Prospect Info: HFAvs Prospect Ranking Poll 2021 #6

[McMetal]

Martin Kaut wins a narrow victory to stay in the top 5, but drops two spots from last year.

1) Bowen Byram
2) Alex Newhook
3) Justin Barron
4) Oskar Olausson
5) Martin Kaut

Added Shane Bowers and Alex Beaucage. We have one more round of adding two players, then we'll go back to one per poll.

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[McMetal]

Foudy again. Add Kovalenko and Wingerli.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Foudy

Add Kovalenko and Zhuravlyov

 

[henchman21]

Behrens

Add Leivermann and Buyalski

 

[RockyMtnRedhawk]

Ranta

Add Kovalenko and Buyalski

NHL readiness is a factor here, but Ranta had a huge year last year in a tough league. He's still only 21 for the entire upcoming season, which is pretty young for a guy with three years of NCAA hockey under his belt. Ceiling might be limited, but his floor is pretty high at this point, and he seems very likely to be a consistent 3rd-line player in the future.

 

[Vaslof]

Had to watch some YouTube to check on these guys.

Annunen clear #1 for me despite lower stats last season. Kärpät was a mess, glad he is coming over.
Next for me is Ranta #finnbias?
Beaucage shot is amazing but he's only coming to AHL this season, we'll see if he can keep up. Very high potential.
Helleson's speed from standing start was impressive, hard to say if he can defend, but if he can he'll be good. Big guy too.

Add Wingerli, I'd place him here.

I'll look at the rest again later, but wasn't impressed by anyone else as of now.
Ambrosio looked like a sure miss to me. Smol boi with nothing to make up for it.
Maltsev is not good enough for top six and not a fit from bottom six so I don't think he'll stick in the NHL.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Helleson. Add Makar.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Sampo until he’s voted in. Talent plus opportunity can’t be ignored.

Add Kovalenko and Miner

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Behrens.

Add Buyalski and Zhuravlyov.

 

[Avs44]

Behrens again

 

[Richard88]

Helleson.

Add Kovalenko and Zhuravlyov.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Behrens again.
Add Kovalenko and Zhu.

 

[Chiarelli]

Helleson. He and Behrens have middle pairing potential, these other forwards are all bottom 6ers.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Helleson. He and Behrens have middle pairing potential, these other forwards are all bottom 6ers.

For Foudy and Ranta that is definitely not the case.

 

[S E P H]

Foudy or Helleson, but I am more of a believer in Foudy's offence taking the next level than I am of Helleson being a two-way defender instead of a shutdown lad.

Add Zhuravlyov.

 

[UncleRisto]

Annunen till the sun explodes.

 

[PAZ]

I can’t tell if having ~4 options at this point in our prospect pool is a good or bad thing.

Went with Helleson, with Foudy and Ranta close behind.

 

[Caser]

Add Kovalenko and Zhuravlyov.

 

[Patagonia]

Helleson has been a nice surprise and deservedly is the pick at this range.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Why would you not vote Sampo at this point? He was named All-American, scored the most goals in the NCAA outside of Caufield, was .5 PPG in the AHL and played in the second round of the NHL playoffs. Nobody had a better season than him that’s left on this poll.

 

[Metallo]

I vote for the only player left that is going to make the team: Maltsev.

 

[UncleRisto]

Why would you not vote Sampo at this point? He was named All-American, scored the most goals in the NCAA outside of Caufield, was .5 PPG in the AHL and played in the second round of the NHL playoffs. Nobody had a better season than him that’s left on this poll.

Long-term upside projections, obviously.

 

[Perratrooper]

Why would you not vote Sampo at this point? He was named All-American, scored the most goals in the NCAA outside of Caufield, was .5 PPG in the AHL and played in the second round of the NHL playoffs. Nobody had a better season than him that’s left on this poll.

Personally, I have a hard time seeing Ranta becoming more than a good third line winger. Where as Helleson, Foudy and Behrens all have potential to play higher up or in a more important position. Based on world junior showings I think Helleson was much more impressive than Barron and with him Barron transitioned to the AHL it gives me hope that Helleson will have similar success. Couple that with Helleson taking a bigger jump in year 2 versus Sampo and as previously mentioned my view of top potential, I have a hard time putting Ranta ahead of DH.

 

[Avs_19]

It should’ve been Helleson two votes ago.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Why would you not vote Sampo at this point? He was named All-American, scored the most goals in the NCAA outside of Caufield, was .5 PPG in the AHL and played in the second round of the NHL playoffs. Nobody had a better season than him that’s left on this poll.

This ^^^