Prospect Info: Penguins #11 prospect

[Burgs]

Rust never sleeps but he can rest easy now that he made the top 10. Added Blaine Byron.

2015 poll results:
#1 Matt Murray (54.48%)
#2 Daniel Sprong (40.14%)
#3 Oskar Sundqvist (50.00%)
#4 Brian Dumoulin (83.33%)
#5 Tristan Jarry (36.73%)
#6 Dominik Simon (37.08%)
#7 Scott Wilson (45.59%)
#8 Conor Sheary (34.12%)
#9 Jake Guentzel (47.06%)
#10 Bryan Rust (50.00%)

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[Gallatin]

It's Blueger time. He's a smart kid with some skill and a fairly complete game. Ceiling is a good #3 C IMO. More of a playmaker type, good vision and attention to detail.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Blueger then Clendening then Zlobin then Kuhnhackl then Taylor...

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Every time I look at are prospect list I cry inside

 

[stayinalive]

voted Archibald. Had a pretty forgetable first pro season, but still think there is a lot to like about him.

 

[Fordy]

can't vote for zlobin but he deserves it

 

[Shady Machine]

It's Blueger time. He's a smart kid with some skill and a fairly complete game. Ceiling is a good #3 C IMO. More of a playmaker type, good vision and attention to detail.

Yup it is Blueger time indeed.

 

[Epic Neal Time]

Really thought Clendening would be higher.

 

[jmelm]

voted Archibald. Had a pretty forgetable first pro season, but still think there is a lot to like about him.

Same here. Last year, I had Archibald in my top 7 or so. Yes, he had one forgettable season, but Blueger has had 3 seasons in which his performance has been somewhere between disappointing at worst and inconsistent at best. Even last year, Blueger had a burst where he had much of his points and then went cold. Archibald's upside is top-5 among our prospects, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for one bad season.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Probably the worst top 10 voting.

 

[Shady Machine]

Really thought Clendening would be higher.

We just don't know a lot about him and he's been traded twice in the last year. He has to pass through waivers this year and is unlikely to make the team. He supposedly has skating and defending issues. Those aren't great qualities for a 22 year old dman.

A lot of these other guys are either younger, so their upside seems more attainable (Sprong, Jarry, Murray, Guentzel, Blueger, Simon) or are ready to contribute in the NHL now (Dumo, Sundqvist, Wilson, Rust). Clendening is sort of in the weird in between stage. This season could make or break him as a prospect.

 

[Shady Machine]

Probably the worst top 10 voting.

As in the worst top 10 prospects or you think HF posters did a bad job picking the order?

 

[Zero Pucks]

voted Archibald. Had a pretty forgetable first pro season, but still think there is a lot to like about him.

I think so as well.

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

Still have hopes for Zlobin. He was fun to watch in junior.

 

[Gallatin]

Still have hopes for Zlobin. He was fun to watch in junior.

And he has blown it at WBS. Maybe he can impress the new staff and get some decent ice time.

I don't hold out much hope for Skillful-Minded-Biscuit-Scorer though.

 

[TNT87]

Blueger.

 

[jmelm]

Since being drafted, Zlobin has consistently, and without justification, been the most overrated player/prospect on these boards.

 

[wej20]

Archibald or Bleuger.

 

[Shady Machine]

Since being drafted, Zlobin has consistently, and without justification, been the most overrated player/prospect on these boards.

The most? I doubt that. There's like 5 posters that overrate him. That hardly qualifies as most overrated prospect.

Edit: Apparently 11 currently overrate him. But still, he's not significantly below this list. It's kind of filled with a bunch of meh.

 

[PensBandwagonerNo272*]

Since being drafted, Zlobin has consistently, and without justification, been the most overrated player/prospect on these boards.

If it makes it easier for you I wouldn't be surprised if none of these guys become NHLers.

 

[Gallatin]

While I agree we have entered the land of the Longshot Prospect, I feel the need to point out the last prospect rated - Rust, is most likely to be a bottom 6 forward in the NHL soon, maybe even this season.

It's automatic as long as he can stay healthy IMO.

 

[Burgs]

IMO Zlobin's absolute ceiling is Michel Ouellet. A good nose for the net, decent hands in close and not totally lost in his own zone. But not fast or strong enough to provide more than some cheap secondary scoring. Ouellet worked very hard on his game to earn almost 200 NHL games, and it helped that he was Therrien's pet project (and that the Pens had no depth in those years). Zlobin is still pretty far from making any noise in the pros, and is still living off his Memorial Cup GWG. I think Hynes didn't like him very much, maybe Sullivan will find a niche for him. But there's also his shoulder injuries. He's had surgery twice on the same shoulder, and it cost him nearly a season and a half of developing time. He said this summer a third shoulder injury would really mess him up so if that were to happen I believe he'd be done as a prospect.

 

[Waffle Fries]

Blueger is probably the "right" answer here, but I went with Tiffels.

Tiffels was a freshman and put up 11 goals and 21 points in 32 games. Good for 5th on the team in points, and tied for 3rd on the team in goals. He was younger and played less games than everyone ahead of him. And he's already built pretty solidly at 6'1 206.


Add Marcantuoni.

 

[blazinblair]

Fredrik Tiffels for me