Lays NHL affiliated Prospect Ranking

[Lays]

Since everyone’s posting theirs and I don’t exactly agree with it+boredom, here’s mine.

1. Rasmus Dahlin
2. Andrei Svechnikov
3. Elias Pettersson
4. Miro Heiskanen
5. Quintin Hughes
6. Casey Mittelstadt
7. Filip Chytil
8. Martin Necas
9. Oliver Wahlstrom
10. Noah Dobson
11. Kirill Kaprizov
12. Cale Makar
13. Gabe Vilardi
14. Kristian Vesalainen
15. Morgan Frost
16. Cody Glass
17. Robert Thomas
18. Brady Tkachuk
19. Dylan Strome
20. Filip Zadina
21. Henrik Borgstrom
22. Eeli Tolvanen
23. Ty Smith
24. Jesperi Kotkaniemi
25. Ryan Donato
26. Joel Farabee
27. Vitali Kravtsov
28. Adam Boqvist
29. Jordan Kyrou
30. Michael Rasmussen
31. Erik Brannstrom
32. Lias Andersson
33. Timothy Liljegren
34. Drake Batherson
35. Dylan Sikura
36. Evan Bouchard
37. K’Andre Miller
38. Bode Wilde
39. Sam Steel
40. Sami Niku
41. Rasmus Andersson
42. Cal Foote
43. Olli Juolevi
44. Barret Hayton
45. Connor Timmins
46. Nick Suzuki
47. Neal Pionk
48. Jonny Tychonick
49. Adam Fox
50. Juuso Valimaki
53. Kailer Yamamoto
54. Kale Clague
55. Kieffer Bellows
56. Rasmus Kupari
57. Philippe Myers
58. Jonatan Berggren
59. Jacob Larsson
60. Jonathan Dahlen
61. Jay O’Brien
62. Logan Brown
63. Jason Robertson
64. Filip Hronek
65. Klim Kostin
66. Troy Terry
67. Dominik Bokk
68. Nic Hague
69. Nikita Scherbak
70. Urho Vaakanainen
71. Isac Lundestrom
72. Jarret Anderson-Dolan
73. Henri Jokiharju
74. Owen Tippett
75. Daniel Sprong
76. Adam Gaudette
77. Alex Nylander
78. Dante Fabbro
79. Colin White
80. Aleksi Heponiemi
81. Alexander Alexeyev
82. Kirill Marchenko
83. Ryan Poehling
84. Nick Merkley
85. Oskar Lindblom
86. Andreas Johnsson
87. Jake Bean
88. Michael McLeod
89. Taylor Raddysh
90. Vitaly Abramov
91. Matej Pekar
92. Joe Veleno
93. Jordan Greenway
94. Martin Kaut
95. Shane Bowers
96. Victor Mete
97. Boris Katchouk
98. Brett Howden
99. Dylan Samberg
100. Kole Lind

I’m probably missing a few prospects.

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[Legend123]

If u wanna get serious about this plus ur boredom, you should make a heavily intensive list based on research and comparisons on all the the top prospects.
For instance, make a universal point system for prospects performances that way it looks structured and less bias.
Right now it just looks like a random list with no reason why some are ranked higher than others

 

[thelittlecoon]

Solid list. Nice job.

 

[Lays]

If u wanna get serious about this plus ur boredom, you should make a heavily intensive list based on research and comparisons on all the the top prospects.
For instance, make a universal point system for prospects performances that way it looks structured and less bias.
Right now it just looks like a random list with no reason why some are ranked higher than others

Where’s the bias? Chytil’s ranking is deserved. Andersson is at 30 which is the lowest I’ve seen him between the other prospect rankings, Howden is down at 98 where someone like @Tryamkin had him in like the 50’s. If you’re talking about Kravtsov, Miller. There’s no bias there either, see my final 2018 rankings. I didn’t take this seriously and I didn’t say I did. Only thing I take seriously is my draft rankings. I have heavily researched these prospects and I know everyone’s game and I know how I project them myself. I could write descriptions for every player and why I chose them there but that’s too much effort for 100 guys. This is just a fun prospect ranking that shouldn’t be taken that seriously

