HF Habs: 2023 HF Habs Prospect Rankings #31

[Treb]

1. Lane Hutson, 50.8% (+7)
2. David Reinbacher, 84.8% (NA)
3. Logan Mailloux, 37.2% (+4)
4. Joshua Roy, 37.7% (+1)
5. Adam Engstrom, 42.8% (+21)
6. Owen Beck, 72.2% (+4)
7. Emil Heineman, 40.7% (+6)
8. Sean Farrell, 65.6% (-5)
9. Filip Mesar, 54.5% (-3)
10. Jakub Dobes, 29.5% (+4)
11. Jacob Fowler, 42.1% (NA)
12. Riley Kidney, 39.5% (+0)
13. Jayden Struble, 54.3% (+8)
14. Oliver Kapanen, 36.5% (+10)
15. William Trudeau, 37.3% (+15)
16. Cayden Primeau, 29.2% (-5)
17. Luke Tuch, 33.7% (+6)
18. Bogdan Konyushkov, 33.9% (NA)
19. Vincenz Rohrer, 33.3% (-1)
20. Jared Davidson, 32.5% (+14)
21. Xavier Simoneau, 40.5% (+11)
22. Mattias Norlinder, 35.1% (-5)
23. Jan Mysak, 28.3% (-4)
24. Cedric Guindon, 29.3% (+5)
25. Florian Xhekaj, 23.1% (NA)
26. Quentin Miller, 24.0% (NA)
27. Yevgeni Volokhin, 25% (NA)
28. Blake Biondi, 28.0% (-1)
29. Filip Eriksson, 29.0% (NA)
30. Lucas Condotta, 32.7% (+13)

Graduated: Slafkosky, Guhle, Barron, Harris, Xhekaj, Ylonen, Harvey-Pinard
Out: Dichow, Fairbrother, Teasdale, Hillis, Schnarr, Gorniak, Henriksson

Prospect to add (request next):
Daniil Sobolev
Alexander Gordin
Jack Smith

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[Le Barron de HF]

Went with Mittelstadt

 

[WeThreeKings]

Nurmi

Add Gordin

 

[BaseballCoach]

1. Lane Hutson, 50.8% (+7)
2. David Reinbacher, 84.8% (NA)
3. Logan Mailloux, 37.2% (+4)
4. Joshua Roy, 37.7% (+1)
5. Adam Engstrom, 42.8% (+21)
6. Owen Beck, 72.2% (+4)
7. Emil Heineman, 40.7% (+6)
8. Sean Farrell, 65.6% (-5)
9. Filip Mesar, 54.5% (-3)
10. Jakub Dobes, 29.5% (+4)
11. Jacob Fowler, 42.1% (NA)
12. Riley Kidney, 39.5% (+0)
13. Jayden Struble, 54.3% (+8)
14. Oliver Kapanen, 36.5% (+10)
15. William Trudeau, 37.3% (+15)
16. Cayden Primeau, 29.2% (-5)
17. Luke Tuch, 33.7% (+6)
18. Bogdan Konyushkov, 33.9% (NA)
19. Vincenz Rohrer, 33.3% (-1)
20. Jared Davidson, 32.5% (+14)
21. Xavier Simoneau, 40.5% (+11)
22. Mattias Norlinder, 35.1% (-5)
23. Jan Mysak, 28.3% (-4)
24. Cedric Guindon, 29.3% (+5)
25. Florian Xhekaj, 23.1% (NA)
26. Quentin Miller, 24.0% (NA)
27. Yevgeni Volokhin, 25% (NA)
28. Blake Biondi, 28.0% (-1)
29. Filip Eriksson, 29.0% (NA)
30. Lucas Condotta, 32.7% (+13)

Cool inside poll about the poll: name the 5 guys each that you think are at least 5 ranks too high or too low.

Too high by at least 5 ranks in my opinion:
Lane Hutson
Filip Mesar
William Trudeau
Luke Tuch
Jan Mysak

Too low by at least 5 ranks in my opinion:
Lucas Condotta
Filip Eriksson
Cedric Guindon
Jared Davidson
Oliver Kapanen

 

[Shutdown]

Cool inside poll about the poll: name the 5 guys each that you think are at least 5 ranks too high or too low.

Too high by at least 5 ranks in my opinion:
Lane Hutson
Filip Mesar
William Trudeau
Luke Tuch
Jan Mysak

Too low by at least 5 ranks in my opinion:
Lucas Condotta
Filip Eriksson
Cedric Guindon
Jared Davidson
Oliver Kapanen

would love to hear your reasoning as to how Hutson is at best our 6th best prospect.

 

[Habs Icing]

would love to hear your reasoning as to how Hutson is at best our 6th best prospect.

I agree with Baseball Coach so I'll give you my reasoning.

1) Size is not everything but a 5'9" defenceman will have some issues in the NHL even if the rest of my points are wrong.
2) Hutson is easily beaten when opposing players go wide on him. He has trouble pivoting and covering them.
3) Backward skating needs a hell of a lot of improvement.
4) His dipsy doodles will not be as effective against NHLers.

This is not to say he won't make the NHL (although I'm not 100% sold he'll make it). It's to say he is not our best prospect.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I agree with Baseball Coach so I'll give you my reasoning.

1) Size is not everything but a 5'9" defenceman will have some issues in the NHL even if the rest of my points are wrong.
2) Hutson is easily beaten when opposing players go wide on him. He has trouble pivoting and covering them.
3) Backward skating needs a hell of a lot of improvement.
4) His dipsy doodles will not be as effective against NHLers.

This is not to say he won't make the NHL (although I'm not 100% sold he'll make it). It's to say he is not our best prospect.

As an example, in the NHL, Matheson's skating advantage is in my opinion way more effective for beating both defenders and forecheckers than the shoulder fakes that Hutson and a few others guys are good at.

If Hutson's realistic potential is not first pair D but even if just 4th D, then he is probably not one of our top 5 prospects.

 

[Treb]

Still time to vote.

 

[EveryDay]

Mittlestadt.

Add Sobolev.

 

[dcyhabs]

Cool inside poll about the poll: name the 5 guys each that you think are at least 5 ranks too high or too low.

Too high by at least 5 ranks in my opinion:
Lane Hutson
Filip Mesar
William Trudeau
Luke Tuch
Jan Mysak

Too low by at least 5 ranks in my opinion:
Lucas Condotta
Filip Eriksson
Cedric Guindon
Jared Davidson
Oliver Kapanen

I obviously don't know enough about Condotta. At 24 and low scoring in the AHL what makes him a good prospect? Is he close to being and NHL 4th liner?

 

[Treb]

I obviously don't know enough about Condotta. At 24 and low scoring in the AHL what makes him a good prospect? Is he close to being and NHL 4th liner?

Decent size, responsible defensively, won't hurt you playing on a 4th line but won't really be a benefit either.