Prospect Info: The First Annual Jaster Prospect Ranking List

[Webster]

I don't know enough about all the prospects, but I see MBN as a power forward who loves to throw his body around. That's a valuable asset, can you put any of the other prospects in the same category or are they smaller guys?

 

[14ari13]

Yeah, much like here, I wasn’t a huge poster there but I remember Jaster, @heyfolks, this guy named Euroman and there was this dude who was OBSESSED with Jiri Hudler lol. Fun times.

I am so glad some people remember and know the posters from the rwc board.
I am not sure I remember any names except for maybe Ron and Ryan.
Ron hated European players, if I remember right. And Ryan criticised Yzerman and the the whole board hated him for that.
I think I remember George Malik. If that was his name. And I believe he is on X now and has become well known.
I myself have been on all those boards letsgowings included and I have always used the same name Ari.

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Do you think he could end up a winger to take advantage of his skating/shooting?

Or are you pretty convinced he will be a center on lines 1-3?

I remember seeing Danielson play in his draft year and thining there is more here than meets the eye. I always thought he was more skilled than the scoring reports on him let on.

I’m a little underwhelmed at the lack of points and specifically goals when it comes to Danielson’s play this year. But then again I’ve seen a decent amount of clips of him making skilled player, and as Petes said with Kasper, sometimes you just want to see those flashes when these guys are playing their first season at a higher level.

Definitely a center. Prototypical coaches dream; extremely coachable, prides himself in his effort, and does the work off the ice. He was also immediately a leader once traded to Portland, showing younger players tips and tricks he's learned along the way

He's said himself he grew up loving trying to steal pucks from his brother when they play keep away. He also said he loves shutting opposing players down. Perfect player to have down the middle with how he gets up and down the ice so quick

 

[simonedvinsson]

I am so glad some people remember and know the posters from the rwc board.
I am not sure I remember any names except for maybe Ron and Ryan.
Ron hated European players, if I remember right. And Ryan criticised Yzerman and the the whole board hated him for that.
I think I remember George Malik. If that was his name. And I believe he is on X now and has become well known.
I myself have been on all those boards letsgowings included and I have always used the same name Ari.

Remnants of RWC have survived. There are a handful of us who have hopped from server to server together. We are currently over at Red Wings Now. If you were around back when it was Matthew Wuest's Red Wings Central, you may recognize a couple people, though a handful of us have changed our names over the years. I don't even remember my username from back in the Wuest days.

 

[Tatar Shots]

1. Sandin-Pellikka
2. Danielson
3. Augustine
4. Cossa
5. Brandsegg-Nygard
6. Buchelnikov
7. Mazur
8. Buium
9. Wallinder
10. Lombardi
11. Plante
12. Kiiskinen
13. Finnie
14. James
15. Noah Dower-Nilsson

To add some notes. This is my first time slotting Buium ahead of Wallinder. You can tell Buium really just processes the game right. I’m more confident in him having an NHL future over Wallinder at this point. Tuomisto I ultimately left off the last couple spots as I just don’t see a potential NHL skillset there. I struggled with the last two spots and could easily be convinced to replace James and Dower-Nilsson for the final two spots in the top 15 with several guys.

 

[LongTimeDRWF]

I don't know enough about all the prospects, but I see MBN as a power forward who loves to throw his body around. That's a valuable asset, can you put any of the other prospects in the same category or are they smaller guys?

One of the closest I think is Finnie, although he is still smaller than MBN (was playing in the 190ish pound range as an 18 Y.O.), but he is unafraid of a shoulder first game.

I haven't watched him closely since he was a midget player (I moved back east a few years ago), but as a kid you could tell if he got some size to him, he would be a player if he stuck with it.

I have a few buddies (most who played in the WHL or higher) back out west who have season tickets a few different cities, they keep tabs on players for me, (a great way to keep in touch), they seem to agree he is a good bet to make it.

On my personal rankings, MBN is 4 and Finnie is 6, but to be fair to several I have ranked lower, I have not laid eyes on them too much.

But I can see both MBN and Finnie as being part of the wings (not to soft to play against) future is a few years time.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

People seem to be sleeping on Kiiskinen. 6’1” 190 lbs, PPG in Liiga as a 19 year old. PPG and second leading goal scorer in WJC. Best producing player in Liiga since the WJC.

 

[TKB]

Remnants of RWC have survived. There are a handful of us who have hopped from server to server together. We are currently over at Red Wings Now. If you were around back when it was Matthew Wuest's Red Wings Central, you may recognize a couple people, though a handful of us have changed our names over the years. I don't even remember my username from back in the Wuest days.

Was that the board that had the poster looking for a "Nyquist explosion?"

That term always cracked me up.

