Prospect Info: 2021 Ducks Prospect Rankings #6

[MMC]

It's time for our annual Ducks prospect rankings. Each poll will run for 48 hours except in the case of a clear landslide. I will go to the top 25 and include a final poll where you can pick 5 honorable mentions. Please tell me who you want me to add in the replies. In the sixth poll, I am voting for Henry Thrun.

As always the list will define prospects as hockeysfuture does: NHL Prospect Criteria - Hockey's Future.

2021 Ducks Prospect Rankings
1. C - Trevor Zegras (no change)
2. D - Jamie Drysdale (no change)
3. C - Mason McTavish (1st year)
4. G - Lukas Dostal (-1)
5. RW - Jacob Perreault (no change)

Our notable graduates and departures are:

Max Comtois
Isac Lundestrom
Antoine Morand
Jack Kopacka
Matthew Hill​

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[MMC]

Torn here between Thrun, Lacombe, Zellweger, Tracey, Pastujov, and Colangelo. Ultimately went with Thrun but really see a ton of prospects as justifiable. Either way, a very deep pool with legit upside all throughout the top 10 and beyond

 

[GunnarStahl]

I went went with Zellweger, cant help but feel like he can be a home run pick for the Ducks

 

[DuckTech]

I am going to say it now, I like what I see in Pastujov. Going to be the steal of the draft!

 

[KickHisAssZegrass]

It's Pasta time for me. Can't teach elite offensive IQ.

 

[Paul4587]

Torn between Pastujov and Zellweger.
Ultimately went with the former because he has a skill set that can’t be taught and I want to see more of a sample size of Zellweger dominating the WHL before I get my hopes up too much.

 

[ShadowDuck]

Between Zellweger and Groulx for me.

I’ll be banging Moore’s drum after that

 

[Duck Off]

Z, Pasta, and Groulx all debatable here. I think I have them in that order though so went Z

 

[AngelDuck]

The amount of recency bias here is rather crazy to me

LaCombe for me. His numbers as a sophomore are very encouraging.

I could understand Zellwegger being in the discussion here but don’t really get the Pastujov mentions. Yes he’s promising but he’s not a top 6 prospect on this team right now. Some pretty big question marks and things to prove

 

[Trojans86]

I went went with Zellweger, cant help but feel like he can be a home run pick for the Ducks

Elite skating aint that easy to find and gives him great upside.

 

[nbducksfan19]

Thrun is very over-looked on this board.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Pastujov has an elite shot and Zellweger has elite skating.
The rest aren't elite at anything ?

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Thrun is very over-looked on this board.

He should belong in this next tier with Groulx and Lacombe in my opinion

 

[Static]

Pastujov has an elite shot and Zellweger has elite skating.
The rest aren't elite at anything ?

Thrun has an elite brain. Among prospects anyway, not NHL players.

 

[GunnarStahl]

Thrun is very over-looked on this board.

I think playing in the USHL made it hard for folks to get as hyped for him this year, it’s a bit harder to view and quantitatively understand his performance and stats

 

[MMC]

I think playing in the USHL made it hard for folks to get as hyped for him this year

I mean probably but these polls always seem to be full of people taking literally only this past season into account, which I think is a bit ridiculous

 

[GunnarStahl]

I mean probably but these polls always seem to be full of people taking literally only this past season into account, which I think is a bit ridiculous

Yeah Thrun is a definite top 10 guy for me but I think LaCombe may have passed him imo due to his impressive progress and performance in the back half of his season. Thrun was my second favorite pick from 2019

 

[Anaheim4ever]

I wouldn't say Zellweger or Pastujov are completely recency bias, the Ducks drafted the highest they have in each round in such a long long time,
it just happen that they were able to get a guy in the 2nd round they would have not gotten in years past and the same with the Pastujov pick.

Look at the 2019 draft:
The Senators, Kings and Flyers in the 2nd round had the first 3 picks of that round so the Ducks missed out on Pinto, Kaliyev and Brink
Now in the 2020 draft the first four picks of the 2nd round included Wallinder, Peterka and Grans. Ducks missed out on them.

 

[Kalv]

Thrun is a great prospect, and I will most likely pick him over LaCombe.
But this here is Zellweger for me. Outside of Drysdale we haven't picked a defenseman with that high of a pick for some while and it sounds like our management is excited to have him. And really, all the numbers back it up – he really can produce. Plus he's super early birthday, he was 5 days away from being ineligible for this draft.
I will go with Olen here, I think this will be a huge year for him, first of many.

 

[JabbaJabba]

This is the point where the votes start to spread. I could understand voting for a number of players. Zellweger, Pastujov, Thrun, LaCombe, Tracy, even Groulx. You could make a case for any of them. I went with Zellweger but I could have picked another player tomorrow. The hockey IQ and skating he has are amazing and I feel like he has the highest potential, although he is not the likeliest player to reach it.

 

[Gliff]

There is a group of 4 guys now for me:
LaCombe, Zellweger, Thrun, and Pasta.

 

[Trojans86]

I mean probably but these polls always seem to be full of people taking literally only this past season into account, which I think is a bit ridiculous

Imo every pick is a roll of the dice so every pick has potential to be great. After a year or two if you are just playing okay then you probably wont be great. Still may be a solid nhler but unlikely to be a massive success. 1st year guys stoll have that chance.

Perfect example is Perreault outplaying Tracey. Tracey was in a bad spot and ive heard he made some improvements but it is probably very unlikely he ever becomes and njl all star. Perreault on the other hand is totally outplaying where he was picked and srill has star potential.

Same with Dostal, Drysdale and Zegras after 1 year.

 

[Duck Off]

Thrun has an elite brain. Among prospects anyway, not NHL players.

I have Thrun over Lacombe completely due to hockey IQ

 

[ADHB]

Lacombe made some improvements, but looking just at the WJC (which is the only place I saw either play), Thrun was clearly the more advanced, and more trusted d-man between the two. He certainly isn’t done improving either.

 

[lwvs84]

Lacombe made some improvements, but looking just at the WJC (which is the only place I saw either play), Thrun was clearly the more advanced, and more trusted d-man between the two. He certainly isn’t done improving either.

And wasn't Thrun playing his off-side at WJC too?

I think I have the opposite of recency bias... I like Thrun because he's shown a little more.