HF Habs: 2022 HF Habs Prospect Rankings #23

Who is our next best prospect?

  • Luke Tuch

    Votes: 23 24.7%
  • Oliver Kapanen

    Votes: 22 23.7%
  • Adam Engstrom

    Votes: 16 17.2%
  • Gianni Fairbrother

    Votes: 14 15.1%
  • Ty Smilanic

    Votes: 4 4.3%
  • Cedric Guindon

    Votes: 4 4.3%
  • Blake Biondi

    Votes: 6 6.5%
  • Petteri Nurmi

    Votes: 2 2.2%
  • Dmitri Kostenko

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Xavier Simoneau

    Votes: 1 1.1%

  • Total voters
    93
  • Poll closed .

Treb

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1. Juraj Slafkovsky, 84.1% (NA)
2. Kaiden Guhle, 86.2% (-1)
3. Sean Farrell, 47.2% (+8)
4. Justin Barron, 50.4% (NA)
5. Joshua Roy, 38.6% (+15)
6. Filip Mesar, 38.8% (NA)
7. Logan Mailloux, 37.5% (-3)
8. Lane Hutson, 54.8% (NA)
9. Jordan Harris, 54.1% (-3)
10. Owen Beck, 30.6% (NA)
11. Cayden Primeau, 41.9% (-6)
12. Riley Kidney, 27.8% (+1)
13. Emil Heineman, 33.9% (NA)
14. Jakub Dobes, 34.7% (+9)
15. Arber Xhekaj, 39.0% (NA)
16. Jesse Ylonen, 52.8% (-8)
17. Mattias Norlinder, 48.6% (-15)
18. Vincenz Rohrer, 32.5/51.2% (NA)
19. Jan Mysak, 55.9% (-9)
20. Rafael Harvey-Pinard, 43.2% (-4)
21. Jayden Struble, 36.4% ( -14)
22. Fredrik Dichow, 42.9% (+12)

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Jared Davidson
Emmett Croteau
Miguel Tourigny
Joe Vrbetic
Joel Teasdale
Cam Hillis
Rhett Pitlick
Daniil Sobolev
Lucas Condotta
Nate Schnarr
Alexander Gordin
Brett Stapley (rights expire August 15)
Jack Gorniak (rights expire August 15)
Jack Smith
Arvid Henriksson


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HABitual Fan

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Voted Guindon based only on the post yesterday from the Slovakian fan, who follows Owen Sound.

At this point it doesn't make any difference who is added. They won't get voted before all the ones currently available.
 

26Mats

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Jun 23, 2018
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Kapanen hasn't been getting much hype. But I saw a youtuber who follows the prospects closely and really likes his game...rated him ahead of Kidney even after Kidney's big year.
 

Treb

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Is Tuch really a better prospect than Biondi?

Bloodlines and his first NCAA year was good. I have them very close though.

Kapanen hasn't been getting much hype. But I saw a youtuber who follows the prospects closely and really likes his game...rated him ahead of Kidney even after Kidney's big year.

Kapanen needs to produce against men next year. If the offence doesn't translate, we're getting an Olofsson 2.0.
 

Team_Spirit

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Kapanen again

He looks like Swedish MacKinnon

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Treb

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I don't see it with Kapanen. I have 4 other forwards in front of him.

He does make my top 30 though.
 

Wateredgarden

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Team Finland and I don't think he will be.
My first post was team finland, but before clicking "publishing" I decided to Google him and it was written that he was born in Sweden, my bad. Who's gonna be ahead of him on team finland for top-6 center?
 

Treb

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My first post was team finland, but before clicking "publishing" I decided to Google him and it was written that he was born in Sweden, my bad. Who's gonna be ahead of him on team finland for top-6 center?

Roni Hirvonen, Aatu Raty and Samuel Helenius for the first three lines (Brad Lambert could possibly push one to the wings depending on combinations). All of them had way better year than Kapanen.

Then you have guys like Joel Maata and Juuso Maenpaa who could force Kapanen to the wings.

I don't see him having a major role.

For example:
Jarventie - Raty - Simontaival
Liukas - Hirvonen - Kemell
Koivunen - Helenius - Lambert
Kapanen - Maenpaa - Vaisanen
Maata, Karvinen

Depending on how he plays, he may not be playing by the end of the tournament.

EDIT: Looking at the WJC Finland thread, they are moving Hirvonen to the wing to boost the first line and have Kapanen as the 3rd or 4th C.
 
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