Prospect Info: 2017 HF Devils Top 20 Prospect Rankings: #15

[Zippy316]

[table="head;width=4000]Rank|Player|POS|Draft Position|2016-17 Team(s)|Vote %|2016 Result|2015 Result
#1|Nico Hischier|C|2017 #1|Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)|---|Pavel Zacha|Pavel Zacha
#2|Michael McLeod|C|2016 #12|Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)|82.02%|Michael McLeod|Steven Santini
#3|Steve Santini|D|2013 #42|Albany Devils (AHL)/New Jersey Devils (NHL)|71.26%|Steven Santini|John Quenneville
#4|John Quenneville|W|2014 #30|Albany Devils (AHL)/New Jersey Devils (NHL)|68.18%|John Quenneville|Reid Boucher
#5|Blake Speers|RW|2015 #67|Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)|33.3%|Mackenzie Blackwood|Stefan Matteau
#6|Yegor Rykov|D|2016 #132|SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)|22%|Joseph Blandisi|MacKenzie Blackwood
#T-7|MacKenzie Blackwood|G|2015 #38|Albany Devils (AHL)|30.61%|Miles Wood|Blake Coleman
#T-7|Jesper Boqvist|C|2017 #36|Brynas IF (SHL)|30.61%|Josh Jacobs|Josh Jacobs
#9|Joey Anderson|RW|2016 #73|University of Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC)|50.63|Blake Speers|Blake Speers
#10|Miles Wood|LW|2013 #100|Albany Devils (AHL)/New Jersey Devils (NHL)|56.16%|Nathan Bastian|Joseph Blandisi
#11|Mirco Mueller|D|2013 #18|San Jose Barracuda (AHL)|41.56%|Nick Lappin|Raman Hrabrenka|
#12|Nikita Popugayev|RW|2017 #98|M. Jaw Warriors/P. George Cougars (WHL)|37.66%|Mikhail Maltsev|Miles Wood
#13|Reilly Walsh|D|2017 #81|Proctor Academy (USHS)/Chicago Steel (USHL)|43.04%|Scott Wedgewood|Ryan Kujawinski
#14|Nathan Bastian|RW|2016 #42|Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)|57.53%|Brandon Gignac|Seth Helgeson

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[table="head;width=150]Eligible Prospects
Michael Kapla
Ken Appleby
Colby Sissons
Jocktain Chainey
Yegor Zaitsev
Matthew Hellickson
Evan Cormier
Brett Seney
Josh Jacobs
J.D. Dudek
Brandon Baddock
Ryan Kujawinski
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[Zippy316]

Adding Brett Seney

He hasn't gotten many votes but I think he should.

 

[RememberTheName]

Gignac, add JockTan for like the 6th straight time

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Gignac, probably going 5 spots too late.

 

[HBK27]

A toss-up for me between Zetterlund and Gignac. I don't really know too much about either one.

Zetterlund was selected 17 spots ahead of Gignac (different draft years obviously), while Gignac did not show that much of a point improvement in his D+1 year (0.91 to 1.05 PPG, though worse playoff stats), though he certainly didn't regress either.

Went with Zetterlund.

Overall, the rankings are interesting so far - I think spots 1-4 were an absolute lock in that order.

Spots 5-10, you could rearrange those players in any order and I could see a case being made for it.

11-16 feels like the 3rd tier, as I'm not sure who I'd really go with after these two players.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Add Sissons.
Erase Baddock

 

[Caser]

Add Zaitsev... I mean, I'm not sure about him, but even Dyblenko has made it to that poll.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Giggy. Add jocktain

 

[Cheddabombs]

Same thing as last poll for me, toss up between Zetterlund and Gignac but ultimately will go with Zetterlund. Add Chainey.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Nate and Giggy should swap with Pop and Walsh IMO

 

[Beastdog75]

Voted for Zetterlund, add Sissons

 

[Devils Dominion]

Voted the speedster Gignac

Prob The Finn next, I liked him at Dev Camp.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Voted the speedster Gignac

Prob The Finn next, I liked him at Dev Camp.

There's no way a few good days in development camp should move Talvitie up past guys like Zetterlund and even Studenic.

 

[Devils Dominion]

There's no way a few good days in development camp should move Talvitte up past guys like Zetterlund and even Studenic.

The Finn has a few years of development ahead including Penn State in 2018-2019.

IMO, he has NHL potential

 

[Cheddabombs]

The Finn has a few years of development ahead including Penn State in 2018-2019.

IMO, he has NHL potential

Okay... the two I mentioned also should have a few years of development ahead in their respective leagues. Sure this could be some prophetic prediction but for now he went after the others for a reason presumably. He went nearly 100 spots after Zetterlund lol...