NHLFanSince2020
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I'm trying to get up to speed regarding the prospects from each NHL team that may make the NHL this season.
Thought it would be nice to have a thread with this info since I don't see one.
Please reply with others that aren't listed here.
Your guess as to the percentage chance of the player making the team would be nice too.
Compiled list so far (thanks for all the contributions) :
Anaheim - Bobby Ryan (F)
Anaheim - Shane O'Brien (D)
Anaheim - Bjorn Melin (F)
Anaheim - Ryan Shannon (F)
Atlanta - Alex Bourret (F)
Boston - Phil Kessel (F)
Buffalo - Daniel Paille (F) - Pyatt's replacement on the 4th line
Buffalo - Nathan Paetsch (D) - 7th D
Buffalo - Jiri Novotny (F) - Back-up forward, probably start on the roster if Connolly is still injured
Buffalo - Chris Thorburn (F) - Emergency back-up
Buffalo - Drew Stafford (F) - May make the team out of camp, year in AHL seems likely.
Carolina -
Calgary - Eric Nystrom (F) - He's going to have to beat out a regular to make this squad.
Calgary - Brent Krahn (G) - Mclennan is the backup by default and Krahn will have to beat him outright.
Calgary - Andrei Taratukhin (F) - We'll see him by around X-mas
Chicago - Tony Salmelainen (F)
Chicago - Jonas Nordqvist (F)
Chicago - Lasse Kukkonen (D)
Chicago - Cam Barker (D)
Colorado - Wojtek Wolski - 100%
Colorado - Paul Stastny (F) - needs a strong camp and be better than Richardson and/or McLean
Colorado - Johnny Boychuk (D) - needs to shine at camp
Columbus - Gilbert Brule (F) - 100%
Detroit - Tomas Kopecky (F) - 50%
Detroit - Jiri Hudler (F) - 50%
Detroit - Valterri Filppula (F) - 25%
Detroit - Brett Lebda and/or Kyle Quincey if Jiri Fischer doesn't return
Dallas - Loui Eriksson (F) < 50%
Dallas - Junior Lessard (F) < 50%
Dallas - Dan Ellis (G) - 55%
Dallas - Smith (G) - 45%
Edmonton - Marc-Antoine Pouliot (F) - 3rd/4th line C
Edmonton - Matt Greene (D) - 2nd/3rd D pairing
Edmonton - Ladislav Smid (D) - any D pairing depending on how he does in camp
Edmonton - Alexei Mikhnov (F) - 3rd/4th line RW (
Edmonton - Jean-Francois Jacques (F) - 4th line LW
Edmonton - Rob Schremp (F) - outside shot at 2nd line C
Edmonton - Brad Winchester (F) - 4th line RW
Edmonton - Jan Hejda (D) - 28 year old rookie D-man from the RSL
Edmonton - Patrick Thoresen (F)
Florida -
Los Angeles - Patrick O'Sullivan (F) ~100%
Los Angeles - Anze Kopitar (F) ~ 50% - midseason call up
Los Angeles - Richard Petiot (D) - 7th D or call up
Los Angeles - Tukonen (F) - possible call up
Minnesota - Benoit Pouliot (F)
Minnesota - Roman Voloshenko (F)
Montreal - Yann Danis (G) - 65% (in the event of a trade of a goalie)
Montreal - Andrei Kostitsyn (F) - 50%.
Montreal - Jean-Phillipe Côté (D) - 25%.
Montreal - Guillaume Latendresse (F) - 10%
Nashville - Alex Radulov (F)
Nashville - Shea Weber (D)
Nashville - Kevin Klein (D)
Nashville - Greg Zanon (D)
New Jersey - ??? Greene (?)
