2014 Canes Top Prospects - #1

[DaveG]

Yep, it's that time of year again. This is going to be based on HF criteria so Lindholm and Murphy are both still eligible.

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[FlyingSquirrels]

Lindholm. Next!

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

I was going to pick Elias, but he's more or less already a full time nhler. Voted for Fleury.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Awesome, glad to see this start

Going with Lindholm here, for obvious reasons. He's the only guy on the list who I can say with 100% certainty will be an asset to us at the NHL level going forward.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Awesome, glad to see this start

Going with Lindholm here, for obvious reasons. He's the only guy on the list who I can say with 100% certainty will be an asset to us at the NHL level going forward.

Agreed. Which speaks volumes about how dreadful our prospect pool is at the moment. We have some very lean years ahead of us if this isn't addressed. Thanks JR.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Agreed. Which speaks volumes about how dreadful our prospect pool is at the moment. We have some very lean years ahead of us if this isn't addressed. Thanks JR.

What makes it extra frustrating, is that if we still had JR, he'd somehow jedi mind trick someone into giving up a great player for spare parts

 

[DaveG]

To be fair, until a player hits the NHL level you have absolutely no idea if they'll be any kind of long-term asset, and even then you won't know about half the time until the hit about 2-3 seasons pro.

But yeah, we definitely got boned pretty damn hard by a combination of meh drafting, ****tastic player development, and JR giving away draft picks and prospects like they're ****ing candy in stupid trades that shouldn't need them.

 

[What the Faulk]

Should be Lindholm in a sweep.

 

[GoldiFox]

Awesome, glad to see this start

Going with Lindholm here, for obvious reasons. He's the only guy on the list who I can say with 100% certainty will be an asset to us at the NHL level going forward.

I'd be really surprised if McGinn didn't become at worst a 3rd-4th line energy guy. Fleury should be a lock for mid-bottom pairing floor as well. Beyond that it may be a crap shoot.

Slavin might be the most interesting to me as far as potential sleeper. Led his team and NHCH conference D in scoring last year at Colorado College. Actually looked pretty good in the few games I saw him in.

 

[VAcaniac]

Is our prospect pool really anymore diminished than normal?

Serious question.

 

[What the Faulk]

If everyone pans out how they *could*, no, not really. But there are way too many question marks surrounding too many players.

 

[Neighbor Lee]

This will be a runaway but very interested seeing 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.

 

[Buenos Necas]

I'd imagine the next few will go according to the round we drafted them in, Murphy and Fleury being the two 1st rounders still out there, then 2nd round guys like McGinn, Rask, and Nedeljkovic. I'm very interested to see where Tolchinsky slots in our rankings. Being an undrafted guy it's not like we have the 1st/2nd/3rd round grade attached to him, so it'll be interesting to see how much people value him and what group he settles into.

 

[Hyers]

Lindholm hands down.

 

[tomdundo]

Sorry, but I had to be that guy.

Lindholm. Move on to the next one.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

For people complaining about the prospect pool, the teams with really good prospect pools are usually team that suck and had picks in the top 10 for multiple years in a row.

Oh wait.....NVM.

Seriously though, I won't be able to weigh in as it goes past 4th or 5th guy, but right now, I'd rank the skaters this way:

Lindholm: think he has the highest potential and best chance of reaching it.
Fleury: a bit of shiny new toy syndrome, but also think he's a safer bet of reaching potential.
McGinn: not as high potential, but IMO, a good bet to at least be a bottom six guy but has upside potential.
Murphy: Very high potential, but worried he might never come close to reaching it due to deficiencies in his game. If he can learn to use others and play adequate defense, he could be a dynamo. If not, he's just a really skilled guy that doesn't help the team. He's still young so I can't say he won't reach his potential, just a concern and why I'd rank him lower than the other guys because skill-wise, he'd be right up there.

After that, I know less so will probably abstain from voting, but guys like Pesce, Carrick, Rask, the goalies, and a few others would be in the bucket for me.

 

[Oenatzu]

Going with highest potential and the best chance of reaching it, Elias is easily the top prospect.