Prospect Info: Samkow Memorial HFCBJ 2024 Summer Prospect Rankings: Final Top 20

[Viqsi]

As voted on by everyone here, here is our top-20 prospects list for 2024:

1. Cayden Lindstrom (C)
2. Denton Mateychuk (LD)
3. David Jiricek (RD)
4. Gavin Brindley (C/RW)
5. Charlie Elick (RD)
6. Jordan Dumais (RW)
7. Jet Greaves (G)
8. Stanislav Svozil (LD)
9. Sergei Ivanov (G)
10. James Malatesta (LW)
11. Luca Del Bel Belluz (C)
12. Evan Gardner (G)
13. William Whitelaw (C)
14. Kirill Dolzhenkov (RW)
15. Oiva Keskinen (C)
16. Corson Ceulemans (D)
17. Guillaume Richard (LD)
18. Luca Marrelli (RD)
19. Luca Pinelli (C)
20. Nikolai Makarov (LD)

Honorable Mentions (in final vote order): Andrew Strathmann (LD), Tanner Henricks (RD), James Fisher (RW/MOD), Hunter McKown (C)

Others Receiving Add Votes (in cumulative vote order): Samuel Knazko (LD) {8 votes}, Luke Ashton (LD) {6 votes}, Mikael Pyyhtia (LW) {6 votes}, Max McCue (C) {5 votes}, Cole Clayton (RD) {1 vote}, Tyler Peddle (C) {1 vote}

No Votes, No Love, No Future: Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm (LD), Cameron Butler (RW), Aidan Hreschuk (LD), Nolan Lalonde (G), Martin Rysavy (LW), Melvin Strahl (G)


Past years (with discussions of same where available):

Spoiler: 2023

Prospect Info: - HFCBJ 2023 Summer Prospect Rankings - Final Top 20

As voted on by the board, here is our top-20 list of prospects for 2023: 1) Adam Fantilli (C) 2) David Jiricek (RD) 3) Denton Mateychuk (LD) 4) Dmitri Voronkov (C) 5) Stanislav Svozil (LD) 6) Gavin Brindley (C) 7) Jordan Dumais (RW) 8) Corson Ceulemans (D) 9) Daniil Tarasov (G) 10) Luca Del Bel...

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1) Adam Fantilli (C)
2) David Jiricek (RD)
3) Denton Mateychuk (LD)
4) Dmitri Voronkov (C)
5) Stanislav Svozil (LD)
6) Gavin Brindley (C)
7) Jordan Dumais (RW)
8) Corson Ceulemans (D)
9) Daniil Tarasov (G)
10) Luca Del Bel Belluz (C)
11) Hunter McKown (C)
12) James Malatesta (LW)
13) William Whitelaw (RW)
14) Sergei Ivanov (G)
15) Kirill Dolzhenkov (RW)
16) Nikolai Makarov (D)
17) Mikael Pyythia (LW/C)
18) Martin Rysavy (RW)
19) Jacob Christiansen (D)
20) Luca Pinelli (C)

Spoiler: 2022

Prospect Info: - HFCBJ 2022 Summer Prospect Rankings - Final Top 20

Here is the final list of our top-20 prospects for 2022, as voted on by this board: 1. Kent Johnson (LW/C) 2. David Jiricek (D) 3. Kirill Marchenko (LW/RW) 4. Denton Mateychuk (D) 5. Corson Ceulemans (D) 6. Daniil Tarasov (G) 7. Nick Blankenburg (D) 8. Luca Del Bel Belluz (C) 9. Stanislav...

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1. Kent Johnson (LW/C)
2. David Jiricek (D)
3. Kirill Marchenko (LW/RW)
4. Denton Mateychuk (D)
5. Corson Ceulemans (D)
6. Daniil Tarasov (G)
7. Nick Blankenburg (D)
8. Luca Del Bel Belluz (C)
9. Stanislav Svozil (D)
10. Liam Foudy (C/LW)
11. Dmitri Voronkov (LW)
12. Guillaume Richard (D)
13. Mikael Pyyhtia (C)
14. Jordan Dumais (RW)
15. Samuel Knazko (D)
16. Kirill Dolzhenkov (RW)
17. Aidan Hreschuk (D)
18. Jacob Christiansen (D)
19. Sergei Ivanov (G)
20. Nikolai Makarov (D)

Spoiler: 2021

Prospect Info: - HFCBJ Voted Top 20 Prospects: Summer 2021

Here are the Top 20 CBJ prospects as voted by us: 1. Kent Johnson (C/LW) 2. Cole Sillinger (C/LW) 3. Kirill Marchenko (LW) 4. Yegor Chinakov (RW) 5. Dmitri Voronkov (LW/C) 6. Liam Foudy (C/LW) 7. Daniil Tarasov (G) 8. Andrew Peeke (D) 9. Corson Ceulemans (D) 10. Stanislav Svozil (D) 11. Samuel...

