Prospect Info: Prospect Rating #16 (2024 Version)

[Randy Butternubs]

Swanson won #15.

Vote for who you think is the Penguins #16 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% *
#11 Broz 75.6% (called early)
#12 Pieniniemi 52.1%
#13 Lucius 46.0%
#14 Tankov 38.9%
#15 Swanson 46.9%

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

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[steelcityassault]

So Guentzel brought back Bunting, and #4, 6, 8 and #13 prospects - for a one-month rental

 

[Kasperi kapanen]

I’m pretty sure the organization is a lot higher on Belliveau than us fans.

 

[DesertPenguin]

I’m pretty sure the organization is a lot higher on Belliveau than us fans.

In an article yesterday from Taylor Haase, she reported that a source within the org told her there were two NHL players in Wheeling last year: Gauthier and Belliveau. Looks like they'll be the next two off the board here, and IMO they fell too far.

 

[Freeptop]

I’m pretty sure the organization is a lot higher on Belliveau than us fans.

I wish I had a link to this, because I forget where I saw it, but at one point I saw a report that said that Dubas believes in using the ECHL as a development league, and not just a dead-end assignment. To that end, Belliveau was assigned to Wheeling specifically to make sure he would get top-4 minutes, rather than getting bottom pairing minutes, at best, as a rookie in the AHL.

That's actually not a bad way to make use of the ECHL, even if the competition is so much lower.