Dave Hall Canucks army on the prospect pool.
I think I’d be remiss if I did not run with the boss’s question out the gate, right?
What's been the biggest challenge about doing these latest prospect rankings? (aside from me asking you to write all 20 by yourself)
The truthful answer is that this Canucks’ system isn’t chock-full of high-end talent. Sure, a select few filters to the top without question, but there is a real log-jam of “hopeful projects” and older “tweener” type players.
That’s difficult to “rank.”
Realistically, the difference between each of our ranked prospects from, let’s say, 5-12 is very minimal. It’s not that the prospects within that range aren’t skilled; it’s just simply easier to pinpoint and predict what will come of a prospect such as Tom Willander or even Elias Pettersson (D).
For lack of a better term, it’s a bit of a crapshoot in that mid-to-late range.
While every team has those types of mid-range prospects, they typically don’t carry an entire prospect pool filled to the brim. Truthfully, this Canucks prospect pool is just that, with the exception of maybe four.
It’s propped up by two “blue chip” prospects, Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Tom Willander.
However, that stock drops off a cliff after three or four.
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