Speculation: 2015-2016 Minnesota Wild Prospect Rankings - #1

[gphr513]

To determine who are the top prospects of the Minnesota Wild. Prospect criteria via Hockey's Future.

If a prospect is a skater (forward, defenseman) and has played in 65 NHL games or more before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday; or, if a goaltender has played in 45 NHL games before the completion of the season of his 24th birthday, that player will be considered graduated to the NHL. Conversely, if a player completes the season of his 24th birthday without passing those milestones, then that player will no longer be considered a prospect by Hockey’s Future, regardless of the player’s status with his NHL club.

If you feel someone should be added to the list, post their name and we can add them to the poll in the next round of voting. Poll open for 2 days.

Keep it civil!

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[TZM]

Reilly, because of his potential and experience. Basically a toss-up between him and Tuch.

 

[Victorious Secret]

I'll take the mid 1st round pick that had a great year of development.

 

[gphr513]

I think it's Reilly, because of the offensive potential, even though I think he'll need a lot of work on his defense. Tuch a close second.

 

[Victorious Secret]

Honestly, I don't know how Reilly is even close to Tuch or Eriksson.

Maxim Noreau 4.0 doesn't touch those 2.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Tough choice between Tuch and Erksson Ek.

Both have the same draft pedigree.

Both have pretty similar upsides, IMO, ~30-30 type of players.

Eriksson Ek plays the more important position.

Tuch had a pretty impressive freshman year, leading BC in scoring as an 18 year old (turned 19 in May).

Always hard to judge point production of young Europeans, but Ek showed very well against his junior competition.

Going with Tuch as 1A, Eriksson Ek as 1B.

 

[gphr513]

Honestly, I don't know how Reilly is even close to Tuch or Eriksson.

Maxim Noreau 4.0 doesn't touch those 2.

I may have let some bias creep into the decision

 

[TZM]

Reilly will be most probably called up at some point next season. He has attributes that can crack him into a top 5 defensemen group in the NHL. Neither of the 1st rounders will see time with the big group.

 

[ThatGuy22]

JEE. Between him and Tuch, he had the better numbers U18 Tourney, and when they all shared the ice he looked the best.

 

[MuckOG]

Honestly, I don't know how Reilly is even close to Tuch or Eriksson.

Maxim Noreau 4.0 doesn't touch those 2.

You either haven't watched Reilly play or you're joking.

 

[Jbcraig1883]

Tuch and Ek are at the top for me, could be 1a and 1b. With that said, I hope people listen to me this year about Graovac...should be in top 5 pretty easily.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Tuch and Ek are at the top for me, could be 1a and 1b. With that said, I hope people listen to me this year about Graovac...should be in top 5 pretty easily.

I have him and Reilly as #3 and #4, but I'm not sure of which one is first yet.

 

[Engebretson]

The biggest issue I see with these polls is that some people are ranking based on NHL-readiness and some are ranking based on potential. Personally, I'm going with potential and I see guys like Tuch and Eriksson Ek as having the most potential.

I'm going with Tuch for #1.

 

[DANOZ28]

because reilly will probably see atleast a few nhl games this year i'd put him #1 on the list , tuch #2 ; i guess ek #3. maybe lucia #4 ; after that probably a coin toss between olofsson , belpedio , greenway. oops in advance if i missed somebody!

 

[Dampland]

Wow is Rielly overvalued here. But since he is a Gopher, that is to be expected.

He is a 3rd line d-man. Unless he makes HUGE HUGE steps in improving his defensive game.

 

[Nino Noderreiter]

The biggest issue I see with these polls is that some people are ranking based on NHL-readiness and some are ranking based on potential. Personally, I'm going with potential and I see guys like Tuch and Eriksson Ek as having the most potential.

I'm going with Tuch for #1.

Yeah, I go it as a combination of readiness and potential when looking at something like this.

