NikF
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MY FINAL RANKING IS HERE: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1903817
REPORTS (ongoing, not a ranking)
Travis Konecny
Mitchell Marner
Dylan Strome
Ivan Provorov
Connor McDavid
Mikko Rantanen
Jack Eichel
Noah Hanifin
Zach Werenski
Pavel Zacha
Brandon Carlo
Kyle Connor
Lawson Crouse
Mathew Barzal
Nick Merkley
Jeremy Roy
Jakub Zboril
Oliver Kylington
Timo Meier
Roope Hintz
Jens Looke
Jansen Harkins
Evgeni Svechnikov
Nicolas Roy
Filip Chlapik
Paul Bittner
Daniel Sprong
Thomas Chabot
Matthew Spencer
Noah Juulsen
Thomas Novak
Colin White
Jordan Greenway
Adam Musil
Brock Boeser
Jeremy Bracco
Christian Fischer
Jake DeBrusk
Nikita Korostelev
Ryan Pilon
Mitchell Vande Sompel
Nicolas Meloche
Joel Eriksson-Ek
Jacob Larsson
Julius Nattinen
Gabriel Carlsson
Jesper Lindgren
Jack Roslovic
Michael Spacek
Denis Guryanov
Alexander Dergachyov
Jonas Siegenthaler
Erik Cernak
Filip Ahl
Anthony Beauvillier
Vince Dunn
Mitchell Stephens
Rasmus Andersson
Brendan Guhle
Austin Wagner
Travis Dermott
Blake Speers
Zachary Senyshyn
Colton White
Graham Knott
Gustav Bouramman
Parker Wotherspoon
Ryan Gropp
Ethan Bear
Brett McKenzie
Andrew Mangiapane
Gabriel Gagne
Dennis Yan
Anthony Cirelli
Thomas Schemitsch
Alexandre Carrier
Guillaume Brisebois
Glenn Gawdin
Andrew Nielsen
Yakov Trenin
Nathan Noel
Conor Garland
Deven Sideroff
Keegan Kolesar
Kyle Capobianco
Matt Schmalz
Vili Saarijarvi
Dennis Gilbert
Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson
Cal Burke
Nikita Pavlychev
Chris Wilkie
Casey Fitzgerald
Caleb Jones
Steven Ruggiero
Nicholas Boka
Alexandre Goulet
Samuel Dove-McFalls
Loik Leveille
Matt Bradley
Chris Martenet
Jeremiah Addison
Cameron Lizotte
Denis Malgin
Chaz Reddekopp
Tyler Soy
Adam Helewka
Connor Hobbs
Sebastian Aho (W, FIN)
Aleksi Saarela
Brendan Warren
Troy Terry
Stephen Desrocher
David Kase
John Dahlstrom
Vyacheslav Leschenko
Brad Morrison
Sebastian Aho
Erik Foley
David Cotton
Jake Massie
GOALIES
MacKenzie Blackwood
Callum Booth
Daniel Vladar
Felix Sandstrom
Ilya Samsonov
BONUS POSTS:
Pavel Zacha breakdown
Roope Hintz breakdown
Roope Hintz minor correction*
Mathew Barzal
Dylan Strome Breakdown
Mitchell Marner Breakdown
.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION
- The very first thing is that I'm not a professional, keep that in mind
- Everything is done through video scouting, keep in mind everything that comes with that and the fact that there is a very small number of semi-prominent prospects that I will not be able to view, when I release my final ranking I will specify these prospects (last year the most prominent one was Julius Bergman for example)
- That said I do love hockey and I will try to do the reports as honestly as my own ability to evaluate allows me to, part of the reason why I want to do this is for my own enjoyment and the other part is so that we on HF can have extensive scouting reports as a reference (if you choose to put any merit into my opinion of course ) as opposed to the usual freely available 3 sentence long descriptions.
- For now, I will not be doing the rankings but only the reports of the players that will most likely be in my final top 120. My process is I usually identify a player I think is projectable, write a very short report, then write a longer one once I'm convinced that he has a good chance to finish in my top 120. Here I will only post the long reports, so you will not get the boring short ones that serve only as a note to myself and several of which will not move past that if I deem them not top 120 worthy later on. I don't know whether this will be updated with regular intervals, but I will get all of 120 done before I release the ranking of them. The final ranking is going to be done at least a week before the draft and I will probably open a new thread with the same reports (although some details might change with new viewings) but sorted by their rank. Once that is done, I can also send the Word document to your email if anyone would like that as it will probably be more handy than a long stretched-out thread.
