Prospect Info: My Top 20 Hab Prospects List (Updated #538)

Goldenhands

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1. Reinbacher
2. Hutson
3. Mesar
4. Roy
5. Fowler
6. Beck
7. Mailloux
8. Engstrom

Is there any other relevant prospect ?
Yep Bogdan has elite skating/mobility and processing speed. He basically always makes the right play, very, very high hockey IQ and great poise overall.. I love the compete level and the defending abilities, not very physical, but really effective with his stick work, gap control ect. He has legit top 4 upside IMO.

I have a crush for Volokhin in net. Xhekaj has become a very intriguing prospect, his talent level is higher than I initially thought, great hands and can reach impressive top speed. He is still a bit raw, but I think he could become a solid third line player down the road, someone who can do alot of things on the ice, including what his older brother does best.
 

Estimated_Prophet

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1. Reinbacher
2. Hutson
3. Mesar
4. Roy
5. Fowler
6. Beck
7. Mailloux
8. Engstrom

Is there any other relevant prospect ?
Absolutely as I really like Struble and Kapanen. The term "relevant" is highly subjective but imo Konyushkov, Heineman, Mesar, Farrell and Xhekaj easily fall under that umbrella but I suppose that all hinges on the way that you interpret "relevant" in the context that you used it. I would interpret it as prospects who still merit a close look as they have a reasonable pathway to full time NHL employment if they continue to progress.
 

Jaynki

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Absolutely as I really like Struble and Kapanen. The term "relevant" is highly subjective but imo Konyushkov, Heineman, Mesar, Farrell and Xhekaj easily fall under that umbrella but I suppose that all hinges on the way that you interpret "relevant" in the context that you used it. I would interpret it as prospects who still merit a close look as they have a reasonable pathway to full time NHL employment if they continue to progress.

I have Mesar at 3. Konyushkov i have only seen highlights but he could be here. Farrell is an outlier if he makes it. Kapanen too. Heineman i doubt there is more than bottom 6 "upside" but we will see.

Xhekaj i also agree.

I did not count Struble but he is top 3 (in my opinion) if we count him as a prospect.

Yep Bogdan has elite skating/mobility and processing speed. He basically always makes the right play, very, very high hockey IQ and great poise overall.. I love the compete level and the defending abilities, not very physical, but really effective with his stick work, gap control ect. He has legit top 4 upside IMO.

I have a crush for Volokhin in net. Xhekaj has become a very intriguing prospect, his talent level is higher than I initially thought, great hands and can reach impressive top speed. He is still a bit raw, but I think he could become a solid third line player down the road, someone who can do alot of things on the ice, including what his older brother does best.

Havent seen Konyushkov other than highlight but i appreciate your takes on prospect so i will take it as a positive that you like him. Same for Volokhin.

Agree on Florian.
 
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Estimated_Prophet

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I have Mesar at 3. Konyushkov i have only seen highlights but he could be here. Farrell is an outlier if he makes it. Kapanen too. Heineman i doubt there is more than bottom 6 "upside" but we will see.

Xhekaj i also agree.

I did not count Struble but he is top 3 (in my opinion) if we count him as a prospect.



Havent seen Konyushkov other than highlight but i appreciate your takes on prospect so i will take it as a positive that you like him.

I am not very high on Mesar as I absolutely hate his perimeter game but that is a playstyle choice and he can always choose to play differently I suppose. His skill level is quite high so I certainly haven't written him off but I have him outside of my top ten just behind Farrell who seems much more interested in trying to play a pro style game.

If you are defining "relevant" as top six upside then I understand your rankings a little better but I'm more of a top 9 guy myself which is where we seem to differ. I hope you are right on Mesar as he has taken a step forward this season even if I still don't entirely appreciate his play style his skill level is impressive.
 

Estimated_Prophet

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Last year, I recall posts on his board favourably comparing Farrell's NCAA season to that of Mathew Knies.

A year later, we see that Knies is the vastly superior player.
Farrell is an interesting prospect but was way overhyped by many on this board. But hey, I liked Poehling alot and that was clearly a mistake. I will say that if I had ever met Poehling my opinion would have been drastically different as I think he is far less intelligent than I thought he was.

I am on the fence as I have always been with Farrell as his lack of size, strength and speed are a concerning combination but the kid has a good hockey mind and nice hands.
 

dackelljuneaubulis02

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Farrell is an interesting prospect but was way overhyped by many on this board. But hey, I liked Poehling alot and that was clearly a mistake. I will say that if I had ever met Poehling my opinion would have been drastically different as I think he is far less intelligent than I thought he was.

I am on the fence as I have always been with Farrell as his lack of size, strength and speed are a concerning combination but the kid has a good hockey mind and nice hands.
And I just don't know if he's quite skilled/dynamic enough to overcome his weaknesses.

It all depends on how much better he can get (obviously). Not bad start to his pro career all in all. But he's a guy that needs to take a BIG leap at some point in the next year or so. I think he can still be quite a bit better but I just don't know if it'll be enough.

To me if he makes it and is an impact player, it's a cherry on top kinda deal. Late pick. Doesn't really set us back if he doesn't make it.
 
