Prospect Info: [#1] 2017 HFStars Prospect Rankings

[Satan]

Summer 2016 Top 20 Prospects

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Prospect​

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Pos.​

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Country​

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Acquired​

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Round​

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Change​

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% of Vote​

1​

| Julius Honka |

D​

|

|

2014​

|

1st​

|

-​

|

78.6​

2​

| Esa Lindell |

D​

|

|

2012​

|

3rd​

|

+1​

|

33.3​

3​

| Denis Guryanov |

RW​

|

|

2015​

|

1st​

|

-1​

|

41.9​

4​

| Jason Dickinson |

C/W​

|

|

2013​

|

1st​

|

-​

|

52.2​

5​

| Radek Faksa |

C​

|

|

2012​

|

1st​

|

+6​

|

64.3​

6​

| Stephen Johns |

D​

|

|

Trade​

|

-​

|

+1​

|

54.2​

7​

| Riley Tufte |

LW​

|

|

2016​

|

1st​

|

New​

​

|

31.0​

8​

| Brett Ritchie |

RW​

|

|

2011​

|

2nd​

|

-3​

|

46.4​

9​

| Devin Shore |

C​

|

|

2012​

|

2nd​

|

-1​

|

57.7​

10​

| Roope Hintz |

LW​

|

|

2015​

|

2nd​

|

+5​

|

AINEC​

11​

| Niklas Hansson |

D​

|

|

2013​

|

3rd​

|

New​

|

34.8​

12​

| Mattias Backman |

D​

|

|

Trade​

|

-​

|

New​

|

47.6​

13​

| Philippe Desrosiers |

G​

|

|

2013​

|

2nd​

|

-1​

|

57.1​

14​

| Cole Ully |

LW​

|

|

2013​

|

5th​

|

+2​

|

47.4​

15​

| Chris Martenet |

D​

|

|

2015​

|

4th​

|

New​

|

36.8​

16​

| Michael Prapavessis |

D​

|

|

2014​

|

4th​

|

New​

|

35.3​

17​

| Remi Elie |

LW​

|

|

2013​

|

2nd​

|

-4​

|

64.7​

18​

| Fredrik Karlstrom |

C​

|

|

2016​

|

3rd​

|

New​

|

25.0​

19​

| Colton Point |

G​

|

|

2016​

|

5th​

|

New​

|

47.1​

20​

| Matej Stransky |

RW​

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|

2011​

|

6th​

|

New​

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28.6​

Graduated: Esa Lindell, Radek Faksa, Stephen Johns, Brett Ritchie, Devin Shore
Not retained: Mattias Backman

2012 Draft: Ludwig Bystrom, Gemel Smith
2013 Draft: Jason Dickinson, Remi Elie, Philippe Desrosiers, Niklas Hansson, Cole Ully
2014 Draft: Julius Honka, Michael Prapavessis, Miro Karjalainen, John Nyberg
2015 Draft: Denis Guryanov, Roope Hintz, Chris Martenet, Joseph Cecconi, Markus Ruusu
2016 Draft: Riley Tufte, Fredrik Karlstrom, Rhett Gardner, Colton Point, Nicholas Caamano, Jakob Stenqvist
2017 Draft: Miro Heiskanen, Jake Oettinger, Jason Robertson, Liam Hawel, Jacob Peterson, Brett Davis

Signed: Gavin Bayreuther, Landon Bow, Ondrej Vala

Traded for: Dillon Heatherington

Am I missing anyone?



Up first:

Gavin Bayreuther
Jason Dickinson
Remi Elie
Denis Guryanov
Niklas Hansson
Miro Heiskanen
Roope Hintz
Julius Honka
Jake Oettinger
Riley Tufte

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[Satan]

holy **** what did HF do to my table

 

[Satan]

this one should be pretty cut and dry

 

[Magic Mittens]

Miro baby!

First two should be pretty obv

 

[LT]

Heiskanen, then Honka. Rest is a tier below.

 

[JohnnyHockey]

if the #3 pick isn't your top prospect, you picked the wrong guy.

 

[LT]

if the #3 pick isn't your top prospect, you picked the wrong guy.

Or you have another really strong prospect.

 

[37 others]

Obviously not the #1 prospect, but how do people feel about Nick Caamano?

 

[LT]

I find it interesting that 5 of our top 10 last year ended up playing (mostly) full-time.

Also, should we add Mark McNeill? If Heatherington is on there, I think he should be as well. Probably won't make the top 20, though.

 

[Satan]

Heatherington is 22, McNeill is 24 and I figured he was too old more or less.

 

[txomisc]

Heiskanen followed closely by Honka. Both are incredible prospects with top pairing potential.

 

[MBTendy]

Went with Honka solely based on what i've seen. It could go either way.

After the top 2 it should get interesting.

 

[JohnnyHockey]

Or you have another really strong prospect.

Touche. I meant with our group of guys.

 

[oconnor9sean]

Tough to balance potential vs NHL readiness. We all know Honka is gonna be a good player, so that means a lot, however Heiskanen's potential is insane.

Going with Heiskanen.

 

[OttMorrow]

Honka has more offensive upside, but Heiskanen is likely going to be the better all-around player.

Missed the poll, but would have gone with Heiskanen.

Hopefully we get to see those 2 paired together at some point to compare and contrast.

With the addition of Heiskanen's defensive prowess to our prospect pool, the future of our D is very bright...for the first time in YEARS.