Prospect Info: 2024 HFDevils Prospect Rankings #14

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Results:

Rank	Player	Draft Position	Vote %	2023 Result	2022 Result
1	Simon Nemec	2022 Round 1 #2 Overall	90.5	Luke Hughes	Luke Hughes
2	Anton Silayev	2024 Round 1 #10 Overall	90.1	Simon Nemec	Simon Nemec
3	Seamus Casey	2022 Round 2 #46 Overall	76.4	Alexander Holtz	Alexander Holtz
4	Arseni Gritsyuk	2019 Round 5 #129 Overall	89.5	Akira Schmid	Arseni Gritsyuk
5	Lenni Hameenaho	2023 Round 2 #58 Overall	87.5	Seamus Casey	Shakir Mukhamadullin
6	Topias Vilen	2021 Round 5 #129 Overall	31.9	Arseni Gritsyuk	Fabian Zetterlund
7	Mikhail Yegorov	2024 Round 2 #49 Overall	29.9	Lenni Hameenaho	Nikita Okhotiuk
8	Santeri Hatakka	2019 Round 6 #184 Overall	33.3	Topias Vilen	Seamus Casey
9	Daniil Orlov	2022 Round 4 #110 Overall	25.4	Nolan Foote	Nico Daws
10	Daniil Karpovich	2023 Round 6 #186 Overall	23.9	Josh Filmon	Tyce Thompson
11	Jakub Malek	2021 Round 4 #100 Overall	35.4	Graeme Clarke	Nolan Foote
12	Daniil Misyul	2019 Round 3 #70 Overall	27.7	Zakhar Bardakov	Tyler Brennan
13	Cam Squires	2023 Round 4 #122 Overall	26.0	Nico Daws	Chase Stillman

Last Pick: Cam Squires - Cape Breton Eagles / QMJHL

Added: Tyler Brennan


Eligible Players:

Barabosha, Artem Beckman, Adam Bowers, Shane Brennan, Tyler Brown, Cole Casey, Seamus Cheslock, Chase Diotte, Mikael Edwards, Ethan Filmon, Josh Foote, Nolan Graham, Max Gritsyuk, Arseni

Hameenaho, Lenni Hatakka, Santeri Hauser, Petr Hurtig, Viktor Karpovich, Daniil Leddy, Charlie Legare, Nathan Louhivaara, Veeti Malek, Jakub Melovsky, Matyas Misyul, Daniil Nemec, Simon _

Orlov, Daniil Pikkarainen, Kasper Poulter, Isaac Salminen, Samu Shlaine, Artem Silayev, Anton Squires, Cam Stillman, Chase Traff, Herman Vilen, Topias Wendt, Dylan Yegorov, Mikhail _

(Bolded = in poll, crossed out = selected)


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[Guadana]

Poulter, add Leddy.

Even if situationally but Poulter performed well on AHL level. For his age and for his stage its a best season from this list.
Barabosha was good to play situational role in KHL but he isn't regular yet and his role was more minor.
Foote played very minor role, very limited amount of games, not so inspiring performance, and doesn't look like he developed his game for today.
Filmon had very disappointed season for D+2 CHLer.
Edwards still is intriguing prospect but now he is in log jam of Devils left defensemen list and in one step away from not being Devils prospect. American factor - a real problem, not a made-up one.
Brennan performed not well for his stage and for his age. For now most of this players don't show more than they should to at least hope for better in NHL.
Stillman doesn't have ceiling and middle to be named a good prospect, performance wasn't good before, isn't good now. Role is more minor.

I do really think that we should start to think about Pikka after. I'm not so sure that he is as good now but at least for his stage he was good enough. I have Foote next because even in a minor role he still can be NHLer.

 

[devilsblood]

Poulter add Beckman.

 

[My3Sons]

If Foote wasn't coming off a disc injury I'd vote for him here but those can linger. Instead went with Poulter who did have the best season of all the prospect goalies last season. Hopefully he builds on it.

 

[Bad Goalie]

Poulter.

Still taking a flyer on Beckman. Maybe he figures out that the 2nd part of the game he hasn't grasped needs to accompany his scoring. That would make him adept at both ends of the rink raising his value.

Right now he and Clarke have swapped franchises because neither has figured out that in order to move up they have to play in both ends of the rink. Minnesota and NJ are hoping the trade will wake them up to the fact their scoring alone won't get them to the NHL. This is likely their last chance before becoming career AHLers or finding a temporary residence in Europe until they are done with the game.

 

[nugg]

I'm still hopeful on Barabosha. I'm curious if Steve Ives still thinks he could be a dark horse stud.
No flippin clue on who to add at this point.

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

Pouter add anybody who can tape a stick.

 

[Saugus]

I voted Filmon last time and I considered that a toss up, so I'll go with him again this time.

Add Beckman.

 

[devilsfan950003]

Chose Foote, add Salminen.

 

[Bleedred]

Honestly, I thought Foote either should have been here already, or he just shouldn't have been eligible for the poll anymore in the first place.

I think he probably should have been 9th or 10th, though I'd also understand if he no longer retained prospect status for several reasons. One of them being the fact that he's about to be a 4th year pro and no longer waiver exempt, though Hattakka isn't (I don't think?) waiver exempt either.

