Prospect Info: 2021 HFDevils Prospect Rankings #15

[Nubmer6]

Rank	Player	Draft POS	Vote %	2020 Result	2019 Result
1	Luke Hughes	2021 Round 1 #4 overall	88.6	Alexander Holtz	Jack Hughes
2	Dawson Mercer	2020 Round 1 #18 overall	61.3	Ty Smith	Ty Smith
3	Alexander Holtz	2020 Round 1 #7 overall	63.8	Dawson Mercer	Jesper Boqvist
4	Nolan Foote	2019 Round 1 #27 overall	80.4	Nolan Foote	MacKenzie Blackwood
5	Shakir Mukhamadullin	2020 round 1 #20 overall	40.7	Kevin Bahl	Joey Anderson
6	Kevin Bahl	2018 round 2 #55 overall	39.1	Shakir Mukhamadullin	Aarne Talvitie
7	Graeme Clarke	2019 round 3 #80 overall	44.0	Tyce Thompson	Reilly Walsh
8	Chase Stillman	2021 round 1 #29 overall	72.3	Janne Kuokkanen	Michael McLeod
9	Nikita Okhotiuk	2019 round 2 #61 overall	41.6	Reilly Walsh	Nathan Bastian
10	Samu Salminen	2021 round 3 #68 overall	25.0	Daniil Misyul	Daniil Misyul
11	Michael Vukojevic	2019 round 3 #82 overall	19.7	Nico Daws	Marian Studenic
12	Jaromir Pytlik	2020 round 4 #99 overall	27.4	Nick Merkley	Brett Seney
13	Tyce Thompson	2019 round 4 #96 overall	28.4	Yegor Sharangovich	Fabian Zetterlund
14	Reilly Walsh	2017 round 3 #81 overall	32.8	Nathan Bastian	Nikita Okhotyuk

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Last Pick: Reilly Walsh - Binghamton Devils / AHL

Added: Marian Studenic

Eligible Players:

Kevin Bahl Zakhar Bardakov Benjamin Baumgartner Cole Brady Graeme Clarke Nico Daws Chase De Leeo Ethan Edwards Nolan Foote AJ Greer Arseni Gritsyuk Jeremy Groleau Ripshot 43 Alexander Holtz _____________________________

Luke Hughes Viktor Hurtig Jakub Malek Case McCarthy Dawson Mercer Daniil Misyul Patrick Moynihan Shakir Mukhamadullin Nikita Okhotiuk Eetu Päkkilä Nikola Pasic Nikita Popugayev Jaromir Pytlik Samu Salminen _____________________________

Akira Schmid Nathan Schnarr Gilles Senn Artem Shlaine Chase Stillman Marian Studenic Aarne Talvitie Tyce Thompson Topias Vilen Michael Vukojevic Reilly Walsh Colton White Yegor Zaitsev Fabian Zetterlund _____________________________

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[OmNomNom]

case

 

[Stephen Gionta]

Tyce Thompson and Jaromir Pytlik went way too early in these rankings.

Walsh went too low. (Should be behind Stillman, ahead of Okhotyuk)

Voting Zetterlund with this one. Add Talvitie.

 

[Darkauron]

McCarthy again

 

[Nubmer6]

McCarthy for me too. Then it's time to give the goalies some love, maybe with Zeterlund sprinkled in there.

 

[MartyOwns]

guaranteed zetterlund wins this because of the Mr. Universe picture that was just posted lol. same way salimen got voted in after somebody posted an article they wrote about him.

anyway, voted daws add...talvitie, i guess

 

[Blackjack]

guaranteed zetterlund wins this because of the Mr. Universe picture that was just posted lol. same way salimen got voted in after somebody posted an article they wrote about him.

anyway, voted daws add...talvitie, i guess

Honestly it's as good a reason as any.

 

[Devils731]

guaranteed zetterlund wins this because of the Mr. Universe picture that was just posted lol. same way salimen got voted in after somebody posted an article they wrote about him.

anyway, voted daws add...talvitie, i guess

I don’t want Zetterlund to find out I didn’t vote for him. He can rip a phone book apart.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Zetterlund add Zaitsev. Z kind of day.