New Jersey - Barry Tallackson (F)
New Jersey - Jason Ryznar (F)
NY Islanders - Robert Nilsson (F) - very good shot
NY Islanders - Sean Bergenheim (F)- very good IF we can sign him which is not that likely
NY Islanders - Petteri Nokelainen (F) - depends how well he has healed from injury
NY Islanders - Jeremy Colliton (F) - 50% chance to get 4th line duty
NY Islanders - Steve Tambellini (F) - if SB signs w/NYI Tambs, Bergs, Nokie & Colliton will prob fight 4 2 jobs
NY Islanders - Bruno Gervais (D) - he or Bouchard will likely be sent down to bridgport
NY Rangers - Jarkko Immonen - 80% Will most likely take command of 2nd or 3rd line Center.
NY Rangers - Greg Moore - 45% Has a good shot at stepping in for Ortmeyer while hes out.
NY Rangers - Thomas Pock - 20% If anything goes wrong with D-Fense, Will most likely be first call-up.
NY Rangers - Nigel Dawes - 15% Could make team out of camp, will be first call up for Wing if needed.
NY Rangers - Brandon Dubinsky - 15% Again if any Centers are hurt, look for him to take on that role.
NY Rangers - Marc Staal - 5% Will have to absolutely shine if he wants to make the club.
Ottawa - Alexei Kaygorodov (F)
Philadelphia - Stefan Ruzicka (F) - Maybe the best bet among all forwards, but probably under 20% chance.
Philadelphia - Ryan Potulny (F) - If he exploded in camp, maybe
Philadelphia - Lars Jonsson (D) - Maybe a decent chance, will play at points
Philadelphia - Alex Picard (D) - Got some experience last season, will get time this year
Phoenix - Matt Jones (D) - 85% Highly probable to make the roster as a no.7 defenseman.
Phoenix - Enver Lisin (10%) is a dark horse prospect but may not even arrive in NA.
Phoenix - Bill Thomas (10%) will see action but likely to start in the AHL.
Phoenix - Joel Perrault - possible call up
Phoenix - Patrick Fischer - possible call up
Phoenix - Don MacLean - possible call up
Pittsburgh - Evgeni Malkin (F) - 100% (if the legal stuff allows him)
Pittsburgh - Noah Welch (D) - will certainly make the team.
Pittsburgh - Ryan Stone (F) - has a chance of making the team with a strong camp.
Pittsburgh - Daniel Carcillo (F) - small chance as of now IMO but if he plays very well in camp you never know.
Pittsburgh - Jonathan Filewich (F) - see Carcillo
Pittsburgh - Ryan Lannon (D) - if there are injuries then I can see a call up.
St. Louis - David Backes (F) - 50% chance...will def get a call up or two
St. Louis - Jason Bascashiua (G) - 50%
St. Louis - Jeff Woywitka (D) - good bet to be #6 or 7
San Jose - Matt Carle
San Jose - Jeremy Stevenson
San Jose - Patrick Rissmiller
Tampa Bay -
Toronto - Carlo Colaiacovo (D) - showed he can play a top-4 role in the NHL.
Toronto - Aleksander Suglobov (F) - Either he makes it or he gets traded/cut
Toronto - Ian White (D) - Played very in the last 15 games last year. He's got an edge...
Toronto - Staffan Kronwall (D) - Will be the #1 choice if any one gets injured/plays like crap
Toronto - Jay Harrison (D) - #2 choice
Toronto - Jeremy Williams (F) - I see him starting in AHL and then getting called up
Vancouver - Luc Bourdon (D) - already pencilled in as a top 6
Vancouver - Kevin Bieksa (D) - same as Bourdon
Vancouver - Mike Brown (F) - outside shot at fourth line
Vancouver - Jesse Schultz (F) - decent chance a second line wing
Washington - Alex Semin (F) - 100%
Washington - Mike Green (D) - 90%
Washington - Tomas Fleischmann (F) - 60%
Washington - Boyd Gordon (F) - 95%
Washington - Eric Fehr (F) - 40% really will depend on camp
Washington - Jesse Schultz (F) - 20%
Washington - Chris Bourque (F) - 20%
Washington - Sasha Pokulok (D) - 20%
Thought it would be nice to have a thread with this info since I don't see one.
