Futureconsiderations 2020 draft rankings

[Peeps]

Lundell Lafreniere Byfield and Raymond is a stacked top 4. Teams will be very happy drafting top 4 next year.

Edit: Yeah Holtz is one hell of a prospect too. That top 5 is lethal.

 

[Dominance]

Lundell Lafreniere Byfield and Raymond is a stacked top 4. Teams will be very happy drafting top 4 next year.

Edit: Yeah Holtz is one hell of a prospect too. That top 5 is lethal.

The depth of talent in the class is even more notable than the quality at the top.

 

[QJL]

This is a great list. Your top 10 players all in my top 12. Besides me having Byfield a few spots lower, the order is similar as well.

One glaring omission is Martin Chromiak. His production and skill set qualify him as one of he best Slovak prospects in the last decade.

Another is Tyrel Bauer, a big RHD who was a top 4 shutdown defenseman for Seattle. Showed flashes of offensive upside and he can really skate.

Looking forward to seeing both on your list when the season starts and heads turn.

 

[Star Ocean]

Size will be an issue for him challenging Lundell who is a center.

Jack hughes just got 1st pick at roughly the same size.

 

[Alberta tough]

No Stephen Halliday is surprising.

 

[MattiasSnall]

Jack hughes just got 1st pick at roughly the same size.

But Raymond isn’t a C though.

 

[NickH8]

Byfield is going #1

Center 6'4 Skates

He'll have to have a crazy year to pass Lafreniere. I'm no stat watcher but 105 in 61 vs 61 in 64 in similar leagues... I know which one I'm taking. Taking Byfield over Lafreniere is over-analysis.

 

[Tomas W]

And that's something we don't know yet, last season he did get ten games (two goals, no assists) but there needs to be more. In juniors his season was probably the best of as young player since William Nylander.

No thats what I kind of saying, its a lot of guessing, yeah specially from me, Im not a scout, just some guy with opinions.

But I really like the way he (Lucas Raymond) think and play hockey, its above average for sure, and fun to watch.

 

[Number 57]

He'll have to have a crazy year to pass Lafreniere. I'm no stat watcher but 105 in 61 vs 61 in 64 in similar leagues... I know which one I'm taking. Taking Byfield over Lafreniere is over-analysis.

Stats watching is never the right thing to do and even if you were to put any emphasis on this, you have to remember Lafreniere is a late bday which means he just played his 2nd full season in the Q and is entering his 3rd. Byfield was a rookie.

Byfield rookie season 29 goals, 61 pts
Lafreniere rookie season 42 goals, 80 pts

So, the gap isn't as large as you thought

But still, teams will salivate at the thought of getting a 6'4 center like Byfield. It's gonna be an interesting race.

 

[NickH8]

Stats watching is never the right thing to do and even if you were to put any emphasis on this, you have to remember Lafreniere is a late bday which means he just played his 2nd full season in the Q and is entering his 3rd. Byfield was a rookie.

Byfield rookie season 29 goals, 61 pts
Lafreniere rookie season 42 goals, 80 pts

So, the gap isn't as large as you thought

But still, teams will salivate at the thought of getting a 6'4 center like Byfield. It's gonna be an interesting race.

You also have to consider Lafreniere was what, 15, 16? when he put up 80 points. There's more reasons I think Lafreniere is better than just stats, I was just trying to illustrate how good he is. I think Lafreniere's hockey IQ is far superior, specifically his playmaking vision. Byfield may have more physical tools, but Lafreniere knows how to use his tools more efficiently.

 

[BigHitter67]

Way, way, way too heavy on international players IMO.

Uhmm... ~65 of the 100 are north american..lol

 

[d rake]

You also have to consider Lafreniere was what, 15, 16? when he put up 80 points. There's more reasons I think Lafreniere is better than just stats, I was just trying to illustrate how good he is. I think Lafreniere's hockey IQ is far superior, specifically his playmaking vision. Byfield may have more physical tools, but Lafreniere knows how to use his tools more efficiently.

Byfield was only 2 months older than Lafrenière during his rookie season.

 

[goonybird]

Byfield was only 2 months older than Lafrenière during his rookie season.

ya but how much older is he since?

 

[Field of Dreams]

Can see Byfield overtaking Lafreniere

 

[d rake]

ya but how much older is he since?

What

 

[goonybird]

What

he was only 2 months older then, but it's been like a year or more at least. surely he's more older than Lafreniere now

 

[d rake]

he was only 2 months older then, but it's been like a year or more at least. surely he's more older than Lafreniere now

At the start of their respective rookie seasons, Byfield was 2 months older.

Lafrenière's date of birth is Oct 11, 2001
Byfield's is Aug 19, 2002

So Byfield is 10 months and 9 days younger.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

But Raymond isn’t a C though.

Some might say that Hughes isn’t either.

 

[VictorLustig]

Fun fact, Raymond did play center quite a few games last season. He's clearly a winger going forward though.

 

[Brun0]

I think lundell gonna be #1

Just look at the guy

 

[Star Ocean]

Raymond is the best swe foward prospect in a long time if you disregard pettersson.

He seems mentally stable also, i mean who scores a hat-trick in a final?

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Raymond is the best swe foward prospect in a long time if you disregard pettersson.

He seems mentally stable also, i mean who scores a hat-trick in a final?

Puljujärvi.

 

[Ryan Van Horne]

You also have to consider Lafreniere was what, 15, 16? when he put up 80 points. There's more reasons I think Lafreniere is better than just stats, I was just trying to illustrate how good he is. I think Lafreniere's hockey IQ is far superior, specifically his playmaking vision. Byfield may have more physical tools, but Lafreniere knows how to use his tools more efficiently.

Lafreniere was a 16-year-old in his rookie season, just like Byfield. Scouting and drafting is also about more than judging who is the better junior player when you pick; it's about projecting who is going to be the better NHL player.

Ask yourself this: In five years, who will be the better NHL player? Will it be Lafreniere or Byfield? Right now, Byfield can physically dominate junior players, but will that dominance continue in the NHL? Lafreniere's dominance is based more on hockey sense ... It's an interesting conversation for the team with the No. 1 pick.

 

[Ryan Van Horne]

Bad list, expect at least 10 czechs in first round, czech hockey reinassance is coming. Tomas Kral and Slavomir Lener said that in 2017, just look at our supertalents matej blumel, lukas parik, michal teply and our best D man martin hugo has.

At least 10 Czechs in the first round?! Really? What are their names?

If you're so confident in your prediction, you should be able to provide a list. I'd love to see it.

 

[Number 57]

Some more players from the Q

F Matt Choupani (played in Midget AAA this past season to maintain NCAA eligibility (Northeastern 2021-22) finished 2nd in scoring behind 1st overall pick Joshua Roy with 83 pts in 42 games)
G Antoine Coulombe
G Charles-Antoine Lavallee
F William Dufour
F Marshall Lessard
F Charles Beaudoin
F Xavier Fortin
F Pier-Olivier Roy