- Since this will be a very long thread (assuming the mods allow it) I haven't yet decided what the best method would be, a new post for each player, or editing it all into one post. I will probably post a new post for each player so there will be new pages instead one single one stretched beyond what is reasonable.
- I don't expect a lot of comments, but debate is always good. If you disagree with a player's assessment chime in! I'm not a pro, so chances are I will be wrong compared to someone who has seen that player play regularly as opposed to me where I hit 5-10 viewings for first rounders, and 3-5 for marginal prospects.
- Either way I hope this will serve someone well, if not I guess it's just going to be my own little corner of the internet lol.
METHODOLOGY AND FORMAT
This is the format that will be used for all players.
Keep in mind when you are reading the descriptions, they are generally meant to paint a picture of what various categories like defensive transition etc. mean, you don't have to dogmatically hang to every single word that is there or isn't there, but if you watch hockey you will get it most likely.
Grading:
A = excellent
B = good
C = average
D = below average
F = deficient
+/- grades are possible as in: B+ or B-
Defensemen
Name: Prospect's name
Offensive zone ability: Receives a grade. Offensive zone ability means how a defenseman acts in more stationary settings in the offensive zone. This includes things like shot, getting the puck on net, keeping the puck in the zone, wall-play, ability to come in back-door, etc.
Offensive transition ability: Receives a grade. Offensive transition ability means how a defenseman acts in less stationary settings when his team or he has the puck. This also includes any and all positioning when his teammates have the puck and the play is moving forward, even if he is not in possession of the puck. Break-outs, availability as an outlet, delays and angling in defensive zone, joining the rush, skating etc.
Puck movement and possession retention: Receives a grade. This category means every single thing that relates to what a defenseman does primarily with the puck on his stick but also by positioning without the puck in all zones and how it relates to him impacting the team's possession time. Both in stationary and transitional settings. Puck management is involved here.
Defensive transition ability: Receives a grade. Defensive transition ability means everything that happens when the play is less stationary and the other team has the puck. It goes for all zones. Meaning this includes, positioning, skating, stick-ability, gap control, reading the play etc.
Defensive zone ability: Receives a grade. Defensive zone ability means everything that happens when the play is more stationary, especially in the defensive zone and the other team has the puck. This means positional sense, boardwork, net clearing, gap control, body angling, defending home-plate, etc.
Style: The following categories are simply the style of a prospect's game, it does not assign value to a prospect, it simply shows stylistical nuances that however can be important when assembling a team.
defense:
heavily positional, positional, mixed, athletic, heavily athletic: One of these options will be used. It describes whether a defenseman defends more by relying on his athleticism (can be either size or skating or some combination of it) or more on his positioning.
offense:
heavily cerebral, cerebral, mixed, forceful, heavily forceful: One of these options will be used. It describes whether a defenseman partakes in offense by relying more on a cerebral approach or more on a forceful direct one.
Keywords, unique identity traits: Very short description of what is unique to the prospect and what is his identity on the ice.
Analysis: The most improtant part of the report, it will feature a longer write-up with more nuances and hopefully a clear picture of the prospect.
Developmental focus: A short description of what the prospect should work on or focus on in his development.
Projection: The prospect's projection to the NHL level.
_______________________________________________________________________
Forwards
Name: Prospect's name
Offensive zone ability: This category describes a forward's ability when the puck is in the offensive zone in more stationary situations, meaning the team is set up in the zone. Involves cycling, getting open, playmaking, creating space, net-presence, tips, shot, finding "soft spots", etc.
Offensive transition ability: This category describes a forward's ability when he or his team have the puck and the play is moving forward and is less stationary, involves all 3 zones. Break-outs, support, entries, offensive neutral zone play, offensive rushes etc.
Puck movement and possession retention: This category involves a forward's ability in all 3 zones as it relates to improving his team's puck possession and puck management.
