Prospect Info: 2020 CFHF Prospect Ranking #13
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Johnny Hoxville
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Parsons again. He’s fallen for sure, but I still love his upside. He could see games next season.
Flamesfan62
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Nikolayev. He’s looking very very good in the 2nd tier Russian league.
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I said in the last one that this should be Ruzicka & Posp as they've both shown to be good AHL players and both IMO have good chances of making the team in a couple years....something many on the list won't even come close to.
neelynugs
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Well, like I said in the post above yours...the 2 most underrated at the time were Ruzicka & Pospisil.
Zavgorodniy was pretty overrated it seems, Phillips probably 5th now (and then), although Mackey may move by next year.
Zavgorodniy was pretty overrated it seems, Phillips probably 5th now (and then), although Mackey may move by next year.
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I can't remember where I had him before the start of the season but I've been high on him for a while. Big, good skater, playmaker, I think he has an NHL future. If not this year then the year after.
Johnny Hoxville
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Ruzicka and Phillips production has fallen off a cliff lately. 14 of Ruzicka’s 16 points have come from 5 games (2 points from the other 12 games), and only 2 points in his last 7. The only consistent producer at F down there is Philp and he does it with MEP and whatever other dud gets thrown out there and 2nd unit PP time (from what I’ve seen so far. Only seen two games but those were the lines I seen).
Ruzicka definitely moves up, but the biggest mover in a positive direction on my list would be Philp.
Ruzicka definitely moves up, but the biggest mover in a positive direction on my list would be Philp.
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Mackey has also been fairly impressive. Its also important to keep in mind that Philp is only a year younger than Monahan and Lindholm. He'll be 26 in 8 months
Ryan Francis is my biggest mover. He is putting up almost the exact same stat line as Mavrick Bourque, and pacing just behind Dawson Mercer in the same league. Those two were mid/late 1st rounders, and are doing great themselves.
Yeah keeping up with the highlights on Twitter of the 7-1 win yesterday I think Mackey had key plays on like 5 or 6 of the goals even though he got credited with 3 points. Looks like he could be more than the “AHL fodder” some posters claimed he was after two NHL games and two intrasquad games.
As far as Philp goes I think he’s always kind of been a guy that’s on NHL radars. Attended Flyers and Leafs camps while in junior. Could potentially be a late bloomer IMO.
This is a good pick too. Completely forgot about him. Could definitely be a good find.
Maybe, maybe not...I don’t like comparisons anyways, they’re very misleading. Like, they’re pretty much 10 years apart in their careers, comparing across eras like that is no bueno. Philp is currently producing at a better rate in his second year out of USports than Ryan did in his 5th year out of USports (using that time frame because at least they were playing in the same league at that point). Keep in mind that Ryan played 4 years at the U of A and Philp only played 3, so essentially if you really delve into the comparison you could conclude that Philp is like 4 years ahead of where Ryan was at.
But again, comparisons never tell the full story so I would steer clear of them.
Our scouting staff in general are pretty great at finding talent in the mid to late rounds, but you have to give them credit for finding guys who don’t seem to let their size hold them back when they graduate to higher leagues. Obviously Phillips and especially Francis aren’t sure things, but their is a not terrible chance by the end of 2024 all of Gaudreau, Mangiapane, Dube, Phillips, and Francis have all spent time in our top 9, with Dube being the heavyweight of that group at 187.
This is a stark contrast to their inability to find big bodies who continue to produce once they jump levels.
