Prospect Info: 2020 HFDevils Prospect Rankings #11

[Nubmer6]

Rank	Player	Draft POS	Vote %	2019 Result	2018 Result
1	Alexander Holtz	2020 #7	88.6	Jack Hughes	Ty Smith
2	Ty Smith	2018 #17	90.1	Ty Smith	Michael McLeod
3	Dawson Mercer	2020 #18	63.8	Jesper Boqvist	Joey Anderson
4	Nolan Foote	2019 #27	80.4	MacKenzie Blackwood	Jesper Boqvist
5	Kevin Bahl	2018 #55	65.7	Joey Anderson	John Quenneville
6	Shakir Mukhamadullin	2020 #20	58.7	Aarne Talvitie	Reilly Walsh
7	Tyce Thompson	2019 #96	45.8	Reilly Walsh	Brett Seney
8	Janne Kuokkanen	2016 #43	41.2	Michael McLeod	Jeremy Davies
9	Reilly Walsh	2017 #81	26.8	Nathan Bastian	Fabian Zetterlund
10	Daniil Misyul	2019 #70	27.8	Daniil Misyul	Blake Speers

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Last Pick: Daniil Misyul - Loko Yaroslavl / MHL

Added: Yegor Sharangovich


Eligible Prospects:

Nikola Pasic Benjamin Baumgartner Cole Brady Evan Cormier Ethan Edwards Brandon Gignac Jeremy Groleau Matthew Hellickson Josh Jacobs Mikhail Maltsev Eetu Päkkilä Nikita Popugayev Jaromir Pytlik David Quenneville Akira Schmid Nathan Schnarr Gilles Senn Artem Shlaine Colby Sissions Marian Studenic Colton White Michael Vukojevic Yegor Zaitsev Fabian Zetterlund___________________

In Poll: Nathan Bastian Graeme Clarke Nico Daws Arseni Gritsyuk Case McCarthy Nick Merkley Patrick Moynihan Nikita Okhotyuk Aarne Talvitie Yegor Sharangovich Selected: Alexander Holtz Ty Smith Dawson Mercer Nolan Foote Kevin Bahl Shakir Mukhamadullin Tyce Thompson Janne Kuokkanen Reilly Walsh Daniil Misyul ____________________________________

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[Cheddabombs]

I can see arguments for like 5 guys on the list to be honest lol

 

[glenwo2]

Daws and Merkley are neck-and-neck.

 

[RememberTheName]

Daws, add Pytlik

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

Merk add Pytlik

 

[Lou is God]

Starting to think Okhotyuk might very well be our most underrated prospect.

 

[My3Sons]

Starting to think Okhotyuk might very well be our most underrated prospect.

In name only...

 

[MartyOwns]

if nhl-readiness is a factor, this should really go to bastian or merkley in a landslide

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

if nhl-readiness is a factor, this should really go to bastian or merkley in a landslide

Sharangovich has 10 goals in 21 KHL games

 

[MartyOwns]

Sharangovich has 10 goals in 21 KHL games

i'll be interested to see if that carries over, KHL stats don't mean much to me. nick and nathan have NHL experience (albeit limited) and i'm quite confident they'll have nice little careers as bottom 6 players. hopefully all 3 pan out.

 

[My3Sons]

i'll be interested to see if that carries over, KHL stats don't mean much to me. nick and nathan have NHL experience (albeit limited) and i'm quite confident they'll have nice little careers as bottom 6 players. hopefully all 3 pan out.

I think what Sharangovich is showing is that his end of season run with Bingo was not a fluke. In that context I think his KHL numbers show he’s continuing to build on his strong finish.

 

[Guttersniped]

Voted Merk yet again, add Pytlik.

 

[Beastdog75]

Voted for Daws, add Maltsev

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Voted for Bastian. Curious about the criteria. Are we considering closest to NHL ready or long-term potential? And how are some players eligible while others are not?

 

[Guadana]

Whats a hell Gritsyuk isn`t in top-11? I`ll burn all of you. I've already hacked everyone and I know all the addresses. And at the same time chose a new President for you with my comrades. You will regret it! Or vote for Gritsyuk next time.

If we have first level talented players like Holtz and Smith, second level talented players Bahl and Foote, and Mercer somewhere between this two groups, I would put Gritsyuk in the third group.

 

[Buyout Haula]

Bastian and Merkley have highest guarantee of being NHL regulars.

Many others have higher ceilings.

I’m voting based on NHL certainty.

 

[My3Sons]

Whats a hell Gritsyuk isn`t in top-11? I`ll burn all of you. I've already hacked everyone and I know all the addresses. And at the same time chose a new President for you with my comrades. You will regret it! Or vote for Gritsyuk next time.

If we have first level talented players like Holtz and Smith, second level talented players Bahl and Foote, and Mercer somewhere between this two groups, I would put Gritsyuk in the third group.

