Prospect Info: [#2] 2017 HFStars Prospect Rankings

[Satan]

Summer 2017 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​

| Miro Heiskanen |

D​

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2017​

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1st​

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New​

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87.0​

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





Up next:

Gavin Bayreuther
Jason Dickinson
Remi Elie
Denis Guryanov
Niklas Hansson
Roope Hintz
Julius Honka
Jake Oettinger
Jason Robertson *Added this round
Riley Tufte


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​

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2014​

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1st​

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-​

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78.6​

2​

| Esa Lindell |

D​

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2012​

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3rd​

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+1​

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33.3​

3​

| Denis Guryanov |

RW​

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2015​

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1st​

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-1​

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41.9​

4​

| Jason Dickinson |

C/W​

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2013​

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1st​

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-​

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52.2​

5​

| Radek Faksa |

C​

|

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2012​

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1st​

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+6​

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64.3​

6​

| Stephen Johns |

D​

|

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Trade​

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-​

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+1​

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54.2​

7​

| Riley Tufte |

LW​

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2016​

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1st​

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New​

​

|

31.0​

8​

| Brett Ritchie |

RW​

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2011​

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2nd​

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-3​

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46.4​

9​

| Devin Shore |

C​

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|

2012​

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2nd​

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-1​

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57.7​

10​

| Roope Hintz |

LW​

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2015​

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2nd​

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+5​

|

AINEC​

11​

| Niklas Hansson |

D​

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2013​

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3rd​

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New​

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34.8​

12​

| Mattias Backman |

D​

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|

Trade​

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-​

|

New​

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47.6​

13​

| Philippe Desrosiers |

G​

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|

2013​

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2nd​

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-1​

|

57.1​

14​

| Cole Ully |

LW​

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|

2013​

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5th​

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+2​

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47.4​

15​

| Chris Martenet |

D​

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2015​

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4th​

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New​

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36.8​

16​

| Michael Prapavessis |

D​

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2014​

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4th​

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New​

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35.3​

17​

| Remi Elie |

LW​

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2013​

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2nd​

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-4​

|

64.7​

18​

| Fredrik Karlstrom |

C​

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2016​

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3rd​

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New​

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25.0​

19​

| Colton Point |

G​

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2016​

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5th​

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New​

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47.1​

20​

| Matej Stransky |

RW​

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2011​

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6th​

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New​

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28.6​

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[Satan]

#1 was easy

so is this one

 

[Satan]

#3 Poll will be posted in the morning. That's where things start to get interesting I guess.



so you guys may as well discuss who your #3 is and why in the meantime


or go enjoy your saturday night

 

[BigG44]

After Heiskanen and Honka it's tough.

Gurianov had a very good 19 year old season. He didn't get a ton of time early, but after he blew up at the WJC, and was arguably Russia's best player, he came back and played a bigger role with Texas. Tufte gets injured make his transition to the NCAA game even tougher, but he takes off after Christmas scoring at a high clip. Dickinson has a really tough but predictable transition back from major hip surgery, but he ends the season pretty well. It's not even close that Hintz had the best season. He missed time with injury yet again, but he still finished Top 10 in goal scoring the Liiga, and he lead the Liiga playoffs in scoring. Robertson and Oettinger probably belong in this discussion as well.

Dickinson probably has the lowest upside of everyone in this range, but he's the safest NHLer. Oettinger, Robertson, Gurianov, Hintz, and Tufte has the highest upside of that group. Elie is probably just on the outside of that group because like Dickinson, he doesn't have the highest NHL potential.

I think I'm going with Hintz next ... plus why not keep the Finn's going. I wasn't sure about his scoring potential in the NHL, but he at least proved he could be a top scoring in a Euro men's league. I thought he might be a good 3rd line player before, but I think he might honestly at least potentially be a 2nd line forward in the NHL. Oettinger has the best potential of the remaining group. He could be a long time starter, and Robertson probably has the best goal scoring potential of everyone.

 

[Benneguin]

Personally I would go:

Gurianov
Robertson
Hintz
Oettinger

 

[LT]

And the one vote is Guryanov is some random non-Stars' fan. Of course.

Honka easily.

 

[LT]

When did we sign Ondrej Vala?

Could've sworn we drafted him but apparently not.

 

[MBTendy]

Honka, and then Gury.

 

[serp]

When did we sign Ondrej Vala?

Could've sworn we drafted him but apparently not.

Was at development Camp and Traverse City last year. Got an ELC afterwards i think.

 

[joshik]

Honka
Gugyanov
Oettinger
Tufte
Hintz
Bayreuther
Elie
Dickinson
Hansson
Robertson I never saw him play and I know nothing about him

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

I would have put Honka first, then Miro, Guri, Hintz, Elie, Otter, Tufte, Bayruther, Hansson (who spent a lot of time yesterday between drills talking to one of the coaches, whatever that means) Dickenson, Roberston.

On Robertson, funny how preconceptions shape my (probably anyone) opinion. Told he had skating problems, he didn't look half bad.