Please reply with others that aren't listed here.
Your guess as to the percentage chance of the player making the team would be nice too.
Compiled list so far (thanks for all the contributions) :
Anaheim - Bobby Ryan (F)
Anaheim - Shane O'Brien (D)
Anaheim - Bjorn Melin (F)
Anaheim - Ryan Shannon (F)
Atlanta - Alex Bourret (F)
Boston - Phil Kessel (F)
Buffalo - Daniel Paille (F) - Pyatt's replacement on the 4th line
Buffalo - Nathan Paetsch (D) - 7th D
Buffalo - Jiri Novotny (F) - Back-up forward, probably start on the roster if Connolly is still injured
Buffalo - Chris Thorburn (F) - Emergency back-up
Buffalo - Drew Stafford (F) - May make the team out of camp, year in AHL seems likely.
Carolina -
Calgary - Eric Nystrom (F) - He's going to have to beat out a regular to make this squad.
Calgary - Brent Krahn (G) - Mclennan is the backup by default and Krahn will have to beat him outright.
Calgary - Andrei Taratukhin (F) - We'll see him by around X-mas
Chicago - Tony Salmelainen (F)
Chicago - Jonas Nordqvist (F)
Chicago - Lasse Kukkonen (D)
Chicago - Cam Barker (D)
Colorado - Wojtek Wolski - 100%
Colorado - Paul Stastny (F) - needs a strong camp and be better than Richardson and/or McLean
Colorado - Johnny Boychuk (D) - needs to shine at camp
Columbus - Gilbert Brule (F) - 100%
Detroit - Tomas Kopecky (F) - 50%
Detroit - Jiri Hudler (F) - 50%
Detroit - Valterri Filppula (F) - 25%
Detroit - Brett Lebda and/or Kyle Quincey if Jiri Fischer doesn't return
Dallas - Loui Eriksson (F) < 50%
Dallas - Junior Lessard (F) < 50%
Dallas - Dan Ellis (G) - 55%
Dallas - Smith (G) - 45%
Edmonton - Marc-Antoine Pouliot (F) - 3rd/4th line C
Edmonton - Matt Greene (D) - 2nd/3rd D pairing
Edmonton - Ladislav Smid (D) - any D pairing depending on how he does in camp
Edmonton - Alexei Mikhnov (F) - 3rd/4th line RW (
Edmonton - Jean-Francois Jacques (F) - 4th line LW
Edmonton - Rob Schremp (F) - outside shot at 2nd line C
Edmonton - Brad Winchester (F) - 4th line RW
Edmonton - Jan Hejda (D) - 28 year old rookie D-man from the RSL
Edmonton - Patrick Thoresen (F)
Florida -
Los Angeles - Patrick O'Sullivan (F) ~100%
Los Angeles - Anze Kopitar (F) ~ 50% - midseason call up
Los Angeles - Richard Petiot (D) - 7th D or call up
Los Angeles - Tukonen (F) - possible call up
Minnesota - Benoit Pouliot (F)
Minnesota - Roman Voloshenko (F)
Montreal - Yann Danis (G) - 65% (in the event of a trade of a goalie)
Montreal - Andrei Kostitsyn (F) - 50%.
Montreal - Jean-Phillipe Côté (D) - 25%.
Montreal - Guillaume Latendresse (F) - 10%
Nashville - Alex Radulov (F)
Nashville - Shea Weber (D)
Nashville - Kevin Klein (D)
Nashville - Greg Zanon (D)
New Jersey - ??? Greene (?)
