Canadian Team with Best Top 5 Prospects

[X66]

All I have to say is HATS OFF to Dubas for making a really strong prospect pool on a contending team.

 

[cneely]

Its both their u20 seasons.

And sure, they look better than a guy that produced at the same rate as Eichel and Connor.

Can't wait to see those two score 40 a year.

Eichel and Connor didn't play NCAA in their draft +2.

 

[JohnLennon]

If you don't vote Ottawa, you're wrong!

 

[JohnLennon]

1. Ottawa
2. Montreal
3. Edmonton
4. Winnipeg
5. Toronto
6. Calgary
7. Vancouver

IMO

 

[jbeck5]

MTL for the same reason Edmonton has the best core in the league, they have the better player by far.

Caufield blows every single canadian prospect out of the water save for Heinola and Robertson. WPG doesn't have any depth after Perfetti and Toronto has Sandin = Harris/Guhle as fringe top 4 Ds.

Caufield does not beat out Sanderson as a prospect just for being nominated for the hobey Baker just like it doesn't make pinto close to Sanderson.

 

[jbeck5]

One post and you're already tightening the goalposts from NCAA player to U20 NCAA player.



Yeah this isn't helping. Caufield doesn't drag a prospect pool from 7th to 1st by himself. You're either overrating Caufield because he's your teams best prospect, or you're severely underrating the rest of the prospects.

And he also changed the goalposts from "ever" to "last 30 years"

The goal is getting smaller by the minute.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Sens then Oil.

Not sure I agree with Skinner in the top 5 for Edmonton. Benson (Leading scorer in the AHL) is a better prospect imo.

 

[David Suzuki]

Habs fans gotta stop taking the Caufield bait. Very clear other fanbases haven't watched him very much and are trolling you.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Habs fans gotta stop taking the Caufield bait.

Yea, it's you guys who need to stop taking the bait, lol.

What do you expect from the best prospect in the world?

 

[CatchyTune]

What do you expect from the best prospect in the world?

you cant honestly believe that. can you?

 

[snowkiddin]

Should probably be Chisholm over either Berdin or Torgersson right now for Winnipeg; Vesalainen should be on there as well.

Chisholm has adapted to the pro game very well after an insane OHL season last year and is tracking very good towards becoming an NHLer, Vesalainen still has middle six potential quite easily.

Hell, I’d put Gustafsson over some of these guys too.

The meme that Winnipeg doesn’t have depth in their prospect pool can live better when you include Berdin (arguably not even our top goalie prospect) and Torgy (blew out his knee and hasn’t played yet this year).

 

[snowkiddin]

I would say

Ottawa is the clear #1
Edmonton the clear #2
Toronto/Winnipeg/Montreal pretty interchangeable at #3
Calgary clear #6
Vancouver clear #7

 

[MardyBum]

Is kristian vesalainen not one of wpg's top 5 prospects? Or did he graduate?

Button really likes Torgersson for some reason. Never seen him play so can't comment. Would probably have Gustafsson and Vesalainen there instead of Berdin and Torg, goalies kinda voodoo and Torg has been injured most of this year.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Liljegren over Abruzzese for sure.
Leaf have some high performing Finns as well. Like the depth for my team but I'm probably biased.

 

[banks]

I can't even pretend to know enough about the top 5 prospects on 7 different teams. I have no clue, and neither do probably a bunch of posters who voted.

Does an average poster really know who Norlinder, Peltsman, and Samberg are?

 

[Holymakinaw]

Ottawa clearly wins this one, and they deserve to as they've done a very good job at drafting. We shall see if it can translate into any sort of success at the NHL level. Not always so easy.

 

[TopChedder]

All I have to say is HATS OFF to Dubas for making a really strong prospect pool on a contending team.

Posters are going to be very surprised at the depth of the Leafs draft prospects (not just the 5 on here lol) the next while. It's going to be a long sustainable process as a contender.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Liljegren is arguably the Leafs' best prospect. He's only 21 and is one of the best 2 way D in the AHL. He 100% should be in over Abruzzese. That said the answer is Ottawa and it's not even close.

 

[Llamamoto]

MTL for the same reason Edmonton has the best core in the league, they have the better player by far.

Caufield blows every single canadian prospect out of the water save for Heinola and Robertson. WPG doesn't have any depth after Perfetti and Toronto has Sandin = Harris/Guhle as fringe top 4 Ds.

Holloway's production in the NCAA this year was nearly as good as Caufield despite being a year younger and the much better defensive/physical player.

Also I'd pretty comfortably take Bouchard/Sanderson ahead of him.

 

[Mrb1p]

Holloway's production in the NCAA this year was nearly as good as Caufield despite being a year younger and the much better defensive/physical player.

Also I'd pretty comfortably take Bouchard/Sanderson ahead of him.

Nearly as good... Is Matthews nearly as good as McDavid this year?

 

[Llamamoto]

Nearly as good... Is Matthews nearly as good as McDavid this year?

Let me rephrase that:

Holloway was better than Caufield this year, despite being a year younger.

 

[FlameChampion]

Based on to OP, I think its Edmonton.

But if were being realistic, Stutzle could/should probably be included on the list. Theres other guys you could make this case for.

Looking at a prospect list is kinda silly in my opinion. Its probably just better to pick X age and compare the players on each team regardless if they are playing on the team or not playing on the team.

 

[Fisticuffer]

The problem with using Button as a reference is he has a great deal of trouble adjusting his initial opinion of a prospect once a larger body of evidence becomes available.
A trait he shares with Pierre.

 

[strattonius]

The top 3 in Edmonton look most promising to me. Hurts to say but it's the truth.

 

[Mrb1p]

Let me rephrase that:

Holloway was better than Caufield this year, despite being a year younger.

So you live in an alternate reality where Holloway is winning the Hobey Baker, where Holloway scored more goals than pretty much anyone in three decades and had the 3rd best PPG?

Do you think Marchand is a much better player than McDavid? By all accounts they both had a similar PPG gap and one of them just brings a lot more.