 

[Leafs87]

I think Kaprizov should either not be on the list due to not being a prospect anymore since he plays in a men’s league and is quite dominant or be in the top 3

 

[Legend123]

Where’s the bias? Chytil’s ranking is deserved. Andersson is at 30 which is the lowest I’ve seen him between the other prospect rankings, Howden is down at 98 where someone like @Tryamkin had him in like the 50’s. If you’re talking about Kravtsov, Miller. There’s no bias there either, see my final 2018 rankings. I didn’t take this seriously and I didn’t say I did. Only thing I take seriously is my draft rankings. I have heavily researched these prospects and I know everyone’s game and I know how I project them myself. I could write descriptions for every player and why I chose them there but that’s too much effort for 100 guys. This is just a fun prospect ranking that shouldn’t be taken that seriously

I didn't even know u were a Rangers fan. I was referring to the sheer amount of responses to such rankings that the poster was heavily biased.

 

[Jaffray15]

Finally Niku getting the respect he deserves!

 

[MitchMurphy]

Good list and thanks for your time on it.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

One of the best lists I’ve seen on here. And to go all the way to 100...brave!

 

[PWJunior]

Gotta love this list as an Isles fan. Dobson, Wahlstrom, and Wilde.

 

[firstemperor]

Not a bad list, probably the closest thing to a mainstream list I've seen on here.

My qualms are mostly because I have something closer to mainstream as well, but a decent number of hot takes (higher on Vilardi, Donato, Borgstrom, POJ, Howden, Noel as a project than most), and seemingly a lot lower on guys like Makar, Tolvanen, Vesalainen, Chytil (on this list), Logan Brown to name a few.

So can't criticize anyone's list too much like I've said before.....everyone has certain takes that a lot of people would disagree with.

Biggest notable absences, just doing from a 2s glance was POJ and Noel to me.....otherwise good effort. I agree with some of your hotter takes (like Bouchard)...disagree on some others (Wilde).

 

[Lays]

Gotta love this list as an Isles fan. Dobson, Wahlstrom, and Wilde.

As a Rangers fan it hurt typing this list. I had Dobson/Wahlstrom/Wilde ranked 4th/5th/15th respectively

 

[Ctrain2k]

What’s with the hate against the oilers guys?

 

[WingsMJN2965]

What’s with the hate against the oilers guys?

I dunno how he feels about Detroit. He's got Rasmussen at 30 but Zadina at 20.

 

[Gargyn]

Great list. Best I’ve seen. Of course a few people are complaining. Can’t please em all! But seriously solid list.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I think this is one of the better lists.
You seem really high on Quin Hughes. Have you watched him much?

 

[bigdog16]

Just know you wont be able to make everyone happy with a list like this. I think its really good. From a Rangers perspective all i could really say is maybe Pionk is a bit too high? Good stuff anyways dude

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Looks pretty good. Surprised by no Dermott.

 

[tony d]

Thanks for posting this. Great job.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

Since everyone’s posting theirs and I don’t exactly agree with it+boredom, here’s mine.

