Prospect Info: 2017 Final Prospect Rankings

[Goose of Reason]

Fiore completes this year's ranking. Thanks to everyone who voted this year, and again to Boogernaut for having the template in place for me. Bring on the regular season!

Rank | Prospect | % of Vote | Yearly Change | Overall Change
1| Brandon Montour |65.08%| +2 | +11 (Since 2014)|
2| Sam Steel |79.55%| +5 | +5 (Since 2016)|
3| Jacob Larsson |84.78%| +1 | +5 (Since 2015)|
4| Max Jones |64.91%| +1 | +1 (Since 2016)|
5| Ondrej Kase |37.31%| +10 | +15 (Since 2014)|
6| Troy Terry |58.70%| +8 | +10 (Since 2015)|
7| Josh Mahura |65.85%| +12 | +12 (Since 2016)|
8| Maxime Comtois |32.65%|n/a|n/a (Since 2017)|
9| Marcus Pettersson |43.48%| -1 | +2 (Since 2014)|
10| Antoine Morand |39.53%|n/a|n/a (Since 2017)|
11| Nic Kerdiles |31.71%| +1 | -3 (Since 2012)|
12| Julius Nattinen |40.48%| -6 | -2 (Since 2015)|
13| Andrew Welinski |57.14%| -2 | +7 (Since 2011)|
14| Jaycob Megna |50.00%|n/a| +9 (Since 2013)|
15| Kalle Kossila |53.13%| -5 | -5 (Since 2016)|
16| Kevin Roy |54.84%|0| +1 (Since 2012)|
17| Jack Kopacka |36.67%| +6 | +6 (Since 2016)|
18| Jack Badini |46.43%|n/a|n/a (Since 2017)|
19| Nick Sorensen |30.77%| -10 | -5 (Since 2013)|
20| Brent Gates Jr. |25.93%| -1 | -2 (Since 2015)|
21| Olle Eriksson Ek |27.27%|n/a|n/a (Since 2017)|
22| Deven Sideroff |31.82%| -5 | -1 (Since 2015)|
23| Tyler Soy |45.45%| -3 | -3 (Since 2016)|
24| Alex Dostie |54.55%| +1 | +1 (Since 2016)|
25| Giovanni Fiore |34.38%|n/a|n/a (since 2017)|

Each poll will be open for 48 hours. If it's not close after 24 hours, I'll call it. If it is, it'll go the full 48. In the event of a tie after 48 hours, a 24-hour runoff will be held. The winner will get the open spot; the loser will go back into the pool, not get the next-lowest rank. The poll will go up to #25. Players are in the poll on the basis of HF's prospect criteria. Essentially, skaters with less than 65 games before the season of their 24th birthday, or goalies with less than 45 games before the season of their 24th birthday, are considered prospects. There are some nuances with respect to older-signed players, which I believe only applies to Garret Metcalf this year.

Vote on players using whatever criteria you like. This isn't the readiness poll or the talent poll or the most-likely-to-be-best poll, it's just a survey of who we as Duck fans like.


Prior years results:
2004-05 Lockout II Edition
2010 Edition
2011 Edition
2012 Edition
2013 Lockout III Edition
2014 Edition
2015 Edition
(if anyone can find other years, let me know and I'll add them)

