Prospect Info: HFOil's 2021 Prospect Ranking - #6

[ConnorMcMullet]

HFOil's Top-20 Oilers Prospects

Eligibility: <30 career NHL games played, <25 years old.

1. Evan Bouchard - RD (83.3%)
2. Dylan Holloway - C/LW (77.2%)
3. Philip Broberg - LD (74.8%)
4. Dmitri Samorukov - LD (53.7)
5. Xavier Bourgault - C/RW (50%)
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Previous rankings (couldn't find one for 2019)

Spoiler: 2020 Rankings

Prospect Info: - HFOIL 2020 Prospect Rankings (Poll #20)

1. Philip Broberg
2. Evan Bouchard
3. Dylan Holloway
4. Dmitri Samorukov
5. Tyler Benson
6. Raphael Lavoie
7. Ryan McLeod
8. Ilya Konovalov
9. William Lagesson
10. Tyler Tullio
11. Filip Berglund
12. Carter Savoie
13. Olivier Rodrigue
14. Kirill Maksimov
15. Michael Kesselring
16. Cooper Marody
17. Philip Kemp
18. Stuart Skinner
19. Maxim Beryozkin
20. Aapeli Rasanen

Spoiler: 2018 Rankings

Prospect Info: - HFOil Top 20 Oilers Prospects 2018 (Final Rankings)

1) Evan Bouchard
2) Kailer Yamamoto
3) Ethan Bear
4) Tyler Benson
5) Ryan McLeod
6) Kirill Maksimov
7) Caleb Jones
8) Stuart Skinner
9) Cooper Marody
10) Ostap Safin
11) William Lagesson
12) Filip Berglund
13) Dmitri Samorukov
14) Olivier Rodrigue
15) Joel Persson
16) Aapeli Rasanen
17) Philip Kemp
18) Cameron Hebig
19) Graham McPhee
20) Tyler Vesel

Spoiler: 2017 Rankings

Prospect Info: - HFOil Top 20 Oilers Prospects 2017 (FINAL RANKINGS)

1) Jesse Puljujarvi
2) Kailer Yamamoto
3) Caleb Jones
4) Ethan Bear
5) Tyler Benson
6) Laurent Brossoit
7) Ziyat Paigin
8) Jujhar Khaira
9) Dylan Wells
10) Joe Gambardella
11) Nick Ellis
12) Ryan Mantha
13) Dmitri Samorukov
14) Ostap Safin
15) Aapeli Rasanen
16) Kirill Maksimov
17) Filip Berglund
18) Stuart Skinner
19) Markus Niemelainen
20) John Marino

Let me know who to add.

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[McDoused]

McLeod will win this but I like Lavoies upside.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

I'm torn on this one. It's between McLeod, Lavoie, and Savoie for me. McLeod is the safest, Savoie has the most upside, and Lavoie falls somewhere in the middle.

Can someone who watched Lavoie in the AHL last year tell me how he progressed?

 

[FlameChampion]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

 

[Reginald Dunlop]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

I vote for potential as well.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

I'm torn on this one. It's between McLeod, Lavoie, and Savoie for me. McLeod is the safest, Savoie has the most upside, and Lavoie falls somewhere in the middle.

Can someone who watched Lavoie in the AHL last year tell me how he progressed?

The rest of his game has a ways to go, but his offensive instincts and shot are NHL ready - dare I say even good for NHL standards.

Being a big boy will help him as well. He needs to work on his dirty work and physicality.

 

[MettleMcOiler]

Potential and Readiness

 

[Oilhawks]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

I tend to do that but went with McLeod as he’s a reasonable mix of both (was thinking of voting for Konovalov). McLeod has a decent floor but could also top out as a great 3C

 

[herestohoping]

I vote for potential as well.

Yah, you know what, I think so too changed my vote. Had McLeod but think Ilya Konovalov has starting potential.

 

[The Head Crusher]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

A combination of both, there are times I favor one over the other and vise versa.

 

[Zaddy]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

For blue-chippers: potential
For fringe guys: NHL readiness

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

For me it’s readiness hence why I’ve been voting McLoed since Poll #1.

Potential doesn’t mean shit until your ready to use it.

You can only spend money you now have not money you think you might have later.

 

[Canovin]

For me it’s readiness hence why I’ve been voting McLoed since Poll #1.

Potential doesn’t mean shit until your ready to use it.

You can only spend money you now have not money you think you might have later.

Potential is also a good trading chip

 

[Forgot About Drai]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

I try to do a holistic approach.

For example last poll I was debating between Xavier and McLeod. Xavier has the higher potential but clearly quite far away. McLeod while ready now, is likely a 4C next year. Once I took into account that I believe McLeod could be 15 goal 3C eventually, I felt his readiness + potential to grow made him a better prospect right now then Xavier's potential only.

 

[Samus44]

Yah, you know what, I think so too changed my vote. Had McLeod but think Ilya Konovalov has starting potential.

herestohoping

 

[FlameChampion]

For me it’s readiness hence why I’ve been voting McLoed since Poll #1.

Potential doesn’t mean shit until your ready to use it.

You can only spend money you now have not money you think you might have later.

I understand where you are coming from but you could also say that McLeod hasnt really done anything either. You see glimmers of the speed and size but he also didnt get much accomplished in his time up last year.

 

[McDNicks17]

Went with Lavoie again.

Not the biggest fan of McLeod. He'll be a warm body in the bottom six for a few seasons, but I don't see the offensive potential or aggressiveness to be much more than that.

 

[Aerchon]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

Readiness. Every 7th round pick has limitless potential and yet most first round picks don't make the nhl without that development to take them to the nhl level.

Edit: McLeod has NHL speed and solid positioning. Looked very good last year. Between his age and experience he is tracking very well to be "at least" a good nhl fourth liner. He needs his offense to catch up to his feet.

 

[Senor Catface]

I wonder where Blumel would have gone

 

[Canovin]

I wonder where Blumel would have gone

He'd make things interesting between #6-#12. Still sour from that.

 

[MoontoScott]

Readiness. Every 7th round pick has limitless potential and yet most first round picks don't make the nhl without that development to take them to the nhl level.

Edit: McLeod has NHL speed and solid positioning. Looked very good last year. Between his age and experience he is tracking very well to be "at least" a good nhl fourth liner. He needs his offense to catch up to his feet.

Yes, I thought McLeod's positioning in the Jets series was excellent. Finishing isn't a big strength (at least yet) but when you are consistently in the right spot then good things will follow.

 

[McJesusSaves97]

How do most people vote on these?

Readiness vs Potential?

I tend to lean more toward Potential myself.

Readiness has zero impact on my vote

 

[Oilhawks]

Yes, I thought McLeod's positioning in the Jets series was excellent. Finishing isn't a big strength (at least yet) but when you are consistently in the right spot then good things will follow.

I think his offence will be better with better line mates. Kind of difficult for anyone to produce much at all with the wingers he had (for the most part, at least)

 

[Senor Catface]

Readiness has zero impact on my vote

There's always the old "Hockey's Future" rating system.

1-10 for potential
A-F for likelihood to reach that potential

So, in some people's eyes, Broberg is a 8D while Samorukov would be a 7B.

 

[McDNicks17]

Readiness has zero impact on my vote

Yeah. Readiness without potential doesn't mean much to me.

If a prospect is ready to do what a UFA could do for league minimum, that doesn't hold much value.