HFBoards TOP 50 Prospects Ranking #36 (closed)

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TOP 50 PROSPECTS


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

1. Connor Bedard - C		18. Olen Zellweger - D		35. Tom Willander- D
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. Kevin Korchinski - D		43.
10. Simon Edvinsson - D		27. Marco Kasper - C		44.
11. Alexander Nikishin - D		28. