Top 5 Drafted Prospects Not In The NHL

[Hazy Little Thing]

In your opinion, who are the current top drafted prospects that are not playing in the NHL?

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[Fixed to Ruin]

1. Danil Yurov
2. Axel Sandin-Pellika
3. Ryan Leonard
4. Dmitry Simashev
5. Dalibor Dvorsky

 

[Elitersson]

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Alexander Nikishin
3. Ryan Leonard
4. Axel Sandin-Pellika
5. Zayne Parekh

First two were easy. Lots of other candidates for 3-5 though for me.

 

[Hale The Villain]

I don't know if there's a prospect I'd take over Beckett Sennecke right now.

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

I don't know if there's a prospect I'd take over Beckett Sennecke right now.

One of the hundred or so players that could make the World Juniors?

 

[majormajor]

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Alexander Nikishin
3. Carter Yakemchuk
4. Ryan Leonard
5. Calum Ritchie

I've got Zeev Buium, Danila Yurov, and Beckett Sennecke right there too, feels more like a group of 8 or 9. I'm not sold yet on Sandin-Pellika (yes I watched the new EP profile vid).

 

[Parliament]

In no particular order:
- Nikishin (CAR)
- ASP (DET)
- Demidov (MTL)
- Cristall (WSH)
- Ilya Nabokov (COL)

Honorable Mention:
- Dickinson (SJS)
- Mateychuk (CBJ)
- Lekkerimaki (VAN)
- Dvorsky (STL)

 

[JeffreyLFC]

My own list (prefered choice)

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Ryan Leonard
3. Sam Dickinson
4. Alexander Nikishin
5. Zeev Buium
HM: Ritchie, Cowan, Sennecke, Silayev

 

[Misery74]

Demidov
Leonard
ASP
Nikishin
Dickinson

 

[waitin425]

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Alexander Nikishin
3. Sam Dickinson
4. Ryan Leonard
5. Sebastien Cossa

 

[Forlan]

In your opinion, who are the current top drafted prospects that are not playing in the NHL?

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4.
5.

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Gabriel Perreault
3. Axel Sandin-Pellika
4. Alexander Nikishin
5. Barcly Catton

 

[MNRube]

Nikishin
Demidov
Sennecke
Buium
Leonard

 

[Castle8130]

Demidov
Leonard
Sennecke
Sandin-Pelikka
Nikishin


As a hawks fan, it is frustrating seeing Demidov and Sennecke above Levshunov. Even seeing other defensemen in his draft class ahead of him too lol

 

[Oresy]

Demidov
Mateychuk
Nikishin
ASP
Yurov

 

[Dempsey]

Demidov
Leonard
Sennecke
Sandin-Pelikka
Nikishin


As a hawks fan, it is frustrating seeing Demidov and Sennecke above Levshunov. Even seeing other defensemen in his draft class ahead of him too lol

Levshunov would be incredible in a junior tournament againt kids but he doesn't have that luxury. Being in the AHL is a bit boring compared to the WJC spotlight but he's got incredible potential. He's leading the entire AHL in shots on goal for defensemen and improving every game down there.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Demidov
Sandin Pellikka
Buium
Cossa
Sennecke

 

[Shroud of Orrin]

Demidov
Nikishin
Levshunov
Yakemchuk
Catton

 

[credulous]

buium
catton
asp
sennecke
leonard

nikishin and demidov probably deserve to be there but i'm not ever gonna watch a khl game so

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Demidov
Nikishin
Perreault
Leonard
Buium/ASP

 

[Mitch nylander]

Top 10 per division per position. Thought it'd be easier to separate. Maximum 25 NHL games and under 25.