Defensive transition ability: This category involves a forward's defensive ability when the other team is in the possession of the puck and the play is less stationary. Involves forechecking, backchecking, neutral zone play, picking up men on the rush, disrupting passing and getting into lanes, etc.
Defensive zone ability: This category involves a forward's ability when the play is more stationary and primarily in his own zone. Meaning how does he play the point, how does he track the opposition, can he angle them outside, is he physically up to par, is he controlling space, is he winning board battles etc.
Style: Simply an outline of a prospect's stylistical nuances, not a value judgement.
defense:
heavily positional, positional, mixed, athletic, heavily athletic: describes his style of defense, is he relying more on positioning or athleticism.
offense:
heavily cerebral, cerebral, mixed, forceful, heavily forceful: describes his style of offense, is he relying on a more cerebral approach or is he more aggressive in forcing the play.
keywords, unique identity traits: A very short description of unique traits and a prospect's identity.
Analysis: The most improtant part of the report, it will feature a longer write-up with more nuances and hopefully a clear picture of the prospect.
Developmental focus: A short description of what the prospect should work on or focus on in his development.
Projection: The prospect's projection to the NHL level.
_______________________________________________________________________
Goaltenders
Name: Prospect's name
Technical ability: This category rates a goalie's technique (positioning, stick, angles, recovery, skating)
Athletic ability: This category rates a goalie's athleticism (explosiveness, reflexes, flexibility, size)
Mental ability: This category rates a goalie's mental ability (think competitiveness, composure, ability to rebound after a bad goal etc.)
keywords, unique identity traits: A very short description of unique traits and a prospect's identity.
Analysis: The most improtant part of the report, it will feature a longer write-up with more nuances and hopefully a clear picture of the prospect.
Developmental focus: A short description of what the prospect should work on or focus on in his development.
Projection: The prospect's projection to the NHL level.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EDIT: I've decided to add "room for improvement" category to all prospects.
EDIT#2: For those who do not know this, if you are searching for a specific prospect, you can press ctrl+f, this will open up a search tool and you simply put in the name of the prospect you are interested in and the name will be highlighted on the page you are on.
REPORTS (ongoing, not a ranking)
Travis Konecny
Mitchell Marner
Dylan Strome
Ivan Provorov
Connor McDavid
Mikko Rantanen
Jack Eichel
Noah Hanifin
Zach Werenski
Pavel Zacha
Brandon Carlo
Kyle Connor
Lawson Crouse
Mathew Barzal
Nick Merkley
Jeremy Roy
Jakub Zboril
Oliver Kylington
Timo Meier
Roope Hintz
Jens Looke
Jansen Harkins
Evgeni Svechnikov
Nicolas Roy
Filip Chlapik
Paul Bittner
Daniel Sprong
Thomas Chabot
Matthew Spencer
Noah Juulsen
Thomas Novak
Colin White
Jordan Greenway
Adam Musil
Brock Boeser
Jeremy Bracco
Christian Fischer
Jake DeBrusk
Nikita Korostelev
Ryan Pilon
Mitchell Vande Sompel
Nicolas Meloche
Joel Eriksson-Ek
Jacob Larsson
Julius Nattinen
Gabriel Carlsson
Jesper Lindgren
Jack Roslovic
Michael Spacek
Denis Guryanov
Alexander Dergachyov
Jonas Siegenthaler
Erik Cernak
Filip Ahl
Anthony Beauvillier
Vince Dunn
Mitchell Stephens
Rasmus Andersson
Brendan Guhle
Austin Wagner
Travis Dermott
Blake Speers
Zachary Senyshyn
Colton White
Graham Knott
Gustav Bouramman
Parker Wotherspoon
Ryan Gropp
Ethan Bear
Brett McKenzie
Andrew Mangiapane
Gabriel Gagne
Dennis Yan
Anthony Cirelli
Thomas Schemitsch
Alexandre Carrier
Guillaume Brisebois
Glenn Gawdin
Andrew Nielsen
Yakov Trenin
Nathan Noel
Conor Garland
Deven Sideroff
Keegan Kolesar
Kyle Capobianco
Matt Schmalz
Vili Saarijarvi
Dennis Gilbert
Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson
Cal Burke
Nikita Pavlychev
Chris Wilkie
Casey Fitzgerald
Caleb Jones
Steven Ruggiero
Nicholas Boka
Alexandre Goulet
Samuel Dove-McFalls
Loik Leveille
Matt Bradley
Chris Martenet
Jeremiah Addison
Cameron Lizotte
Denis Malgin
Chaz Reddekopp
Tyler Soy
Adam Helewka
Connor Hobbs
Sebastian Aho (W, FIN)
Aleksi Saarela
Brendan Warren
Troy Terry
Stephen Desrocher
David Kase
John Dahlstrom
Vyacheslav Leschenko
Brad Morrison
Sebastian Aho
