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Don’t know about timetable but yeah I think this kid is the real deal.i’ve been an advocate of it here on our board but I truly believe Gardner is our true, 1G come 2026-2027
Don’t know about timetable but yeah I think this kid is the real deal.i’ve been an advocate of it here on our board but I truly believe Gardner is our true, 1G come 2026-2027
Only need one of them to hit. Don’t care which one…just hope one is the real deal.so that makes …. Gardner Greaves and Strahl with some goalie recognition lately. Love to see that. Of course, goalies are unpredictable but it’s nice to see.
Gardner-Greavesi’ve been an advocate of it here on our board but I truly believe Gardner is our true, 1G come 2026-2027
Gardner-Greaves
Stylistically almost the complete opposite of Merzlikins-Tarasov.
Our current guys are way too erratic.
I personally would have Lindstrom out of the top 3, dumais off the board/low teens, whitelaw way down, and LDBB way up.Who would move up the most if we did a revote now?
LDBB? He is the 1C in Cleveland, 13 goals 11 assists in 22 games
Marrelli? 14 goals 26 assists in 29 games in the OHL
Other thoughts? Where would Hunt rank compared to Svozil, Richard, Knazko, etc.? Is Mateychuk #1 now?
1. Cayden Lindstrom (C)
2. Denton Mateychuk (LD)
3. David Jiricek (RD)
4. Gavin Brindley (C/RW)
5. Charlie Elick (RD)
6. Jordan Dumais (RW)
7. Jet Greaves (G)
8. Stanislav Svozil (LD)
9. Sergei Ivanov (G)
10. James Malatesta (LW)
11. Luca Del Bel Belluz (C)
12. Evan Gardner (G)
13. William Whitelaw (C)
14. Kirill Dolzhenkov (RW)
15. Oiva Keskinen (C)
16. Corson Ceulemans (D)
17. Guillaume Richard (LD)
18. Luca Marrelli (RD)
19. Luca Pinelli (C)
20. Nikolai Makarov (LD)
Who would move up the most if we did a revote now?
LDBB? He is the 1C in Cleveland, 13 goals 11 assists in 22 games
Marrelli? 14 goals 26 assists in 29 games in the OHL
Other thoughts? Where would Hunt rank compared to Svozil, Richard, Knazko, etc.? Is Mateychuk #1 now?
1. Cayden Lindstrom (C)
2. Denton Mateychuk (LD)
3. David Jiricek (RD)
4. Gavin Brindley (C/RW)
5. Charlie Elick (RD)
6. Jordan Dumais (RW)
7. Jet Greaves (G)
8. Stanislav Svozil (LD)
9. Sergei Ivanov (G)
10. James Malatesta (LW)
11. Luca Del Bel Belluz (C)
12. Evan Gardner (G)
13. William Whitelaw (C)
14. Kirill Dolzhenkov (RW)
15. Oiva Keskinen (C)
16. Corson Ceulemans (D)
17. Guillaume Richard (LD)
18. Luca Marrelli (RD)
19. Luca Pinelli (C)
20. Nikolai Makarov (LD)
Pinelli could be the biggest riser for me, he would climb go from HM to top-15 in my list.Who would move up the most if we did a revote now?
LDBB? He is the 1C in Cleveland, 13 goals 11 assists in 22 games
Marrelli? 14 goals 26 assists in 29 games in the OHL
Other thoughts? Where would Hunt rank compared to Svozil, Richard, Knazko, etc.? Is Mateychuk #1 now?
1. Jiricek
2. Lindstrom
3. Mateychuk
4. Brindley
5. Svozil
6. Marrelli
7. Elick
8. Ivanov
9. Dolzhenkov
10. McCue
11. Greaves
12. Keskinen
13. Malatesta
14. Gardner
15. LDBB
16. Henricks
17. Dumais
18. Richard
19. Makarov
20. Whitelaw
I was tempted to put Ashton somewhere in the 16-20 range but that would have been against my principles. I can't rank someone I've seen zero games of.
Who would move up the most if we did a revote now?
LDBB? He is the 1C in Cleveland, 13 goals 11 assists in 22 games
Marrelli? 14 goals 26 assists in 29 games in the OHL
Other thoughts? Where would Hunt rank compared to Svozil, Richard, Knazko, etc.? Is Mateychuk #1 now?
1. Cayden Lindstrom (C)
2. Denton Mateychuk (LD)
3. David Jiricek (RD)
4. Gavin Brindley (C/RW)
5. Charlie Elick (RD)
6. Jordan Dumais (RW)
7. Jet Greaves (G)
8. Stanislav Svozil (LD)
9. Sergei Ivanov (G)
10. James Malatesta (LW)
11. Luca Del Bel Belluz (C)
12. Evan Gardner (G)
13. William Whitelaw (C)
14. Kirill Dolzhenkov (RW)
15. Oiva Keskinen (C)
16. Corson Ceulemans (D)
17. Guillaume Richard (LD)
18. Luca Marrelli (RD)
19. Luca Pinelli (C)
20. Nikolai Makarov (LD)
Make that 15 Goals and 26 Points in 23 Games for LDBB. Offensively speaking I think what pops the most is the consistency of him getting on the scoresheet. Points in eight of his last nine and five of those multi-point games.The knock on LDBB was his skating, correct? So has his recent uptick in the AHL due to overcoming this flaw, or has he developed something? Because I think most thought he'd be a bottom 6/fringy guy and now he looks to be a pretty solid 3C with upside?