 

[JimEIV]

Only voted cause it looked close

Zetterlund

 

[AfroThunder396]

I usually post my own personal top-20 when we do these and I haven't done that yet, so here's my list

1. Hughes
2. Holtz
3. Mercer
4. Foote
5. Stillman
6. Mukhamadullin
7. Clarke
8. Bahl
9. Okhotiuk
10. Vukojevich
11. Thompson
12. Walsh
13. Daws
14. Salminen
15. Pytlik
16. Gritsyuk
17 McCarthy
18. Moynihan
19. Zetterlund
20. Studenic

 

[Ds88]

Moynihan, add Talvite

 

[NjdevilfanJim]

Misyul he should be top 6

 

[Billdo]

Been McCarthy for like the last 5 so I'm gonna keep going with him.

 

[My3Sons]

Ben Lovejoy add @Ripshot 43

 

[Beastdog75]

Voted for Daws (haven't voted for a goalie yet, figured it was time). Add Talvitie

 

[OmNomNom]

just you wait you haters, mccarthy will show you all

 

[Guadana]

That’s great we have good pack of prospects we have some promises about. And some of them will surprise us positively. Some negatively, but the amount is good.

 

[HBK27]

Add Edwards

 

[Nocashstyle]

It’s insane how deep this pool is now…especially compared to 5 years ago. We’re 15 prospects in and there’s still legitimate NHL upside for a handful of guys not yet on the list.

 

[MartyOwns]

the athletic just did a writeup on our prospects, they have some different ideas than we do lol

 

[Saucerhead Tharpe]

the athletic just did a writeup on our prospects, they have some different ideas than we do lol

Yup, their love for Edwards has me intrigued. Looking forward to seeing how he fits in with the rest of Michigan's defense. With luck he can surprise and be considered part of their core.

 

[Guttersniped]

the athletic just did a writeup on our prospects, they have some different ideas than we do lol

It’s three tiers, with A, B, C grade within the first tier and the names are in alphabetical order within tiers. After the top two tiers the prospects with a greater likelihood of playing some NHL games seemed to rate higher that guys with higher ceilings. (Masisak never actually says what the tiers specifically mean *shrug*)

#1a(2)/#1b (1): Mercer is alone in Tier #1b so he’s #3 after Holtz & Hughes.

• Wheeler had Holtz 18th on his top 50 and Mercer a HM. Not a shocker.

Tier #1C (3): is the same three as our #4-#6.

Tier #2 (4): is the same as our #7, #8 and #10 plus one.

• Masisak puts Walsh at #9 and posters who were complaining that #14 is probably low for Walsh aren’t wrong. People just aren’t that into him for a number of reasons, the big one being the existence of Hamilton and Smith don’t make him the most helpful 22 yo RHD prospect right now. (The Top Shelf list from the other thread unfortunately included Ty Smith instead of Walsh so there aren’t other any new prospect lists from prospect sites to compare to yet.)

Tier #3 (7): This does differ a lot (and gets a little weird for me), with Thompson being the only player on are list being included in the seven players here. The other six include:

• Two goaltenders: Daws & Schmid. For me, the prospect list is more “who the f*** knows” then usual in many ways including the pile up at goal. I hate the Málek pick (at 100 in terms of value) but he’s lurking, Brady’s bout with mono made last season an even bigger mess so he could surprise with the starter role and these two are going pro. I see the argument for them to be in Tier 2 but all these goalies with questions make my head hurt *shrug*
• AHL Forwards: Studenic & Zetterlund Masisak basically says they can make the team.

He has a quote from Mark Dennehy about FZ:

“This year I think he was more fit. I think he understood the North American game a bit better. And I think it probably suits his game better, because he’s more of a straight-line guy. He understood how to get into position to shoot the puck, which is a big asset for him. What I really liked about his adjustment this year was his attention to detail. I mean everything from proper angles on defensemen so you don’t get overplayed, stick detail on the forecheck. He was just a much more well-rounded player this year.”

• Ethan Edwards: Hey look, it’s @StevenToddIves favorite 2020 pick! (narrator: He was not his favorite 2020 pick).

Masisek explains (and also has quotes from a teammate and Michigan coach Mel Pearson):

This might be a touch aggressive putting Edwards in this tier (and he’d be rated near the top of it if this were a numerical ranking), but he’s a very intriguing prospect who might have been a bit underrated in his draft year.

