Kings 2024 NHL Prospect Pool Rankings: #12

[King'sPawn]

Added Jack Hughes


Rankings so far:
1. Liam Greentree, RW (73%)
2. Koehn Ziemmer, RW (54.5%)
3. Hampton Slukynsky, G (35%)
4. Akil Thomas, C (51.5%)
5. Erik Portillo, G (43.6%)
6. Kirill Kirsanov, LD (50%)
7. Carter George, G (65.5%)
8. Jakub Dvorak, LD (65.5%)
9. Ryan Conmy, RW (27.6%, tiebreaker)
10. Francesco Pinelli (52%)
11. Samuel Helenius (38.5%)

"Prospect Roster"
Greentree (1) - Thomas (4) - Ziemmer (2)
LW - Pinelli (10) - Conmy (9)
LW - Helenius (11) - RW
LW - C - RW
LW - C - RW
F


Kirsanov (6) - D
Dvorak (8) - D
D - D
D - D

Slukynsky (3)
Portillo (5)
George (7)


If you are unfamiliar with how things go:

- I will begin with a list of 10 prospects who may not align perfectly with my exact top-10 list, but ones where I think there's more interest and enthusiasm.

- Your votes will be public, and you get one vote in the poll

- You are encouraged to mention who should go on the list next

- I won't vote on any of them, except if it's needed as a tiebreaker

- As always, discussion is half the fun, so feel free to talk it out.

- Feel free to use any criteria you want. It's your vote after all. Some general factors others have used: NHL readiness, upside, role, likelihood to make the NHL, tradability value, or any combination of the above factors.

- I'll start with 48-hour long polls, I'll eventually reduce it to 24 hours as the discussions and participation/voting decreases

- The criteria I am using for this particular poll is Calder Trophy eligibility. Please note there are plenty of other different criteria which can be used (ie, under 23, < 50 games played, etc). The list of those eligible to add will be at the bottom. Now, this criteria may be very strict and make the team look worse due to younger players who no longer match the criteria... but this is what I always use, and will stick with it due to continuity. These are the requirements for Calder Trophy eligibility:

1. Must be under 26 years old by September 15

2. Cannot have played more than 25 games in a single season OR at least 6 games in each of any two preceding seasons in any major professional league

The following players were removed from last year's list last year due to making these criteria or no longer being part of the system:

Clarke, Brandt - D (Games Played)
Doyle, Braden - D (Not Signed)
Fagemo, Samuel - F (Games Played)
Laferriere, Alex - F (Games Played)
Markkanen, Juho - G (Not Signed)
Meehan, Ben - D (Not Signed)
Moverare, Jacob - D (Games Played)
Nousiainen, Kim - D (Not Signed)
Simontaival, Kasper - F (Not Signed)
Turcotte, Alex - F (Games Played)
Ward, Taylor - F (Age)


Here is the list of prospects eligible to be added (sorted alphabetically by last name).

Krygier, Cole - LD
Madden, Tyler - C
Reeder, James - RW
Salin, Otto - RD
Sparkes, Jack - RD
Shafigullin, Bulat - LW

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[Lt Dan]

You may be Wright I may be crazy

Add Eagle the Archer

 

[kingsboy11]

I think I've changed my mind like 4 or 5 different times these last couple of polls.

Went with Wright as well.

Add Reeder.

 

[tbrown33]

Add Reeder

https://x.com/i/web/status/1820891276289699864

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Chromiak, add Reeder

 

[tigermask48]

Going Chromiak here as I see him the closest to the NHL. Why not, add Reeder.

Is that a Blake Lizotte comp I see on Reeder's card?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Yeah Reeder is sneaky add him

but voted Wright again

 

[kings11]

Voted Woolley because we generally hit in late round Dmen and he’s super intriguing

Add Reeder

 

[Statto]

Yeah Reeder is sneaky add him

but voted Wright again

Agreed on both counts

 

[Surf Nutz]

Voted for a guy that is a long shot but still has a chance to play in NHL.

Add another guy that will never play in the NHL for these guys to vote for over a logical selection.

 

[Master Yoda]

Isn't Salin supposed to be considered pretty highly by the staff?
Add Salin

 

[tigermask48]

Isn't Salin supposed to be considered pretty highly by the staff?
Add Salin

Sure, but there is still significant questions there. His size for one, and his numbers don't really jump out as amazing for an offensive d-man.

Granted my only viewings have been the WJCs and he arguably looked worse in 2024 than in 2023.