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1. Kent Johnson (C/LW)
2. Cole Sillinger (C/LW)
3. Kirill Marchenko (LW)
4. Yegor Chinakov (RW)
5. Dmitri Voronkov (LW/C)
6. Liam Foudy (C/LW)
7. Daniil Tarasov (G)
8. Andrew Peeke (D)
9. Corson Ceulemans (D)
10. Stanislav Svozil (D)
11. Samuel Knazko (D)
12. Tyler Angle (C)
13. Trey Fix-Wolansky (RW)
14. Josh Dunne (C)
15. Ole-Julian Bjorgvik-Holm (D)
16. Tim Berni (D)
17. Nikolai Makarov (D)
18. James Malatesta (C)
19. Jacob Christiansen (D)
20. Guillaume Richard (D)

Spoiler: 2020

Prospect Info: - Final CBJ Board 2020 Prospect Rankings

Final top-20 - with two tiebreakers that had to be run. :scared: Liam Foudy (LW/C) Kirill Marchenko (LW) Yegor Chinakhov (RW) Andrew Peeke (D) Dmitri Voronkov (LW) Daniil Tarasov (G) Veini Vehviläinen (G) Kevin Stenlund (C) Trey Fix-Wolansky (RW) Tim Berni (D) Samuel Knazko (D) Mikael Pyyhtia...

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1. Liam Foudy (LW/C)
2. Kirill Marchenko (LW)
3. Yegor Chinakhov (RW)
4. Andrew Peeke (D)
5. Dmitri Voronkov (LW)
6. Daniil Tarasov (G)
7. Veini Vehviläinen (G)
8. Kevin Stenlund (C)
9. Trey Fix-Wolansky (RW)
10. Tim Berni (D)
11. Samuel Knazko (D)
12. Mikael Pyyhtia (C)
13. Eric Hjorth (D)
14. Gabriel Carlsson (D)
15. Matiss Kivlenieks (G)
16. Jacob Christiansen (D)
17. Ryan MacInnis (C)
18. Samuel Johannesson (D)
19. Ole Julian Bjorgvik Holm (D)
20. Kole Sherwood (RW)

Spoiler: 2019

CBJ Board 2019 Prospect Rankings

Here it is, your CBJ HF Boards top 20 prospect list. 1. Alexandre Texier (LW/C) 2. Vladislav Gavrikov (D) 3. Emil Bemstrom (LW/C) 4. Liam Foudy (C) 5. Daniil Tarasov (G) 6. Andrew Peeke (D) 7. Veini Vehviläinen (G) 8. Trey Fix-Wolansky (RW) 9. Kirill Marchenko (RW/LW) 10. Kevin Stenlund (C) 11...

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1. Alexandre Texier (LW/C)
2. Vladislav Gavrikov (LD)
3. Emil Bemström (RW/C)
4. Liam Foudy (C)
5. Daniil Tarasov (G)
6. Andrew Peeke (RD)
7. Veini Vehvilainen (G)
8. Trey Fix-Wolansky (RW)
9. Kirill Marchenko (C/W)
10. Kevin Stenlund (C/RW)
11. Gabriel Carlsson (LD)
12. Eric Robinson (LW)
13. Eric Hjorth (RD)
14. Marcus Karlberg (LW/RW)
15. Kole Sherwood (RW/C)
16. Paul Bittner (LW)
17. Dmitri Voronkov (LW/C)
18. Tim Berni (LD)
19. Calvin Thürkauf (C/LW)
20. Carson Meyer (RW)

Spoiler: 2018

CBJ Board Summer 2018 Prospect Rankings - Top 20

1. Vitaly Abramov| RW 2. Liam Foudy|C 3. Vladislav Gavrikov|D 4. Elvis Merzlikins|G 5. Alexandre Texier|C 6. Jonathan Davidsson|RW 7. Kirill Marchenko|RW 8. Andrew Peeke|D 9. Gabriel Carlsson|D 10. Kevin Stenlund|C 11. Daniil Tarasov|G 12. Veini Vehvilainen|G 13. Calvin Thurkauf|C 14. Emil...