 

[Euro Twins]

I am so glad some people remember and know the posters from the rwc board.
I am not sure I remember any names except for maybe Ron and Ryan.
Ron hated European players, if I remember right. And Ryan criticised Yzerman and the the whole board hated him for that.
I think I remember George Malik. If that was his name. And I believe he is on X now and has become well known.
I myself have been on all those boards letsgowings included and I have always used the same name Ari.

Me too, I was on rwc and still on LGW, albeit it's basically a dead site at this point in time. Unfortunate since it used to be a really fun forum and then trolls took over and the wings got bad.

 

[Electric Eric]

I'm going to assume for the time being that Jaster is out living his best life and will be pleasantly surprised to see all this when he returns.

Although the vet in me does worry about other vets. :\

 

[Henkka]

This is current RANK taking count all 32 individual rankings:

Rank	AVG	Range	Pos	Prospect	Size/Hand	Nation	Age (Feb 2025)
1	1,6	1-5	RD	Axel Sandin Pellikka	5'11 - R	SWE	19,9
2	2,8	1-6	G	Sebastian Cossa	6'6 - L	CAN	22,2
3	3,4	1-10	C	Nate Danielson	6'2 - R	CAN	20,4
4	4,3	1-8	W	Dmitri Buchelnikov	5'10 - R	RUS	21,4
5	4,8	3-7	G	Trey Augustine	6'1 - L	USA	19,9
6	4,8	1-7	W	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	6'1 - R	NOR	19,4
7	7,9	1-12	RW	Carter Mazur	6'0 - R	USA	22,8
8	9,3	5-14	C/LW	Amadeus Lombardi	5'10 - L	CAN	21,6
9	9,5	7-13	LD	Shai Buium	6'3 - L	USA	21,8
10	9,7	6-15	C/LW	Max Plante	5'11 - L	USA	18,9
11	10,2	5-15	RW	Jesse Kiiskinen	6'1 - R	FIN	19,5
12	10,9	5-15	C	Emmit Finnie	6'1 - L	CAN	19,7
13	12,0	7-17	LD	William Wallinder	6'4 - L	SWE	22,5
14	14,2	10-17	RD	Anton Johansson	6'4 - R	SWE	20,7
15	14,9	13-21	W	Dylan James	6'0 - L	CAN	21,3
16	15,3	13-18	RD	Antti Tuomisto	6'5 - R	FIN	24,0
17	16,4	14-20	C	Noah Dower-Nilsson	6'0 - L	SWE	19,8
18	16,5	14-20	C/LW	Ondrej Becher	6'1 - L	CZE	20,9
19	17,0	14-20	C	Red Savage	5'11 - L	USA	21,7
20	17,7	10-27	LD	Brady Cleveland	6'5 - L	USA	19,8
21	18,4	16-20	G	Carter Gylander	6'5 - L	CAN	23,7
22	18,5	17-20	G	Jan Bednar	6'4 - L	CZE	22,5
23	20,7	20-22	C/LW	Brennan Ali	6'0 - L	USA	21,0
24	20,7	19-23	W	Cross Hanas	6'1 - L	USA	23,1
25	21,5	19-24	LW	Jakub Rychlovsky	5'10 - L	CZE	23,5
26	22,5	20-25	LD	Larry Keenan	6'3 - L	CAN	19,9
27	23,0	20-26	LD	John Whipple	6'1 - L	USA	19,0

What I could say about this situation, it really looks good, when the biggest Team need is at RhD position, it's nice to see RhD guy as the best prospect.

Also, the 2nd biggest need is goaltending, to replace current aging guys. And we have absolutely great 2 promising prospects incoming, as the probably best potential duo at whole NHL. Other can fail, and we still probably get an elite starter.

Also Buchelnikov - Danielson - MBN could give us a future line very soon.
After these three, the is a clear tier in talent.

Plante - Lombardi - Mazur could give us a depth line.
James - Finnie - Kiiskinen could give us a line of grinders.

Then there's some other defencemen, who could jump in at some point.

 

[RRhoads]

1. Axel Sandin-Pellikka
2. Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
3. Nate Danielson
4. Trey Augustine
5. Dmitri Buchelnikov
6. Sebastian Cossa
7. Max Plante
8. Emmit Finnie
9. Jesse Kiiskinen
10. Amadeus Lombardi
11. Carter Mazur
12. William Wallinder
13. Brady Cleveland
14. Anton Johansson
15. Antti Tuomisto


Apart from ASP, we don't have a lot of great D-prospects, though 3 of them have already graduated.

 

[PenskyMaterial]

1. Buchelnikov
2. Pellikka
3. Danielson
4. Augustine
5. Nygård

6. Cossa
7. Lombardi
8. Plante
9. Wallinder
10. Kiiskinen
11. Mazur
12. Becher

13. NDN
14. Johansson
15. Buium
16. Finnie
17. James
18. LDN
19. Tuomisto
20. Savage

HM: Viro

 

[Ricelund]

there was this dude who was OBSESSED with Jiri Hudler lol. Fun times.

eva unit zero?