Erik Foley
David Cotton
Jake Massie
GOALIES
MacKenzie Blackwood
Callum Booth
Daniel Vladar
Felix Sandstrom
Ilya Samsonov
BONUS POSTS:
Pavel Zacha breakdown
Roope Hintz breakdown
Roope Hintz minor correction*
Mathew Barzal
Dylan Strome Breakdown
Mitchell Marner Breakdown
.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION
- The very first thing is that I'm not a professional, keep that in mind
- Everything is done through video scouting, keep in mind everything that comes with that and the fact that there is a very small number of semi-prominent prospects that I will not be able to view, when I release my final ranking I will specify these prospects (last year the most prominent one was Julius Bergman for example)
- That said I do love hockey and I will try to do the reports as honestly as my own ability to evaluate allows me to, part of the reason why I want to do this is for my own enjoyment and the other part is so that we on HF can have extensive scouting reports as a reference (if you choose to put any merit into my opinion of course ) as opposed to the usual freely available 3 sentence long descriptions.
- For now, I will not be doing the rankings but only the reports of the players that will most likely be in my final top 120. My process is I usually identify a player I think is projectable, write a very short report, then write a longer one once I'm convinced that he has a good chance to finish in my top 120. Here I will only post the long reports, so you will not get the boring short ones that serve only as a note to myself and several of which will not move past that if I deem them not top 120 worthy later on. I don't know whether this will be updated with regular intervals, but I will get all of 120 done before I release the ranking of them. The final ranking is going to be done at least a week before the draft and I will probably open a new thread with the same reports (although some details might change with new viewings) but sorted by their rank. Once that is done, I can also send the Word document to your email if anyone would like that as it will probably be more handy than a long stretched-out thread.
- Since this will be a very long thread (assuming the mods allow it) I haven't yet decided what the best method would be, a new post for each player, or editing it all into one post. I will probably post a new post for each player so there will be new pages instead one single one stretched beyond what is reasonable.
- I don't expect a lot of comments, but debate is always good. If you disagree with a player's assessment chime in! I'm not a pro, so chances are I will be wrong compared to someone who has seen that player play regularly as opposed to me where I hit 5-10 viewings for first rounders, and 3-5 for marginal prospects.
- Either way I hope this will serve someone well, if not I guess it's just going to be my own little corner of the internet lol.
METHODOLOGY AND FORMAT
This is the format that will be used for all players.
Keep in mind when you are reading the descriptions, they are generally meant to paint a picture of what various categories like defensive transition etc. mean, you don't have to dogmatically hang to every single word that is there or isn't there, but if you watch hockey you will get it most likely.
Grading:
A = excellent
B = good
C = average
D = below average
F = deficient
+/- grades are possible as in: B+ or B-
Defensemen
Name: Prospect's name
Offensive zone ability: Receives a grade. Offensive zone ability means how a defenseman acts in more stationary settings in the offensive zone. This includes things like shot, getting the puck on net, keeping the puck in the zone, wall-play, ability to come in back-door, etc.
Offensive transition ability: Receives a grade. Offensive transition ability means how a defenseman acts in less stationary settings when his team or he has the puck. This also includes any and all positioning when his teammates have the puck and the play is moving forward, even if he is not in possession of the puck. Break-outs, availability as an outlet, delays and angling in defensive zone, joining the rush, skating etc.
Puck movement and possession retention: Receives a grade. This category means every single thing that relates to what a defenseman does primarily with the puck on his stick but also by positioning without the puck in all zones and how it relates to him impacting the team's possession time. Both in stationary and transitional settings. Puck management is involved here.