Atlantic

Forwards:

1. Ivan Demidov
2. Dmitri Buchelnikov
3. Easton Cowan
4. Nate Danielson
5. Isak Rosen
6. Michael Hage
7. Isaac Howard
8. Michael Brandsegg-Nygaard
9. Konsta Helenius
10. Fabian Lysell
11. Fraser Minten
12. Owen Beck
13. Oliver Kapanen
14. Dean Letourneau
15. Noah Ostlund

HM: Nikita Grebenkin, Viktor Neuchev, Ethan Gauthier, Dylan Duke, Max Plante, Filip Mesar, Anton Wahlberg, Georgii Merkulov, Ryan Mcallister, Gracyn Sawchyn,

Defenceman:

1. Axel Sandin Pelikka
2. David Reinbacher
3. Carter Yakemchuk
4. Logan Mailloux
5. Adam Engstrom
6. Ben Danford
7. Shai Buium
8. Topi Niemela
9. William Wallinder
10. Nikita Novikov

HM: Vsevolod Komarov, Noah Chadwick, Marek Alscher, Anti Tuomista, Maxim Strbak, Gabriel Eliasson

Goalies:

1. Sebastian Cossa
2. Jacob Fowler
3. Trey Augustine
4. Dennis Hildeby
5. Jacob Dobes
6. Leevi Merilainen
7. Artur Akhtyamov
8. Tobias Leinonen
9. Quinton Miller
10. Scott Ratzlaff

HM: Ryerson Leenders, Hugo Alnefalt, Olof Gifford

Metro

Forwards:

1. Ryan Leonard
2. Gabe Perreault
3. Cayden Lindstrom
4. Brennan Othmann
5. Jett Luchanko
6. Andrew Cristall
7. Cole Eiserman
8. Gavin Brindley
9. Rutger McGroarty
10. Terik Perascak
11. Bradley Nadeau
12. Luca Del Bel Belluz
13. Nikita Atamonov
14. Jordan Dumais
15. Danny Nelson

HM: Felix Unger-Sorum, Samu Tuomaala, Denver Barkey, Brett Berard, Ville Koivunen, Arseni Gritsyuk, Leeni Heemanaho, Tanner Howe, Ilya Protas, Luca Pinelli

Defencemen:

1. Alexander Nikishin
2. Denton Mateychuk
3. Anton Silayev
4. Seamus Casey
5. Emil Andrae
6. Scott Morrow
7. Cole Hutson
8. Owen Pickering
9. Oliver Bonk
10. Harrison Brunicke

HM: Luca Marelli, Charlie Elick, Cam Allen, EJ Emery, Jesse Pulkkinen, Stanislav Svozil

Goalies:

1. Joel Blomqvist
2. Carter Bjarnason
3. Dylan Garand
4. Yegor Zavgarin
5. Sergei Murashov
6. Jet Greaves
7. Evan Gardner
8. Aleksei Kolosov
9. Sergei Ivanov
10. Mikhail Yegorov

HM: Henrik Tikkanen, Yegor Velmakin, Dmitri Gamzin

Central:

Forwards:

1. Calum Ritchie
2. Danila Yurov
3. Tij Iginla
4. Dalibor Dvorsky
5. Frank Nazar
6. Daniil But
7. Oliver Moore
8. Jimmy Snuggerud
9. Roman Kantserov
10. Fedor Svechkov
11. Liam Ohgren
12. Brad Lambert
13. Matthew Wood
14. Joakim Kemmell
15. Sascha Boisvert

HM: Aleksanteri Kaskimaki, Antonio Stranges, Otto Stenberg, Riley Heidt, Colby Barlow, Nikita Chibrikov, Teddy Stiga, Marek Vanacker, Colton Dach, Kieron Walton, Cole Beaudoin

Defencemen:

1. Artem Levshunov
2. Zeev Buium
3. Dmitri Simashev
4. Lian Bichsel
5. Theo Lindstein
6. Tanner Molendyk
7. Maverick Lamoureux
8. Mikhail Gulyayev
9. Adam Jiricek
10. Elias Salmonsson

HM: Colin Ralph, Aron Kiviharju, Sam Rinzel, Sean Behrens, Andrew Gibson, Ethan Del Mastro

Goalies:

1. Igor Nabokov
2. Jesper Wallstedt
3. Drew Commesso
4. Michael Hrabal
5. Trent Miner
6. Colten Ellis
7. Arno Tiefensee
8. Vadim Zherenko
9. Juha Jatkola
10. Adam Gajan

