Prospect Info: Prospect Rating #11 (2024 Version)

[Randy Butternubs]

Poulin won a close #10.

Vote for who you think is the Penguins #11 prospect.

Poll closes in 2-4 days, unless voting is not close.


Results so far:

#1 Yager 92.6% (called early) McGroarty, as per an executive decision
#2 Blomqvist 70.9% (called early)
#3 Pickering 55.7% *
#4 Koivunen 54.3%
#5 Murashov 66.7% (called early)
#6 Ponomaryov 64.5% *
#7 Ilyin 60.0% (called early)
#8 Howe 42.2%
#9 Brunicke 45.5%
#10 Poulin 51.6% *

* = I asked people to change votes to avoid a runoff

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[Le Magnifique 66]

Broz for me

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Also, what are your top ten lists?

 

[Andy99]

Also, what are your top ten lists?

McGroaty
Pickering
Blomqvist
Murashov
Koivunen
Broz
Howe
Brunicke
Ilyin
Pono

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Also, what are your top ten lists?

McGroarty
Blomqvist
Pickering
Pono
Murashov
Koivunen
Howe
Broz
Ilyin
Brunicke

 

[Michael Farkas]

Tankov should have been top 5ish.

 

[Andy99]

Tankov should have been top 5ish.

Hard to know much about him, especially post injury, coming out of Russia. Have you been able to see much of him playing lately?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Tankov should have been top 5ish.

I meant to ask you about him two polls ago. He can clearly skate but he seems to have Kapanen level IQ.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Yeah, I think he still looks good. I don't think hockey IQ stands out negatively. But the VHL is a weird league, uhh, format...? It's like bad roller hockey sometimes. Having Samuel Poulin ahead of him might be the first instance of team board's prospect poll having a nostalgia pick haha

He's like 30 and shows very little upside.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

McGroaty
Pickering
Blomqvist
Murashov
Pono
Koivunen
Howe
Brunicke
Broz
Ilyin


It's crazy that I have 2 goalies in my top 4, we are really desperate for prospects lol

 

[Gurglesons]

Also, what are your top ten lists?

McGroarty
Pickering
Blomqvist
Murashov
Pono
Poulin
Brunicke
Broz
Koivunen
Howe

 

[DearDiary]

Also, what are your top ten lists?

1. McGroarty
2. Blomqvist
3. Ilyin
4. Murashov
5. Koivunen
6. Ponomarev
7. Howe
8. Pickering
9. Brunicke
10. Belliveau

 

[KareemTrustfund]

Maybe add in Pietila or Belliveau.

I think of who is left I’ll vote

Lucius
Broz
Pienimiemi
Belliveau
Pietila
Vaisanen
Swanson
Tankov
Plante

Probably lower on Plante and Tankov than other people.

Is half a PPG in the VHL a positive sign for Tankov? I thought I recalled he did well in the playoffs there but maybe I’m misremembering. I figure most Russians with any ounce of NHL potential would be at least getting some KHL time at 21 or 22

 

[Randy Butternubs]

My personal top 10:

McGroarty
Pickering
Blomqvist
Ponomarev
Murashov
Ilyin
Koivunen
Howe
Brunicke
Poulin

@KareemTrustfund when I watched Tankov (pre-injury) he was obviously a good skater. He was also pretty decent on the defensive side of things. But when he'd zoom into the o-zone with the puck he'd seem confused as to what he should do with the puck. Often times he'd do a Kapanen-esque loop back towards the blue line. And then he'd eventually lose the puck by trying to do too much. How much of it was because his linemates were crap? I don't know. But he at least has skating and defensive awareness going for him. Oh, and he was pretty good on faceoffs too. But my faceoff tracking (literally just me keeping a tally on paper) varied quite a bit from the official league stats. (cc @Michael Farkas )

Also, I'll probably close up this poll tomorrow morning. Will be adding more players to the options.

 

[Ugene Magic]

1. McGroarty
2. Pickering
3. Bloomqvist
4. Ponomarev
5. Koivunen
6. Howe
7. Brunicki
8. Murashov
9. Poulin
10. Broz