New Jersey - Barry Tallackson (F)
New Jersey - Jason Ryznar (F)
NY Islanders - Robert Nilsson (F) - very good shot
NY Islanders - Sean Bergenheim (F)- very good IF we can sign him which is not that likely
NY Islanders - Petteri Nokelainen (F) - depends how well he has healed from injury
NY Islanders - Jeremy Colliton (F) - 50% chance to get 4th line duty
NY Islanders - Steve Tambellini (F) - if SB signs w/NYI Tambs, Bergs, Nokie & Colliton will prob fight 4 2 jobs
NY Islanders - Bruno Gervais (D) - he or Bouchard will likely be sent down to bridgport
NY Rangers - Jarkko Immonen - 80% Will most likely take command of 2nd or 3rd line Center.
NY Rangers - Greg Moore - 45% Has a good shot at stepping in for Ortmeyer while hes out.
NY Rangers - Thomas Pock - 20% If anything goes wrong with D-Fense, Will most likely be first call-up.
NY Rangers - Nigel Dawes - 15% Could make team out of camp, will be first call up for Wing if needed.
NY Rangers - Brandon Dubinsky - 15% Again if any Centers are hurt, look for him to take on that role.
NY Rangers - Marc Staal - 5% Will have to absolutely shine if he wants to make the club.
Ottawa - Alexei Kaygorodov (F)
Philadelphia - Stefan Ruzicka (F) - Maybe the best bet among all forwards, but probably under 20% chance.
Philadelphia - Ryan Potulny (F) - If he exploded in camp, maybe
Philadelphia - Lars Jonsson (D) - Maybe a decent chance, will play at points
Philadelphia - Alex Picard (D) - Got some experience last season, will get time this year
Phoenix - Matt Jones (D) - 85% Highly probable to make the roster as a no.7 defenseman.
Phoenix - Enver Lisin (10%) is a dark horse prospect but may not even arrive in NA.
Phoenix - Bill Thomas (10%) will see action but likely to start in the AHL.
Phoenix - Joel Perrault - possible call up
Phoenix - Patrick Fischer - possible call up
Phoenix - Don MacLean - possible call up
Pittsburgh - Evgeni Malkin (F) - 100% (if the legal stuff allows him)
Pittsburgh - Noah Welch (D) - will certainly make the team.
Pittsburgh - Ryan Stone (F) - has a chance of making the team with a strong camp.
Pittsburgh - Daniel Carcillo (F) - small chance as of now IMO but if he plays very well in camp you never know.
Pittsburgh - Jonathan Filewich (F) - see Carcillo
Pittsburgh - Ryan Lannon (D) - if there are injuries then I can see a call up.
St. Louis - David Backes (F) - 50% chance...will def get a call up or two
St. Louis - Jason Bascashiua (G) - 50%
St. Louis - Jeff Woywitka (D) - good bet to be #6 or 7
San Jose - Matt Carle
San Jose - Jeremy Stevenson
San Jose - Patrick Rissmiller
Tampa Bay -
Toronto - Carlo Colaiacovo (D) - showed he can play a top-4 role in the NHL.
Toronto - Aleksander Suglobov (F) - Either he makes it or he gets traded/cut
Toronto - Ian White (D) - Played very in the last 15 games last year. He's got an edge...
Toronto - Staffan Kronwall (D) - Will be the #1 choice if any one gets injured/plays like crap
Toronto - Jay Harrison (D) - #2 choice
Toronto - Jeremy Williams (F) - I see him starting in AHL and then getting called up
Vancouver - Luc Bourdon (D) - already pencilled in as a top 6
Vancouver - Kevin Bieksa (D) - same as Bourdon
Vancouver - Mike Brown (F) - outside shot at fourth line
Vancouver - Jesse Schultz (F) - decent chance a second line wing
Washington - Alex Semin (F) - 100%
Washington - Mike Green (D) - 90%
Washington - Tomas Fleischmann (F) - 60%
Washington - Boyd Gordon (F) - 95%
Washington - Eric Fehr (F) - 40% really will depend on camp
Washington - Jesse Schultz (F) - 20%
Washington - Chris Bourque (F) - 20%
Washington - Sasha Pokulok (D) - 20%
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