Brando's Top 50 NHL Prospects

[Pavels Dog]

He's in my 50-60 range. I question whether he can be a top 6 forward in the NHL.

Lol he is pretty much penciled into the Wings top 6 next season...

 

[Brando]

Lol he is pretty much penciled into the Wings top 6 next season...

That's the Wings' top 6 though.

 

[Brando]

Nice list. I always like to see where the Canucks prospects land. 4 in your top 50 is awesome. I know you don't rank goalies, but would you have Demko in the top 50 if you did? Also, where would you slot Dahlen, Lind and Gaudette? I'd assume on that list of 75?

I did try to rank goalies but only 1 ended up making it (Hart). I had Gaudette in the 60s, same with Lind. Dahlen is 47 on there and Demko was in the late 50s. I think I had 4 goalies in the 50s.

My goalie rankings were:
1. Hart
2. Shestyorkin
3. Sorokin
4. Samsonov
5. Demko

 

[Mike Liut]

Thomas and Kyrou too low and Kostin should be on there

 

[Brando]

Thomas and Kyrou too low and Kostin should be on there

I like Kostin but again, I question if he can score in the NHL. I think his floor is high though.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

Why ty Smith over Bouchard?

 

[Halla]

tkachuk at 22 when guys who went after him were 6 and 7?

as a leaf fan i'd be happy if it turned out that way. still can't believe the sens passed on zadina

 

[Brando]

Why ty Smith over Bouchard?

It's close but I don't love Bouchard's skating. I think there is more risk with him.

Smith is a great skater and is one of the smartest players of that draft. I think he's a sure-fire top 4 D.

tkachuk at 22 when guys who went after him were 6 and 7?

as a leaf fan i'd be happy if it turned out that way. still can't believe the sens passed on zadina

I'm just not high on Tkachuk. I had him 9th in my draft rankings.

 

[A Few Good Males]

That's the Wings' top 6 though.

Fair. 30-60 or so is pretty wide open IMO. Lias Andersson is at 30 and I see him and Rasmussen having similar potential impacts.

 

[BK]

Boqvist seems low.

 

[EbonyRaptor]

Dylan Sikura (CHI) and Adam Gaudette (VAN) - where should they be rated?

 

[drw02]

lol gabe vilardi 12 Michael Rasmussen unranked.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

lol gabe vilardi 12 Michael Rasmussen unranked.

Well Vilardi is a better prospect than Rasmussen...

 

[780il]

Damn, Dobson, Boqvist, AND Smith ahead of Bouchard. Man Bouchard is gonna surprise some people.

Yamamoto is fine where he is at

 

[haveandare]

I'm a little torn about the recently drafted guys being ranked over guys who went last year and have proven a bit more in their D+1 years, but other than that looks like a solid list. Refreshing to see NYR have more than 1 player on a top prospect list. Been a while.

 

[blindpass]

Looks like a fine list. The only thing I'd suggest for people making these is tell us why we should care about your opinion. How do you approach the rankings, e.g. consensus, watching the players yourself, stats, etc. Or maybe I'm the only one who has no clue who you are.

 

[WHISTLERNATE]

I did try to rank goalies but only 1 ended up making it (Hart). I had Gaudette in the 60s, same with Lind. Dahlen is 47 on there and Demko was in the late 50s. I think I had 4 goalies in the 50s.

My goalie rankings were:
1. Hart
2. Shestyorkin
3. Sorokin
4. Samsonov
5. Demko

I appreciate you taking the time to respond!

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Looks like a fine list. The only thing I'd suggest for people making these is tell us why we should care about your opinion. How do you approach the rankings, e.g. consensus, watching the players yourself, stats, etc. Or maybe I'm the only one who has no clue who you are.

Agreed. Often it looks like posters just saying their prospects are too low.
But I’m sure that there are some knowledgeable posters who follow all teams prospects and who can have valuable input.
For myself, I only really follow Canuck prospects in depth so I don’t feel qualified to say they should be above other teams prospects.

 

[Brando]

Looks like a fine list. The only thing I'd suggest for people making these is tell us why we should care about your opinion. How do you approach the rankings, e.g. consensus, watching the players yourself, stats, etc. Or maybe I'm the only one who has no clue who you are.

You don't have to care about my opinion. Prospects and the draft are my favourite part about hockey and I try to be as plugged-in about everyone as I can.

But I'm a nobody, just like making lists tbh.

 

[blindpass]

You don't have to care about my opinion.

That's a cop out. You are posting it and spending a lot of time doing it, presumably you expect somebody to care and get something out of it. I'm just saying if you tell us a bit about how you came up with the list it would increase its value. This is esp. true when all sorts of people I know nothing about put up lists.

If I made a list like this it would be based off absorbing the general sentiment on forums like this, supplemented with my own limited viewings of about half the players. I don't consider that worthwhile enough to share since half of it would be just pure regurgitation.

 

[Brando]

That's a cop out. You are posting it and spending a lot of time doing it, presumably you expect somebody to care and get something out of it. I'm just saying if you tell us a bit about how you came up with the list it would increase its value. This is esp. true when all sorts of people I know nothing about put up lists.

If I made a list like this it would be based off absorbing the general sentiment on forums like this, supplemented with my own limited viewings of about half the players. I don't consider that worthwhile enough to share since half of it would be just pure regurgitation.

I just like discussing prospects, buddy. It's not a big deal, I was bored at work.

How much of a loser do you have to be to get bent out of shape because someone posted a list for fun.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Not as terrible as most other personal lists posted here. Kudos!

 

[ColbyChaos]

Damn, Dobson, Boqvist, AND Smith ahead of Bouchard. Man Bouchard is gonna surprise some people.

Yamamoto is fine where he is at

Cant really say its a crime that Dobson and Boqvist are rated ahead since both have higher ceilings per reports.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Looks like a fine list. The only thing I'd suggest for people making these is tell us why we should care about your opinion. How do you approach the rankings, e.g. consensus, watching the players yourself, stats, etc. Or maybe I'm the only one who has no clue who you are.

Its Brando

 

[Spilot23]

Where would you rank Conor Timmins ?