 

[Beastdog75]

Voted for Filmon, add Louhivaara

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Fil!

add Leddy

 

[Bleedred]

Honestly, I thought Foote either should have been here already, or he just shouldn't have been eligible for the poll anymore in the first place.

I think he probably should have been 9th or 10th, though I'd also understand if he no longer retained prospect status for several reasons. One of them being the fact that he's about to be a 4th year pro and no longer waiver exempt, though Hattakka isn't (I don't think?) waiver exempt either.

I have to correct myself here. Foote is actually going to be a FIFTH year pro.

I knew his first pro year was 20-21, but I think I just forgot how to count.

Either that or I just didn’t recognize last year as being a year for him at all with how much time he missed.

 

[Forge]

Honestly, I thought Foote either should have been here already, or he just shouldn't have been eligible for the poll anymore in the first place.

I think he probably should have been 9th or 10th, though I'd also understand if he no longer retained prospect status for several reasons. One of them being the fact that he's about to be a 4th year pro and no longer waiver exempt, though Hattakka isn't (I don't think?) waiver exempt either.

I took foote out of prospect rankings like two years ago. Age 24 season? This is like his prime now lol

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Stillman. Add Salminen.

Is a fourth round pick playing in the Q really a better prospect than a former 1st round pick about on schedule to where he projects?

 

[Bleedred]

I took foote out of prospect rankings like two years ago. Age 24 season? This is like his prime now lol

In certain instances I think 23-24 is still fine to be retaining prospect status.

For someone like Gritsyuk who is the same age, I think it would apply to him, just because he's never played in North America before.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Foote’s prospect status is nothing to do with age IMO, at least as far as the general lack of consensus about whether he should be included in these polls. There’s always late bloomers and 4-year college players and transfers from Euro leagues etc.

Foote feels like an exception because he’s basically made the Devils 4 years in a row. He’s been around the Devils’ pro organization for as long as Siegenthaler has and only one year less than Jack Hughes. But he’s never come close to playing enough games. He’s still technically Calder-eligible next year, no?

 

[MartyOwns]

i mean really lol…who even are these guys at this point?

 

[devilsblood]

Foote’s prospect status is nothing to do with age IMO, at least as far as the general lack of consensus about whether he should be included in these polls. There’s always late bloomers and 4-year college players and transfers from Euro leagues etc.

Foote feels like an exception because he’s basically made the Devils 4 years in a row. He’s been around the Devils’ pro organization for as long as Siegenthaler has and only one year less than Jack Hughes. But he’s never come close to playing enough games. He’s still technically Calder-eligible next year, no?

Ya, he's 5 months older then Grits.

Stillman. Add Salminen.

Is a fourth round pick playing in the Q really a better prospect than a former 1st round pick about on schedule to where he projects?

Where does Stillman project? AHL bottom 6er?

 

[Guadana]

Stillman. Add Salminen.

Is a fourth round pick playing in the Q really a better prospect than a former 1st round pick about on schedule to where he projects?

Yes of course he is. Stillman played like ex former fourth round pick without any real glimpse of potential regular NHL future.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Barabosha, enough said.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Ya, he's 5 months older then Grits.


Where does Stillman project? AHL bottom 6er?

That’s my guess. But as low as my expectations are for him, he might be one of the guys i’m most curious to see in training camp and preseason.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Foote’s prospect status is nothing to do with age IMO, at least as far as the general lack of consensus about whether he should be included in these polls. There’s always late bloomers and 4-year college players and transfers from Euro leagues etc.

Foote feels like an exception because he’s basically made the Devils 4 years in a row. He’s been around the Devils’ pro organization for as long as Siegenthaler has and only one year less than Jack Hughes. But he’s never come close to playing enough games. He’s still technically Calder-eligible next year, no?

Believe we were using the old HockeysFuture criteria and Foote would no longer be considered a prospect.

He's fine as far as age and number of games played but the criteria was that a player had three seasons from his NHL debut to reach 65 games and would be considered graduated if he didn't. This will be his fifth season.

It was kind of quirky because there could be 25 or 26 year old college or European players who were still "prospects" depending on when they signed their ELC.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I've been voting for Foote for a while but it's fine that he's going this late. His career is really at an inflection point. He's probably gonna compete with a PTO guy for that last forward spot in camp, if he doesn't make the team his Devils future is over.

With that said he could make the team, carve out a spot in the bottom 6 and be here a while. Most of the other names I don't see as ever playing meaningful games for the Devils.

 

[Triumph]

Foote’s prospect status is nothing to do with age IMO, at least as far as the general lack of consensus about whether he should be included in these polls. There’s always late bloomers and 4-year college players and transfers from Euro leagues etc.

Foote feels like an exception because he’s basically made the Devils 4 years in a row. He’s been around the Devils’ pro organization for as long as Siegenthaler has and only one year less than Jack Hughes. But he’s never come close to playing enough games. He’s still technically Calder-eligible next year, no?

I don't think he's Calder-eligible because I don't think it's just a games threshold, I think you also can't play games in multiple seasons. I'm too lazy to look it up, but I did just check Alex Pietrangelo who was under the games threshold but received no Calder votes for his first full season where he scored 11 goals and played 22 minutes a game - hard to imagine otherwise.