HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #26 (closed)

[amnesiac]

TOP 50 PROSPECTS


Criteria is 22 and under, 30 NHL GP or less, no goalies

1. Connor Bedard - C		18. Olen Zellweger - D		35.
2. Adam Fantilli - C		19. Zach Benson - LW		36.
3. Matvei Michkov - RW		20. Ryan Leonard - RW		37.
4. Leo Carlsson - C		21. Jiri Kulich - C		38.
5. Logan Cooley - C		22. William Eklund - LW		39.
6. Luke Hughes - D		23. Matthew Knies - LW		40.
7. David Jiricek - D		24. Lane Hutson - D		41.
8. Simon Nemec - D		25. Dalibor Dvorsky - C		42.
9. Will Smith - C		26.		43.
10. Simon Edvinsson - D		27.		44.
11. Alexander Nikishin - D		28.		45.
12. Brandt Clarke - D		29.		46.
13. Pavel Mintyukov - D		30.		47.
14. Shane Wright - C		31.		48.
15. Cutter Gauthier - LW		32.		49.
16. Logan Stankoven - C		33.		50.
17. David Reinbacher - D		34.

To add:
Jakob Pelletier - LW
Zachary Bolduc - C
Brennan Othmann - LW
Scott Morrow - D
Mackie Samoskevich - RW
Seamus Casey - D
Fabian Lysell - RW
William Wallinder - D
Mavrik Bourque - C
Sean Farrell - LW
Joshua Roy - RW
Lukas Cormier - D
Shakir Mukhamadullin - D
Oliver Moore - C
Gabe Perreault - RW
Brayden Yager - C
Sam Honzek - C
Arseni Gritsyuk - LW
Dmitri Buchelnikov - LW
Noah Ostlund - C
Bobby Brink - RW
Nathan Gaucher - C
Jonathan Lekkerimaki - LW
Connor Zary - C
Aatu Raty - C
Brad Lambert - C
Jagger Firkus - LW



Past lists:
HFBoards Top 50 Prospects Ranking #50 FINAL (summer 2022)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #50 FINAL (summer 2021)
HFBoards TOP 75 Prospects Ranking #75 (FINAL) (winter 2020-21)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects (summer 2019)
Top 50 Drafted Prospects 2018: #46 - #50 (summer 2018)
HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects #50 FINAL (summer 2017)

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[Howe Elbows 9]

Evangelista, Kasper, Korchinski, Savoie and Simashev are some of my favorites at this point.

Add Bolduc.

 

[amnesiac]

Korchinski
Evangelista
Snuggerud
Foerster
Kaspar
Rossi/Greig/Kemmell/Savoie

 

[Cederman]

Again, Samoskevich is like the forgotten prospect here. He’s the clear #1 Panthers prospect and he’s not even listed amongst the 74 prospects listed above?

 

[RedWingzz]

Kasper

 

[Bouboumaster]

Evangelista

Need to add Joshua Roy

 

[MasterMatt25]

Kasper

 

[LemonSauceD]

Kasper, Korchinski, Willander

 

[Mrb1p]

Wood again

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

I went Coronato, with Kaspar, Korchinski and Wood right there.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

St. Louis is on the board!

Montreal jumps several spots into the top 10.

The teams that are not on the board yet:

Boston

Calgary

Colorado

Edmonton

Florida

Minnesota

Nashville

NYI

NYR

Ottawa

Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay

Vancouver

Vegas

Winnipeg

 

[Pavels Dog]

Kasper. Full-time center at 18 in a pro league, played a shutdown role and still produced solid offense along with strong defensive game, physicality and tons of grit.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Kasper. Full-time center at 18 in a pro league, played a shutdown role and still produced solid offense along with strong defensive game, physicality and tons of grit.

I think we're all just nervous about the offensive upside. He's one of those guys that has a high chance of making this list look bad in 2 years.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Seamus Casey

 

[JohnLennon]

Just out of curiosity since I don't know much about him: why is Nikishin so far ahead of Hutson? Nikishin had a break out season in the KHL but he's also two years older than Hutson. It's hard to compare these guys in such drastically different leagues, though it appears to me like Hutson, at the same age, is on a better trajectory? Then again, he's pretty tiny, so that might play a big role! What do you guys think?

 

[Xirik]

Just out of curiosity since I don't know much about him: why is Nikishin so far ahead of Hutson? Nikishin had a break out season in the KHL but he's also two years older than Hutson. It's hard to compare these guys in such drastically different leagues, though it appears to me like Hutson, at the same age, is on a better trajectory? Then again, he's pretty tiny, so that might play a big role! What do you guys think?

Nikishin was a 20 year old that plays in a PROFESSIONAL league where the average age is 26-27 and dominating it while Hutson was a 18 year old playing against 21-22 year olds.

The majority of the people Hutson are playing against will never touch the NHL and the lucky few that have been drafted a vast majority are looking to be 4th and 3rd liners.

 

[MasterMatt25]

Korchinski is just not that good. Not even the best defenseman from the 2022 draft remaining

 

[JohnLennon]

Nikishin was a 20 year old that plays in a PROFESSIONAL league where the average age is 26-27 and dominating it while Hutson was a 18 year old playing against 21-22 year olds.

The majority of the people Hutson are playing against are will never touch the NHL and the lucky few that have been drafted a vast majority are looking to be 4th and 3rd liners.

That's what I figured, thanks for the response. I feel myself going back and forth on it, because Nikishin had fantastic numbers in a better league which deserves a lot of praise. But then I look at the roster and see that he had a ton of great support, essentially playing for the most stacked team in the league... whereas Hutson was quite literally the best player on his team as a defenseman.

Then I realize he is tiny, and that is tough to project into the NHL, and Nikishin was still the #1D on the top team in the KHL... I don't know, for me the comparison feels like it should be closer. Both fantastic prospects regardless, and at the end of the day, it makes sense to prefer the one who performed in the superior league.

 

[wasunder]

Coronato because he played for my team and is therefore better than the prospects that play for your team.

 

[amnesiac]

Nikishin was a 20 year old that plays in a PROFESSIONAL league where the average age is 26-27 and dominating it while Hutson was a 18 year old playing against 21-22 year olds.

The majority of the people Hutson are playing against will never touch the NHL and the lucky few that have been drafted a vast majority are looking to be 4th and 3rd liners.

How is that different from any other league? THe vast majority of KHLers wouldnt make an NHL roster either.... I agree that the KHL is the superior league, but their point leaders include the likes of: Dmitri Jaskin, Alex Radulov, Stephane Da Costa, Reid Boucher, and Ryan Spooner. Hell, Nigel Dawes was a top scorer for years! Doesnt say too much about their defensive talent pool.

Whens the last time we acutally saw a great Dman come from the K? seriously.... Cus I can name 4 of the best Dmen in the world who came from NCAA in: Makar, FOx, McAvoy, and Hughes.

I had Nikishin ahead of Hutson, but your reasoning doesnt make much sense. For every Panarin and Kaprizov who came over and became instant all-stars theres a Shipachev, Galiev, and Belov that couldnt adapt at all to the NHL.

Time will tell, but hes no sure bet just as Hutson isnt until they play on the big club. The big advantage Nikishin had over the other offensive Dmen we've been voting is size.