year | rank | Prospect | year | rank | Prospect | year | rank | Prospect | change | year | rank | Prospect | change | year | rank | Prospect | change | year | rank | prospect | change 2005 | 1 | Getzlaf | 2010 | 1 | Sbisa | 2011 | 1 | Etem | +5 | 2012 | 1 | Palmieri | +2 | 2013 | 1 | Gibson | +6 | 2014 | 1 | Gibson |0
| 2 | Bryzgalov || 2 | Fowler || 2 | Holland | +2 || 2 | Vatanen | +2 || 2 | Lindholm | +3 || 2 | Vatanen | +5
| 3 | Perry || 3 | Gardiner || 3 | Palmieri | +2 || 3 | Etem | -2 || 3 | Silfverberg |n/a|| 3 | Karlsson | +7
| 4 | Smid || 4 | Holland || 4 | Vatanen | +3 || 4 | Holland | -2 || 4 | Etem | -1 || 4 | Ritchie |n/a
| 5 | Holmqvist || 5 | Palmieri || 5 | REDACTED | +11 || 5 | Lindholm |n/a|| 5 | Rakell | +3 || 5 | Andersen | +7
| 6 | Brent || 6 | Etem || 6 | DSP | +7 || 6 | DSP |0|| 6 | Holland | -2 || 6 | Rakell | -1
| 7 | Kunitz || 7 | Vatanen || 7 | Gibson |n/a|| 7 | Gibson |0|| 7 | Vatanen | -5 || 7 | Kerdiles | +1
| 8 | Popovic || 8 | Clark || 8 | Rakell |n/a|| 8 | Rakell |0|| 8 | Kerdiles | +1 || 8 | Theodore | +3
| 9 | Smirnov || 9 | Mitera || 9 | Maroon |n/a|| 9 | Kerdiles |n/a|| 9 | Noesen |n/a|| 9 | Noesen |0
| 10 | S. O'Brien || 10 | Bonino || 10 | Bonino |0|| 10 | Karlsson | +4 || 10 | Karlsson |0|| 10 | Sorensen | +4
| 11 | Saunders || 11 | Deschamps || 11 | Clark | -3 || 11 | Andersen |n/a|| 11 | Theodore |n/a|| 11 | Pettersson |n/a
| 12 | Smith || 12 | McMillan || 12 | Friberg |n/a|| 12 | Wagner | +6 || 12 | Andersen | -1 || T12 | Manson | +13
| 13 | Glenncross || 13 | DSP || 13 | Deschamps | -2 || 13 | Friberg | -1 || 13 | Smith-Pelly | -7 || T12 | Montour |n/a
| 14 | Korsunov || 14 | Newton || 14 | Karlsson |n/a|| 14 | Clark | -3 || 14 | Sorensen |n/a|| 14 | Friberg | +5
| 15 | Konopka || 15 | Bobkov || 15 | Bobkov |0|| 15 | Welinski | +5 || 15 | Roy | +2 || 15 | Wagner | +2
| 16 | Martensson || 16 | REDACTED || 16 | Macenauer |n/a|| 16 | Maroon | -7 || 16 | Welinski | -1 || 16 | Roy | -1
| 17 | Foster || 17 | Pielmeier || 17 | Cramarossa |n/a|| 17 | Roy |n/a|| 17 | Wagner | -5 || 17 | Welinski | -1
| 18 | Penner || 18 | Sharp || 18 | Wagner |n/a|| 18 | Bobkov | -3 || 18 | Laganiere |n/a|| 18 | Laganiere |0
| 19 | Klubertanz || 19 | Heed || 19 | Schofield |n/a|| 19 | Lind | +2 || 19 | Friberg | -6 || 19 | Thompson | +1
| 20 | Parenteau || 20 | Manson || 20 | Welinski |n/a|| 20 | Cramarossa | -3 || 20 | Thompson |n/a|| 20 | Kase |n/a
| 21 | Perrault || 21 |N/A|| 21 | Lind |n/a|| 21 | A. O'Brien |n/a|| 21 | Sarault |n/a|| 21 | Bobkov | +2
| 22 |N/A|| 22 |N/A|| 22 | Newton | -8 || 22 | Heed | +3 || 22 | Cramarossa | -2 || 22 | Blacker |n/a
| 23 |N/A|| 23 |N/A|| 23 | Carle |n/a|| 23 | Caputi |n/a|| 23 | Bobkov | -5 || 23 | Megna |n/a
| 24 |N/A|| 24 |N/A|| 24 | Perlini |n/a|| 24 | Cooper |n/a|| 24 |N/A||| 24 | Besse |n/a
| 25 |N/A|| 25 |N/A|| 25 | Heed | -6 || 25 | Manson |NR|| 25 |N/A||| 25 | Aaltonen |n/a

