Prospect Info: HF Bruins Top 25 Prospects: #4

[neelynugs]

beecher wins #3. who is your #4?

i'll suggest adding pavel shen for next vote.


HF Bruins Top 25 Prospects:

1) Urho Vaakanainen - D (58.5%)
2) Jack Studnicka - C (79.4%)
3) John Beecher - C (42.7%)
4) ???



Remaining Prospect Pool:
axel andersson
jack becker
victor berglund
anton blidh
roman bychkov
cam clarke
ryan fitzgerald
trent frederic
curtis hall
cam hughes
kyle keyser
joona koppanen
karson kuhlman
jakub lauko
jeremy lauzon
dustyn mcfaul
matias mantykivi
quinn olson
jake schmaltz
zach senyshyn
pavel shen
wiley sherman
oskar steen
jeremy swayman
daniel vladar
jakub zboril

*cooper zech is not eligible for this vote as he is not yet signed to an NHL contract*​

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[BruinsFanSince94]

Back to Oskar Steen.

 

[JCRO]

Back to Oskar Steen.

Same except Lauzon

Steen's my next guy though.

Maybe I should post some highlights of Lauzon to boost his stock

 

[CDJ]

Steen again


That production at his age in a men’s league as opposed to juniors/NCAA is impressive

 

[maxbme]

Voted Steen, but it's close between lauzon/Steen/Keyser for me

 

[Fenian24]

Frederic, then it would be Lauzon. Steen has put up good numbers but I have never seen him play and try to keep my votes to players I have a t least seen once or twice. Not thrilled with Steens size either, they need to get bigger not smaller but if he can produce in Providence this year hopefully he can be a productive top 9 forward in time, maybe with Beecher or Frederic as his center.

 

[Saxon Eric]

Went Lauko,has highest upside ,kids a winner
Going Tfred next,he's getting an unfair shake lately
I'm interested in Steen but not in the top 5 interested
Despite being a Lauzon guy I can't overlook his injury history and offensive upside (lack of)

 

[BruinsNetwork]

Went Lauko,has highest upside ,kids a winner
Going Tfred next,he's getting an unfair shake lately
I'm interested in Steen but not in the top 5 interested
Despite being a Lauzon guy I can't overlook his injury history and offensive upside (lack of)

Frederic is definitely getting an unfair shake, that's for sure.

Agree on Steen, as well. Think he's a great prospect and all, but that's a small sample size for his career thus far.

I voted Lauzon because when he's healthy and on his game, he's a commanding, physical, nasty two-way defender who can control a game from the backend. As you know, and have already noted, his health issues are definitely a moderate concern at the moment. Good news is though that there's really nothing serious that plagues him. Most of the injuries have been minor.

 

[Blowfish]

Went Lauko,has highest upside ,kids a winner
Going Tfred next,he's getting an unfair shake lately
I'm interested in Steen but not in the top 5 interested
Despite being a Lauzon guy I can't overlook his injury history and offensive upside (lack of)

Had extremely good playoff run presidents cup this year.

 

[NDiesel]

Lauzon for me here.

 

[World of Wardlow]

Lauko for me. Definitely progressed relatively quickly last season. I can see him make the jump to the NHL in 2-3 years.

 

[Bergyesque]

Went Lauko,has highest upside ,kids a winner
Going Tfred next,he's getting an unfair shake lately
I'm interested in Steen but not in the top 5 interested
Despite being a Lauzon guy I can't overlook his injury history and offensive upside (lack of)

I agree that his injury history is something to keep an eye on.

As for the lack of offense, while he never will be Krug, I think he's got some potential.
It seems to me that the Bs have him mainly deployed in defensive situations.
You know much more than me about what's happening in Providence, but the very few times I saw him play and the score sheets seem to indicate that.

And that's what we see at the NHL level (2018-2019), thought the sample size is pretty small.
He's playing a big share of his minutes on the PK, as much as Carlo.

 

[Dr Hook]

Have to go with Steen as he was my choice for #3. Still tough, though. Where has all the Lauko love come from?

 

[ON3M4N]

Have to go with Steen as he was my choice for #3. Still tough, though. Where has all the Lauko love come from?

Had a solid pre-season last year, nearly a PPG player in the Q playing (IIRC) a bottom 6 role. Followed that up by playing a pretty big role in his team winning the Championship.

 

[Saxon Eric]

I agree that his injury history is something to keep an eye on.

As for the lack of offense, while he never will be Krug, I think he's got some potential.
It seems to me that the Bs have him mainly deployed in defensive situations.
You know much more than me about what's happening in Providence, but the very few times I saw him play and the score sheets seem to indicate that.

And that's what we see at the NHL level (2018-2019), thought the sample size is pretty small.
He's playing a big share of his minutes on the PK, as much as Carlo.
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He's decent coming out of the D zone so he's capable but he's not going to be a big points guy,he makes his money defending and is the go to guy in that regard
Kid is NHL ready but I like the others upside better

 

[Saxon Eric]

Have to go with Steen as he was my choice for #3. Still tough, though. Where has all the Lauko love come from?

Lauko should have been the Memorial Cup MVP but was from the wrong country

 

[Dr Hook]

Lauko should have been the Memorial Cup MVP but was from the wrong country

I like the kid, no doubt. I hope he turns into something great for us. I was just kind of surprised that so many people rated him that highly. I do think he is in our top ten for sure, though.

 

[Bergyesque]

He's decent coming out of the D zone so he's capable but he's not going to be a big points guy,he makes his money defending and is the go to guy in that regard
Kid is NHL ready but I like the others upside better

Fair enough, can't disagree much here.

 

[neelynugs]

this one is gonna be interesting. 3 way race heading into the late afternoon

 

[TCB]

" Lauzon".

Sure fire top 4 NHL defenseman.

 

[wintersej]

I see Steen and Lauko more as middle 6 than 1st line options.

I see Lauzon as a 2nd pairing option.

I'd prefer a 2nd pairing D over a 2nd line wing in a vacuum (although Boston sure could use more help at wing!)

I'd prefer a guy who has shown it at the NHL level more than those who have not played a game if the upsides are similar.

Clear vote for Lauzon here for me, but Steen and Lauko are the next guys on my list in some order.

 

[Dr Hook]

this one is gonna be interesting. 3 way race heading into the late afternoon

Steen falling back- I will have to pick him again at #5 looks like Next two could be interesting also with Lauko/Steen/Lauzon in the mix.

 

[Saxon Eric]

" Lauzon".

Sure fire top 4 NHL defenseman.

Who you moving to make room?

 

[TCB]

Who you moving to make room?

Nice problem too have, but as far as top prospects, I think Lauzon is right at the top, but Im not sold on any of the forwards being a top six down the road, not saying they won't become legit top six forwards, but the odds on Lauzon becoming a top 4 defenseman I like better.

As far as who I'd move, that's a total different conversation and one that hopefully Sweeney addresses sooner than later. Maybe its even Lauzon he chooses to move or he ships out Krug do to the depth, but the defense right now is the Bruins biggest asset to fix their top six woes, but like I said thats atotal different topic.
His path to Boston maybe blocked do to their strength in numbers on the blue-line, but that shouldn't/doesn't demise his position as being a top prospect.

 

[Dr Hook]

Who you moving to make room?

Lauzon gets one more year in Providence with callups, Chara goes, leaving Gryz and Krug. Assuming Krug re-signs (I think Gryz re-signs as well), Moore is your 7th D, or he can go too.