16-17 Red Wings Mid-Season Prospect Ranking -- #5

[Frk It]

Saarijarvi wins round 4, the add for this round is Turgeon

1.) Evgeny Svechnikov (73%)
2.) Filip Hronek (73%)
3.) Dennis Cholowski (59%)
4.) Vili Saarijarvi (58%)

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[Number1RedWingsFan52]

I went with Givani Smith think this kid is going to be something special.

 

[KasperTheGrittyGhost]

Went with little Bert, but there's definitely an argument for Smith. I think both are locks to be in our top 9 in about 3 years.

 

[waltdetroit]

Add Renouf

 

[MBauer]

Went with little Bert, but there's definitely an argument for Smith. I think both are locks to be in our top 9 in about 3 years.

Both look more like 4th line guys to me, with Bert more likely to be a top 9 guy . I would really have a hard time calling Smith who is well below a ppg in junior a top 9 lock, he has a lot to prove before he even sniffs the NHL.

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

Nosek

 

[Ezekial]

Both look more like 4th line guys to me, with Bert more likely to be a top 9 guy . I would really have a hard time calling Smith who is well below a ppg in junior a top 9 lock, he has a lot to prove before he even sniffs the NHL.

He's third in points on a **** team and second in +/- and one of 2 forwards on his team that are +.

No one on Guelph has been PPG since Tyler Bertuzzi in 14/15

He's not a lock to even make the NHL (no kid in Junior is) but he could definitely crack the top 9 with his style of play. He's complimentary.

 

[njx9]

Coin flip between Russo and Bert. I assume Bert is a 4th liner and Russo is a 3rd pairing guy, when all's said and done. I don't really expect any of these other guys to make the NHL (minus Coreau, who might be able to stick around as a back-up goalie). Nosek's probably next.

I've also just realized that I've been making a weird assumption that Hicketts was a lot older than he actually is. I have no idea why.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

The Nephtuzzi

 

[SoupNazi]

Lil' Bert.

To be honest, I don't love any of the choices that much anymore.

 

[Vatican Roulette]

Lil' Bert.

To be honest, I don't love any of the choices that much anymore.

That's the point. Don't love them, rank them.

Then hope that the next batch makes the ranking harder.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Lil' Bert.

To be honest, I don't love any of the choices that much anymore.

I think we have a lot of interesting depth in the pool. Russo, Hicketts, Bert are all promising. Nosek is doing great this year, might not be a star but could be something of a Sheahan upgrade as a legit bottom 6 two-way guy. Sambrook is also having a good year. Imo if there's a problem with our prospect pool currently it's the high-end that's lacking, I like the depth we have coming up more than usual.

 

[drwings40]

Bertuzzi

 

[Syckle78]

I think we have a lot of interesting depth in the pool. Russo, Hicketts, Bert are all promising. Nosek is doing great this year, might not be a star but could be something of a Sheahan upgrade as a legit bottom 6 two-way guy. Sambrook is also having a good year. Imo if there's a problem with our prospect pool currently it's the high-end that's lacking, I like the depth we have coming up more than usual.

Getting depth is easy. Every team has prospects like these guys. This prospect pool is depressing as hell.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Getting depth is easy. Every team has prospects like these guys. This prospect pool is depressing as hell.

I'd disagree with all three of those statements.

 

[PelagicJoe]

Bert. I agree with that other guy: Our prospect pool sucks.

 

[Frk It]

Bert. I agree with that other guy: Our prospect pool sucks.

We should be acquiring as many picks as possible. Would like to re-stock the pipeline. We have no centers and don't want to completely stop drafting defenseman either.

 

[ricky0034]

I think we have a lot of interesting depth in the pool. Russo, Hicketts, Bert are all promising. Nosek is doing great this year, might not be a star but could be something of a Sheahan upgrade as a legit bottom 6 two-way guy. Sambrook is also having a good year. Imo if there's a problem with our prospect pool currently it's the high-end that's lacking, I like the depth we have coming up more than usual.

Russo/Hicketts/Bertuzzi are really nothing special and extremely unlikely to ever amount to anything beyond bottom of the lineup guys if they ever even make it to the NHL at all

Nosek is having a nice year but he's also 24 with 150+ AHL games under his belt(and multiple years in the Czech league before that) lots of guys start producing in the AHL when they've been around for a while then never amount to anything in the NHL

Sambrook? maybe someday,too early to say really


compare it to the first midseason ranking from another year I was able to find(14-15)

1: Mantha
2: Ouellet
3: Mrazek
4: Larkin
5: Pulkkinen
6: Sproul
7: Athanasiou
8: Marchenko
9: Bertuzzi
10: Jensen

with the following still remaining as options:

Backman
Ehn
Hicketts
Holmstrom
Janmark
Nastasiuk
Nosek
Turgeon
Tvrdon


it really is a night and day difference in terms of depth especially when you consider how well guys like Pulkkinen who ultimately didn't pan were doing at the time


granted that's not entirely the Wings fault since with how many prospects have graduated over the past couple years pretty much any teams prospect pool wouldn't look very deep

but it's a weak looking pool nonetheless

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

Why are people so disappointed that most of our forward prospects project to be bottom-six forwards? Most of the forwards in the NHL are bottom-six forwards. Why should things be different for the Wings?

 

[Frk It]

Guess my add is Sadowy, since I kinda forgot he existed.

 

[ricky0034]

Why are people so disappointed that most of our forward prospects project to be bottom-six forwards? Most of the forwards in the NHL are bottom-six forwards. Why should things be different for the Wings?

because the Wings literally have ONE forward prospect that will realistically be anything more than a bottom six guy even IF they pan out?

it wouldn't be an issue if guys like Bertuzzi weren't competing for the #5 prospect spot and #2 forward prospect spot

 

[Syckle78]

Why are people so disappointed that most of our forward prospects project to be bottom-six forwards? Most of the forwards in the NHL are bottom-six forwards. Why should things be different for the Wings?

Because you don't build around bottom 6 players. A team as bad as ours in the cap situation like us should have a deeper more rich prospect pool. We're pretty much starting from scratch outside of high hopes for Larkin.