Prospect Info: Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #7

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#1 Connor McMichael London Knights / OHL

C | 6' 0" | 183 lb | Age: 19
Draft: 2019 WSH, 1st rd, 25th pk (25th overall)
42 Votes - 73.7%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #1
2019 Ranking - #3

#2 Hendrix Lapierre Chicoutimi Sagueneens / QMJHL

C | 6' 0" | 179 lb | Age: 18
Draft: 2020 WSH, 1st rd, 22nd pk (22nd overall)
28 Votes - 54.9%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #2
2019 Ranking - N/A

#3 Martin Fehervary Hershey Bears / AHL

LD | 6' 2" | 200 lb | Age: 21
Draft: 2018 WSH, 2nd rd, 15th pk (46th overall)
47 Votes - 73.4%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #3
2019 Ranking - #4

#4 Alexander Alexeyev Hershey Bears / AHL (Salavat Yulaev Ufa / KHL)

LD | 6' 4" | 210 lb | Age: 20
Draft: 2018 WSH, 1st rd, 31st pk (31st overall)
37 Votes - 82.2%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #4
2019 Ranking - #2

#5 Aliaksei Protas Prince Albert Raiders / WHL (Dinamo Minsk / KHL)

C | 6' 6" | 210 lb | Age: 19
Draft: 2019 WSH, 3rd rd, 29th pk (91st overall)
37 Votes - 86.0%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #5
2019 Ranking - #13

#6 Vitek Vanecek Hershey Bears / AHL

G | 6' 2" | 187 lb | Age: 24
Draft: 2014 WSH, 2nd rd, 9th pk (39th overall)
25 Votes - 61.0%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #6
2019 Ranking - #7






Well here we go!

Vote for your your Caps prospects for the 2020 Post-Draft rankings.

Again, to be eligible for the poll, player must be 25 years or younger and has played no more than 25 NHL games.

If there is someone I missed in the poll or you think should be added, please post about it below.



Former Caps prospects dropping out the rankings - No longer part of the organization or no longer eligible or has graduated to the NHL

Tyler Lewington
Liam O'Brien
Colby Williams
Kristofers Bindulis
Connor Hobbs
Alex Kannok-Leipert
Eric Florchuk
Ilya Samsonov

Like in the previous pollings, I'll close the polls after 2 days.

Now VOTE 2020!

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[Ridley Simon]

This is where it starts to get dicey for me. Went with Riat. He seems more NHL capable than any of the others. At this point.

 

[The Instigator]

This is where it starts to get dicey for me. Went with Riat. He seems more NHL capable than any of the others. At this point.

I agree and actually went with Riat as well.

I feel like you could argue a lot of guys depending on the angle you decide to take.

Riat has been putting up decent numbers for several years now in a men's league and probably looks the most likely to have top 6 upside of the remaining prospects.

At least right now.

 

[Ridley Simon]

I agree and actually went with Riat as well.

I feel like you could argue a lot of guys depending on the angle you decide to take.

Riat has been putting up decent numbers for several years now in a men's league and probably looks the most likely to have top 6 upside of the remaining prospects.

At least right now.

Some of the newer guys may also have to 6 upside (Leason, Trineyev), but it’s pretty barren. I almost went Nardella....he’s prob next for me. Then guys like Has and the aforementioned forwards

 

[Hivemind]

Voting Riat again

 

[Random schmoe]

Think I'm going with Beck here. I don't know that he'll be more than a 4th liner, but I think his chances of at least playing a regular NHL shift for multiple seasons are pretty high. He's only 22 and is already close I think.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Had to go with Nardella. The fact they want him playing meaningful minutes in the SHL also shows the organization is high on him IMO. Get as many reps in as possible in case there’s no AHL season. Plus, he’ll be able to return to NA when his season is over

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Leason was my pick

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Riat, Leason, Nardella, Trineyev for me to round out the top 10. Magnusson next in line after that.

 

[Rayquaza64]

some combination of riat, nardella, trineyev, and magnusson finish the top 10. all are projects that defenitely have lots of upside that could pan out and would be really great if they did

 

[Corby78]

Now it gets fun

 

[Hivemind]

Just a reminder, for as impressive as Nardella's rookie AHL season was, he's a year older than Jonas Siegenthaler and the same age as Jakub Vrana.

 

[um]

Just a reminder, for as impressive as Nardella's rookie AHL season was, he's a year older than Jonas Siegenthaler and the same age as Jakub Vrana.

Dman are a bit slower.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Just a reminder, for as impressive as Nardella's rookie AHL season was, he's a year older than Jonas Siegenthaler and the same age as Jakub Vrana.

Some guys are late bloomers. Not going to knock a guy for having a solid rookie season because of his age. He earned every bit of ice time he received. He was a healthy scratch for a good part of the beginning of the season and didn’t come out of the lineup as soon as he was given a chance.

 

[Bieronymus Trotz]

Just a reminder, for as impressive as Nardella's rookie AHL season was, he's a year older than Jonas Siegenthaler and the same age as Jakub Vrana.

Sure, but he was signed out of college. If it hadn't been his first year in the AHL, it might give me more pause.

Riat is 23 and will be 24 in February.

 

[Rayquaza64]

leason getting this many votes is surprising, to say the least

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

leason getting this many votes is surprising, to say the least

Why? He's a big dude whose game takes time to translate from juniors to pro. He's got the size, shot, and talent to be a middle six guy at the NHL level and I don't see the need to knock him because his season went about as expected.

 

[Langway]

Why? He's a big dude whose game takes time to translate from juniors to pro. He's got the size, shot, and talent to be a middle six guy at the NHL level and I don't see the need to knock him because his season went about as expected.

On the one hand he did have as many points as Fehervary in six fewer games last season. On the other, his skating and physicality will need to go a long way to improve to where he's a clear scoring-line NHL option. He's two years younger than Sprong but I tend to doubt he makes up enough ground to match him by then. Hopefully he's used the time off to become much more explosive. Otherwise he may be one of the most negatively impacted players by all of the time off. I do like his two-way sense generally but if he can't move well enough or better use his size there will be limitations.

He should still be squarely ahead of Gersich/Clark/Sutter but Trineyev is three years younger and IMO more toolsy. The remainder of the top ten for me goes Nardella, Trineyev, Riat and AJF. Then Malenstyn & Leason rounding out the top 12. In the short-term everyone will need to take someone's spot or, more likely, be forced into duty via injuries and run with it. It may be that these are merely organizational types but ideally some step up both in setting the tone in Hershey and challenging for depth spots. Their depth is improving but you'd still like to see more recent picks and more of the fringe older players making cases for promotion.