Competition looms among Winnipeg Jets Top 20 prospects

[HF Article]

Photo: Not even Winnipeg’s top prospect Nikolaj Ehlers is guaranteed an NHL roster spot due to the Jets’ enviable organizational depth (courtesy of Francois Laplante/Freestyle Images/Getty Images)


</p> The recent promotion of Mark Hillier to Director of Amateur Scouting from Head Amateur Scout seems like a small change in terms of title. Under Marcel Comeau’s direction since 2003, the Atlanta Thrashers amassed a mixed record – as all teams do. Since relocation however, the team had begun to separate from the pack. How much is due to Hillier’s input versus Comeau or others is unclear, but the Winnipeg Jets now find themselves with one of the deepest collections of young talent in the NHL.… read more

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[jetman]

Solid list.

How come the Winnipeg Jets page still lists "No high-end goaltending prospects" and "No Elite wingers" as an organizational weaknesses though.

 

[CaptainChef]

Solid list.

How come the Winnipeg Jets page still lists "No high-end goaltending prospects" and "No Elite wingers" as an organizational weaknesses though.

Probably because it hasn't been updated in 3 years! Also real disappointed to see that it has taken until now to finally get most of the 2015 draft picks rated & included on our prospect page -- other teams have had theirs on there for months.

 

[Grind]

don't agree with kosmo under franklin and kostalek under glover, and kraskovsky should probably be #20.


otherwise ok. A couple weird things in there (i find saying someone has scored well at every level and then in the very next sentance calling his two junior years "middling" pretty funny) but overall not bad.

Regardless of how accurate/good these ratings are I remember when the only 7.5c or better player we had was scheifele?

We know have 5. That's pretty cool.

 

[CorgisPer60]

I need to make a list of the teams to go and watch this season in the WHL. So far, I have Red Deer, as Nogier and Spacek both play for them. I don't think Prince George comes to Brandon at all, but I could be mistaken.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Kosmachuk never played his overage season in OHL.

Kostalek is by no means an offensive defenseman.

 

[10Ducky10]

No he isn't (I think the overall talent level in the Q isn't up there) but I bet he makes the NHL.


Kosmo has to pick his game up this year.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

No he isn't (I think the overall talent level in the Q isn't up there) but I bet he makes the NHL.


Kosmo has to pick his game up this year.

I'm a huge Kostalek fan (have been since before he was drafted) but he is not offensive. It was great to see the offense and dominant play out of him in his last year junior but his game is not offensive. He will be a shutdown D at the next level. Style wise maybe like Marc-Eduard Vlasic.

Point about Kosmachuk is that never played an overage year. It's not the first time an HF article has stated this. Not sure why. It's just false.

 

[Grind]

Yah they seen to have a tendency to call D+2 over-age no matter what

 

[fmrdh]

Noticed that they bumped Ehlers up to 8.5 from 8.0