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1. Vitaly Abramov (RW)
2. Liam Foudy (C)
3. Vladislav Gavrikov (D)
4. Elvis Merzlikins (G)
5. Alexandre Texier (C)
6. Jonathan Davidsson (RW)
7. Kirill Marchenko (RW/LW)
8. Andrew Peeke (D)
9. Gabriel Carlsson (D)
10. Kevin Stenlund (C)
11. Daniil Tarasov (G)
12. Veini Vehviläinen (G)
13. Calvin Thürkauf (C/LW)
14. Emil Bemström (C)
15. Marcus Karlberg (LW/RW)
16. Maxime Fortier (RW)
17. Eric Robinson (LW)
18. Sam Vigneault (C)
19. Kole Sherwood (RW)
20. Tim Berni (D)

Spoiler: 2017

1. Pierre-Luc Dubois
2. Oliver Bjorkstrand
3. Gabriel Carlsson
4. Vitaly Abramov
5. Vladislav Gavrikov
6. Sonny Milano
7. Kevin Stenlund
8. Alexandre Texier
9. Elvis Merzlikins
10. Tyler Motte
11. Andrew Peeke
12. Daniil Tarasov
13. Calvin Thurkauf
14. Markus Hannikainen
15. Kole Sherwood
16. Matiss Kivlenieks
17. Jonathan Davidsson
18. Sam Vigneault
19. Emil Bemstrom
20. Carson Meyer

Spoiler: 2016

Prospect Info: - CBJ HF-voted Top 20 Prospects 2016

Just to put a ribbon on this, and for the sake of comparison when HF's own list comes out, here is the final ranking of the voted top 20 for this summer. Those of you who have your own lists, beefs with this one or just comments about the CBJ prospect pool in general, this is probably a good...

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1. Zachary Werenski
2. Pierre-Luc Dubois
3. Oliver Bjorkstrand
4. Joonas Korpisalo
5. Sonny Milano
6. Josh Anderson
7. Gabriel Carlsson
8. Anton Forsberg
9. Vitaly Abramov
10. Paul Bittner
11. Keegan Kolesar
12. Daniel Zaar
13. Dean Kukan
14. Markus Nutivaara
15. Vladislav Gavrikov
16. Elvis Merzlikins
17. Dillon Heatherington
18. Andrew Peeke
19. Veeti Vainio
20. Markus Hannikainen

Spoiler: 2015

Prospect Info: - CBJ HF voted Top 20 Prospects

Just to put a ribbon on this, and since we've seen a few partner lists (Sore Loser and others), here is the final ranking of the voted top 20 for this summer. 2015 Rank|Player|Position #1|Zachary Werenski|D #2|Sonny Milano|LW #3|Oliver Bjorkstrand|RW #4|Kerby Rychel|LW #5|Dillon Heatherington|D...

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1. Zach Werenski
2. Sonny Milano
3. Oliver Bjorkstrand
4. Kerby Rychel
5. Dillon Heatherington
6. Gabriel Carlsson
7. Anton Forsberg
8. Michael Paliotta
9. Paul Bittner
10. William Karlsson
11. Josh Anderson
12. Austin Madaisky
13. Kevin Stenlund
14. Ryan Collins
15. TJ Tynan
16. Joonas Korpisalo
17. Daniel Zaar
18. Blake Siebenaler
19. Oliver Leblanc
20. Elvis Merzlikins

Spoiler: 2014

Prospect Info: - HF CBJ forum top 20 prospects 2014

Finished voting about a week ago, and since have had a couple links to other opinions, so I thought it would be interesting to post our results and sort of 'clearinghouse' some comparisons. HF posters 2014 Rank|Player|Position #1|Alexander Wennberg|C #2|Kerby Rychel|LW #3|Sonny Milano|LW...

