Prospect Info: 2022 Ducks Prospect Rankings #22

[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 twenty-second poll, I am voting for Josh Lopina.

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

2022 Ducks Prospect Rankings

1. C - Mason McTavish (+2)
2. D - Pavel Mintyukov (2022 draftee)
3. D - Olen Zellweger (+3)
4. G - Lukas Dostal (no change)
5. RW - Jacob Perreault (no change)
6. D - Urho Vaakanainen (2022 acquired)
7. C - Nathan Gaucher (2022 draftee)
8. D - Henry Thrun (-1)
9. RW - Sasha Pastujov (no change)
10. D - Jackson LaCombe (no change)
11. D - Drew Helleson (2022 acquired)
12. LW - Brayden Tracey (-1)
13. D - Noah Warren (2022 draftee)
14. D - Tristan Luneau (2022 draftee)
15. G - Calle Clang (2022 acquired)
16. D - Simon Benoit (-1)
17. RW - Sam Colangelo (-3)
18. D - Ian Moore (-5)
19. C - Benoit-Olivier Groulx (-11)
20. D - Tyson Hinds (no change)
21. D - Axel Andersson (no change)

Our graduates and departures are:

Trevor Zegras
Jamie Drysdale
Alexander Volkov
Josh Mahura
Brendan Guhle
Jack Badini
Roman Durny​

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[GunnarStahl]

Tough choice between Tschigerl and Lopina, I think both could potentially become interesting bottom sizers one day, I’ll give the edge to Tschigerl.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Lopina was my pick here, seems like the org is pretty high on him.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Galimov

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Voted for the Tiger.

 

[GunnarStahl]

@Static coming in to vote for Lopina for the 8th time

 

[bsu]

#TschigerlTrain

He has a tenacity none of our prospects have.

 

[Goose of Reason]

Close between Tschigerl and Lopina, the team is really high on Lopina but Tschigerl is always so involved whenever I watch him so I'm going with him

 

[TopShelfWaterBottle]

Sugar

 

[Duck Off]

Changing my vote to Tschigerl because I like him more than Lopina.

 

[Static]

Changing my vote to Tschigerl because I like him more than Lopina.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Went with Regenda. He could be a late bloomer.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Went with Drew because he's actually played in the NHL which most of these guys left almost surely won't.

 

[Duck Off]

Went with Regenda. He could be a late bloomer.

I had Regenda originally

 

[Hockey Duckie]

I had Regenda originally

I started reading up on the OC Register and found a tidbit on Regenda about his play at the rookie exhibition:

Others may have been hit with pre-game jitters, but Regenda was impacted more by jet lag, having arrived in California earlier in the week from his native Slovakia. “Back home, it’s like 4 in the morning,” he noted on Friday.​

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“I wasn’t nervous at all – just another hockey game. It was a little bit hard from the start because I didn’t play a game for a long time. Style is different than in Europe. I’m getting used to it.”​

Getting used to a new time zone on the other side of the planet and adjusting to NA style hockey are valid reasons for Regenda not looking all that at the rookie exhibitions. He probably won't look good until he probably plays like 15-25 AHL games. It took Lundy about 3 years to adjust to NA play and Lundy is still adjusting offensively.