A bit late but wanted to post my start of the season list. Hudon, DLR, Mete graduated. Have seen them all play this year except Henrikson and Staum. I opted to leave Addison out since he may be out for the season but he would be in the top 20 for sure.
Top 20
1. Ryan Poehling
2. Jake Evans
3. Noah Juulsen
4. Charlie Lindgren
5. Nikita Scherbak
6. Joni Ikonen
7. Josh Brook
8. Michael McNiven
9. Michael McCarron
10. Will Bitten
11. Cal Fleury
12. Jarret Tyszka
13. Caden Primeau
14. Brett Lernout
15. Scott Walford
16. Hayden Hawkey
17. Lukas Vejdemo
18. Daniel Audette
19. Jérémy Grégoire
20. Zach Fucale
HM - Michael Pezzetta, Tom Parisi, Markus Eisenschmid
Has Carr graduated or you don't see him in the top 20?
People always complain the cupboard is so bare: we just graduated 4 Timmins draft picks this year: Hudon, DLR, Mete, and Sergachev (who became Drouin).
Next year McCarron (albeit as a 4th liner), Scherbak, Lindgren, and possibly Juulsen will graduate. Lernout is a long shot. And Evans may be an NHLer.
And two years from now we'll have a better idea about McNiven, Poheling, Ikonen, and the other picks from 2017 draft especially all the defensemen. Hopefully one of them pans out. Plus we'll have the 2018 and 2019 drafts.
Things are looking good in terms of talent coming from the draft and undrafted signings, especially given aside from the Sergachev pick, we've been drafting 25th, 26th, and 25th 3 of the last 4 years.