2020 Spring Prospects Poll: Who's #8?

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All prospects who fit the HF prospect criteria are included.

ELIGIBILITY
-In his Age-24 season with fewer than 65 NHL games for a skater (or 45 games for a goalie).
-Jonas Johansson (Age-24 season) will age out after this season.

-If signed out of Europe or the NCAA at age 22 or older, fewer than 65 (skaters) or 45 (goalies) NHL games within three years of signing.
-The following players' eligibility is based on the 22 and over rule: Lawrence Pilut (03/15/21), Andrew Oglevie (04/11/21), Victor Olofsson (04/24/21), Brandon Hickey (07/01/21), Casey Fitzgerald (03/26/22), Brandon Biro (03/18/23), Dawson DiPietro (03/23/23).


-If I have made any mistakes with the list, let me know.

RULES
Each poll runs 24 hours and is public. Vote for your choice and nominate a prospect from the list below to replace that player on the subsequent poll.

If there is a tie in the Top 10, there will be a run-off and the losing prospect will be returned to the pool for the next vote. Outside the Top 10, the tie will hold, the two highest Adds will be added and we'll move on.

PROSPECT RANKINGS
In the past, we've also done skater-only and goalie-only threads, as well as aggregate-type of rankings. If someone is interested, they are welcome to inherit that responsibility.

Spring 2020 Top Prospects
1. Dylan Cozens, C (--): 49 of 55 votes (89.1%). Runner up, Victor Olofsson (3 votes)
2. Victor Olofsson, LW* (--): 29 of 44 votes (65.9%). Runner up, Lawrence Pilut (2 votes)
3. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G (--): 30 of 45 votes (66.7%). Runner up, Lawrence Pilut (11 votes)
4. Lawrence Pilut, D (+1): 30 of 41 votes (73.2%). Runner up, Matej Pekar (3 votes)
5. Jacob Bryson, D (+9): 7 of 30 votes (23.3%). Runner up, Ryan Johnson (7 votes). Won runoff 16-7.
6. Rasmus Asplund, C (+1): 7 of 16 votes (43.8%). Runner up, Ryan Johnson (6 votes)
7. Ryan Johnson, D (+1): 12 of 34 votes (35.3%). Runner up, Arttu Ruotsalainen (9 votes)

Eligible to be added
D: Casey Fitzgerald, Brandon Hickey, Linus Lindstrand Cronholm, Philip Nyberg, Matthew Spencer, William Worge Kreu

F: Brandon Biro, Filip Cederqvist, Dawson DiPietro, Vasili Glotov, Aaron Huglen, Brett Murray, Andrew Oglevie, Lukas Rousek

*prospect eligibility concludes once five (5) more NHL games are played

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[Chainshot]

BB8, err Arttu. Add Fitz.

 

[Jim Bob]

Samuelsson + Fitzy

 

[old kummelweck]

Pekar again.

 

[Bendium]

This really is a desert of prospect talent past Cozens and the ones already playing with the Sabres.

 

[Dirty Dog]

This really is a desert of prospect talent past Cozens and the ones already playing with the Sabres.

not really, there a lot of good role players that can be developed. We aren’t missing high end young talent on this team

 

[tsujimoto74]

not really, there a lot of good role players that can be developed. We aren’t missing high end young talent on this team

We're very thin with forward prospects. Cozens is great, obviously. After that, Mitts and Thompson are projects. Pekar is promising but might not have high end upside. Asplund probably tops out as a 3rd liner. Ruotsalainen has some promise, but he's pretty undersized, so you have to question whether he'd be able to stick in the NHL if he can't hack it in a scoring role.

I also don't love our D pool all that much. Most fall into one of two camps: (1) good but undersized or (2) big but that's their most noteworthy characteristic.

Luukkonen is nice.

 

[missingmika]

The fall of Oskari

 

[allsilverdreams]

This really is a desert of prospect talent past Cozens and the ones already playing with the Sabres.

Because most of our picks in the first round are already playing.
Eichel,Rienhart,Dahlin,Mitylestatt

 

[SundherDome]

This really is a desert of prospect talent past Cozens and the ones already playing with the Sabres.

That's what happens when you don't draft out of the CHL You draft guys that are 3 plus years out from hitting the Amerks.