Prospect Info: HFWild Prospect Ranking #15

[Digitalbooya]

Rank the prospects how you see fit!

1. Danila Yurov (55.1%)
2. Jesper Wallstedt (52.8%)
3. Zeev Buium (94.6%)
4. Liam Ohgren (85.4%)
5. Riley Heidt (69.4%)
6. Marat Khusnutdinov (52.9%)
7. Ryder Ritchie (44.8%)
8. Jack Peart (33.3%)
9. Daemon Hunt (19.4%)
10. Caedan Bankier (26.1%)
11. Hunter Haight (23.1%)
12. Rasmus Kumpulainen (20%)
13. Rieger Lorenz (30.8%)
14. Ryan Healey (35.3%)
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[BagHead]

Going with Milne, now. I think he'll be in the NHL as soon as this year, and no later than next, from what those who watch him have said. I picked him because, in spite of limited upside, I think the gap between upside and current ability for the rest of the prospects is large enough that I'll take the sure-ish thing instead.

Others I gave real consideration to:
- Lambos and Stramel: They're further away from reaching their upside, and I think their upside is the same as Milne's (bottom-6. bottom-pairing) until they prove otherwise.
- Spacek: upside is only slightly higher (2nd pairing), but his play wasn't close to meeting his potential last year, so I need to see him do what he does in international play for the Iowa Wild.
- Pionk: His freshman year was impressive, but at the age Buium would be in his junior year.
- Clarke: But I don't know enough about him.
- Kiviharju: the upside is there, but he's far from reaching it. He needs to get a healthy season in. He might be my next option, or maybe the one after if I go with Spacek instead.

 

[57special]

Going with Milne, now. I think he'll be in the NHL as soon as this year, and no later than next, from what those who watch him have said. I picked him because, in spite of limited upside, I think the gap between upside and current ability for the rest of the prospects is large enough that I'll take the sure-ish thing instead.

Others I gave real consideration to:
- Lambos and Stramel: They're further away from reaching their upside, and I think their upside is the same as Milne's (bottom-6. bottom-pairing) until they prove otherwise.
- Spacek: upside is only slightly higher (2nd pairing), but his play wasn't close to meeting his potential last year, so I need to see him do what he does in international play for the Iowa Wild.
- Pionk: His freshman year was impressive, but at the age Buium would be in his junior year.
- Clarke: But I don't know enough about him.
- Kiviharju: the upside is there, but he's far from reaching it. He needs to get a healthy season in. He might be my next option, or maybe the one after if I go with Spacek instead.

Lambos can skate, has decent size and strength, and has spells where he looks good with the puck. Just don't know if the judgement is there. Spacek...too soon to say, for me, but I'm not sure he will be able to play solid NHL defense. Lambos and Spacek definitely have more upside than Milne, but are far less sure to reach their ceiling than Milne is his. Barring injury or some falloff in his play, I can see Milne getting NHL time as soon as this upcoming year, if Guerin can stop picking up and overpaying strays. Milne has NHL speed, plays smart, and while not big, is stocky and appears to be strong on his skates and a factor in puck battles. Sort of a cross between Dewar and Duhaime.

I don't know what to say about Stramel. So far he is underwhelming as hell. Anyone looking at him play would think that he is a 4th round pick.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Best current level player is Spacek. Best upside is Stramel.

Lambos plays defense like Addison.

 

[TaLoN]

Went with Spacek