Also love when he dominates physically against a midget like Quinn Hughes on the offensive end board battle.
Given how Hughes has played thus far in his NHL career I don't think we have any reason to believe that he'll be rendered ineffective by someone like Rasmussen. He's shown that he can handle the ramped up physicality of the playoffs.
That being said, I think Rasmussen tends to get underrated a bit because of the players that were selected around him. While he does seem destined for a bottom 6 role he does have some interesting potential should he reach it. I we can get a player similar to say Ryan Malone or Patric Hornqvist I'd call that a win.
As for the rankings themselves I think we're pretty accurately placed. I think I'd have the players in slightly different tiers, but overall it's pretty similar. I'm still not sold on Seider and I probably won't be until he can show he can play against NHLers, Hronek had a down year and will need to bounce back, and Zadina is someone I believe in quite a bit more after his stint in the NHL. I think after next season Zadina will end up being our top U22 player and firmly in the High End area - the same could be true for someone like Seider as well.
1. Zadina - High End/Very Good
2. Seider - High End/Very Good
3. Hronek - High End/Very Good
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4. Veleno - Legit NHLer
5. Johansson - Legit NHLer
6. Rasmussen - Legit NHLer
7. McIsaac - Legit NHLer
8. Berggren - Legit NHLer
9. Tyutyayev - Legit NHLer
10. Mastrosimone - Legit NHLer
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11. Soderblom - Has a chance
12. Larsson - Has a chance
13. Cholowski - Has a chance
14. Tuomisto - Has a chance
15. Smith - Has a chance
15. Grewe - Has a chance
16. Phillips - Has a chance
17. Lindstrom - Has a chance
To me High End/Very good is equivalent to Top 6 F/Top 4 D, Legit NHLer would be 2nd or 3rd Line F/2nd or 3rd Pair D, and Has a chance is bottom 6 F/Bottom Pair D. Truthfully of the the final tier I almost didn't include Cholowski or Lindstrom as neither one seems to be capable of being more than AHL/#7s on NHL teams, but their too young to write off. I think we could see a lot of growth next season if Soderblom can show that last year wasn't an aberration, Grewe rebounds in the OHL, and Mastosimone gains a biggers role in the NCAA. As well, I think we could see a couple of our "Legit NHLers" move into the Very Good tier. I'm really excited to see what Johansson and Tyutyayev do with bigger roles.
Also, I think Pronman leaving Tyutyayev off of the list is the biggest miss for the Wings. He's very much a legit prospect and I have him at 5 or 6 in our pool right now. He's just a little bit below Marchenko and in the same tier as Morozov, Voronkov, or Firstov for prospects he's ranked thus far.