Prospect Info: 2018 Prospect Rankings #8

[MMC]

Vote using any whatever criteria you'd like. Only prospects that are eligible under HF's prospect criteria (less than 65 games played before 24th birthday, or 45 for goalies) will be eligible for this poll.

Marcus Pettersson is the winner of the seventh poll and is our #7 ranked prospect to enter the season!

For this poll, I'm voting for Max Jones.

This year's rankings:

1. Sam Steel +1
2. Troy Terry +4
3. Jacob Larsson -
4. Josh Mahura +3
5. Isac Lundestrom UR
6. Maxime Comtois +2
7. Marcus Pettersson +2

Last year's rankings:

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

Notable Graduates/Departures:

Montour
Kase
Kerdiles
Soy
Megna

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[Zegs2sendhelp]

Jones for me

 

[DuckTech]

I have Morand higher than most, I voted for him last time and have again this time with Jones just behind him.

 

[DuckTech]

I have Morand higher than most, I voted for him last time and have again this time with Jones just behind him.

 

[AngelDuck]

Jones

 

[bsu]

White Emerson etem

 

[Paul4587]

McLaughlin. Off the board but he was really good in the USHL which is a really overlooked league. His shot and offensive instincts are really good.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Andy Welinski for me. Only defensive prospect that likes to boom his shot from the blue line.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

The more I think about it, is there really a reason to rank Jones above Kopacka aside from draft pedigree? They're fairly similar prospects except Kopacka has shown more obvious progression from year to year. Jones may have slightly more explosive tools but still had less overall impact at the same level.

I don't mean this as a knock on Jones, but I just don't see what separates him from another big,fast power winger who outperformed him at the OHL level.

 

[Vipers31]

Just ran across the Sporting News' organizational rankings, and thought I'd put this in here for... contrast/entertainment/whatever.

They have Terry as the Ducks' top prospect, Pettersson at 3, Steel at 5, Larsson at 10, with the Ducks' overall pool sitting at 15, noting that our exceptional drafting has earned prospects the "benefit of the doubt", which apparently doesn't apply to Steel or Larsson.

 

[Exit Dose]

At least the choice of players makes sense even if their rankings don't.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Just ran across the Sporting News' organizational rankings, and thought I'd put this in here for... contrast/entertainment/whatever.

They have Terry as the Ducks' top prospect, Pettersson at 3, Steel at 5, Larsson at 10, with the Ducks' overall pool sitting at 15, noting that our exceptional drafting has earned prospects the "benefit of the doubt", which apparently doesn't apply to Steel or Larsson.

1. Troy Terry	RW/C	Anaheim (NHL)	5th/2015
2. Josh Mahura	LHD	San Diego (AHL)	3rd/2016
3. Marcus Pettersson	LHD	Anaheim (NHL)	2nd/2014
4. Isac Lundestrom	C	Lulea (SHL)	1st/2018
5. Sam Steel	C	San Diego (AHL)	1st/2016
6. Max Jones	LW	San Diego (AHL)	1st/2016
7. Maxime Comtois	LW	Drummondville (QMJHL)	2nd/2016
8. Antoine Morand	C	Halifax (QMJHL)	2nd/2016
9. Blake McLaughlin	LW	Minnesota (NCAA)	3rd/2018
10. Jacob Larsson	LHD	San Diego (AHL)	1st/2015

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

That's how they have them rank... man they got Jacob Larsson and steel a bit low.

 

[duxfan1101]

The more I think about it, is there really a reason to rank Jones above Kopacka aside from draft pedigree? They're fairly similar prospects except Kopacka has shown more obvious progression from year to year. Jones may have slightly more explosive tools but still had less overall impact at the same level.

I don't mean this as a knock on Jones, but I just don't see what separates him from another big,fast power winger who outperformed him at the OHL level.

I'd say Jones is more versatile. I remember reading his coach at London called him one of the best penalty killers in the league. Jones is known for his motor, which can be a huge asset for a bottom 6 player, but as we've seen with him, it can get him into trouble, too.