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kingsfan

kingsfan

President of the Todd McLellan fan club by default
Mar 18, 2002
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Same as last year, we'll do the top 10 prospects. Vote for your top prospect and nominate who you want to see added to the poll list of options.

I will not be using HF's standards for prospects, rather I'll count players as prospects who haven't played a full year in the NHL and appear to not be a slam dunk for a roster spot next year.
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My top 10

1. Adrian Kempe
2. Nick Shore
3. Derek Forbort
4. Michael Mersch
5. Jordan Weal
6. Alex Lintuniemi
7. Erik Cernak
8. Valentin Zykov
9. Nic Dowd
10. Alexander Dergachyov
 
Went with Shore since I'm not convinced that Kempe/Zykov have top-six potential. Add Brodzinski.
 
Hmm do you go most NHL ready, Shore, Weal, Forbort or do you go impact wise, with Kempe or Zykov?

Kempe
Zykov
Shore and Forbort are interchangeable @ 3 & 4 for me.
Weal

That's my top 5.
 
Hope you don't mind--I added Brodzinski and 'other'.

Going with Kempe. Glad to see Zykov back in the board's collective good graces though.
 
Other players to consider--

Bartosak
Spencer Watson
Auger
Mistele
Amadio
Ebert
Leslie
LaDue
Austin Wagner
Dergachev
 
Jason Lewis said:
Mersch would be much higher in my mid-season rankings as well. Killer second half to this past season.
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Right. The question will be what player is he going into next year? Because I doubt he's over a PPG player, too, though it's encouraging he was able to finish when put with other offensive talent.
 
KingCanadain1976 said:
how is shore still a prospect ? Is the question best prospect or most nhl ready I honestly would like to define this before we get to far into the process it affects the picks
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Good question, and I'll add to the OP in further posts. We may as well abide by HF's criteria:

If a prospect is a skater (forward, defenseman) and has played in 65 NHL games or more before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday; or, if a goaltender has played in 45 NHL games before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday, that player will be considered graduated to the NHL. Conversely, if a player completes the season of his 24th birthday without passing those milestones, then that player will no longer be considered a prospect by Hockey’s Future, regardless of the player’s status with his NHL club.

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/whatmakesaprospect/

There's more on euro prospects and NCAA and such, but that's the gist.
 
KingCanadain1976 said:
how is shore still a prospect ? Is the question best prospect or most nhl ready I honestly would like to define this before we get to far into the process it affects the picks
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For me, it's who is gonna be the best (and has a pretty good shot to get to his upside), now whether that's who has the highest upside with reasonable chance of getting their or just highest upside is up to the individual.

That's why I went with Kempe.
 
Brad Doty said:
Good question, and I'll add to the OP in further posts. We may as well abide by HF's criteria:

If a prospect is a skater (forward, defenseman) and has played in 65 NHL games or more before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday; or, if a goaltender has played in 45 NHL games before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday, that player will be considered graduated to the NHL. Conversely, if a player completes the season of his 24th birthday without passing those milestones, then that player will no longer be considered a prospect by Hockey’s Future, regardless of the player’s status with his NHL club.

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/whatmakesaprospect/

There's more on euro prospects and NCAA and such, but that's the gist.
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KingCanadain1976 said:
how is shore still a prospect ? Is the question best prospect or most nhl ready I honestly would like to define this before we get to far into the process it affects the picks
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No need to add to the OP.

Last year I did this poll and I copy/pasted over what I wrote last year in the OP here.

I will not be using HF's standards for prospects, rather I'll count players as prospects who haven't played a full year in the NHL and appear to not be a slam dunk for a roster spot next year.
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Shore hasn't played a full NHL season and he is not a slam dunk to make the NHL. He is therefore a prospect via the criteria above.

We already have a prospect list using HF criteria, it can be found on this site someplace. I'd post the link but for some reason on a site dedicated to the future of hockey you have to go hunting to find a teams top 20 list.
 
KopitarFAN said:
For me, it's who is gonna be the best (and has a pretty good shot to get to his upside), now whether that's who has the highest upside with reasonable chance of getting their or just highest upside is up to the individual.

That's why I went with Kempe.
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see this is what i want defined I think its the top prospect right now Its been a issue with me in past polls Best prospect to me isn't in the future its right now If this question can be defined it will make the polls alot better imo
 
kingsfan said:
No need to add to the OP.

Last year I did this poll and I copy/pasted over what I wrote last year in the OP here.



Shore hasn't played a full NHL season and he is not a slam dunk to make the NHL. He is therefore a prospect via the criteria above.

We already have a prospect list using HF criteria, it can be found on this site someplace. I'd post the link but for some reason on a site dedicated to the future of hockey you have to go hunting to find a teams top 20 list.
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I love this thread in past and will continue to love it However i would like to define it more Is it best prospect today or best in the future ?
 
KingCanadain1976 said:
I love this thread in past and will continue to love it However i would like to define it more Is it best prospect today or best in the future ?
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It's best prospect. Period. How you define what the best prospect is (best in the future or best now) is your call. Everyone has different criteria for what is the best prospect, pick whomever best meets your own criteria.
 
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