LeafChief
Matthew Knies Enthusiast
I was watching a Steve Dangle video on prospects and I really like his way of 'ranking' prospects.
The jist of his argument is that rather than listing prospects 1-20, it makes more sense to rank prospects in tiers. Within the tiers, does it really matter who is ranked ahead of who? The prospects in each tier are so relatively close in potential that arguing about who is slightly ahead of another prospect is a waste of time.
Here is the video:
For those of you that don't wish to watch, here is how he filled in his pyramid:
TIER ONE: Auston Matthews
TIER TWO: Mitch Marner, William Nylander
TIER THREE: Connor Brown, Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnson, Travis Dermott
TIER FOUR: Niktia Soshnikov, Brendan Leipsic, Kerby Rychel, Jeremy Bracco, Dmytro Timashov, Tobias Lindberg, Andrew Nielson, Carl Grundstrom, Zach Hyman
TIER FIVE: Frederik Gauthier, Rinat Valiev, Yegor Korshkov, Adam Brooks, Martins Dzierkals, JD Greenway, Viktor Loov, JJ Piccinich, Jesper Lindgren
TIER SIX: EVERYONE ELSE
I really like this system. The only change I'd make is having Yegor Korshkov in either Tier Three or Tier Four. I think he's going to be a very good surprise for us.
The jist of his argument is that rather than listing prospects 1-20, it makes more sense to rank prospects in tiers. Within the tiers, does it really matter who is ranked ahead of who? The prospects in each tier are so relatively close in potential that arguing about who is slightly ahead of another prospect is a waste of time.
Here is the video:
For those of you that don't wish to watch, here is how he filled in his pyramid:
TIER ONE: Auston Matthews
TIER TWO: Mitch Marner, William Nylander
TIER THREE: Connor Brown, Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnson, Travis Dermott
TIER FOUR: Niktia Soshnikov, Brendan Leipsic, Kerby Rychel, Jeremy Bracco, Dmytro Timashov, Tobias Lindberg, Andrew Nielson, Carl Grundstrom, Zach Hyman
TIER FIVE: Frederik Gauthier, Rinat Valiev, Yegor Korshkov, Adam Brooks, Martins Dzierkals, JD Greenway, Viktor Loov, JJ Piccinich, Jesper Lindgren
TIER SIX: EVERYONE ELSE
I really like this system. The only change I'd make is having Yegor Korshkov in either Tier Three or Tier Four. I think he's going to be a very good surprise for us.