Butch's top 150 Prospect List

[Mike Liut]

Did Kyrou sleep with you girlfriend or wife or something?? How did he drop all the way to 62 while Kostin is at 18?

Yeah, pretty brutal on Kyrou

 

[toxic poster]

no chlapik ???

e: i say this because you have white/batherson/brown all on there

 

[M2Beezy]

Gaudette at 61 is a joke hes gotta be at MINIMUM 45 spots higher

 

[Disappointed EP40]

Gaudette at 61 is a joke hes gotta be at MINIMUM 45 spots higher

I'd like to see your list.... .... i imagine it would be:

1) Canuck's prospect
2) Canuck's prospect
3) Canuck's prospect
4) Canuck's prospect
....

/facepalm

 

[KJ Dangler]

Did I miss Pierre Luc Dubois ?

 

[iginlafan77]

Did I miss Pierre Luc Dubois ?

I’d assume he was counted as graduated, and no longer a prospect. He’s spent the whole year in the NHL

 

[KJ Dangler]

I’d assume he was counted as graduated, and no longer a prospect. He’s spent the whole year in the NHL

Hasn’t he played less games than Puljujarvi in nhl?

Guess it makes sense , especially since Pld is looking like a first line center in Nhl, and Jessie is looking like a dud

 

[whitstifier]

What has Robert Thomas done that Morgan Frost hasn't? Does in just come down to his play in the WJC?

 

[izlez]

Like all the other Wings' fans have said:

It's weird that you had Hronek at #86 last year.
Then, this year, he moves up to the AHL where he leads team defensemen in points (17 in 34 games) and the team in +/- (+12, next closest +8)
And he falls completely off your list while he just shot up to #1 on the mid-season rankings on the wings' board

 

[harro92]

Not many sharks from what I could see, where would u rank Leblanc, Meier, Roy, Gambrell & O’Reagan

 

[Community]

You have Dahlen at 89 and 81. Not sure if somebody else has said something or not.

I'll echo the Dermott is a better prospect than Nielsen. I agree Nielsen has the tools as you said (this is why Leaf fans loved him), but it's becoming evident that his skating and hockey IQ will be huge obstacles for him to overcome and that's why Leaf fans are souring on him. Totally understand your opinion though and you are spot on for Neilsen's strengths/weaknesses. Leaf fans are just more worried about his weaknesses than excited about his strengths.

Moving on because it's been mentioned before, you put a lot of effort into the list and it's easily better than what I couldve done. I dont agree with Makar as #1, but the list looks pretty solid overall.

 

[Tube Skates]

40 is very impressive. Thanks for your list and time

 

[joe dirte]

Gaudette at 61 is a joke hes gotta be at MINIMUM 45 spots higher

you think he's a top 20 prospect????

 

[whatthef]

Not a very good list. Some pretty questionable rankings.

 

[Bruin4Life]

I started to read then saw Chabot at #2 and stopped

 

[Club]

Great work brother!

 

[joshik]

Makar first and Heiskanen eleven okey

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Maksing a list this long is simply amazing

 

[nowhereman]

you think he's a top 20 prospect????

He'd be at least close to top 20, on my list. Looking beyond draft pedigree, he's leading the NCAA in scoring and plays a gritty, physical two-way game to go along with his constantly improving offensive game. He may not have the ceiling of a lot of the players ahead of him on this list but, IMO, has a much higher floor. Now that he's worked on his footspeed and skating, I see him as a high-end #2 center.

 

[joe dirte]

He'd be at least close to top 20, on my list. Looking beyond draft pedigree, he's leading the NCAA in scoring and plays a gritty, physical two-way game to go along with his constantly improving offensive game. He may not have the ceiling of a lot of the players ahead of him on this list but, IMO, has a much higher floor. Now that he's worked on his footspeed and skating, I see him as a high-end #2 center.

I don't think you'll find too many to agree he'd be top 50 even.

 

[nowhereman]

I don't think you'll find too many to agree he'd be top 50 even.

Button had him at 40 last year and that was before he showed another offensive gear. McGuire said he was the steal of the 2015 draft.

Too many scouts are sleeping on Gaudette, because of his draft position, IMO.

 

[ResignCraigAdams]

Geez, reading the comments and knitpicking reminds me of one of the main reasons why I would never post my personal rankings (another reason would be having never seen any of these prospects play a game, but I digress).

Interesting read, thanks for posting.

You could play in the league for 20 years and watch every one of these prospects play........yet people will still think your opinion is trash on here.

But props to this guy. English isn't his first language but I think he did a great job.

 

[Yohann]

Nice list / Tres bonne liste!

in a fantasy keepers league ( were only points producer matters)
wich players of this list would you go 1-2-3/ Dans un pool a vie, ou seul les points son important , tu y vas avec lequels de ces joueurs???

- Kale clague
- Kristian Vesalainen
- Morgan Frost
- Kole Lind
- Aleski Heponiemi ( size??)
- Klim Kostin
- Henri Jokiharju

 

[Captain97]

Why is Poehling ahead of R. Thomas?

 

[brakeyawself]

Looking back at this list, the rankings get more and more ridiculous as time has gone on. Aho, Brannstrom, Jokiharju, Zadina, Thomas and many others ranked way too low, I think even relative to what was known when the article was originally written. But now, it's completely turned upside down. Puljujarvi, Connor, Jost, Mit, Strome, Fox, Juolevi etc... all way too high. Lol , Sebastian Aho near the bottom. Even a year ago that seems ridiculous.

Think it shows just how fickle and impossible long term prospect rankings are.