Prospect Info: 2021 HFDevils Prospect Rankings #9

[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

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Last Pick: Chase Stillman - Sudbury Wolves / OHL

Added: Arseni Gritsyuk

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 Othotyuk 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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[Nubmer6]

Closed the previous poll early due to a landslide

 

[Devils731]

I feel like we’ve dropped a tier in my mind but it’s just made the choices difficult again.

Went with Salminen as he may have the biggest boom potential if he improves his shortcomings.

 

[MartyOwns]

mccarthy add daws

 

[The Wumpus]

Ok Hot Yuk
+Daws

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

Getting toughy now. Went with Vuko from his Bing showing, add Akira.

 

[RememberTheName]

Okhotiuk, add Schmid

 

[FooteBahl]

Nikita. Add Daws

 

[Comparison Ford]

Okhotiuk looked awesome in the limited showings i saw of him. also how the hell do you spell his name

 

[pkbrux]

Okhotyuk. Add Daws.

 

[Guadana]

Samu is my number 9. Vote for Arseniy. Okhotiuk deserved win of nomination. Hope he will break the roster. I understand he is much less hyped name than Bahl, but he play much safer game, he is faster and much better skater, and he is at least as good in all defensive situation as Bahl. Would be awesome to see him with Subban or with Severson. I don’t think he has any offensive upside, but he has a great potential to be best defensive defenseman, minute eater and 1st pk killer of the team.
Add Bardakov, remove Walsh.

 

[Nubmer6]

I'm a bit surprised Bahl went so high. I get that he got some NHL time, but he's got an extra year over Okhotyuk and Vukojevic, so that's probably why he got called up first... well that and the fact that he's 6'6" so they probably thought he'd deal with NHL size better.

I think both Okhotyuk and Vukojevic have a decent chance of being as good or better than him. Okhotyuk seems like he's a better skater, and Vukojevic brings a little offense.

 

[Call Me Al]

he also looked good in his stint though, like he belonged. you can’t teach his size so just being competent puts him above someone of comparable skill and smarts

 

[BurntToast]

Samu grades as a first/early 2nd guy who slipped to the 3rd.

https://thehockeywriters.com/samu-salminen-2021-nhl-draft-prospect-profile/

 

[Nubmer6]

he also looked good in his stint though, like he belonged. you can’t teach his size so just being competent puts him above someone of comparable skill and smarts

He did, but by several reports he wasn't that great in Bing. I hope he can keep it up.

 

[RangerDoggo]

Vote Salminen, put in Zetterlund

 

[Beastdog75]

Voted for Okhotiuk, add Zetterlund

 

[nugg]

Okhotiuk, add Nico Daws

 

[Guttersniped]

I'm a bit surprised Bahl went so high. I get that he got some NHL time, but he's got an extra year over Okhotyuk and Vukojevic, so that's probably why he got called up first... well that and the fact that he's 6'6" so they probably thought he'd deal with NHL size better.

I think both Okhotyuk and Vukojevic have a decent chance of being as good or better than him. Okhotyuk seems like he's a better skater, and Vukojevic brings a little offense.

He did, but by several reports he wasn't that great in Bing. I hope he can keep it up.

The size advantage is a pretty big deal when the huge guy is mobile, even when the other dudes are pretty damn stocky: 6’7” 240 lbs (Bahl) vs 6’1” 194 lbs (Okhotiuk) vs 6’3” 207 lbs (Vukojevic).

I’m not sure how much better Okhotiuk’s skating is or Vukojevic’s offense is, I’m going to take the AHL comparisons from last season with a grain of salt. (Defensemen’s offsense is tough to judge just by a few more assists in ~25 games, particularly without knowing any context.)

Also Okhotiuk (12/4/2000) and Bahl (6/27/2000) are pretty much in the same age group as Okhotiuk was old for his draft class and they’re in the same juniors age group.

Bahl played four years in the OHL, while Vukojevic, with a 6/8/01 birthday, only played in the OHL for three years and played in the AHL his 19th year since the OHL season was canceled. Vuk is the youngest.

People can like the other dudes more than Bahl but I’m giving pushback on the idea that they should be clearly be listed higher because they, as of now, to me have less of a chance of making the NHL than Bahl does. And yes, his size plays a part there but I think his play is getting the comparative short shrift here.

Add Daws.

 

[Nubmer6]

People can like the other dudes more than Bahl but I’m giving pushback on the idea that they should be clearly be listed higher because they, as of now, to me have less of a chance of making the NHL than Bahl does. And yes, his size plays a part there but I think his play is getting the comparative short shrift here.

I don't think they should clearly be listed higher. I just expected them to be very, very close (although at this rate it looks like Okhotyuk is only going to be about 3 picks after Bahl).

 

[Ripshot 43]

I have a sneaky suspicion that Pytlik will be much higher on this list next year after not going in the at least top 9 this year.

19 points in 26 games 2 years ago and then 50 points in 56 games. 6’2 - 6’3 over 200lb right shooting center that can win some faceoffs. I feel like if they would’ve played a proper season last year we would’ve seen that growth continue and had him higher here.

Add Daws

 

[NJ Fan 12]

Voted Okhotyuk. Add Zetterlund.

 

[NJ Fan 12]

Okhotiuk looked awesome in the limited showings i saw of him. also how the hell do you spell his name

Not sure if this meets cultural norms in 2021. Think of two coeds checking out the women in a college cafeteria.

Ok hot yuk.

 

[Nubmer6]

Okhotiuk looked awesome in the limited showings i saw of him. also how the hell do you spell his name

Err... I made a typo, then copy/pasted it. It'll be fixed next poll.

 

[TBF1972]

I have a sneaky suspicion that Pytlik will be much higher on this list next year after not going in the at least top 9 this year.

19 points in 26 games 2 years ago and then 50 points in 56 games. 6’2 - 6’3 over 200lb right shooting center that can win some faceoffs. I feel like if they would’ve played a proper season last year we would’ve seen that growth continue and had him higher here.

Add Daws

Okhotyuk got my vote the last few rounds. Pytlik will be next.