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1. Alexander Wennberg (C)
2. Kerby Rychel (LW)
3. Sonny Milano (LW)
4. Tim Erixon (D)
5. Oliver Bjorkstrand (RW)
6. Mike Reilly (D)
7. Marko Dano (C)
8. Anton Forsberg (G)
9. Dillon Heatherington (D)
10. Oscar Dansk (G)
11. Simon Hjalmarsson (RW)
12. Daniel Zaar (RW)
13. Michael Chaput (C)
14. Ryan Collins (D)
15. Josh Anderson (RW)
16. Jerry D'Amigo (RW)
17. Markus Soberg (RW)
18. TJ Tynan (C)
19. Elvis Merzlikins (G)
20. Blake Siebenaler (D)

Spoiler: 2013

T1. Ryan Murray
T1. Cam Atkinson
3. Alex Wennberg
4. Boone Jenner
5. Tim Erixon
6. Kerby Rychel
7. Dalton Prout
8. Marko Dano
9. Oscar Dansk
10. Cody Goloubef
11. Anton Forsberg
12. Dillon Heatherington
13. David Savard
14. Oliver Bjorkstrand
15. Mike Rielly
16. Michael Chaput
17. Jonathan Audy-Marchessault
18. Daniel Zaar
19. Joonas Korpisalo
20. Nick Moutrey

Spoiler: 2012

1. Ryan Murray
2. Cam Atkinson
3. Tim Erixon
4. David Savard
5. Boone Jenner
6. Oscar Dansk
7. Matt Calvert
8. Michael Chaput
9. Tomas Kubalik
T10. Cody Goloubef
T10. Anton Forsberg
12. Jonathan Audy-Marchessault
13. TJ Tynan
14. Mike Rielly
15. Allen York
16. Will Weber
17. Joonas Korpisalo
18. Dalton Prout
19. Daniel Zaar
20. Lukas Sedlak

Spoiler: 2011

1. Ryan Johansen
2. Matt Calvert
3. David Savard
4. John Moore
5. Tomas Kubalik
6. Cam Atkinson
7. Maksim Mayorov
8. Boone Jenner
9. Cody Goloubef
10. Allen York
11. Petr Straka
12. Michael Chaput
13. Will Weberg
14. Teddy Ruth
15. TJ Tynan
16. Anton Blomqvist
17. Oliver Gabriel
18. Seth Ambroz
19. Dalton Smith
20. Thomas Larkin

Spoiler: 2010

1. Nikita Filatov
2. John Moore
3. Ryan Johansen
4. Matt Calvert
5. David Savard
6. Cody Goloubef
7. Maksim Mayorov
8. Petr Straka
9. Gustav Wesslau
10. Grant Clitsome
11. Cam Atkinson
12. Will Weber
13. Anton Blomqvist
14. Tomas Kubalik
15. Tomas Kana
16. Teddy Ruth
17. Kevin Lynch
18. Dalton Smith
19. Brent Regner
20. Matt Rust

Spoiler: 2009

1. Derick Brassard
2. Nikita Filatov
3. John Moore
4. Cody Goloubef
5. Maksim Mayorov
6. Teddy Ruth
7. Derek Dorsett
8. Kevin Lalande
9. Brent Regner
10. Jonathan Sigalet
11. Kevin Lynch
12. Will Weberg
13. Matt Calvert
14. Dan LaCosta
15. Alexandre Picard
16. Grant Clitsome
17. Tom Sestito
18. Mike Blunden
19. Stefan Legein
20. Nick Holden

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[Viqsi]

I've habitually kept my own lists of prospects (in which I also note the actual poll results and the difference between 'em) for historical recordkeeping purposes. In particular, I find it useful for double-checking my biases, and it's also served as a record of past poll results. It's also good humility fuel sometimes - check out where I (and everyone else) had Cam Atkinson ranked in 2009, for example.

This year's can be found here: 2024

Past years:
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
(2014 was infamously skipped in protest)
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009

 

[CBJWerenski8]

I’ve sat down a few times to do my individual list that I do yearly. I just don’t have the time anymore to do the studying necessary to do it with any belief.

Couple that with the recent tragedy and I just don’t have it in me to do a list this year. My whole excitement for the sports year has been pretty zapped. As time goes on I’m sure it’ll return somewhat, but it’s just too raw right now.