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Leon Lucius Black

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Last year, I recall posts on his board favourably comparing Farrell's NCAA season to that of Mathew Knies.

A year later, we see that Knies is the vastly superior player.

People argued Farrell had a better NCAA season than Knies mainly because Knies was on a stacked line with Cooley and Farrell still outproduced him by a pretty significant margin.

I don't think many people thought Farrell was the better prospect, Farrell has some nice potential but Knies is a safer bet given his size and skillset.
 

montreal

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Mar 21, 2002
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Year end ranking. I graduated Roy and Barron since I don't think they will be back in Laval next year. I thought about leaving Kapanen out since I barely got to see him this year.


Top 15

1. Lane Hutson
2. Logan Mailloux
3. David Reinbacher

4. Adam Engstrom
5. Yevgeni Volokhin

6. Jacob Fowler
7. Owen Beck
8. Bogdan Konyuskov
9. Florian Xhekaj

10. Sean Farrell
11. Oliver Kapanen
12. Filip Mesar

13. Jakub Dobes
14. Emil Heineman
15. Luke Tuch


HM - William Trudeau, Jared Davidson, Filip Eriksson, Xavier Simoneau, Dmitri Kostenko


 

Nedved

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Year end ranking. I graduated Roy and Barron since I don't think they will be back in Laval next year. I thought about leaving Kapanen out since I barely got to see him this year.


Top 15

1. Lane Hutson
2. Logan Mailloux
3. David Reinbacher

4. Adam Engstrom
5. Yevgeni Volokhin

6. Jacob Fowler
7. Owen Beck
8. Bogdan Konyuskov
9. Florian Xhekaj

10. Sean Farrell
11. Oliver Kapanen
12. Filip Mesar

13. Jakub Dobes
14. Emil Heineman
15. Luke Tuch


HM - William Trudeau, Jared Davidson, Filip Eriksson, Xavier Simoneau, Dmitri Kostenko




This is fun, I'll just go top 10 in my eyes:

Reinbacher
Hutson
Beck
Mailloux
Volokhin
Farrell
Mesar
Engstrom
Heineman
Fowler

I think Reinbacher and/or Mailloux make the team out of camp and hutson starts the year in the ahl.

Guhle Mallioux
Matheson Reinbacher
Hutson/Xhekaj Barron/Savard


We have too many guys here. We need to make some room in the back end for forward depth. I would rather sink with these young guys and see how the cards fall.
 

Gillings

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I have been working on my rankings, have seen every Hab prospect play a full game so far this year except Hawkey, Sullivan and Evans who I will get to see Saturday night. I didn't include anyone on AHL deals, or guys that have graduated (Tinordi/Pateryn/Condon). I didn't include Hawkey since he's hasn't played in about a year.

Top 25

1. Nikita Scherbak
2. Mike McCarron
3. Noah Juulsen
4. Charles Hudon
5. Jacob de la Rose
6. Martin Reway
7. Artturi Lehkonen
8. Magnus Nygren
9. Sven Andrighetto
10. Brett Lernout
11. Zach Fucale
12. Lukas Vejdemo
13. Jérémy Grégoire
14. Christian Thomas
15. Daniel Carr
16. Michael McNiven
17. Darren Dietz
18. Mark MacMillan
19. Tim Bozon
20. Mac Bennett
21. Morgan Ellis
22. Ryan Johnston
23. Connor Crisp
24. Matt Bradley
25. Jeremiah Addison

HM, Bourque, Audette, Evans


So far we have depth and some balance, lacking high end talent overall throughout the system and a lack of defensemen especially LD's.

From the top 25 prospects, we have 2 goalies, 7 defensemen and 16 forwards.

3 1st round picks (Scherbak, McCarron, Juulsen), 4 2nd round picks (DLR, Lehkonen, Fucale, Thomas), 6 3rd round picks (Ghetto, Lernout, Vejdemo, Bozon, Bennett, Crisp), 4 4th round picks (Reway, Nygren, McMillan, Ellis), 3 5th round picks (Hudon, Dietz, Bradley), 1 6th round pick (Grégoire), 1 7th round pick (Addison), 3 undrafted picks (Carr, McNiven, Johnston)


links on the prospects board,

































Just looked at original list. Lol.. timmins is brutal.
 

Doublechin

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I have a hard time seeing Beck at 7, I think it's clear that he'll have quite a good career altering between 3C to 2C and be a shutdown/potentially pest type

I'm sold on the player and have him penciled in that 3C slot for a while unless we f*** up and trade him

Knock on wood tho

We might actually finally have a solid prospect list
 

Matthew McConaughay

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May 3, 2013
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This is fun, I'll just go top 10 in my eyes:

Reinbacher
Hutson
Beck
Mailloux
Volokhin
Farrell
Mesar
Engstrom
Heineman
Fowler

I think Reinbacher and/or Mailloux make the team out of camp and hutson starts the year in the ahl.

Guhle Mallioux
Matheson Reinbacher
Hutson/Xhekaj Barron/Savard


We have too many guys here. We need to make some room in the back end for forward depth. I would rather sink with these young guys and see how the cards fall.
Where's Roy lol.
 

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