CBJ Board Summer '16 Prospect Rankings: #10

[Samkow]

Simply vote for the (no more than 1) prospect you think is the best prospect of the above and vote who you would like to see added to the next poll from the choices below. This poll will be open 24 hours.

This uses HF Criteria, hence why some players have spent time in the NHL.

2016

Rank | Player | Position #1 |Zach Werenski|D
#2 |Pierre-Luc Dubois|LW
#3 |Oliver Bjorkstrand|RW
#4 |Joonas Korpisalo|G
#5 |Sonny Milano|LW
#6 |Josh Anderson|RW
#7 |Gabriel Carlsson|D
#8 |Anton Forsberg|G
#9 |Vitaly Abramov|RW

Added: Markus Nutivarra

Tyler Bird
Alex Broadhurst
Ryan Collins
Oscar Dansk
Vladislav Gavrikov
Jacob Graves
Markus Hannikainen
Scott Harrington
Dillon Heatherington
Jordan Maletta
Elvis Merzlikins
Nick Moutrey
Andrew Peeke
Peter Quenneville
John Ramage
Sam Ruopp
Dante Salituro
Justin Scott
Lukas Sedlack
Blake Siebenaler
Kole Sherwood
Markus Soeberg
Kevin Stenlund
Peter Thome
Calvin Thurkauf
TJ Tynan
Veeti Vainio
Oleg Yevenko

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[CBJFan827]

Add Gavrikov

 

[Viqsi]

Zaar, add Merzlikins.

 

[SavesEmNot]

Kolesar, add Heatherington.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

add Merzlikins

 

[Jackets16]

Add Andrew Peeke

 

[Fro]

Gavrikov

 

[Caser]

Add Gavrikov.

 

[Nanabijou]

Add Sedlak.

 

[DarkandStormy]

Add Sedlak

 

[HtG]

Add Sedlak.

I'm really surprised to see Bittner pull as far ahead as he has. I'm curious tobwhat people's thoughts are.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Elvis

 

[CBJx614]

Was a tossup between Zaar and Bittner for me. Zaars goal scoring ability last season was enough to give him the edge.

 

[EspenK]

Interesting that we voted Abramov (3rd rd) in and Peeke (2nd rd) can't even get added. Obviously Jarmo needs our help.

 

[Monk]

Interesting that we voted Abramov (3rd rd) in and Peeke (2nd rd) can't even get added. Obviously Jarmo needs our help.

Must be something about floors and ceilings.

 

[Xoggz22]

Add Heatherington

 

[The Wheelchair]

Add Gavrikov.

 

[WannabeFinn]

Bittner add Heatherington

 

[major major]

Kolesar add Gavrikov.

I love Gavi and Nuti. It'd be great if both of those guys make the team together some day. They'd be like our Enstrom and Buff (taken 8 spots apart in the 8th round (!) in 2003).

 

[Nanabijou]

Interesting that we voted Abramov (3rd rd) in and Peeke (2nd rd) can't even get added. Obviously Jarmo needs our help.

Yeah, I was going to say something along these lines too - but, best to just let democracy do its thing.

 

[major major]

Yeah, I was going to say something along these lines too - but, best to just let democracy do its thing.

I think Peeke is getting underrated, but it's not crazy to have Abramov higher. He was higher than Peeke on all the pre-draft lists. Peeke was, IIRC, generally considered a third round type, and Abramov could have gone as early as a late first.

If Jarmo had done better with the Heatherington and Collins picks I would have more confidence in the Peeke pick. But that's just a heuristic - the little video of Peeke out there shows a guy with size who can skate and shoot. That's a good start.

 

[stevo61]

add heatherington

 

[major major]

Can anyone offer a scouting comparison of Heatherington and Gavrikov?

From what I can tell they're both big, strong, smart defenders with little offensive presence. The big difference is Gavrikov's skating and lateral mobility - which I see as critical for NHL shutdown duty.

But it's an embarrassing situation if I'm the guy you're relying on to assess these two.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

the little video of Peeke out there shows a guy with size who can skate and shoot. That's a good start.

Yes hopefully that provides us a little sneak, um, look, at the kid at his, um, best.

 

[LetsGOJackets!!]

add Gabrikov