Prospect Info: 2018 HFDevils Prospect Rankngs #16

[Nubmer6]

Rank	Player	Draft POS	Vote %	2017 Result	2016 Result
1	Ty Smith	2018 #17	83.6	Nico Hischier	Pavel Zacha
2	Michael McLeod	2016 #12	59.6	Michael McLeod	Michael McLeod
3	Joey Anderson	2016 #73	56.2	Steven Santini	Steven Santini
4	Jesper Boqvist	2017 #36	31.2	John Quenneville	John Quenneville
5	John Quenneville	2014 #30	40.2	Blake Speers	MacKenzie Blackwood
6	Reilly Walsh	2017 #81	64.6	Yegor Rykov	Joseph Blandisi
7	Brett Seney	2015 #157	41.2	T - Mackenzie Blackwood	Miles Wood
8	Jeremy Davies	2016 #192	50.3	T - Jesper Boqvist	Josh Jacobs
9	Fabian Zetterlund	2017 #63	35.2	Joey Anderson	Blake Speers
10	Blake Speers	2015 #67	39.1	Miles Wood	Nathan Bastian
11	Aarne Talvitie	2017 #163	22.6	Mirco Mueller	Nick Lappin
12	MacKenzie Blackwood	2015 #42	26.5	Nikita Popugayev	Mikhail Maltsev
T-13	Nathan Bastian	2016 #41	27.3	Reilly Walsh	Scott Wedgewood
T-13	Colby Sissons	Undrafted	27.3	Nathan Bastian	Brandon Gignac
15	Marian Studenic	2017 #143	29.4	Brandon Gignac	Joey Anderson
16				Fabian Zetterlund	Colton White
17				Jesper Bratt	Vojtech Mozik
18				Marian Studenic	Yegor Rykov
19				Mikhail Maltsev	Blake Coleman
20				Aarne Talvitie	Reece Scarlett

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Remaining eligible prospects:

Cam Johnson
Eetu Pakkila
Nikita Popugayev
Kevin Rooney
Colton White

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[Nubmer6]

I didn't bother adding anyone to the poll since there were already 10 choices, and I really can't see someone voting in Rooney or Popugayev into the top 20.

 

[Nubmer6]

Whoops. Double post.

 

[devilsblood]

Sharangovich.

 

[NJDevils17]

Bernard should easily be there

 

[RememberTheName]

Maltsev without question

 

[MartyOwns]

we’re wandering into “who the f*** knows at this point?” tuuurrrrratory

 

[Nubmer6]

we’re wandering into “who the **** knows at this point?” tuuurrrrratory

Frankly, I find it astounding that we're this far into the polls and there are still choices that, to me, have at least a glimmer of hope to make the big leagues. Hellickson had glowing reviews, Schmid could work out, Maltsev and Sharangovich are well regarded, Chainey and Gignac show potential, and Bernard could have been a steal. It wouldn't be surprising if at least one of them eventually make it.

 

[Quest for Stanley]

Senn add White

 

[MartyOwns]

Frankly, I find it astounding that we're this far into the polls and there are still choices that, to me, have at least a glimmer of hope to make the big leagues. Hellickson had glowing reviews, Schmid could work out, Maltsev and Sharangovich are well regarded, Chainey and Gignac show potential, and Bernard could have been a steal. It wouldn't be surprising if at least one of them eventually make it.

agreed. our top 5 in 2012 probably had scarlett, boucher, gavrus or whatever the f***, etc

 

[MartyOwns]

sweet double post

 

[HBK27]

agreed. our top 5 in 2012 probably had scarlett, boucher, gavrus or whatever the ****, etc

Anyone have links to some rankings from years further back?

 

[MartyOwns]

Anyone have links to some rankings from years further back?

2013:

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/devils-prospect-poll-2013-18.1484083/

 

[Bologna 1]

Maltsev. Been voting him for a while now in these.

 

[Nubmer6]

Anyone have links to some rankings from years further back?

2017 HF Devils Top 20 Prospect Rankings: #20
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/2017-hf-devils-top-20-prospect-rankings-20.2377093/

Final HFDevils Prospect Poll and Discussion (2016)
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/final-hfdevils-prospect-poll-and-discussion.2109389/

Annual Devils Prospect Rankings #20 (2015)
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/annual-devils-prospect-rankings-20.1933641/

Offseason Prospect Rankings (2014) - Looks like we didn't run one.
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/offseason-prospect-rankings.1662441/

Devils Prospect Poll 2013- #20 (2013)
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/devils-prospect-poll-2013-20.1485147/

 

[Emperoreddy]

Some of those older lists are really really rough.

Severson, Santini, and Kink the only ones still here from 2013.