You have the advantage of multiple viewings of him. Many of us only have highlights and insane rants from you about him. Please be lenient with us.

 

[Guadana]

You have the advantage of multiple viewings of him. Many of us only have highlights and insane rants from you about him. Please be lenient with us.

The funny thing is, I've always voted for Bastian before.
All successful teams have their own successful version of Bastian. I hope the Devils got a successful version, too.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Whats a hell Gritsyuk isn`t in top-11? I`ll burn all of you. I've already hacked everyone and I know all the addresses. And at the same time chose a new President for you with my comrades. You will regret it! Or vote for Gritsyuk next time.

If we have first level talented players like Holtz and Smith, second level talented players Bahl and Foote, and Mercer somewhere between this two groups, I would put Gritsyuk in the third group.

Made a "shiny toy" reference in a discussion about the defense but that appears to be the case in this discussion, too.

Players like Bahl, Foote and to a lesser degree Merkley (a former 1st round pick who does seem to merit the acclaim) are immediately elevated over the in-house prospects who are either in Binghamton or were drafted by New Jersey.

Binghamton made great strides last season but all of their top prospects are summarily dismissed.

Similarly guys like Okhotyuk, Clarke, and Vukojevic in juniors, or the college guys McCarthy and Talvitie and Zaitsev and Misyul in Russia are rarely mentioned.

 

[Guadana]

Made a "shiny toy" reference in a discussion about the defense but that appears to be the case in this discussion, too.

Players like Bahl, Foote and to a lesser degree Merkley (a former 1st round pick who does seem to merit the acclaim) are immediately elevated over the in-house prospects who are either in Binghamton or were drafted by New Jersey.

Binghamton made great strides last season but all of their top prospects are summarily dismissed.

Similarly guys like Okhotyuk, Clarke, and Vukojevic in juniors, or the college guys McCarthy and Talvitie and Zaitsev and Misyul in Russia are rarely mentioned.

I`m pretty high on Talvitie, we can understand why people not so high on him, he has pretty grey year. Like Misyul who hasn`t decent minutes now.
And I`m pretty interesting in Zaitsev. He is a man from the mystery box. He is late rounder why people don`t expect much, but it`s ok for late rounders. If he will be roster player- woohoo, if not - no one will regret.
I can`t agree with you that people like only new toys from other side. Gritsyuk, Thompson, even Walsh, whom I wouldn't trust to walk my dog. There are some attention on them.
And you should know we trade prospects for real players. This is not a draft, this is not a choice from the void, these are players with a better history of local success. When you draft , you choose from hundred of players. When you go to the exchange in trade - you choose one of the best from top list of a particular club . Or trade somewhere else. It's just a theory of probability. I don't know if you took classes at University, but that's how it works.

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Not sure about the University comment but I agree with your assessment of trades vs drafting. It seems there is a big emphasis on the draft when in reality the correlation between drafting and success on the ice isn't as direct as it is say in American football.

The most obvious example is the two most recent Stanley Cup champions.

While there were some key players acquired through the draft, a significant portion of the rosters came from elsewhere.

 

[Guadana]

Not sure about the University comment but I agree with your assessment of trades vs drafting. It seems there is a big emphasis on the draft when in reality the correlation between drafting and success on the ice isn't as direct as it is say in American football.

The most obvious example is the two most recent Stanley Cup champions.

While there were some key players acquired through the draft, a significant portion of the rosters came from elsewhere.

I would say that the Draft is very important in building championship teams. Over the past three years, winning teams have had a lot of their own drafted players or players who came as a result of exchanges before the start of their NHL careers. Especially if we are talking about defensemen. But without the trades, Tampa and St. Louis probably wouldn't have become Champions.

 

[Nubmer6]

I`m pretty high on Talvitie, we can understand why people not so high on him, he has pretty grey year.

I was very high on him too, but his leg injury really concerns me. I'm hoping he comes back strong though, and I hold out a lot of hope that he can be another Blake Coleman type.

 

[TBF1972]

Whats a hell Gritsyuk isn`t in top-11? I`ll burn all of you. I've already hacked everyone and I know all the addresses. And at the same time chose a new President for you with my comrades. You will regret it! Or vote for Gritsyuk next time.

If we have first level talented players like Holtz and Smith, second level talented players Bahl and Foote, and Mercer somewhere between this two groups, I would put Gritsyuk in the third group.

Coffee and cake are ready. Let's discuss, how we can best ship Gritsyuk off the team.

 

[My3Sons]

Coffee and cake are ready. Let's discuss, how we can best ship Gritsyuk off the team.

My golden retrievers are hiding under the bed and my wife took the boys to a remote cabin surrounded by inbred cannibals who wear old goalie masks and carry chain saws saying that the cannibals were less threatening than Guadana coming over to show more Gritsyuk highlights on the tv.