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

It's still extremely funny how people admire Florida when their 2nd line center is 0.61 points producing Bennet we are not really far away from that.

Bennett provides a lot more than just .61ppg when you line him up next to Copp or Compher. He’s a superior player in almost every aspect when compared to those guys.

 

[Holden Caufield]

This is current RANK taking count all 32 individual rankings:

Rank	AVG	Range	Pos	Prospect	Size/Hand	Nation	Age (Feb 2025)
1	1,6	1-5	RD	Axel Sandin Pellikka	5'11 - R	SWE	19,9
2	2,8	1-6	G	Sebastian Cossa	6'6 - L	CAN	22,2
3	3,4	1-10	C	Nate Danielson	6'2 - R	CAN	20,4
4	4,3	1-8	W	Dmitri Buchelnikov	5'10 - R	RUS	21,4
5	4,8	3-7	G	Trey Augustine	6'1 - L	USA	19,9
6	4,8	1-7	W	Michael Brandsegg-Nygård	6'1 - R	NOR	19,4
7	7,9	1-12	RW	Carter Mazur	6'0 - R	USA	22,8
8	9,3	5-14	C/LW	Amadeus Lombardi	5'10 - L	CAN	21,6
9	9,5	7-13	LD	Shai Buium	6'3 - L	USA	21,8
10	9,7	6-15	C/LW	Max Plante	5'11 - L	USA	18,9
11	10,2	5-15	RW	Jesse Kiiskinen	6'1 - R	FIN	19,5
12	10,9	5-15	C	Emmit Finnie	6'1 - L	CAN	19,7
13	12,0	7-17	LD	William Wallinder	6'4 - L	SWE	22,5
14	14,2	10-17	RD	Anton Johansson	6'4 - R	SWE	20,7
15	14,9	13-21	W	Dylan James	6'0 - L	CAN	21,3
16	15,3	13-18	RD	Antti Tuomisto	6'5 - R	FIN	24,0
17	16,4	14-20	C	Noah Dower-Nilsson	6'0 - L	SWE	19,8
18	16,5	14-20	C/LW	Ondrej Becher	6'1 - L	CZE	20,9
19	17,0	14-20	C	Red Savage	5'11 - L	USA	21,7
20	17,7	10-27	LD	Brady Cleveland	6'5 - L	USA	19,8
21	18,4	16-20	G	Carter Gylander	6'5 - L	CAN	23,7
22	18,5	17-20	G	Jan Bednar	6'4 - L	CZE	22,5
23	20,7	20-22	C/LW	Brennan Ali	6'0 - L	USA	21,0
24	20,7	19-23	W	Cross Hanas	6'1 - L	USA	23,1
25	21,5	19-24	LW	Jakub Rychlovsky	5'10 - L	CZE	23,5
26	22,5	20-25	LD	Larry Keenan	6'3 - L	CAN	19,9
27	23,0	20-26	LD	John Whipple	6'1 - L	USA	19,0

Thanks for doing all that. Would have been a lot of work.

Bennett provides a lot more than just .61ppg when you line him up next to Copp or Compher. He’s a superior player in almost every aspect when compared to those guys.

Exactly. This is essentially comparing two of the softest players in the league with one of the most physical.

If you were to add up all the hits thrown by Compher and Copp combined and then multiply that number by 5. Bennett would still have more hits. Basically 10x more likely to finish his check.

In the history of my fandom I don’t think I have ever seen a player as consistently unwilling to finish a hit as Andrew Copp.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

1. Buchelnikov
2. Pellikka
3. Danielson
4. Augustine
5. Nygård

6. Cossa
7. Lombardi
8. Plante
9. Wallinder
10. Kiiskinen
11. Mazur
12. Becher

13. NDN
14. Johansson
15. Buium
16. Finnie
17. James
18. LDN
19. Tuomisto
20. Savage

HM: Viro

Just curious on your goalie rankings, Augustine not only ahead but a tier above Cossa?

 

[Air Budd Dwyer]

eva unit zero?

No. I believe his username was Resmo or something like that. I'll never forget when Hudler signed overseas, he left a comment in the threat, "Goodnight, sweet prince" lol.

I remember Lindy (Sarah Lindau)
HT (Holy Toledo)
Octo

Then the Real World section that eventually devolved into everyone just posting pictures of scantily clad and nude women lol.

 

[Air Budd Dwyer]

Just curious on your goalie rankings, Augustine not only ahead but a tier above Cossa?

I feel the same way about Augustine. I think Cossa is going to be a fine NHL goalie but Augustine is going to be THE guy for this team.

 

[Fil Larkmanthanasiou]

Lombardi was leading the Griffs in scoring before getting injured and if he continued to play as well, I would have had him ahead of Daniel son.


I know that Bedard was famously quoted saying that Daniel son was one of the most difficult players he has played against in junior but I didn't know that Ammo was difficult to pay against