HFBoards Top 50 Prospects Ranking #7 (closed)

[amnesiac]

TOP 50 PROSPECTS


Criteria is 22 and under, 30 NHL GP or less, no goalies

1. Owen Power - D		18.		35.
2. Matty Beniers - C		19.		36.
3. Jake Sanderson - D		20.		37.
4. Luke Hughes - D		21.		38.
5. Juraj Slafkovsky - LW		22.		39.
6. Shane Wright - C		23.		40.
7.		24.		41.
8.		25.		42.
9.		26.		43.
10.		27.		44.
11.		28.		45.
12.		29.		46.
13.		30.		47.
14.		31.		48.
15.		32.		49.
16.		33.		50.
17.		34.

To add:
Dylan Holloway - C
Alex Turcotte - C
Bobby Brink - RW
Joakim Kemell - RW
Frank Nazar - C
Marco Kasper - C
Jakob Pelletier - LW
Hendrix Lapierre - C
Nick Robertson - LW
Brennan Othmann - LW
Logan Stankoven - C
Zachary Bolduc - C
Ridly Greig - C
Vinne Heinola - D
Maverick Bourque - C
Nikita Chibrikov - RW
Chaz Lucius - C
Sakir Mukhamadullin - D
Luke Evangelista - RW
Olen Zellweger - D
Thomas Bordeleau - C
Shane Pinto - C
Fedor Svechkov - C
Jacob Perrault - RW
John Peterka - LW
Brendan Brisson - C
Vitali Kravtsov - RW
Topi Niemela - D
Kaiden Guhle - D
Jonatan Berggren - RW
Aatu Raty - C




Past lists:
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #50 FINAL (summer 2021)
HFBoards TOP 75 Prospects Ranking #75 (FINAL) (winter 2020-21)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects (summer 2019)
Top 50 Drafted Prospects 2018: #46 - #50 (summer 2018)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects #50 FINAL (summer 2017)

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[snipes]

Betweeen Edvinsson and Quinn. Went Edvinsson.

 

[edguy]

Edvinsson then McTavish then Cooley for me.

 

[Zach716]

I'll take the AHL ROTY

 

[Sabres]

Edvinsson and Quinn are close for me but I think Edvinsson takes it here. Quinn should probably be next though.

 

[Howe Elbows 9]

Edvinsson, McTavish, Johnson, Quinn and Cooley are probably my top options at this point.

 

[Buck Naked]

Edvinsson, McTavish, Johnson, Quinn and Cooley are probably my top options at this point.

Same here.

 

[bobholly39]

So I'm a Habs fan. I notice Slafvosky went 5th. He did have a lot of votes in rounds 1-4, but didn't win. Then in the 5th vote, although he did win, it was still quite close.

I'm curious - how odd/unusual is this? It feels like every year when we rank prospects after the draft, the most recent #1OA almost always ranks #1, or #2 at most.

Is this more a case of people being a bit more down/less sure on Slaf, or simply a case of there being some unusually amazing prospects from previous years who have yet to make their debut?

 

[amnesiac]

So I'm a Habs fan. I notice Slafvosky went 5th. He did have a lot of votes in rounds 1-4, but didn't win. Then in the 5th vote, although he did win, it was still quite close.

I'm curious - how odd/unusual is this? It feels like every year when we rank prospects after the draft, the most recent #1OA almost always ranks #1, or #2 at most.

Is this more a case of people being a bit more down/less sure on Slaf, or simply a case of there being some unusually amazing prospects from previous years who have yet to make their debut?

a little of both. I compare this draft to the Hischier draft where there was no consensus #1. Just not a strong draft where anybody stands out.

Power, Beniers, Sanderson, and Hughes all has great D+1 years, and I think is justified to be ranked ahead.

 

[NyQuil]

McTavish and then Quinn

 

[Xspyrit]

I'll take the AHL ROTY

Josh Norris won it in 2020 and was only ranked 36th in this 2021 poll! lol but yeah I will start voting Quinn after Edvinsson is finally in. Not sure why Wright and Slafkovsky got voted over them. I guess we gotta give a little credit to that 2022 draft

Edvinsson
Quinn
McTavish
Nemec

So I'm a Habs fan. I notice Slafvosky went 5th. He did have a lot of votes in rounds 1-4, but didn't win. Then in the 5th vote, although he did win, it was still quite close.

I'm curious - how odd/unusual is this? It feels like every year when we rank prospects after the draft, the most recent #1OA almost always ranks #1, or #2 at most.

Is this more a case of people being a bit more down/less sure on Slaf, or simply a case of there being some unusually amazing prospects from previous years who have yet to make their debut?

A little of both like Amnesiac said but not necessarily down on Slaf, more on the 2022 draft in general. I think many were down on this draft because there was no 1-2 clear cut like we see some years.

Also keep in mind, the Habs didn't get a #1 in a while so a lot of fans probably started voted Slaf early in this poll even if it was "too early" for the rest of hockey fans

 

[LaMasquerade]

Still Edvinsson. Personally I think Aatu Räty will have more impact than many listed as option..

 

[Nocashstyle]

Edvinsson again

 

[NiagaraKraken]

Nemec