Prospect Info: //#9// HFStars 2014 Top-20

[piqued]

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prospect​

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pos.​

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country​

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acquired​

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round​

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change​

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% of vote​

1​

|  ‏‏‏‏Brett Ritchie |

RW​

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2011​

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2nd​

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▲ 4​

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73.9​

2​

|  ‏‏‏‏Jack Campbell |

G​

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2010​

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1st​

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▲ 2​

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55.6​

3​

|  ‏‏‏‏Jason Dickinson |

C​

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2013​

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1st​

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▲ 5​

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tiebr.​

4​

|  ‏‏‏‏Jamie Oleksiak |

D​

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2011​

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1st​

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▼ 2​

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36.5​

5​

|  ‏‏‏‏John Klingberg |

D​

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2010​

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5th​

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▲ 14​

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50.9​

6​

|  ‏‏‏‏Devin Shore |

C​

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2012​

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2nd​

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▲ 6​

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48.2​

7​

|  ‏‏‏‏Julius Honka |

D​

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2014​

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1st​

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new​

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49.2​

8​

|  ‏‏‏‏Patrik Nemeth |

D​

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2010​

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2nd​

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▲ 1​

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91.2​

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[Ambassador Of Fun]

1. Oleksiak
2. Campbell
3. Ritchie
4. Dickinson
5. Nemeth
6. Shore
7. Honka
8. Desrosiers
9. Faksa/Bystrom/Klingberg/Pollock/Ully (undecided)

Love the way Desrosiers played last year and everything I've ever read about his attitude and personality. Seems to have that drive to be great that is higher than his peers.

 

[oconnor9sean]

Voted Faksa

Still think he has good upside if he can groom in the AHL for a little bit. Looked pretty good in the playoffs for Texas.

 

[MBTendy]

Desrosiers for me. He easily has the highest ceiling than the rest of the prospects left.

 

[marty182]

voted for McKenzie

 

[Satan]

Desrosiers had a great year buy I'm taking Cole Ully easily. The kid ran production for the Kamloops Blazers this season. Literally the only bright spot for that club.

 

[TangoMcBride]

Bystrom all day.

 

[glovesave_35]

Desrosiers for me. His upside is right up there with Campbell's and I think he's more of a "sure thing" than many of the other prospects still around to contribute in some way to the NHL team.

 

[Hull Fan]

Ully. Sick hands. Good speed. Creates chances for himself. Was the man for Kamloops who played against the shutdown pair for every team in the WHL and was still good for a point a game.

Ully
Bystrom
Desrosiers
Faska
Stransky
McKenzie
Troock
Sinitsyn
Pollock
Glennie
Jokipakka
Hansson
Lindell
Elie
Vance

 

[Primetimey*]

Faksa for me, what he did in the AHL playoffs was amazing.

 

[Ampersand]

Faksa.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I had a really hard time with this one. Guys like Faksa and Mckenzie have pretty good floors at this point and are likely to make it to the NHL, but then there are guys like Desrosiers, Ully, Bystrom, Stransky, who have quite a bit of potential and if any of them pan out they'll all likely be bigger impact players than Faksa and Mckenzie. I ended up picking Desrosiers because of his excellent season, but I almost picked Ully or Faksa instead.

 

[OttMorrow]

For me it was between Faksa and Desrosiers. Faksa is more of a sure bet to be an impactful player for the Stars, and he's gonna get there sooner than Desrosiers...by 4 or 5 years more than likely. Desrosiers has higher upside, but there really is no telling with a 19 yo goalie, so I went with the much more sure bet in Faksa.

 

[Klockis]

Voted Byström, but he and Faksa, Ully, MacKenzie and Desrosiers is on the same tier for me. Desrosiers probably last because he is a goalie.

 

[Satan]

For me it was between Faksa and Desrosiers. Faksa is more of a sure bet to be an impactful player for the Stars, and he's gonna get there sooner than Desrosiers...by 4 or 5 years more than likely. Desrosiers has higher upside, but there really is no telling with a 19 yo goalie, so I went with the much more sure bet in Faksa.

How in the world is Faksa a sure bet

 

[Johno]

It's getting rather hard at this point, a lot of great choices now. Three good prospect that I like are Desrosiers, Faksa and Ully. With everything that Ully has shown, especially last season, along with his potential, I have to go with him. This is gonna be maybe the last one I get to vote on for few days, as I'm driving to Germany with few friends. Internet won't be available all the time.

 

[TangoMcBride]

How in the world is Faksa a sure bet

I would be shocked if he didn't at least carve out a nice little career as a defensively reliable bottom 6 center.

 

[glovesave_35]

Jeez, I'm counting up all of the remaining guys who should be in a team's top 20 prospect list and there are going to be some damn good players miss the cut.

 

[Hull Fan]

Jeez, I'm counting up all of the remaining guys who should be in a team's top 20 prospect list and there are going to be some damn good players miss the cut.

Is there any reason we can't go to 25 this year? Usually interest falls off but in the doldrums of August waiting for Traverse City and preseason, why not? Some very interesting names are going to be around there.

 

[Morry83]

Bystrom

 

[Stars99Lobo37]

Desrosiers for me. He easily has the highest ceiling than the rest of the prospects left.

This.

 

[glovesave_35]

Is there any reason we can't go to 25 this year? Usually interest falls off but in the doldrums of August waiting for Traverse City and preseason, why not? Some very interesting names are going to be around there.

piqued mentioned at the beginning that we have that many legit prospects but that keeping it 20 helps make it mean more. After the final voting we can all discuss who was boned and what order we would rank them after, without it being "official".

I personally don't see much difference between our 15-25 level prospects. Just so many good players. Hansson probably won't make it and he's one of my personal favorites.

 

[ginblossoms]

went with faksa. his performance after arriving in austin and gaining coach willie's trust during the playoffs puts him over the top for me.

 

[Rune Forumwalker]

How in the world is Faksa a sure bet

Because he arguably already had a NHL-ready defensive game in juniors? As a bottom six forward, he's a sure bet. Anything better than that though is unlikely at this point.

 

[OttMorrow]

How in the world is Faksa a sure bet

See below:

I would be shocked if he didn't at least carve out a nice little career as a defensively reliable bottom 6 center.