Top 50 NHL-affiliated prospects, as ranked by TSN's Craig Button

[FriendlyGhost92]

Having Augustine 20th while completely omitting Cossa from the list is... A choice.

 

[loadie]

Now I’m second guessing myself
I looked quickly at the 94-95 and 95-96 thn yearbooks and couldn’t see anything

But when you look at koivus last season before the nhl (74pts in 45 games with tps turku) leading liiga by almost 20 points

I do remember seeing somewhere as being heralded as the best player outside of the nhl. May not be able to find it now unfortunately

Yeah, I remember something like that too. I know the fan base was very very excited about him coming across the pond to play in North America

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Context is everything. Leonard and Perreault weren't #1OA picks, they weren't close to being #1OA picks, nobody argued they should be. Hagens is being judged and argued about in the context of who should be the #1OA pick this year.

I mean, the discussion is literally about whether Leonard is the best drafted prospect outside the NHL. That’s pretty close to being a 1OA, especially in a year without some generational caliber of prospect.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I mean, the discussion is literally about whether Leonard is the best drafted prospect outside the NHL. That’s pretty close to being a 1OA, especially in a year without some generational caliber of prospect.

OK but Leonard is rated that highly for reasons that are more than just offensive stats. So when pointing out that his stats are the same as Hagens and Perreault it misses the point that he's that high because he is/might be an old school power forward.
There's also a bunch of players not on this, or any other prospect, list because they're already in the NHL. Which is where #1OA picks should be playing (by at least their D+2 season).
Where would Bedard, Carlsson, Fantilli, Smith, Michkov and Benson be on this list?
If they were all playing NCAA right now what would their stats look like?

 

[Coach Reggie Dunlop]

not sure why people put so much stock into these lists. It’s impossible for one person to have as much of an understanding for 100+ prospects. It always just turns into what have you done for me lately type of lists. The red wings 3 first rounder picks from 19-21 are massively outplaying where they were ranked on these “expert” lists. It’s just dumb, some organizations try to develop their prospects in different ways, and these lists are purely about stat watchers.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I will give Craig Button this compliment: his lists aren't conservative. He's not ranking guys based on where they were drafted last summer or based on some good will they built up a long time ago, but is actually paying attention to what they've been doing this season. This explains the elevation of guys like Protas and Hutson.

Not saying I agree with everything (Easton Cowan LMAO, no Seamus Casey), but this is not a bad list.



Should be lower. This guy's nothing special, period.

He also bald at 18. Terrible

 

[Favin]

OK but Leonard is rated that highly for reasons that are more than just offensive stats. So when pointing out that his stats are the same as Hagens and Perreault it misses the point that he's that high because he is/might be an old school power forward.
There's also a bunch of players not on this, or any other prospect, list because they're already in the NHL. Which is where #1OA picks should be playing (by at least their D+2 season).
Where would Bedard, Carlsson, Fantilli, Smith, Michkov and Benson be on this list?
If they were all playing NCAA right now what would their stats look like?

I get the "rise by attrition" part...but there are also others that get added to these lists (ie, 2024 picks)

I am making general comment on how B+ performances by guys like Leonard and Perrault result in their stock rising...but same results in Hagens stock plummeting. Its hard to sync the two together.

(FWIW, I think very highly of all of them)

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

Having Augustine 20th while completely omitting Cossa from the list is... A choice.

What’s his criteria for a prospect? Cossa has played an NHL game, maybe that’s a disqualifier.