Prospect Info: 23-24 Prospect Poll #3 OA

[DaveG]

so Nadeau won the last poll, though it was relatively close so wanted to let it ride out a bit longer.
Going to put the guys that got votes last time (or were mentioned in Rykov's case) at the top and then list from there.

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[MrazeksVengeance]

MRÁZEK.

 

[poobags]

Morrow running away with this one so far.

 

[Lempo]

I totally forgot we signed D-Fens.

 

[MinJaBen]

I totally forgot we signed D-Fens.

The fact that D-Fens plays defense, it was a no brainer for our front office.

 

[Lempo]

The fact that D-Fens plays defense, it was a no brainer for our front office.

That's my kind of brainless.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Morrow should be it. IMO he should be #2, but I get why our latest 1st rounder would get a majority of votes. As nice as Nadeau's shot is, I just think that potential top-4 RHD are that important and that valuable.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

The fact that D-Fens plays defense, it was a no brainer for our front office.

In D-Fens of @Lempo. Fensore is like 4' tall so his signing is easy to miss.

 

[MinJaBen]

In D-Fens of @Lempo. Fensore is like 4' tall so his signing is easy to miss.

Flew under the radar. And the cross bar.

 

[LakeLivin]

GLEB!!! Just because!

 

[cptjeff]

The fact that D-Fens plays defense, it was a no brainer for our front office.

I still don't understand why we don't try to move him to forward. He has zero chance of making the NHL on defense, despite the name. I'm a big fan of the little guys, but lord, you need at least *some* size to play D in the NHL.

The odds of pulling it off are low, but low is better than zero.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Morrow should be it. IMO he should be #2, but I get why our latest 1st rounder would get a majority of votes. As nice as Nadeau's shot is, I just think that potential top-4 RHD are that important and that valuable.

Elite goal scorer is much rarer than top 4 RHD. Top pair RHD is more of an argument and Morrow certainly does have that upside in my view. But I think Nadeau is more likely to become an elite goal scorer than Morrow is to become an elite top pair guy. Not saying either is likely to reach those heights, both are long odds I just like Nadeau's a bit better. Both have similar (relatively low) floors IMO.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Elite goal scorer is much rarer than top 4 RHD. Top pair RHD is more of an argument and Morrow certainly does have that upside in my view. But I think Nadeau is more likely to become an elite goal scorer than Morrow is to become an elite top pair guy. Not saying either is likely to reach those heights, both are long odds I just like Nadeau's a bit better. Both have similar (relatively low) floors IMO.

I don't think that his ceiling is elite goal scorer. I always saw him as a potential top-6 winger with a great shot, which is valuable, of course, but I tend to lean more in favor of a potential top-4 RHD when push comes to shove.

 

[Unsustainable]

Pono is clearly the most ready of the group. Morrow could be in this spot

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Prospects are about ceiling not readiness. Pono is a 4c guy with maybe a 3c ceiling

 

[bleedgreen]

I disagree. I think readiness should play a role in these rankings, and they do with my votes for sure. The fact a guy is likely going to make it and is essentially there carries a lot of weight, and despite us thinking we know they won’t be more than bottom six doesn’t mean they won’t surprise. So few of the guys we rank off their perceived ceilings will ever come close to making the league at all let alone hit their ceilings. Pono as a third liner will likely make him top five on this list looking back five years from now, not hard to imagine him being higher. Not only off his own success as much as the likely lack of success of the others.

It’s no easy thing to be at the point where you’ve got one foot in the league.

 

[Joe McGrath]

I still don't understand why we don't try to move him to forward. He has zero chance of making the NHL on defense, despite the name. I'm a big fan of the little guys, but lord, you need at least *some* size to play D in the NHL.

The odds of pulling it off are low, but low is better than zero.

Isn’t he the same size as Krug?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

edit: nvm i can’t read the room

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Little guy? Can’t make it on D?

He is 6’2 195. That is larger than quite a few nhl defenders, including chatty and tda.

Defense isn’t his strong suit but that is the way of the nhl these days. Makar isn’t a very good defender but he can skate like the wind and provides forward like offense. TDA definitely isn’t any good but again he can skate and provide a lot of offense. Those are just two examples. Morrow is a very good skater and provides a lot of offense, its a mold.

Fensore is the player being talked about, not Morrow.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Fensore is the player being talked about, not Morrow.

Dangit. Its hard to keep up both were discussed.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Prospects are about ceiling not readiness. Pono is a 4c guy with maybe a 3c ceiling

Pono's ceiling is solid all around 2nd liner IMO.

 

[Svechhammer]

I went with FUS, though I almost went with Pono. And my reasoning here is that I really just don't know what to think of the NCAA pipeline right now. I want to think Morrow will be really good, and I know a lot of people are telling us that he is, but that's one of those I just need to see it before I am convinced. With FUS and Pono, I've already seen them play a bit with the Canes, I've already seen them taking shifts and they both look like they could contribute very soon with high upside, so I went with them, and FUS seems to have the higher upside right now.

 

[cptjeff]

Isn’t he the same size as Krug?

No. Roughly 2-3 inches shorter and 40 pounds lighter. He's *listed* at 5'7" 151, and listed sizes are always generous. Even Nathan Gerbe has more than 20 pounds of muscle on him.

He's seriously small.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Koivunen is kinda underrated right now too, he's creeping up into my top 5-6 prospects.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Koivunen is kinda underrated right now too, he's creeping up into my top 5-6 prospects.

Koivunen, FUS, and Blake should be the next 3.