Defensive transition ability: Receives a grade. Defensive transition ability means everything that happens when the play is less stationary and the other team has the puck. It goes for all zones. Meaning this includes, positioning, skating, stick-ability, gap control, reading the play etc.
Defensive zone ability: Receives a grade. Defensive zone ability means everything that happens when the play is more stationary, especially in the defensive zone and the other team has the puck. This means positional sense, boardwork, net clearing, gap control, body angling, defending home-plate, etc.
Style: The following categories are simply the style of a prospect's game, it does not assign value to a prospect, it simply shows stylistical nuances that however can be important when assembling a team.
defense:
heavily positional, positional, mixed, athletic, heavily athletic: One of these options will be used. It describes whether a defenseman defends more by relying on his athleticism (can be either size or skating or some combination of it) or more on his positioning.
offense:
heavily cerebral, cerebral, mixed, forceful, heavily forceful: One of these options will be used. It describes whether a defenseman partakes in offense by relying more on a cerebral approach or more on a forceful direct one.
Keywords, unique identity traits: Very short description of what is unique to the prospect and what is his identity on the ice.
Analysis: The most improtant part of the report, it will feature a longer write-up with more nuances and hopefully a clear picture of the prospect.
Developmental focus: A short description of what the prospect should work on or focus on in his development.
Projection: The prospect's projection to the NHL level.
_______________________________________________________________________
Forwards
Name: Prospect's name
Offensive zone ability: This category describes a forward's ability when the puck is in the offensive zone in more stationary situations, meaning the team is set up in the zone. Involves cycling, getting open, playmaking, creating space, net-presence, tips, shot, finding "soft spots", etc.
Offensive transition ability: This category describes a forward's ability when he or his team have the puck and the play is moving forward and is less stationary, involves all 3 zones. Break-outs, support, entries, offensive neutral zone play, offensive rushes etc.
Puck movement and possession retention: This category involves a forward's ability in all 3 zones as it relates to improving his team's puck possession and puck management.
Defensive transition ability: This category involves a forward's defensive ability when the other team is in the possession of the puck and the play is less stationary. Involves forechecking, backchecking, neutral zone play, picking up men on the rush, disrupting passing and getting into lanes, etc.
Defensive zone ability: This category involves a forward's ability when the play is more stationary and primarily in his own zone. Meaning how does he play the point, how does he track the opposition, can he angle them outside, is he physically up to par, is he controlling space, is he winning board battles etc.
Style: Simply an outline of a prospect's stylistical nuances, not a value judgement.
defense:
heavily positional, positional, mixed, athletic, heavily athletic: describes his style of defense, is he relying more on positioning or athleticism.
offense:
heavily cerebral, cerebral, mixed, forceful, heavily forceful: describes his style of offense, is he relying on a more cerebral approach or is he more aggressive in forcing the play.
keywords, unique identity traits: A very short description of unique traits and a prospect's identity.
Analysis: The most improtant part of the report, it will feature a longer write-up with more nuances and hopefully a clear picture of the prospect.
Developmental focus: A short description of what the prospect should work on or focus on in his development.
Projection: The prospect's projection to the NHL level.
_______________________________________________________________________
Goaltenders
Name: Prospect's name
Technical ability: This category rates a goalie's technique (positioning, stick, angles, recovery, skating)
Athletic ability: This category rates a goalie's athleticism (explosiveness, reflexes, flexibility, size)
Mental ability: This category rates a goalie's mental ability (think competitiveness, composure, ability to rebound after a bad goal etc.)
keywords, unique identity traits: A very short description of unique traits and a prospect's identity.
Analysis: The most improtant part of the report, it will feature a longer write-up with more nuances and hopefully a clear picture of the prospect.
Developmental focus: A short description of what the prospect should work on or focus on in his development.
Projection: The prospect's projection to the NHL level.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EDIT: I've decided to add "room for improvement" category to all prospects.
EDIT#2: For those who do not know this, if you are searching for a specific prospect, you can press ctrl+f, this will open up a search tool and you simply put in the name of the prospect you are interested in and the name will be highlighted on the page you are on.
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