 

[AndBoomGoesTheCannon]

My personal list that I made at the start:

1. Cayden Lindstrom (even)
2. Denton Mateychuk (even)
3. David Jiricek (even)
4. Gavin Brindley (even)
5. Jet Greaves (+2)
6. Charlie Elick (-1)
7. Luca Del Bel Belluz (+4)
8. James Malatesta (+2)
9. William Whitelaw (+4)
10. Jordan Dumais (-4)
11. Sergei Ivanov (-2)
12. Stanislav Svozil (-4)
13. Oiva Keskinen (+2)
14. Luca Marelli (+4)
15. Andrew Strathmann (HM)
16. Corson Ceulemans (even)
17. Nikolai Makarov (+3)
18. Tanner Henricks (HM)
19. Luke Ashton (unranked)
20. Luca Pinelli (-1)
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21. Evan Gardner (-9)
22. Mikael Pyythia (unranked)

on the board list and not mine:
Kirill Dolzhenkov (14) - haven't seen much of him but what I have seen just see a big guy that plays small
Guillaume Richard (17) - never watched and never hear much on him, total wild card for me

players I was higher on than consensus:
William Whitelaw - became a big fan of his this year; not sure if I just caught his best games (mostly watched Michigan-Wisconsin to see Brindley also) but he stood out to me, thought he was Wisconsin's most dynamic player on offense; think he has the elusiveness to be a small guy with a chance to make it
LDBB - strong first season in Cleveland, still few years away from NHL, excited to watch his development
Luca Marelli - not on my radar before draft, but the cut ups I watched after the draft were encouraging. Smooth, high IQ player.

players I was lower on than consensus:
Evan Gardner - just hard to know where to slot in goalies and this was the first year in a long time that we have had multiple promising goalie prospects; I did penalize him due to save% dropping in the playoffs while our other two G prospects raised theirs; he also played on top WHL team so more support from team
Jordan Dumais - knocked down list due to injury concern but I do acknowledge there is also a bull case if the skating was worse due to injury and he makes a full recovery
Stanislav Svozil - overall I do really like his game, just lower on my list due to where I see his NHL upside.

 

[CannonFire1]

The thing that stands out to me is these lists reflect a shallow pool for most of CBJ's existence. 2016 may have been the high water mark. The 2019 list gave little reason for optimism and 2020 was only marginally better.

Contrast that with the 2021 list where not only do you start to see more high-end potential, but all of the top 5 (and 6 of the top 7) are currently on the NHL roster. Despite putting that number of prospects into the league since 2021 (and Fantilli joining that group last year) the current list still offers a lot of potential. Jiricek and Mateychuk could make the jump this season and Lindstrom could be a legit top line guy if healthy.

Events of the last 48 hours have dampened any enthusiasm I had for this season. Another top 5 pick seems likely. But I still see lots of reason for optimism about the team's future.

 

[koteka]

When you look at 2020 - we should have changed our name to Columbus Red Army and instituted a rule that we could only draft Russians.

 

[tunnelvision]

My top-20 for 2024:

1. Jiricek
2. Lindstrom
3. Mateychuk
4. Brindley
5. Svozil
6. Marrelli
7. Elick
8. Ivanov
9. Dolzhenkov
10. McCue
11. Greaves
12. Keskinen
13. Malatesta
14. Gardner
15. LDBB
16. Henricks
17. Dumais
18. Richard
19. Makarov
20. Whitelaw

I was tempted to put Ashton somewhere in the 16-20 range but that would have been against my principles. I can't rank someone I've seen zero games of. Some guys like Richard could be much higher had I seen them more often than once a year or less.

Past years:
2023
2022
2021

 

[Sombastate]

Just as a fan who likes to monitor other teams prospects. What's up with Cuelemans? Seems like people were pretty high on him a few years ago. Just not living up to those expectations?

 

[Cowumbus]

Just as a fan who likes to monitor other teams prospects. What's up with Cuelemans? Seems like people were pretty high on him a few years ago. Just not living up to those expectations?

Nope not really, might have gotten ruined by Wisconsin. Or at least held back.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Just as a fan who likes to monitor other teams prospects. What's up with Cuelemans? Seems like people were pretty high on him a few years ago. Just not living up to those expectations?

He was always a tools but no toolbox guy. They hoped with time it would refine, and it hasn’t. A better college program could have helped. He’ll need a long time in the minors and a lot of improvement if he’s going to make it.