Extra: Melker Thelin, Samuel Hlavaj, Jakub Milota

Pacific
Forwards:

1. Beckett Sennecke
2. Berkley Catton
3. Jonathan Lekkerimaki
4. Matthew Savoie
5. Samuel Honzek
6. Liam Greentree
7. Trevor Connelly
8. Colin Graf
9. Quinton Musty
10. Eduard Sale
11. Filip Bystedt
12. Jagger Firkus
13. Matvei Gridin
14. Carson Rehkopf
15. Sam Colangelo

HM: Sam O'Reilly, Jani Nyman, Ethan Cardwell, Ryan Winterton, Mathieu Cataford
Yegor Sidorov, Igor Chernyshov, William Stromgren, Kasper Haaltunen, Rory Kerins

Defencemen:

1. Sam Dickinson
2. Zayne Parekh
3. Tom Willander
4. Luca Cagnoni
5. Shakir Mukhamudullin
6. Stian Solberg
7. Caden Price
8. Elias Pettersson
9. Tristan Luneau
10. Hunter Brzustewicz

HM: Lukas Dragicevic, Kirill Kudryaetsev, Ville Ottavainen, Ty Nelson, Etienne Morin, Henry Mews

Goalies:

1. Yaroslav Askarov
2. Erik Portillo
3. Olivier Rodrigue
4. Carter George
5. Artur Silovs
6. Henry Slukynsky
7. Damian Clara
8. Georgy Romanov
9. Calle Clang
10. Kirill Zarubin

HM: Ty Young, Nikita Tolopilo, Pavel Moysevich

 

[Fantomas]

1. Danil Yurov

Currently outplayed on the same team by Kantserov, who is a year younger than him.

 

[Fantomas]

Among just Russians, I would say that Demidov, Zavragin and But are tops. After that you have Nikishin, Artamonov, Kantserov, Silyaev, Simashev and Nabokov (Ilya), who are hard to rank. Gritsyuk, Buchelnikov, Surin, Gulyayev and Yurov all very good as well.

 

[Fantomas]

Central:

Forwards:

1. Calum Ritchie
2. Danila Yurov
3. Tij Iginla
4. Dalibor Dvorsky
5. Frank Nazar
6. Daniil But
7. Oliver Moore
8. Jimmy Snuggerud
9. Fedor Svechkov
10. Liam Ohgren
11. Roman Kantserov
12. Matthew Wood
13. Brad Lambert
14. Joakim Kemmell
15. Sascha Boisvert

HM: Aleksanteri Kaskimaki, Antonio Stranges, Otto Stenberg, Riley Heidt, Colby Barlow, Nikita Chibrikov, Teddy Stiga, Marek Vanacker, Colton Dach, Kieron Walton, Cole Beaudoin

What is keeping you from elevating Kieron Walton on this list? His numbers are at level with Sennecke, but for some reason he's in your HMs alongside Colby Barlow who is a year older and not even PPG.

We can compare him also to Matthew Wood, another tall player. Walton is a better skater, younger and is making much more rapid progress. I still like Wood though.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Unbiased, neutral fan ranking:

1) Levshunov
2) Nazar
3) Moore
4) Boisvert
5) Kantserov

 

[Mitch nylander]

What is keeping you from elevating Kieron Walton on this list? His numbers are at level with Sennecke, but for some reason he's in your HMs alongside Colby Barlow who is a year older and not even PPG.

We can compare him also to Matthew Wood, another tall player. Walton is a better skater, younger and is making much more rapid progress. I still like Wood though.

I like Walton, I'm also from Sudbury so I see him a lot. I think he's rapid for his size, and has great hands.

However, I do find that he doesn't use his body much for a guy who's 6'6. Doesn't hit all that much or get engaged physically. I'd also like to see a full year of work before putting him on this list.

At the start of the season nobody would even have him in Honourable Mention so it's fantastic to see his growth. That being said, I think he likely sneaks in the #10-15 range by end of season.