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

[ChesterNimitz]

Engstrom has a brain and I'm not entirely sure Mailloux does..

No, you can’t make the plays he does offensively if he was a ‘dumb’ player. It’s all about orientation. He’s not a natural defenceman. Couple that with two critical lost years of development due to suspension, COVID and injury and you have what you have: a large forward trying to play defence.

 

[Benstheman]

I’d have Davidson at #9 and Tuch at # 10.

The rest is about right. I still cringe thinking about the decision to take Reinbacher over Leonard.

Hummm we could've used a player like Leonard off course but I think Reinbacher will be one of our top 3 important pieces when we contend for a cup.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

No, you can’t make the plays he does offensively if he was a ‘dumb’ player. It’s all about orientation. He’s not a natural defenceman. Couple that with two critical lost years of development due to suspension, COVID and injury and you have what you have: a large forward trying to play defence.

Except he makes bonehead plays offensively and makes them a lot defensively.

He's got solid mobility and everything, he just doesn't process the game well at times and sometimes very poorly.

 

[jaffy27]

1: Demidov
2: Hage
3: Reinbacher
4: Fowler
5: Beck
6: Engstrom
7: Dobes
8: Kapanen
9: Mailloux
10: Roy

Even with Hutson out that list is still really good. I ranked Kapanen 8 and he is almost ppg in sweden at 21 could be a good 3rd liner if everything go well.

Edit: Roy over Mesar for #10

Very good list….Roy has no future with the Habs, probably same with Mesar and depending what happens with the Evan’s negotiations, Beck for me is a trade chip with Suzuki, Dach, Hage and Evans sitting snug for C positions.

Add 12 picks in 25’ of which 7 are of higher quality, that prospect pool is looking really healthy for the foreseeable future.

 

[1909]

Hard to compare forwards with D or G… But these are my choices to reach and have a NHL career in MTL or elsewhere..

So

Forwards: Demidov, Hage, Beck. Kapanen, Tuch, Xhekaj

D-men: Reinbacher, Engstrom, Trudeau, Mailloux, Kuniushkov

Goalies: Fowler, Dobes, Primeau

 

[26Mats]

No, you can’t make the plays he does offensively if he was a ‘dumb’ player. It’s all about orientation. He’s not a natural defenceman. Couple that with two critical lost years of development due to suspension, COVID and injury and you have what you have: a large forward trying to play defence.

Except he makes bonehead plays offensively and makes them a lot defensively.

He's got solid mobility and everything, he just doesn't process the game well at times and sometimes very poorly.

As someone who doesn't get to watch Laval much, or Montreal much lately, it's interesting to hear your debate on Mailloux...

We could certainly use forwards with size if Mailloux can't iron out the defensive side.

 

[Shutdown]

this was my top 15 in september

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Lane Hutson
3. David Reinbacher
4. Michael Hage
5. Jacob Fowler
6. Joshua Roy
7. Oliver Kapanen
8. Adam Engstrom
9. Logan Mailloux
10. Jakub Dobes
11. Owen Beck
12. Emil Heineman
13. Luke Tuch
14. Florian Xhekaj
15. Filip Mesar

- my top 5 probably stays the same. maybe switch Hage and Reinbacher.
- Mailloux drops. so does Roy but he still rounds out my top 10.
- i considered Beck a boring prospect but sometimes boring gets the job done. i'm happy with how relatively high i had Dobes. they both move in the top 10.
- Engstrom is on the outside looking in but only because of the strong play of others (and he'd be in if i discount Hutson and Heineman)
- speaking of which, Heineman is a lesson that if a player flashes the ability to put it all together, they don't lose that ability, they might just take time to do it consistently.
- Mesar has had tough luck with injuries so i leave him in the top 15 but Davidson is right there with those guys at the bottom of my list. all those guys are pretty interchangeable. Xhekaj and Mesar are two years younger than Tuch and Davidson so they get a slight edge.


6. Owen Beck
7. Emil Heineman
8. Jakub Dobes
9. Oliver Kapanen
10. Joshua Roy
11. Adam Engstrom
12. Logan Mailloux
13. Florian Xhekaj
14. Luke Tuch
15. Filip Mesar
16. Davidson

i really think a lot of these guys have NHL potential - whether it's 100 games or 500 games.

 

[HabzSauce]

No, you can’t make the plays he does offensively if he was a ‘dumb’ player. It’s all about orientation. He’s not a natural defenceman. Couple that with two critical lost years of development due to suspension, COVID and injury and you have what you have: a large forward trying to play defence.

Do you think he could ever transition to forward?