Flames Prospect Ranking #14

[Ace Rimmer]

We did this last summer, lets do it again.

I am going to start with some guidelines.

To be considered a prospect in these polls they must be under 26 (as of July 1st, 2015) and have fewer than 80 games of NHL experience (including playoffs).

I will set polls to expire in 48 hours. After 48 hours a winner shall be declared unless the winner has less than a 10 vote lead. At which point there will be a 24-hour poll that pits against each other anyone within 5 votes of the leader. There will not be multiple runoff-polls so a win by 1 in a run-off poll will be final. After a winner is declared the next poll will be put up at my earliest convenience.

The current plan is vote on all 37 eligible prospects, but if participation dissipates it may stop sooner.

List of eligible prospects:
Agostino, Ken
Andersson, Rasmus
Arnold, Bill
Bennett, Sam
Bruce, Rily
Carroll, Austin
Culkin, Ryan
DeBlouw, Matt
Elson, Turner
Ferland, Micheal
Gillies, Jon
Gilmour, John
Granlund, Markus
Grant, Derek
Harrison, Tim
Hathaway, Garnet
Hickey, Brandon
Jankowski, Mark
Jooris, Josh
Kanzig, Keegan
Karnaukhov, Pavel
Klimchuk, Morgan
Kulak, Brett
Kylington, Oliver
Mangiapane, Andrew
McDonald, Mason
Morrison, Kenney
Ollas-Mattsson, Adam
Ortio, Joni
Poirier, Emile
Rafikov, Rushan
Shore, Drew
Sieloff, Patrick
Smith, Hunter
Van Brabant, Bryce
Wolf, David
Wotherspoon, Tyler

Rankings:
1. Sam Bennett http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1927891
2. Emile Poirier http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1928091
3. Jon Gillies http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1929015
4. Mark Jankowski (tiebreaker) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1930105
5. Morgan Klimchuk (tiebreaker) http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1931223
6. Oliver Kylington http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1932451
7. Brandon Hickey http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1933741
8. Joni Ortio http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=105642903
9. Rasmus Andersson http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=105664279
10. Markus Granlund http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1935309
11. Micheal Ferland http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1937397
12. Mason McDonald http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1939641
13. Drew Shore http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1939971

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[Ace Rimmer]

Someone please audit my work & make sure I didn't miss/duplicate anything.

 

[Anglesmith]

2/10 thread.

I vote Tspoon.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

2/10 thread.

I vote Tspoon.

At least the links work.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Jooris again.

 

[Taranis]

I like Smith at this point but Morrison is pretty good.

 

[AgeOfBennett]

Morrison

 

[Mobiandi]

Jooris, but at this stage does it even matter?

 

[InfinityIggy]

Jooris, but at this stage does it even matter?

I think so, we still have plenty of prospects worthy of getting ranked. Heck there are still guys taken in the top 60 of their draft(s) on the board.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

NHL.com released their top prospects for the Flames:

1. Bennett
2. Poirier
3. Ferland
4. Hickey
5. Gillies

I only have Gillies and Hickey flipped or that's my list

 

[Taranis]

I like Ferland but hes not in my top five and tbh iffy for top ten.

 

[WeegarUnderwood]

Lol at Ferland top 5

 

[herashak]

Ive got a fever. And I need a bill (arnold) pill

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Lol at Ferland top 5

CP had him 3 or 4 too.

Also, the author of the NHL.com article was Aaron Vickers. He writes for the flames and also is a main guy for Future Considerations. A magazine that follows and ranks prospects.

 

[Lunatik]

I like Ferland but hes not in my top five and tbh iffy for top ten.

I don't even think he's in my top 15

 

[bWo*]

I don't see him being more than a third liner. Since when are third liners top prospects

 

[Johnny GODreau]

I don't see him being more than a third liner. Since when are third liners top prospects

In the Sutter Era, all the time.

 

[Lunatik]

I don't see him being more than a third liner. Since when are third liners top prospects

Some people are convinced he has top 6 potential because he scored a couple empty netters to bloat his playoff stats

 

[Sparky93]

Big bodies with a scoring touch, when paired with the right players can be very effective(see Lucic). While I think it's a stretch to call Ferland a top 5 prospect, I'd love to see what a line of Ferland-Bennett-Frolik could do. It could be argued that Ferland had a more successful junior career than Lucic and that personal demons/injuries sidelined his development momentarily. I think he can still be a great complimentary player but time will tell. Regardless, he's got a unique skill set and if he puts it all together, he could be deadly, top 5 or not.

 

[AgeOfBennett]

Some people are convinced he has top 6 potential because he scored a couple empty netters to bloat his playoff stats

i remember sometime in the season Hartley saying Ferly could end being the next Lucic, but he definitely could just end up a fourth liner. Doesn't make him a top 5 prospect but definitely in the top 15

 

[Yung Rotini]

Some people are convinced he has top 6 potential because he scored a couple empty netters to bloat his playoff stats

He only scored one empty netter but I get your point. I don't see him as more than a bottom six forward in the future.

 

[Volica]

Lol at Ferland top 5

I don't know what happened here on HF. Probably vocal posters just repeating the same thing over and over just makes it looks bloated; but Ferland is a good prospect with some upside.

At the lowest Ferland will be a great 4th liner, best case his hands catch up to the NHL and he becomes a good middle sixer with some size, speed and nasty. He was good in the playoffs, and now being sober and on the right path... It's hard not to cheer for this guy; unless you're a major ***** of course.

Maybe not too 5, but top 10. Funny, this guy was beloved two, three years ago. He had some growing pains and now some folks blast him,

Coach Harley, as well as Huska loves him. I trust him more than anonymous internet posters, claiming to be experts.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I'm not sure how "not cheering for him to succeed" and "considering him a top five (or top ten) prospect" are even close to the same thing, because I don't think *anyone* has been rooting for him to fail.

 

[Lunatik]

He only scored one empty netter but I get your point. I don't see him as more than a bottom six forward in the future.

Right, I think it was an assist or 2 on empty netters as well. My bad. I just don't see him as more than a 4th liner.

 

[Lunatik]

i remember sometime in the season Hartley saying Ferly could end being the next Lucic, but he definitely could just end up a fourth liner. Doesn't make him a top 5 prospect but definitely in the top 15

After watching him play, I think there is zero chance he becomes Lucic, absolutely none. I'd love to be wrong but I just haven't seen anything other than a very small handful of games that would make anyone think that.