Prospect Info: Annual HFDevils Prospect Rankings #16

[Zippy316]

[table="head;width=3000]Rank|Player|POS|Draft Position|2015-16 Team(s)|Vote %|2015 Result
1|Pavel Zacha|C/RW|2015 #6|Sarnia Sting (OHL)| 48/50| Pavel Zacha
2|Mike McLeod|C|2016 #12|Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)| 46/78| Steve Santini
3|Steve Santini|D|2013 #42|Boston College Eagles (NCAA)|55/77| John Quenneville
4|John Quenneville|C|2014 #30|Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)|55/79| Reid Boucher
5|Mackenzie Blackwood|G|2015 # 41|Barrie Colts (OHL)|48/85| Stefan Matteau
6|Joseph Blandisi|C/LW|2012 #162/UFA|Albany Devils (AHL)/New Jersey Devils (NHL)|42/68|Mackenzie Blackwood
7|Miles Wood|LW|2013 #100|Boston College Eagles (NCAA)|35/74|Blake Coleman
8|Josh Jacobs|D|2014 #41|Sarnia Sting (OHL)|26/86|Josh Jacobs
9|Blake Speers|C/RW|2015 #74|Sault St. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)|37/71|Blake Speers
10|Nathan Bastian|C/RW|2016 #42|Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)|44/58|Joseph Blandisi
11|Nick Lappin|RW|UFA|Brown Bears (NCAA)/Albany Devils (AHL)|14/63|Raman Hrabarenka
12|Mikhail Maltsev|C|2016 #102|Team Russia U18 (MHL)|14/64|Miles Wood
13|Scott Wedgewood|G|2010 #84|Albany Devils (AHL)|14/64|Ryan Kujawinski
14|Brandon Gignac|C|2016 #80|Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)|17/61|Seth Helgeson
15|Joey Anderson|RW|2016 #74|USNTDP Juniors (USHL)|19/54|Kerfoot/Kalinin[/table]

List of eligible prospects for the poll:

[table="head;width=150]Prospect
Ben Thomson
Jeremy Davies
Reece Scarlett
Brandon Baddock
Ben Thomson
J.D. Dudek
Artur Gavrus
Ben Johnson
Brett Seney
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[RememberTheName]

Umm Anderson won the last poll, yet he is in this poll?

My vote goes to Rykov
Add Scarlett

 

[Zippy316]

Umm Anderson won the last poll, yet he is in this poll?

My vote goes to Rykov
Add Scarlett

Oops. Hopefully I can get a mod to change it soon.

Only two people voted to add players so I guess they can add Alex Kerfoot if they see this, not that it really matters who is added at this point though.

 

[EnglishDevil]

Colton White for me. Add Seney.

 

[Emperoreddy]

White add Scarlett.

 

[Classic Devil]

White add.... doesn't matter. Seney I guess.

 

[Zippy316]

Thanks to whatever mod fixed my mistake

Seems like it happens at least one time every time I do one of these poll series.

 

[Beastdog75]

Voted Mozik. Add Scarlett.

 

[frankiedue]

Alex Kerfoot really needs to be added. Over a point per game for Harvard in his Sophomore and Junior seasons. Will go back for his senior season. He has elite offensive skills. Centered Jimmy Vesey.

 

[devilsblood]

Went White. Thought Mozik was close, but he might get squeezed on the timeline.

Add Thomson.

 

[devilsblood]

Alex Kerfoot really needs to be added. Over a point per game for Harvard in his Sophomore and Junior seasons. Will go back for his senior season. He has elite offensive skills. Centered Jimmy Vesey.

Will be interesting to see how he performs without Vesey. Can he maintain that ppg, and maybe more importantly can he put more goals in the net himself.

 

[NJDevils17]

Kerfoot has an awful shot. He's pretty much a one dimensional passer. I don't know if he'll produce without Vesey though.

 

[Moe Syzlak]

Not quite sure I understand the rationale in the voting in this range. Pietila could very well find himself on the fourth line with the club this season yet he's still on the board behind guys that are 3-4 years away and may never even play in North America?

He's a perfect player for the fourth line and I thought was pretty impressive in his stint last season. He's more likely to make it as an NHLer than some of the guys who's been voted ahead of him.

 

[Triumph]

Not quite sure I understand the rationale in the voting in this range. Pietila could very well find himself on the fourth line with the club this season yet he's still on the board behind guys that are 3-4 years away and may never even play in North America?

He's a perfect player for the fourth line and I thought was pretty impressive in his stint last season. He's more likely to make it as an NHLer than some of the guys who's been voted ahead of him.

My criteria is who I think will have the greatest total NHL impact. Pietila is way down that list, even though he's more likely than any of these guys to have a 200 game NHL career, he's likely to be worth very little in that time. People like Maltsev and Rykov have a strong chance of never coming to North America, and beyond that never having an impact besides, but in the ~10% of the time they have an impact, it's much, much more than I think Pietila will have.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Ya white has the highest upside with a decent enough chance of meeting at least some of it.

After this one I'm kind of torn on Coleman and Pietla. Coleman seems more skilled to me, but his injuries create question marks, while Pietla seems like a NHL 4th liner.