Prospect Info: Where would Jiricek rank in the HF Wild prospect rankings?

[Digitalbooya]

Simple question: if you could place Jiricek on our top prospect list, where would it be and why? Assume that if voting a certain spot, that everyone else would slide down one spot accordingly.

Here were our rankings from the final poll:

1. Danila Yurov (55.1%)
2. Jesper Wallstedt (52.8%)
3. Zeev Buium (94.6%)
4. Liam Ohgren (85.4%)
5. Riley Heidt (69.4%)
6. Marat Khusnutdinov (52.9%)
7. Ryder Ritchie (44.8%)
8. Jack Peart (33.3%)
9. Daemon Hunt (19.4%)
10. Caedan Bankier (26.1%)
11. Hunter Haight (23.1%)
12. Rasmus Kumpulainen (20%)
13. Rieger Lorenz (30.8%)
14. Ryan Healey (35.3%)
15. David Spacek (52.6% of tiebreaker poll)
16. Carson Lambos (46.7%)
17. Charlie Stramel (47.6%)
18. Aron Kiviharju (66.7%)
19. Michael Milne (50%)
20. Ryan O'Rourke (41.7%)
21. Samuel Hlavaj (50%)
22. Graeme Clarke (22.2%)
23. Jimmy Clark (33.3%)
24. Sebastian Soini (33.3%)
25. Aaron Pionk (31.6%)

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[Arturia Pendragon]

Heart says 2, brain says 4.

 

[f7ben]

I’m not sure I’d trade ohgren for him straight up so I’m saying 5

 

[MNRube]

I’d say 4. If Ohgren keeps it up, Jiricek may slip to 5.

Also LOL at people putting Stramel at 17.

 

[AKL]

In terms of NHL projections, I could see him falling anywhere from 1-4. I have him at 4 for now just because he's new and I'm less familiar. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up the best player though.

 

[BagHead]

I ranked him 4th, which seems almost unfair because the only reason I ranked him that low was because I know how he's looked in the NHL. The thing is, I don't know how Yurov or Buium look in the NHL yet. Jiricek would be ranked above them, IMO, based on play outside the NHL.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

#4 with basically just positional importance separating from Ohgren.

 

[57special]

Sure as hell better be 4th, considering we gave up the #9 prospect( who should've been the #8 best ahead of Peart, who has been disappointing), and a 1st, 2nd and 3rd pick.

I have high'ish hopes for Heidt, and Ohgren can already be a bottom six guy NHL guy, so I might even put him #6. I can even see Marat developing enough to be a good middle six forward.

Hunt has 4 pts in 5gp in Cleveland, Jiricek 1 pt. in 4gp in Des Moines.

There is no doubt that RHD is a highly sought after commodity, which inflates his value.

Good thread idea, DB.

 

[MuckOG]

I have him at #4.

 

[AKL]

Hunt has 4 pts in 5gp in Cleveland, Jiricek 1 pt. in 4gp in Des Moines.

This makes me think about how Hunt is the more mature and polished product, which makes me think about how this is a pretty "uncharacteristic" trade for Guerin to make, when we think about what he typically likes in a player. Hunt seems like a prototypical Guerin player with some "f you", leadership, maturity, stability, etc, whereas Jiricek is the riskier player, little to no "f you", questions about character (warranted or not), but extremely high ceiling. Interesting trade for sure.

Kinda like the Yin to the Fiala trades Yang, if you will