HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #29 (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. Jiri Kulich - C/W		41.
8. Cayden Lindstrom - C/W		25. Olen Zellweger - D		42.
9. Ryan Leonard - LW		26. Denton Mateychuk - D		43.
10. Simon Edvinsson - D		27. Rutger McGroarty - RW		44.
11. Zeev Buium - D		28. Nate Danielson - C		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:
Mackie Samoskevich - RW
Oliver Bonk - D
Matthew Wood - RW
Joshua Roy - RW
Daniil But - LW
Josh Doan - RW
Oliver Moore - C
Tanner Molendyk - D
Noah Oslund - C
Marco Kasper - C
Colby Barlow - LW
Logan Mailloux - D
Tristan Luneau - D
Jani Nyman - RW
Carson Rehkopf - C
Andrew Cristall - LW
Michael Hage - C
Stian Solberg - D
Sacha Boisvert - C
Liam Greentree - LW
Gavin Brindley - C
Zachary Bolduc - C
Brennan Othmann - LW
Riley Heidt - C/W
Liam Ohgren - LW
Ivan Miroshnichenko - LW
Ethan Del Mastro - D
Scott Morrow - D
Shakir Mukhamadullin - D
Theo Lindstein - D
Marat Khusnutdinov - C
Seamus Casey - D
Hunter Brzustewicz - D
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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[Quinnisinoverhishead]

bourque

 

[Bouboumaster]

Eiserman

 

[amnesiac]

Musty.... had the highest PPG in the OHL (D+1) amongst the top scorers. His size is the kicker at 6'2 200lbs, and should only get bigger.

Yakemchuk
Ritchie
Lambert
Bourque
Helenius

 

[emptyNedder]

I would say Bourque is the most proven
Ritchie is the player who I think ends up the best all-around in 8 years.

 

[Evergreen]

Simashev. I think Bonk should be on the list. Had a very good draft +1 season.

 

[amnesiac]

Simashev. I think Bonk should be on the list. Had a very good draft +1 season.

yeah hes been in the polls a lot, just not getting votes yet. I rotate a bunch of them.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Brad the Chad Lambert
fwds with size and skating like he has make an impact in this league

After that I would go Musty, Bourque, Willander, Yakemchuk, Ritchie, Yager
Yakemchuk>Simashev

 

[Evergreen]

yeah hes been in the polls a lot, just not getting votes yet. I rotate a bunch of them.

Makes sense. He isn’t a sexy prospect in terms of his play style, so he doesn’t get a lot of attention. But I think if you were to do a 2023 redraft today, Bonk would be in the top 15 based on his development so far.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Makes sense. He isn’t a sexy prospect in terms of his play style, so he doesn’t get a lot of attention. But I think if you were to do a 2023 redraft today, Bonk would be in the top 15 based on his development so far.

This isn't even a knock of him, but so many guys have improved their stock since being drafted in 2023 I don't even think Bonk would move up much if at all. Outside of the top-10...Benson, ASP, Moore, Bonk, Perrault, Musty, Ritchie, Cowan, Lindstein, Nadeau, Brindley all had amazing years. That doesn't include the 12 guys before Benson who all had good years as well lol.

 

[Evergreen]

This isn't even a knock of him, but so many guys have improved their stock since being drafted in 2023 I don't even think Bonk would move up much if at all. Outside of the top-10...Benson, ASP, Moore, Bonk, Perrault, Musty, Ritchie, Cowan, Lindstein, Nadeau, Brindley all had amazing years. That doesn't include the 12 guys before Benson who all had good years as well lol.

Maybe, but there are guys like Honzek and Barlow that I don’t think had particularly good seasons (in some cases due to injury) who would be drafted lower today if there were a redraft.

 

[Skolman]

Savoie would have been top 25 if he didn't get dealt 4 weeks ago

 

[amnesiac]

Savoie would have been top 25 if he didn't get dealt 4 weeks ago

I guarantee you there are more Oiler fans than Sabres fans here.... by a long shot

 

[wetcoast]

Savoie would have been top 25 if he didn't get dealt 4 weeks ago

Pretty much and the list has a ton of recent bias and then Bourque who had a great year but is also much older.

I took Ritchie and add Shane Doan who had a very impressive late season look and brings more than just points to the table.

I guarantee you there are more Oiler fans than Sabres fans here.... by a long shot

There also exponentially more Oiler haters than saber haters so there is that.

 

[amnesiac]

There also exponentially more Oiler haters than saber haters so there is that.

Montreal has the most haters of all, yet Hutson and Reinbacher were voted early.... All you need is enough homers

 

[wetcoast]

Montreal has the most haters of all, yet Hutson and Reinbacher were voted early.... All you need is enough homers

Does Montreal have alot of homers........

Realistically there could be any of ten guys elft that actually become the best player from all that are on the list and some aren't even up for voting yet...Shane Doan.

 

[amnesiac]

Does Montreal have alot of homers........

Realistically there could be any of ten guys elft that actually become the best player from all that are on the list and some aren't even up for voting yet...Shane Doan.

Shane's a little old

Ive had him in about 3 or 4 polls already, though

 

[wetcoast]

Shane's a little old

Ive had him in about 3 or 4 polls already, though

He isn't a sexy pick but my bet is that he is going to be as good or better than half the guys available for voting right now and he is going to have a very high floor.

 

[RedWingzz]

He isn't a sexy pick but my bet is that he is going to be as good or better than half the guys available for voting right now and he is going to have a very high floor.

his name is Josh

thats what amnesiac was getting at lol

 

[wetcoast]

his name is Josh

thats what amnesiac was getting at lol

Oops my bad.

 

[Skolman]

Montreal has the most haters of all, yet Hutson and Reinbacher were voted early.... All you need is enough homers

No, they definitely do not.

The hate the Oilers & Leafs get on HF is much greater than Montreal these past few years.

When you're team sucks, you don't get as much hate

 

[strattonius]

There have been a group of about 5 or 6 Oiler fans religiously voting Savoie since about #10. I seriously doubt these same fans would have been doing the same 3 weeks ago as well. Just to contrary the strange logic Skolman is using.

It's not that people hate the Oilers and are avoiding Savoie (weird complex). It's that we are in the mushy middle and it's hard to navigate the next best prospect. There's nothing about Savoie that makes him no-brainer vote right now.

 

[LTIR]

I guarantee you there are more Oiler fans than Sabres fans here.... by a long shot

It's not about fans.. it's about haters..
No one is voting for an Oilers prospect because Oilers

 

[strattonius]

It's not about fans.. it's about haters..
No one is voting for an Oilers prospect because Oilers

Tom Willander will likely get a handful of NHL games at the end of this upcoming season. He is arguably the best skater in his draft class and is a right shot dman. He is not really getting votes right now...

Jonathan Lekkerimaki just led his team in scoring as a 19 year old in a men's league (SHL). He's getting a few votes but not a ton of attention.

It's not about Oiler haters, it's that there are still a large group of very good prospects remaining. You are being ridiculously biased if you feel Savoie should have won a vote so far. It's very much up in the air who should be next. I do agree people are more likely to vote prospects from the most recent draft, though.

 

[Xirik]

No, they definitely do not.

The hate the Oilers & Leafs get on HF is much greater than Montreal these past few years.

When you're team sucks, you don't get as much hate

A Canadian team pity party.