HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #24 (closed)

[amnesiac]

TOP 50 PROSPECTS


Criteria is 22 and under, 30 NHL GP or less, no goalies

1. Macklin Celebrini - C		18. Tij Iginla - C/W		35.
2. Matvei Michkov - RW		19. Sam Dickinson - D		36.
3. Ivan Demidov - RW		20. David Reinbacher - D		37.
4. Will Smith - C		21. Zayne Parekh - D		38.
5. Alexander Nikishin - D		22. Berkly Catton - C		39.
6. Cutter Gauthier - C		23. Gabe Perreault- RW		40.
7. Artyom Levshunov - D		24.		41.
8. Cayden Lindstrom - C/W		25.		42.
9. Ryan Leonard - LW		26.		43.
10. Simon Edvinsson - D		27.		44.
11. Zeev Buium - D		28.		45.
12. Brandt Clarke - D		29.		46.
13. Danila Yurov - C/W		30.		47.
14. Lane Hutson - D		31.		48.
15. Shane Wright - C		32.		49.
16. Beckett Sennecke - RW		33.		50.
17. Anton Silayev - D		34.

To add:
Oliver Bonk - D
Oliver Moore - C
Daniil But - LW
Bradly Nadeau - LW
Matthew Wood - RW
Tanner Molendyk - D
Trevor Connelly - LW
Noah Oslund - C
Marco Kasper - C
Joshua Roy - RW
Colby Barlow - LW
Tristan Luneau - D
Frank Nazar - C
Mackie Samoskevich - RW
Carson Rehkopf - C
Jagger Firkus - RW
Logan Mailloux - D
Andrew Cristall - LW
Michael Hage - C
Stian Solberg - D
Sacha Boisvert - C
Liam Greentree - LW
Zachary Bolduc - C
Brennan Othmann - LW
Riley Heidt - C/W
Liam Ohgren - LW
Ivan Miroshnichenko - LW
Scott Morrow - D
Josh Doan - RW
Shakir Mukhamadullin - D
Theo Lindstein - D
Marat Khusnutdinov - C
Seamus Casey - D
Gavin Brindley - C
Jordan Dumais - RW



Past lists:
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #50 (closed) (summer 23)
HFBoards Top 50 Prospects Ranking #50 FINAL (summer 22)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #50 FINAL (summer 21)
HFBoards TOP 75 Prospects Ranking #75 (FINAL) (winter 20-21)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects (summer 19)
Top 50 Drafted Prospects 2018: #46 - #50 (summer 18)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects #48 (summer 17)

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[Bouboumaster]

Mateychuck

 

[Eegs]

Kulich.

Add Roy.

 

[Skolman]

Kulich.

Add Roy.

Before the trade, the majority of people who cover the Sabres had Savoie ahead of Kulich.

Heck, even the majority of their fanbase did. They won't admit it though, but there's receipts.

 

[amnesiac]

Zellweger more proven here

37P in 44GP AHL
9P 26GP NHL

 

[Longtime Local]

Mateychuk, then Zellweger/Kulich/Danielson

 

[Eegs]

Before the trade, the majority of people who cover the Sabres had Savoie ahead of Kulich.

Heck, even the majority of their fanbase did. They won't admit it though, but there's receipts.

That's cool. I prefer Kulich, and by a fair margin.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Rutger McGroarty again, highest floor to me and still have high potential to become a very good top 6 player.

 

[MasterMatt25]

Mateychuk then Zellweger then Savoie

 

[majormajor]

Zellweger more proven here

37P in 44GP AHL
9P 26GP NHL

More gp, sure.

But one of these dynamic D is 5'11 and thick and the other is 5'9 and not thick. You can be a proven super small D and still end up dinged up and on the shelf.

 

[biturbo19]

Still just playing whack a mole voting for whichever of Ritchie/Willander/Danielson. It's those three for me, in some order.

Probably should've gone for Danielson this round as he looks to have the best shot at winning. Oh well.

 

[amnesiac]

More gp, sure.

But one of these dynamic D is 5'11 and thick and the other is 5'9 and not thick. You can be a proven super small D and still end up dinged up and on the shelf.

2" and 10 lbs more isnt that overwhelming.... already proving yourself as a rookie in the AHL holds more weight to me

 

[majormajor]

2" and 10 lbs more isnt that overwhelming....

There is a big difference there.

Think about how many 5'11 D there are in the NHL.

Then think about how many 5'9 D there are in the NHL (almost zero).

A big part of why that is that 5'9 D show up just as promising but get a much higher rate of career ending injuries.

already proving yourself as a rookie in the AHL holds more weight to me

FWIW Mateychuk actually scored 4 pts in 5 AHL playoff games, against the champion Hershey Bears. There's little doubt that he can handle that league.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

There is a big difference there.

Think about how many 5'11 D there are in the NHL.

Then think about how many 5'9 D there are in the NHL (almost zero).

A big part of why that is that 5'9 D show up just as promising but get a much higher rate of career ending injuries.



FWIW Mateychuk actually scored 4 pts in 5 AHL playoff games, against the champion Hershey Bears. There's little doubt that he can handle that league.

Hasn’t zellweger already showed he can somewhat handle the nhl? He was playing 20+ mins nightly for the last 20ish games of the season’s

Not sure the size argument works very well in this poll based on where we slotted Hutson

 

[Xirik]

Hasn’t zellweger already showed he can somewhat handle the nhl? He was playing 20+ mins nightly for the last 20ish games of the season

WHAT?! AGAINST MEN!!

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

WHAT?! AGAINST MEN!!

It’s funny to me that zellweger gunna drop 7-8 spots from last year, when most of the doubters said let’s see what he does against men.

Went on to dominate the AHL as a rookie, getting an allstar nod and being arguably top player for the gulls.

Had a pretty solid World Cup
And had a pretty good start to his NHL career, looked good enough that the coaching staff didn’t consider sending him down after his 2nd call up

 

[lakai17]

Geekie or Savoie

 

[majormajor]

Hasn’t zellweger already showed he can somewhat handle the nhl? He was playing 20+ mins nightly for the last 20ish games of the season’s

Most of these 5'9 D either end up getting dinged up eventually or they end up being guys that no one is too keen on acquiring (i.e. Girard). There's very few that pay off long term.

Not sure the size argument works very well in this poll based on where we slotted Hutson

Hutson is about twenty spots too high.

 

[amnesiac]

break the tie

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Most of these 5'9 D either end up getting dinged up eventually or they end up being guys that no one is too keen on acquiring (i.e. Girard). There's very few that pay off long term.



Hutson is about twenty spots too high.

Well I don’t disagree that Hutson is too high, and I’d prob have zellweger and mateychuk next to each other…. With a slight bias to zellweger and zellweger being the older and more developed of the 2.

 

[majormajor]

Well I don’t disagree that Hutson is too high, and I’d prob have zellweger and mateychuk next to each other…. With a slight bias to zellweger and zellweger being the older and more developed of the 2.

Yeah I'd have it very nearly the same, with a slight bias to the bigger framed defenseman.

 

[amnesiac]

still need to break the tie.... anyone at all

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Kulich