Merrill the only one outside the organization playing at the NHL level.

2015 list has Zacha, Santini, Coleman, and Wood as NHLers. JQ, Blackwood, and Speers with the chance of becoming regulars still. So that is a better list.

 

[HBK27]

Thanks for posting the links - interesting to look back and see how the prospects were ranked.

Blake Coleman's position is interesting as well - was 18th in 2013, up to 7th in 2015 and dropped back down to 19th in 2016 before not appearing in last year's poll (too old?).

 

[Nubmer6]

Thanks for posting the links - interesting to look back and see how the prospects were ranked.

Blake Coleman's position is interesting as well - was 18th in 2013, up to 7th in 2015 and dropped back down to 19th in 2016 before not appearing in last year's poll (too old?).

I'm surprised he made it up to 7th. I always viewed him as another attempted Madden replacement kinda like Scottie Pellerin. A ho-hum grinder for a checking line, but who couldn't score like Madden. He made the team out of nowhere last year. It gives me hope for a lot of the other prospects we have.

 

[Devils Dominion]

I could see Gignac make a big jump in next year's rankings.

 

[HBK27]

I'm surprised he made it up to 7th. I always viewed him as another attempted Madden replacement kinda like Scottie Pellerin. A ho-hum grinder for a checking line, but who couldn't score like Madden. He made the team out of nowhere last year. It gives me hope for a lot of the other prospects we have.

I liked Coleman as a prospect and thought he had a good shot of making the team last year. He still certainly exceeded expectations.

 

[Goptor]

Some of those older lists are really really rough.

Severson, Santini, and Kink the only ones still here from 2013.

Merrill the only one outside the organization playing at the NHL level.

2015 list has Zacha, Santini, Coleman, and Wood as NHLers. JQ, Blackwood, and Speers with the chance of becoming regulars still. So that is a better list.

Its because we're awful at making these lists. The 2013 list has two NHLers that weren't even ranked in the top 20. That doesn't include Coleman at 18 which you must have missed.

 

[My3Sons]

Did Pakilla play more than one WJSS game this past week? He was not very noticeable in one game I recall him playing but I didn’t recall hearing his name called in any other game.

 

[Triumph]

Its because we're awful at making these lists. The 2013 list has two NHLers that weren't even ranked in the top 20. That doesn't include Coleman at 18 which you must have missed.

I don't think this is because 'we're awful at making the list' - the two players in question are Kerfoot, who had a shoulder injury and missed most of the 2012-13 season, and Miles Wood, who was playing high school hockey at the time. We can only go on the information we have.

 

[Bleedred]

2017 HF Devils Top 20 Prospect Rankings: #20
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/2017-hf-devils-top-20-prospect-rankings-20.2377093/

Final HFDevils Prospect Poll and Discussion (2016)
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/final-hfdevils-prospect-poll-and-discussion.2109389/

Annual Devils Prospect Rankings #20 (2015)
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/annual-devils-prospect-rankings-20.1933641/

Offseason Prospect Rankings (2014) - Looks like we didn't run one.
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/offseason-prospect-rankings.1662441/

Devils Prospect Poll 2013- #20 (2013)
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/devils-prospect-poll-2013-20.1485147/

Oh, wow. That 2013 one was BRUTAL! Merrill and Boucher rounding out the top 2. Only Severson and Santini are left at all from the top 10. Urbom tied for 6th. Matteau rounding out the top 5? Helgeson at 14th? Coleman was at 18th, which is pretty funny now. Kinkaid is the only other one still here.

2015 was still kind of funny. Helgeson still at 14th, frickin Kalinin (WUT?!) tied for 15th with Kerfoot. I'm surprised Miles Wood wasn't higher than 11th in 2015.

 

[Cage Helmet]

Oh, wow. That 2013 one was BRUTAL! Merrill and Boucher rounding out the top 2. Only Severson and Santini are left at all from the top 10. Urbom tied for 6th. Matteau rounding out the top 5? Helgeson at 14th? Coleman was at 18th, which is pretty funny now. Kinkaid is the only other one still here.

2015 was still kind of funny. Helgeson still at 14th, frickin Kalinin (WUT?!) tied for 15th with Kerfoot. I'm surprised Miles Wood wasn't higher than 11th in 2015.

Matteau is just too devoid of skill. Can’t score at all. 7 points and 4 goals in 64 career NHL games. Just not good enough. Just doesn’t do enough to justify that gaunt stat line. Helgeson was pretty much in line with Mark Fraser and Pete Harrold. Really beyond useless. Boucher is too slow and doesn’t score enough at the NHL level. Merrill is okay, but he’s just painfully average.