Prospect Info: **New Top 10 Prospect List**

[Erika]

Poor Jack Smith. The guy has to pass 47 prospect to have a shot at stealing a chair from
An actual NHLer

Yeah he might as well need to start finding a second career soon in case he can't make a living out of hockey... at least Daniil Sobolev can stay in Russia and find a spot in Russia second or 3rd tier leagues

 

[morhilane]

Yeah he might as well need to start finding a second career soon in case he can't make a living out of hockey... at least Daniil Sobolev can stay in Russia and find a spot in Russia second or 3rd tier leagues

Jack Smith can finish his NCAA in peace and he's even good in school, hockey might not be his priority at this point...

 

[overlords]

48. Jack Smith

This kid is gonna win the Cichy Trophy so many times we might need to re-name the award

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

@Treb will you do the summer prospects poll again?

 

[Treb]

@Treb will you do the summer prospects poll again?

Yes, after Dev camp so we see a bit of some of the new guys.

 

[sandviper]

I vote neither and wait for his teammates to give him one......I get a little crusty over fan generated nick names lol.

I'll go back to yelling at clouds now

As typical unimaginative players, its either a Y or ER at the end, so they’ll call him Ivy or Iver.

 

[Egresch]

Wow, you guys still underestimate Kapanen. I believe he will unlock more offensive upside once he gets out of Finland.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

As typical unimaginative players, its either a Y or ER at the end, so they’ll call him Ivy or Iver.

They have plenty of creative/funny one's as well......do you know what nickname Weber gave Caufield lol?

 

[Legend123]

I just don't understand how people could put Hutson above Reinbacher. We are talking about a 5th overall pick in the 2023 draft.

And?

Why does draft position matter so much to you?

In the mlb, they rank prospects according to actual performances and not draft pedigree

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

And?

Why does draft position so much ?

In the mlb, they rank prospects according to actual performances and not draft pedigree

They're also completely different players. Like Weber vs josi back in the day.

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

And we're talking about a record setting NCAA dman.

NCAA doesn’t come close to comparing to the top Swiss pro league. DR playing top minutes at 17. He was a pro years before Hutson. That deserves respect

 

[Treb]

NCAA doesn’t come close to comparing to the top Swiss pro league. DR playing top minutes at 17. He was a pro years before Hutson. That deserves respect

I do not disagree, I just disagree that putting Hutson over Reinbacher is crazy.

Demidov is #1. Hutson and Reinbacher are 2 and 3, but the order is subjective.

 

[DAChampion]

For he it is

1: Demidov
2: Reinbacher
3: Hutson
4: Roy
5: Fowler
6: Maillioux
7: Hage
8: Beck
9: Mesar
10: kapanen

I wonder if that's the best Habs top ten of recent memory.

 

[red devil]

I wonder if that's the best Habs top ten of recent memory.

Definitely better than 2015's list of prospects

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

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...

forums.hfboards.com

 

[le_sean]

I wonder if that's the best Habs top ten of recent memory.

It easily is just because of the inclusion of Demidov. We’ve never had a player like that in the system.

I remember back in the day around when I joined when this site used to have writers, the Habs system was voted #1. But it never had that talent level. It was just solid guys like Chipchura, Kostitsyn and Price. Obviously Price was an elite prospect, but he’s still just a goalie.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

I wonder if that's the best Habs top ten of recent memory.

I know there were other times when our pool was considered quite good. We didn’t have talent like Demidov, Reinbacher and Hutson.

Those 3 are legit blue chippers imo. We haven’t had a Demidov level player in our system in my lifetime I don’t think lol.

 

[Doublechin]

1. Demidov
2. Reinbacher
3. Hutson
4. Beck
5. Mailloux
6. Hage
7. Fowler
8. Engstrom
9. Kapanen
10. Volokhin

Not counting Roy, Struble, Barron etc

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Wow, you guys still underestimate Kapanen. I believe he will unlock more offensive upside once he gets out of Finland.

It’s quite possible but we just have really really good depth now. I haven’t seen enough of him to really say but he’s trending like a C version of Lehky which would complement our top 6 wonderfully. Whether it be with him in it at times as a winger or in a bottom 6 role

 

[malcb33]

Definitely better than 2015's list of prospects

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

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...

forums.hfboards.com

Wild that Lehkonen is the only good player on that list.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I just don't understand how people could put Hutson above Reinbacher. We are talking about a 5th overall pick in the 2023 draft.

And who has two years experience defending against adult pros, something easier to do if you can skate backwards very well.

 

[bleuetbio]

Ivan Demidov
Lane Hutson
David Reinbacher
Michael Hage
Joshua Roy
Logan Mailloux
Jacob Fowler
Owen Beck
Oliver Kapanen
Adam Engstrom
Bogdan Konyushkov
Filip Mesar
Yevgeni Volokhin
Florian Xhekaj
Luke Tuch
Aatos Koivu
Sean Farrell
Jakub Dobes
Filip Eriksson

 

[JianYang]

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Lane Hutson
3. David Reinbacher
4. Joshua Roy
5. Logan Mailloux
6. Michael Hage
7. Owen Beck
8. Adam Engstrom
9. Jacob Fowler
10. Jayden Struble
11. Justin Barron
12. Oliver Kapanen
13. Yevgeni Volokhin
14. Florian Xhekaj
15. Filip Mesar
16. Sean Farrell
17. Jakub Dobes
18. Bogdan Konyushkov
19. Filip Eriksson
20. Aatos Koivu
21. Emil Heineman
22. Luke Tuch
23. Logan Sawyer
24. Jared Davidson
25. William Trudeau
26. Vinzenz Rohrer
27. Owen Protz
28. Xavier Simoneau
29. Jacob Perreault
30. Riley Kidney
31. Tyler Thorpe
32. Quentin Miller
33. Makar Khanin
34. Sam Harris
35. Rhett Pitlick
36. Ben Merrill
37. Dmitri Kostenko
38. Mikus Vecvanags
39. Mattias Norlinder
40. Lucas Condotta
41. Blake Biondi
42. Luke Mittelstadt
43. Alexander Gordin
44. Rasmus Bergqvist
45. Emmett Croteau
46. Ty Smilanic
47. Daniil Sobolev
48. Jack Smith

Pretty deep list when see some of those name like Heineman at 21 who also has a decent shot at being an nhler

 

[Canadiens98]

Please god let a few of our prospects actually hit at the NHL level