Year | Rank | Prospect | Change | Year | Rank | Prospect | Change 2015 | 1 | Gibson |0| 2016 | 1 | Theodore | +1
| 2 | Theodore | +6 || 2 | Ritchie | +1
| 3 | Ritchie | +1 || 3 | Montour | +1 |
| 4 | Montour | +8 || 4 | Larsson | +4 |
| 5 | Manson | +7 || 5 | Jones |n/a|n/a
| 6 | Noesen | +3 || 6 | Nattinen | +4 |
| 7 | Kerdiles |0|| 7 | Steel |n/a|n/a
| 8 | Larsson |n/a|| 8 | Pettersson | +3 |
| 9 | Friberg | +5 || 9 | Sorensen | +6 |
| 10 | Nattinen |n/a|| 10 | Kossila |n/a|n/a
| 11 | Pettersson |0|| 11 | Welinski | +6 |
| 12 | Wagner | +3 || 12 | Kerdiles | -5 |
| 13 | Roy | +3 || 13 | Noesen | -7 |
| 14 | Kase | +6 || 14 | Terry | +2 |
| 15 | Sorensen | -5 || 15 | Kase | -1 |
| 16 | Terry |n/a|| 16 | Roy | -3 |
| 17 | Welinski |0|| 17 | Sideroff | +4 |
| 18 | Gates |n/a|| 18 | Besse | +1 |
| 19 | Besse |n/a|| 19 | Mahura |n/a|n/a
| 20 | Sgarbossa |n/a|| 20 | Soy |n/a|n/a
| 21 | Sideroff |n/a|| 21 | Gates | -3 |
| 22 | Thompson | -3 || 22 | Thompson |0|
| 23 | O'Brien |NR|| 23 | Kopacka |n/a|n/a
| 24 | Helgesen |NR|| 24 | Boyle |n/a|n/a
| 25 | Metcalf |n/a|| 25 | Dostie |n/a|n/a

Notable Graduates/Departures:
Theodore
Ritchie
Noesen
Cramarossa
Besse
O'Brien
Cooper

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[MMC]

Soy and Kossila too low.

 

[AngelDuck]

Good list. Other than Megna and Nattinen being too high for me I don't have a ton of disagreements.
Thanks for doing it

 

[Paul4587]

Thanks for doing this. Not a bad list either only a couple of guys that are in the wrong spots IMO.

 

[Nurmagomedov]

I'd switch Welinski & Megna with Kerdiles & Nattinen but other than that small tweak i think the board got it right.

 

[duxfan1101]

Well these tables look great now

 

[Mortal Wombat]

Here is a post about how to fix the tables: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/migration-complete.2391847/#post-136129605

 

[neelynugs]

anyone have the actual list handy? curious to see what it looked like this summer. mainly mahura and where he slots in,
and who has been a big riser this fall.

 

[Goose of Reason]

anyone have the actual list handy? curious to see what it looked like this summer. mainly mahura and where he slots in,
and who has been a big riser this fall.

Wow didn't realize that the forum migration took out tables like that. The code isn't even available to edit anymore, that's annoying. Anyhow, here's our list. Mahura was #7.

1. Montour
2. Steel
3. Larsson
4. Jones
5. Kase
6. Terry
7. Mahura
8. Comtois
9. Pettersson
10. Morand
11. Kerdiles
12. Nattinen
13. Welinski
14. Megna
15. Kossila
16. Roy
17. Kopacka
18. Badini
19. Sorensen
20. Gates Jr.
21. Eriksson Ek
22. Sideroff
23. Soy
24. Dostie
25. Fiore

 

[neelynugs]

Wow didn't realize that the forum migration took out tables like that. The code isn't even available to edit anymore, that's annoying. Anyhow, here's our list. Mahura was #7.

1. Montour
2. Steel
3. Larsson
4. Jones
5. Kase
6. Terry
7. Mahura
8. Comtois
9. Pettersson
10. Morand
11. Kerdiles
12. Nattinen
13. Welinski
14. Megna
15. Kossila
16. Roy
17. Kopacka
18. Badini
19. Sorensen
20. Gates Jr.
21. Eriksson Ek
22. Sideroff
23. Soy
24. Dostie
25. Fiore

who would you list as the current top 10? montour/kase assuming are considered NHL guys.
welinski and roy maybe risers?

 

[Goose of Reason]

who would you list as the current top 10? montour/kase assuming are considered NHL guys.
welinski and roy maybe risers?

I would probably say this with Montour and Kase being graduates. Roy is looking like he shouldn't go back to the AHL but we have a lot of forward depth so he might go down as a numbers game casuality unfortunately. I'm sure some people would argue Roy being even higher based on his play.

1. Steel
2. Larsson
3. Jones
4. Terry
5. Mahura
6. Comtois
7. Roy
8. Welinski
9. Pettersson
10. Morand

Welinski and Pettersson can go either way, Welinski is just further ahead in development but Pettersson looked really good in preseason games. Fiore would be ranked higher as well, he actually got some games in at the start of the year.