Prospect Info: 2019 HFDevils Prospect Rankings #10

[Triumph]

Whatever his CHL production was, I remember that he was considered to be a fairly raw prospect, that's why he lasted to the 4th round after all. I definitely don't dispute that he regressed the following season, but he was good enough for the Devils to sign, and he played a quarter season in the AHL. I don't think you can ignore that. It will be interesting to see how he starts the season in Binghamton.

Popugaev lasted until the 4th round because there were questions about his commitment to hockey. I'm sure he was on a lot of teams' do not draft list.

The Devils haven't signed Popugaev - the Binghamton Devils have. He has a 1 year AHL deal. The only reason he's fallen into the AHL is because he was basically run out of the KHL - he couldn't get consistent playing time for CSKA, a top team, so he was traded to Khabarovsk, a last place team. He couldn't get playing time there either, so finally he signed a minor league deal with Binghamton last season and did enough to get another one of those. But he did have a good development camp scrimmage game so a lot of people are excited about him again.

I don't know, I kind of think anyone at #20 is a bit of a long shot. I'm glad he's in the AHL, if he's going to learn to use his size effectively, that's the place to do it.

Obviously we're talking about very small differences, yeah. In reality there isn't a huge gap between the 15th and 25th best prospects on a team's prospect list. But 6% is 100% greater than 3%, and that's the kind of difference I'm talking about.

 

[Devils731]

Whatever his CHL production was, I remember that he was considered to be a fairly raw prospect, that's why he lasted to the 4th round after all. I definitely don't dispute that he regressed the following season, but he was good enough for the Devils to sign, and he played a quarter season in the AHL. I don't think you can ignore that. It will be interesting to see how he starts the season in Binghamton.

I don't know, I kind of think anyone at #20 is a bit of a long shot. I'm glad he's in the AHL, if he's going to learn to use his size effectively, that's the place to do it.

Nikita Popugaev Scouting Report: 2017 NHL Draft #42

The problem for Pops in his draft year is that his second half of the season saw his production dry up. He’s basically gone 1.5 seasons with little production and he’s a player that only brings production, he doesn’t skate, play physical, and play great defense.

On top of that he kept forcing his way out of situations which from the outside looks like he kept blaming others for his on ice issues but that doesn’t appear true when it happens multiple times.

Hopefully he’s learned some hard lessons and is ready to put in some big effort this season and his production returns. I found it concerning he got in a slashing and yelling match with Speers before the prospects game when I believe Speers is known as a good teammate.

 

[neelynugs]

Rank	Player	Draft POS	Vote %	2018 Result	2017 Result
1	Jack Hughes	2019 #1	88.6	Ty Smith	Nico Hischier
2	Ty Smith	2018 #17	86.4	Michael McLeod	Michael McLeod
3	Jesper Boqvist	2017 #36	74.8	Joey Anderson	Steven Santini
4	MacKenzie Blackwood	2015 #42	88.6	Jesper Boqvist	John Quenneville
5	Joey Anderson	2016 #73	37.0	John Quenneville	Blake Speers
6	Aarne Talvitie	2017 #160	35.1	Reilly Walsh	Yegor Rykov
7	Reilly Walsh	2017 #81	51.4	Brett Seney	T-Mackenzie Blackwood
8	Michael McLeod	2016 #12	50.7	Jeremy Davies	T-Jesper Boqvist
9	Nathan Bastian	2016 #41	35.1	Fabian Zetterlund	Joey Anderson

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Added: Patrick Moynihan

Remaining eligible prospects:
Xavier Bernard
Cole Brady
Graeme Clarke
Evan Cormier
Arseni Gritsyuk
Jeremy Groleau
Matthew Hellckson
Mitchell Hoelscher
Eetu Pakkila
Nikola Pasic
Nikita Popugaev
Akira Schmid
Gilles Senn
Yegor Sharangovich
Colby Sissions
Blake Speers
Tyce Thompson
Colton White
Yegor Zaitsev

where would you have bahl on this list?

 

[AfroThunder396]

If we graduate Hughes and Blackwood, my quick and dirty Jan 2020 ranking without a lot of thought would be:

1. Smith
2. Boqvist
3. Bahl
4. Anderson
5. Talvitie
6. Walsh
7. McLeod
8. Bastian
9. Thompson
10. Seney

HM: Maltsev, Misyul, Okhotyuk, Zetterlund, Merkley

 

[beekay414]

If we graduate Hughes and Blackwood, my quick and dirty Jan 2020 ranking without a lot of thought would be:

1. Smith
2. Boqvist
3. Bahl
4. Anderson
5. Talvitie
6. Walsh
7. McLeod
8. Bastian
9. Thompson
10. Seney

HM: Maltsev, Misyul, Okhotyuk, Zetterlund, Merkley

I'd probably have Misyul and Okhotyuk over Bastian and Seney. I'd also probably have Graeme Clarke in there somewhere or close to it.

 

[beekay414]

I'd probably have Misyul and Okhotyuk over Bastian and Seney. I'd also probably have Graeme Clarke in there somewhere or close to it.

Actually...

1. Ty Smith
2. Jesper Boqvist
3. Kevin Bahl
4. Joey Anderson
5. Daniil Misyul
6. Reilly Walsh
7. Aarne Talvitie
8. Michael McLeod
9. Graeme Clarke
10. Tyce Thompson/Fabian Zetterlund/Nikita Okhotyuk (can't decide)

 

[Nico Hischier]

IMO our top 3 prospects are smith Bahl and McLeod

 

[Lou is God]

Actually...

1. Ty Smith
2. Jesper Boqvist
3. Kevin Bahl
4. Joey Anderson
5. Daniil Misyul
6. Reilly Walsh
7. Aarne Talvitie
8. Michael McLeod
9. Graeme Clarke
10. Tyce Thompson/Fabian Zetterlund/Nikita Okhotyuk (can't decide)

Zetterlund I might move up a couple slots.

 

[My3Sons]

Isn’t Boquist a graduate by the end of the season?

 

[Cheddabombs]

I'd count Boqvist as graduated, and my top 10 right now would be

1) Smith
2) Misyul
3) Bahl
4) Talvitie
5) Walsh
6) McLeod
7) Anderson
8) Maltsev
9) Thompson
10) Zetterlund