I look at potential as the potential meter they could fill up, a guy like Reilly is more NHL ready than a guy like Tuch or Ek and thus is closer to completely filling up that meter than the latter two. Although, Tuch and Ek might have better potential (I'd like to argue that Reilly offensive talents give him huge upside, you can be above average defensively with hockey IQ and good skating ability. The positional awareness comes with time, but if you've got a good hockey IQ and are a good skater, you can make up for a lot of your mistakes and have a bigger margin for error.)


Basically, Reilly going to be a gamechanger offensively. His potential is weather he can become a bottom 2 pairing guy, who can run a PP or if he figures out how to play good defense, he's got as much potential as Dumba. People talk about him as raw and yeah that is true, but that's just if you're asking him to become a top pairing defenseman. His floor is actually PP QB and bottom pairing defense like in the role Leddy played for the Blackhawks.

 

[Minnesota]

Woah, y'all really like Tuch.

I'm going with JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

[gphr513]

Yeah, I go it as a combination of readiness and potential when looking at something like this.

I look at potential as the potential meter they could fill up, a guy like Lucia is more NHL ready than a guy like Tuch or Ek and thus is closer to completely filling up that meter than the latter two. Although, Tuch and Ek might have better potential (I'd like to argue that Lucia's offensive talents give him huge upside, you can be above average defensively with hockey IQ and good skating ability. The positional awareness comes with time, but if you've got a good hockey IQ and are a good skater, you can make up for a lot of your mistakes and have a bigger margin for error.)


Basically, Lucia's going to be a gamechanger offensively. His potential is weather he can become a bottom 2 pairing guy, who can run a PP or if he figures out how to play good defense, he's got as much potential as Dumba. People talk about him as raw and yeah that is true, but that's just if you're asking him to become a top pairing defenseman. His floor is actually PP QB and bottom pairing defense like in the role Leddy played for the Blackhawks.

I'm assuming you're talking about Reilly here, and not Lucia

 

[Nino Noderreiter]

Wow is Rielly overvalued here. But since he is a Gopher, that is to be expected.

He is a 3rd line d-man. Unless he makes HUGE HUGE steps in improving his defensive game.

So a guy that's already a legit NHL defender with above average offensive skills (instead of a guy like Prosser) who, if he improves, could be even better? That's pretty valuable to me.

Ek and Tuch could be top line guys, if they improve and develop, just like Reilly...but Reilly is already a lock to be at least a 3rd line D + PP specialist, as you have said "[now] he is a 3rd line d-man."

You don't think having him on the 3rd line, instead of Prosser or Stoner...isn't a gamechanger? I mean if we're going to have two guys playing on the 3rd line and I know that if we play either play we're going to have to deal with a couple defensive miscues a game...I'd rather take a couple miscues from a guy with Reilly's offensive ability, compared to Prosser's bottom pairing D skill + little to no contribution offensively.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Wow is Rielly overvalued here. But since he is a Gopher, that is to be expected.

He is a 3rd line d-man. Unless he makes HUGE HUGE steps in improving his defensive game.

I don't think he's #1, but if you re-draft 2011, he has a pretty good chance of going in the 20-30 range based on what he's accomplished since. I don't think a 3-5 spot is too far out of bounds.

Suggestion for next round, add Zack Mitchell.

 

[MuckOG]

Wow is Rielly overvalued here. But since he is a Gopher, that is to be expected.

He is a 3rd line d-man. Unless he makes HUGE HUGE steps in improving his defensive game.

I think his ceiling is a 1st or 2nd pairing defenseman.

 

[Minnesota]

Poor Kurtis Gabriel...

He's the new Colton Gillies.

 

[forthewild]

Tuch for me, I think Eriksson Ek will be really good for us but I like what Tuch is showing. He is big, he's a good skater, has the right attitude and has done great in his 1st year at BC.

 

[Engebretson]

No Adam Gilmour either. So we're pretty sure he's going Schultz/Hayes/Reilly on us?

 

[BagHead]

Have to go Eriksson Ek. I think he has the highest upside, and at arguably the most important position. Certainly the most needed position.