Prospect Info: 2020 HFDevils Prospect Rankings #14

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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
11	Nico Daws	2020 #84	37.0	Marian Studenic	Aarne Talvitie
12	Nick Merkley	2015 #30	30.0	Brett Seney	MacKenzie Blackwood
13	Yegor Sharangovich	2018 #141	27.9	Fabian Zetterlund	T-Nathan Bastian

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Last Pick: Yegor Sharangovich - Dinamo Minsk / KHL

Added: Fabian Zetterlund


Eligible Prospects:

Nikola Pasic Benjamin Baumgartner Cole Brady Evan Cormier Ethan Edwards Brandon Gignac Jeremy Groleau Matthew Hellickson Josh Jacobs 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___________________

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

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[Billdo]

Still going with McCarthy, y'all are sleeping on him.

 

[Darkauron]

McCarthy again and again and again for me. I agree peeps are sleeping on em

 

[Comparison Ford]

nikita 4 me

 

[Guttersniped]

Went with Bastian but it was a tough choice. Add Pytlik.

 

[MakoSlade]

13 players ranked and I still see prospects I like...very nice!

 

[OmNomNom]

mccarthy, ncaa is great for development

 

[Beastdog75]

Voted for Bastian, add Senn

 

[TBF1972]

the good thing about not voting the winner. it doesn't take long to chose in the next vote. talavite

 

[Ripshot 43]

the good thing about not voting the winner. it doesn't take long to chose in the next vote. talavite

I gave up on Talavite this soon. People aren’t ready for him so I feel like I keep throwing my vote away so I am going for my next in line that is competing for the top spot. Weird strategy but why waste my vote just to say I had him above others next year?

 

[My3Sons]

I gave up on Talavite this soon. People aren’t ready for him so I feel like I keep throwing my vote away so I am going for my next in line that is competing for the top spot. Weird strategy but why waste my vote just to say I had him above others next year?

I think Talvite can have an NHL future if his knee has recovered. We will have to see how he plays this season. Allegedly they have a game tonight? Hopefully they get a good number of them in.

 

[MartyOwns]

this late in the game, i'm voting for the only guy who has seen nhl ice...pretty easy. add schnarr

 

[Cheddabombs]

Going with Okhotyuk again, add Studenic

 

[Blackjack]

Gritsyuk add Zaitsev

 

[HBK27]

Went with Bastian. I think he's (somewhat quietly) made some really nice progress the past few seasons since turning pro and will be a nice addition to the big club this season.

After him, I'm not sure where to go - seems like McCarthy & Okhotyuk have the next highest amount of support.

Both were drafted a year ago, with Okhotyuk going in round 2 versus McCarthy in round 4. Tough to really gauge the D+1 year development for defensemen, though both seemingly had good seasons. Okhotyuk's was cut short by injury, though he still played 7 more games than McCarthy. Devils brass obviously thought Okhotyuk was the better prospect a year ago, selecting him two rounds earlier in addition to selecting 4 players in between. Did McCarthy really close the gap already on Okhotyuk? And what do we make of Vukojevic who was selected in between these two players and isn't even a poll option yet?

Just tough to judge the development of defensemen.

 

[Blackjack]

Went with Bastian. I think he's (somewhat quietly) made some really nice progress the past few seasons since turning pro and will be a nice addition to the big club this season.

After him, I'm not sure where to go - seems like McCarthy & Okhotyuk have the next highest amount of support.

Both were drafted a year ago, with Okhotyuk going in round 2 versus McCarthy in round 4. Tough to really gauge the D+1 year development for defensemen, though both seemingly had good seasons. Okhotyuk's was cut short by injury, though he still played 7 more games than McCarthy. Devils brass obviously thought Okhotyuk was the better prospect a year ago, selecting him two rounds earlier in addition to selecting 4 players in between. Did McCarthy really close the gap already on Okhotyuk? And what do we make of Vukojevic who was selected in between these two players and isn't even a poll option yet?

Just tough to judge the development of defensemen.

I rate the NCAA as a much tougher league than the CHL, so I now have McCarthy and Moynihan ahead of Okhotyuk and certainly Vukojevic. Draft position does mean something, but even as recently as 1 year ago the difference between 61 OA and 118 is not that great. I also think you can have a lot of movement in one year when you're talking about teenagers.

Incidentally I have McCarthy ahead of Misyul (who went at #10), and I also have Zaitsev ahead of Misyul and Okhotyuk. Zaitsev is playing 16:00 per game in the KHL while Misyul is playing 6. Apparently the KHL rolls 4 defensive pairings, so 16:00 a game is very good, especially if he's not getting power play time.

 

[Guttersniped]

I rate the NCAA as a much tougher league than the CHL, so I now have McCarthy and Moynihan ahead of Okhotyuk and certainly Vukojevic. Draft position does mean something, but even as recently as 1 year ago the difference between 61 OA and 118 is not that great. I also think you can have a lot of movement in one year when you're talking about teenagers.

Incidentally I have McCarthy ahead of Misyul (who went at #10), and I also have Zaitsev ahead of Misyul and Okhotyuk. Zaitsev is playing 16:00 per game in the KHL while Misyul is playing 6. Apparently the KHL rolls 4 defensive pairings, so 16:00 a game is very good, especially if he's not getting power play time.

They don’t have 4 defensive pairs but they get to dress two extra players as “designated juniors” from their junior team roster that are added to the 20 man line up taken from their KHL roster. The junior players just have to be skaters (no goalies), Russian and 20 or under. I’m pretty sure this how top NHL prospects get the infamous minuscule playing times in the KHL that everyone bitches about but I admit I’m pretty shaky on the mysterious workings of the KHL so please correct me if I’m wrong.

But yeah, Misyul is 20 and was the 7th defenseman. I think he was just sent down though.

 

[DevilsJunkie]

Bastian, add Senn.

 

[DevilsJunkie]

Bastian, add Senn.

 

[Ripshot 43]

It’s a Bastian landslide!

 

[Jersey Fan 12]

Voted for Bastian. That he and Clarke (who is in Canada's camp for the WJC) are not much higher hurts the credibility of this poll.

 

[Blackjack]

Voted for Bastian. That he and Clarke (who is in Canada's camp for the WJC) are not much higher hurts the credibility of this poll.

I have Gritsyuk ahead of both. Where should Bastian and Clarke be in the rankings?

 

[Frozen Lake]

Wasnt long ago that John Quenneville was one of our better prospects. Looking at what we have now reminds me of how crappy a pick he was

 

[New Jersey Devils]

McCarthy. I believe he could become our version of Brett Pesce.

 

[HBK27]

Wasnt long ago that John Quenneville was one of our better prospects. Looking at what we have now reminds me of how crappy a pick he was

He was an awful pick - a lot of fans wanted Lemieux, who at least turned into an NHL player.

The Matteau pick two years earlier was just as brutal. Doesn't help that Tanner Pearson was taken with the following pick.

If Lou had forfeited the Matteau pick, the Devils would've had the 11th pick in 2014. Fiala went 11th that year, Vrana 13th & Larkin 15th. Though given our drafting back then, I'm sure Conte would've taken someone like Honka.