Gaudreau leads talented group of Calgary Flames prospects in Fall 2014 Top 20

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Johnny Gaudreau recorded 80 points in 40 games with Boston College in 2013-14. He brings his sublime offensive skill set to the Calgary Flames in 2014-15. (courtesy of Rich Lam/Getty Images)


 

A new chapter begins for the Calgary Flames as general manager Brad Treliving enters his first full season managing the team. Overseeing his first draft with the Flames, Treliving added to the growing pool of talent with the selection of six quality prospects including Sam Bennett and Mason McDonald, who find themselves ranked for the first time among the Hockey’s Future Flames Top 20 prospects list.

The Calgary Flames also welcome two new minor league affiliates for the 2014 season, beginning with the relocation of their AHL affiliate team from Abbotsford to Glen Falls, New York, where the team will be known as the Adirondack Flames.… read more

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[CraigsList]

Gaudreau is going to make management bite their nails. If they give him some NHL games, Johnny will play well enough that they won't send him back down.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I'm not crazy about some of the top 20 rankings.

 

[Yung Rotini]

HF's rankings are pretty bad tbh

 

[Lunatik]

Gillies, Poirier and Klimchuk are criminally low. Especially Klimchuk

 

[MonahanTheMan]

Klimchuk should be muuuuch higher

 

[Noori]

Corban Knight is an extremely average player. He is 24 years old in September and hasn't really shown any signs of being an impact player. No idea how he is ahead of so many 1st and 2nd round players. Aside from that, it's not a terrible list but way too much emphasis is put on players that have played pro.

 

[Lunatik]

Corban Knight is an extremely average player. He is 24 years old in September and hasn't really shown any signs of being an impact player. No idea how he is ahead of so many 1st and 2nd round players. Aside from that, it's not a terrible list but way too much emphasis is put on players that have played pro.

Knight should be lower, yes. But you are really underrating him. He is a very good young player, he does everything well.

 

[Haatley]

Wow Klimchuk is low.

 

[Taranis]

Did they lower Wotherspoon from a 7 to 6.5 rating? I'd like to know the reasoning behind that.

 

[Lunatik]

Did they lower Wotherspoon from a 7 to 6.5 rating? I'd like to know the reasoning behind that.

is blatant stupidity a valid reason?

 

[SaintMorose]

I wouldn't put any stock in the #ABC ratings they mean different things to different people and the difference between a 1st line forward and 4th liner is 2pts. And potential isn't really defined well.
Nice to see the write-ups and outside of 2-3 odd placements the list is pretty good. Happy to see Ramage get a nod really like him as a prospect.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I think Wotherspoon has more offensive upside than many give him credit for. I don't think he'll ever be a 40pt+ dman, but I could see him regularly getting 20-30pts a year. He's such a smart player and sees the ice so well. He's quite a good passer to.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Nice to see Max get more credit than on our ranking. I said it was criminal that he was ranked 10th, and that Ortio wasn't in our top 10.
All things equal, proven over potential should always be weighted more.
Their top 5 is the same as I ranked a month ago, but I have Ortio, Gillies, Tspoon, Jank, and Poirier rounding out the top 10.
Knight & Seiloff don't belong in our top right now.

 

[Johnny GODreau]

Did they lower Wotherspoon from a 7 to 6.5 rating? I'd like to know the reasoning behind that.

They lowered his ranking in the article but didn't lower his ranking on his prospect page.

 

[Noori]

Knight should be lower, yes. But you are really underrating him. He is a very good young player, he does everything well.

His upside is a very average 3rd liner. I'd say that's a pretty fair assessment given what he has shown thus far.

Can you think of examples of players that played four years of college, had a similar first year AHL production, and went on to be impact players? The one comparison I can think of is Dominic Moore, though it's a bit of a dated example. I wouldn't call Moore an impact player, but I would say he had a pretty successful career. I'd be stoked if Knight became Dominic Moore, and I wouldn't say that is selling him short.

 

[Noori]

Btw, check out this video of Granlund doing the ALS challenge. He looks like he's been putting some time in at the gym. He could still probably get a little bigger but he definitely looks more physically ready than I expected.