That's what the FO told him to work on in the off-season and they said he came back to camp visibly stronger and faster.Make that 15 Goals and 26 Points in 23 Games for LDBB. Offensively speaking I think what pops the most is the consistency of him getting on the scoresheet. Points in eight of his last nine and five of those multi-point games.
I thought the knock on LDBB was his strength. Keeping my fingers crossed he is not the next AAAA Fixy. Fixy is a consistent AHL all-star but cannot sniff the NHL. Hoping LDBB translates to being a regular NHL contributor.
My list would change quite a bit, but it was already quite different than what we voted. Most of the players would still be here, but different order. The only ones that I would see significant movement on would be Dumais (I was never high on Dumais), Marelli (big jump based on his overall play thus far). Most of the others would simply be a few spots up or down for me and the bottom of the list could churn like always. I still think it's a deep pool, but still think we lack game changing talent. The hope still lies with Mateychuk and Lindstrom at the top.Who would move up the most if we did a revote now?
LDBB? He is the 1C in Cleveland, 13 goals 11 assists in 22 games
Marrelli? 14 goals 26 assists in 29 games in the OHL
Other thoughts? Where would Hunt rank compared to Svozil, Richard, Knazko, etc.? Is Mateychuk #1 now?
1. Cayden Lindstrom (C)
2. Denton Mateychuk (LD)
3. David Jiricek (RD)
4. Gavin Brindley (C/RW)
5. Charlie Elick (RD)
6. Jordan Dumais (RW)
7. Jet Greaves (G)
8. Stanislav Svozil (LD)
9. Sergei Ivanov (G)
10. James Malatesta (LW)
11. Luca Del Bel Belluz (C)
12. Evan Gardner (G)
13. William Whitelaw (C)
14. Kirill Dolzhenkov (RW)
15. Oiva Keskinen (C)
16. Corson Ceulemans (D)
17. Guillaume Richard (LD)
18. Luca Marrelli (RD)
19. Luca Pinelli (C)
20. Nikolai Makarov (LD)
my personal list would be something like:Who would move up the most if we did a revote now?
my personal list would be something like:
some of my thoughts:
- denton mateychuk
- cayden lindstrom
- gavin brindley
- luca del bel belluz
- luca pinelli
- luca marrelli
- charlie elick
- jordan dumais
- evan gardner
- daemon hunt
- stanislav svozil
- sergei ivanov
- luke ashton
- oiva keskinen
- mikael pyyhtia
- james malatesta
- jet greaves
- melvin strahl
- corson ceulemans
- william whitelaw
mateychuk and lindstrom are in their own tier at the top, then 3-6, then 7-11. everyone below that is a lottery ticket at this point.
- not penalizing lindstrom for the injury considering that he played through it last year and was still dominant. i think he goes back to junior next year to get more time playing center but to me he still screams future top line player. reminds me a ton of roope hintz.
- mateychuk ahead of lindstrom is solely because of how he has jumped into the AHL and absolutely dominated. he spent two years in junior before that point, which is the path i see them taking with lindstrom as well.
- pinelli is a top 10 prospect in the system at minimum and i obviously have him higher. he was incredible last year (48 goals, led the team in scoring by over 20 points). i think he's got a chance to be a top six winger at the NHL level in time
- marrelli is ahead of elick for me given how strong he's played this year. still really like elick's traits but i don't think the puck game will ever be close to NHL level. hope i'm wrong!
- also trying to not penalize dumais for his injury. he still had historically good production and those guys rarely miss. elite hockey IQ, plus shot release, etc. – but i get why scouts have concerns. if he comes back and can score in the AHL, he'll jump back up into the top four for me.
- hunt and svozil are similar players in my eyes – i'm a bit higher on hunt but svozil's toolkit is a bit more impressive overall.
- i didn't think pyyhtia was close to being an NHL player until this year – still don't have him high in the rankings and still don't think there's much projectable to his game, but he's going to play more NHL games than i would have guessed.
- did i rank the three lucas together just for fun? maybe. but all three are really good and have clear NHL projection to me at this stage.
Another huge aspect of Lindstrom moving forward, is that I could've sworn I read/saw him saying that they were working on changing his skating motion and stride moving forward to help not put so much pressure on his back. Could definitely have an impact on his game. But for the life of my I can't find it.I'm not going to have Pinelli in my top ten.
Lindstrom is solidly top two, on that part I agree. All I have to do is watch video of him and I love him again. The upside is through the roof. But FWIW, the only games he played with the injury were the four in the playoffs, and he didn't dominate.
I haven't followed our guys closely enough to have strong opinions on most of them. That tends to be what happens when the NHL team is looking good. Most of our future is already on our roster.
Another huge aspect of Lindstrom moving forward, is that I could've sworn I read/saw him saying that they were working on changing his skating motion and stride moving forward to help not put so much pressure on his back. Could definitely have an impact on his game. But for the life of my I can't find it.
Do you by chance remember where you read this if you’re able to link it? Would be interested in reading!I read that too, but that's probably no longer a factor after the micro-discectomy. They were just trying everything until it became clear that he couldn't get above 90% and the disc had to be cleaned up. Most likely he's fine (judging by the success rate of the surgery for athletes) and the skating changes won't be necessary. He was already an incredible skater. Or we get some terrible news and skating will be irrelevant.
Do you by chance remember where you read this if you’re able to link it? Would be interested in reading!