Wheeler’s top 100 drafted prospects

[WarriorofTime]

The guy on Denver who is a bit underrated is Eric Pohlkamp. Not tall but built like a bowling ball. Guess we'll see how his game translates to the Pros.

 

[Star Platinum]

The guy on Denver who is a bit underrated is Eric Pohlkamp. Not tall but built like a bowling ball. Guess we'll see how his game translates to the Pros.

I'm hoping he makes the jump to the AHL next year

 

[LeProspector]

Crazy how low Ilya Protas is ranked!

 

[Fantomas]

Button's list is better. Unlike Wheeler, you can tell he's actually seen many of the players.

And the tiers are nonsense.

 

[Fantomas]

Buium has always been viewed with higher regard, I don't see why this is controversial other than Cole's brother killing it at the NHL level so ipso facto Cole should too.

This type of thinking is precisely why Wheeler and people who think like Wheeler are unbearable to me.

It shouldn't matter how a player "has been viewed." Your list is supposed to be based on your views, your inferences and your analysis. Otherwise you're just recycling conventional wisdom. It's lame.

 

[credulous]

(cole) hutson has been unreal over the last two months but he was pretty far back of buium, levshyunov, asp, etc prior to that. if hutson can keep it up through the end of the ncaa season and take a weak bu side deep in the tourney then he has an argument to be ranked among the best dmen (if not the clear best) not yet in the nhl but buium (and others including asp) has a better resume so far

 

[Hockeyville USA]

This type of thinking is precisely why Wheeler and people who think like Wheeler are unbearable to me.

It shouldn't matter how a player "has been viewed." Your list is supposed to be based on your views, your inferences and your analysis. Otherwise you're just recycling conventional wisdom. It's lame.

Which is why I really respect Craig Button's work. Sure, he has some outlandish takes & wildly misses on certain things, but he also goes out on a limb, truly believing in what he sees & makes his lists accordingly. Contrary to popular belief, Craig is actually right more often than people like to give him credit for.

Wheeler does great work, but clearly hasn't adjusted/adapted over time, recognizing his own flaws when things don't result the way he thought they would.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

NOBODY respected the Seider pick, everyone laughed at Yzerman (including Red Wings fans) when he took him at #6. This includes after his AHL season. Can't blame Wheeler on this one. Yzerman had the last laugh though.

Many hated the Seider pick. Pretty much everybody had reversed course on it after his AHL season.

Button ranked Seider #1 a whole six months before Wheeler still ranked him 11th lmao.