1. Rasmus Dahlin
2. Andrei Svechnikov
3. Elias Pettersson
4. Miro Heiskanen
5. Quintin Hughes
6. Casey Mittelstadt
7. Filip Chytil
8. Martin Necas
9. Oliver Wahlstrom
10. Noah Dobson
11. Kirill Kaprizov
12. Cale Makar
13. Gabe Vilardi
14. Kristian Vesalainen
15. Morgan Frost
16. Cody Glass
17. Robert Thomas
18. Brady Tkachuk
19. Dylan Strome
20. Filip Zadina
21. Henrik Borgstrom
22. Eeli Tolvanen
23. Ty Smith
24. Jesperi Kotkaniemi
25. Ryan Donato
26. Joel Farabee
27. Vitali Kravtsov
28. Adam Boqvist
29. Jordan Kyrou
30. Michael Rasmussen
31. Erik Brannstrom
32. Lias Andersson
33. Timothy Liljegren
34. Drake Batherson
35. Dylan Sikura
36. Evan Bouchard
37. K’Andre Miller
38. Bode Wilde
39. Sam Steel
40. Sami Niku
41. Rasmus Andersson
42. Cal Foote
43. Olli Juolevi
44. Barret Hayton
45. Connor Timmins
46. Nick Suzuki
47. Neal Pionk
48. Jonny Tychonick
49. Adam Fox
50. Juuso Valimaki
53. Kailer Yamamoto
54. Kale Clague
55. Kieffer Bellows
56. Rasmus Kupari
57. Philippe Myers
58. Jonatan Berggren
59. Jacob Larsson
60. Jonathan Dahlen
61. Jay O’Brien
62. Logan Brown
63. Jason Robertson
64. Filip Hronek
65. Klim Kostin
66. Troy Terry
67. Dominik Bokk
68. Nic Hague
69. Nikita Scherbak
70. Urho Vaakanainen
71. Isac Lundestrom
72. Jarret Anderson-Dolan
73. Henri Jokiharju
74. Owen Tippett
75. Daniel Sprong
76. Adam Gaudette
77. Alex Nylander
78. Dante Fabbro
79. Colin White
80. Aleksi Heponiemi
81. Alexander Alexeyev
82. Kirill Marchenko
83. Ryan Poehling
84. Nick Merkley
85. Oskar Lindblom
86. Andreas Johnsson
87. Jake Bean
88. Michael McLeod
89. Taylor Raddysh
90. Vitaly Abramov
91. Matej Pekar
92. Joe Veleno
93. Jordan Greenway
94. Martin Kaut
95. Shane Bowers
96. Victor Mete
97. Boris Katchouk
98. Brett Howden
99. Dylan Samberg
100. Kole Lind

I’m probably missing a few prospects.

Hughes too high

 

[Bluesnatic27]

I’m surprised Kostin is ahead of Bokk. I thought other fans would have just seen Kostin’s numbers and write him off. It’s good to see that he’s still getting some recognition from outside the Blues board.

 

[Lays]

I think this is one of the better lists.
You seem really high on Quin Hughes. Have you watched him much?

I’ve watched every player on here and every player I ranked in my top 150 for the 2018 draft-not highlights but actual games

Looks pretty good. Surprised by no Dermott.

I don’t really count Dermott as a prospect. He’d easily be in the 1st half if I did though.

What’s with the hate against the oilers guys?

No hate against Oilers. I just never liked Bouchard and Yamamoto and I’ve said it in the past as well

I dunno how he feels about Detroit. He's got Rasmussen at 30 but Zadina at 20.

see above. it’s not about what team their on, if it was-the Isles prospects wouldn’t be ranked nearly as high

 

[Lays]

I’m surprised Kostin is ahead of Bokk. I thought other fans would have just seen Kostin’s numbers and write him off. It’s good to see that he’s still getting some recognition from outside the Blues board.

I like his tools although this year was disappointing for him. I expected a huge year but I’ve always liked him so I think he can turn it around

Just know you wont be able to make everyone happy with a list like this. I think its really good. From a Rangers perspective all i could really say is maybe Pionk is a bit too high? Good stuff anyways dude

Pionk has a legit chance to be a 3D-maybe a somewhat-Walmart Ryan Ellis. His stick work and defensive play is intriguing and his shot and offensive abilities are very noticeable as well. Reminds me a bit of C. Miller as well

 

[Tryamkin]

I think Kaprizov should either not be on the list due to not being a prospect anymore since he plays in a men’s league and is quite dominant or be in the top 3

I still don’t understand how people can continue to make this comment. Kaprizov just turned 21, and he’s very much a prospect.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I’ve watched every player on here and every player I ranked in my top 150 for the 2018 draft-not highlights but actual games

I don’t really count Dermott as a prospect. He’d easily be in the 1st half if I did though.

No hate against Oilers. I just never liked Bouchard and Yamamoto and I’ve said it in the past as well

see above. it’s not about what team their on, if it was-the Isles prospects wouldn’t be ranked nearly as high

Wow! That’s a lot of watching. Kudos.
It’s always good to hear from someone who has watched these guys. I appreciate all the effort you put into this.