / Vinni

I wouldn't be surprised if the Oilers start targeting some more guys from the 2020-2023 drafts that maybe aren't panning out with their respective teams or are going through waivers.

I see a guy like Luke Prokop (2020 draft) who was a 3rd round pick but saw time in the ECHL. Maybe Nashville is ready to move on from him?

Or maybe Chicago with so much young talent has soured on a guy like like Lukas Reichel (2020)?

Columbus is loaded with center prospects. A guy like Luca Del Bel Bulluz (2022) might be NHL ready but likely buried behind the higher drafted prospects.

Filip Mesar (2022) was almost traded earlier this year. With all the talent coming up, maybe they look to move him out.

This is a very good strategy for a way to manage the prospect pool, targeting players on teams with deep pools that may be blocked. You don't need to hit a home run just find a guy or two who can fill out a bottom of the roster role. Guys like Prokop can often be had for very little, like a 6th round pick in the future, but they have a much better shot at helping you someday soon that that 6th round pick.

Look at a guy like Verhaeghe. He was drafted by Toronto, traded with four others to the Islanders for Grabner, and then was traded to Florida for G Kristers Gudlevskis.

 

[Canovin]

Beau Akey for me. There's something special there

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Thanks for starting these up again.

Tough between Akey and O'Rielly. I think Akey has slightly more upside so I will go him.

 

[Bring Back Bucky]

I wish I was still considered a prospect but now that I’m past 50 and fat and have had hardware inserted into my heart I’m guessing my name isn’t going to come up.

 

[Senor Catface]

Seems like an obvious winner for the next poll.

 

[LTIR]

We need a tie breaker poll for #2. This is too close. The poster who voted Berezkin could've altered this result.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

This is a very good strategy for a way to manage the prospect pool, targeting players on teams with deep pools that may be blocked. You don't need to hit a home run just find a guy or two who can fill out a bottom of the roster role. Guys like Prokop can often be had for very little, like a 6th round pick in the future, but they have a much better shot at helping you someday soon that that 6th round pick.

Look at a guy like Verhaeghe. He was drafted by Toronto, traded with four others to the Islanders for Grabner, and then was traded to Florida for G Kristers Gudlevskis.

The Oilers have dabbled in this a bit over the years. A 3rd for a flyer on Flyer prospect Cooper Marody. Flip a 5th to Rangers for Grubbe. Both pending unsigned free agents though not necessarily stalled in pro prospect pools. I think they are in better position to do this now as an enhanced, more sophisticated information organization that brings stronger analytic modelling to support the eyes in the field.