• AHL defenseman: Colton White. Yeah, that’s gonna be a no from me, dawg. It’s true, in theory, that he could be a spare defenseman in the press box since it’s doesn’t matter if he does get playing in Utica. I guess he believes NHL games make him tier 3?

Tier #4 (6): Well, after that weirdness we’re a bit back in sync with #9 & #11 being two of the six players in this tier.

A lot of the guys getting votes are in this tier (Misyul & Monihan) or they are at least in the poll (Brady). And only one player from not yet in the poll from this tier: Aarne Talvitie.

Tier #5 (9): This tier is big, with nine players, and it’s all unsigned players and Schnarr.

• #12, Pytlik is in it. As is the current leader, Gritsyuk, of this poll.
• Guys currently in poll in this tier: Bardakov, McCathy
• Guys not in the poll: Baumgartner, Schnarr, Schlaine, Vilén, Zaitsev

Tier #6 (5): the rest. Groleau, Hurtig, Málek, Päkkilä, Pasic

 

[My3Sons]

It’s three tiers, with A, B, C grade within the first tier and the names are in alphabetical order within tiers. After the top two tiers the prospects with a greater likelihood of playing some NHL games seemed to rate higher that guys with higher ceilings. (Masisak never actually says what the tiers specifically mean *shrug*)

#1a(2)/#1b (1): Mercer is alone in Tier #1b so he’s #3 after Holtz & Hughes.

• Wheeler had Holtz 18th on his top 50 and Mercer a HM. Not a shocker.

Tier #1C (3): is the same three as our #4-#6.

Tier #2 (4): is the same as our #7, #8 and #10 plus one.

• Masisak puts Walsh at #9 and posters who were complaining that #14 is probably low for Walsh aren’t wrong. People just aren’t that into him for a number of reasons, the big one being the existence of Hamilton and Smith don’t make him the most helpful 22 yo RHD prospect right now. (The Top Shelf list from the other thread unfortunately included Ty Smith instead of Walsh so there aren’t other any new prospect lists from prospect sites to compare to yet.)

Tier #3 (7): This does differ a lot (and gets a little weird for me), with Thompson being the only player on are list being included in the seven players here. The other six include:

• Two goaltenders: Daws & Schmid. For me, the prospect list is more “who the f*** knows” then usual in many ways including the pile up at goal. I hate the Málek pick (at 100 in terms of value) but he’s lurking, Brady’s bout with mono made last season an even bigger mess so he could surprise with the starter role and these two are going pro. I see the argument for them to be in Tier 2 but all these goalies with questions make my head hurt *shrug*
• AHL Forwards: Studenic & Zetterlund Masisak basically says they can make the team.

He has a quote from Mark Dennehy about FZ:

• Ethan Edwards: Hey look, it’s @StevenToddIves favorite 2020 pick! (narrator: He was not his favorite 2020 pick).

Masisek explains (and also has quotes from a teammate and Michigan coach Mel Pearson):

• AHL defenseman: Colton White. Yeah, that’s gonna be a no from me, dawg. It’s true, in theory, that he could be a spare defenseman in the press box since it’s doesn’t matter if he does get playing in Utica. I guess he believes NHL games make him tier 3?

Tier #4 (6): Well, after that weirdness we’re a bit back in sync with #9 & #11 being two of the six players in this tier.

A lot of the guys getting votes are in this tier (Misyul & Monihan) or they are at least in the poll (Brady). And only one player from not yet in the poll from this tier: Aarne Talvitie.

Tier #5 (9): This tier is big, with nine players, and it’s all unsigned players and Schnarr.

• #12, Pytlik is in it. As is the current leader, Gritsyuk, of this poll.
• Guys currently in poll in this tier: Bardakov, McCathy
• Guys not in the poll: Baumgartner, Schnarr, Schlaine, Vilén, Zaitsev

Tier #6 (5): the rest. Groleau, Hurtig, Málek, Päkkilä, Pasic

Did you get John Cleese or Eric Idle to do the voice over for the narrator?

 

[None Shall Pass]

Misyul he should be top 6

Yeah he should at least be higher than 15.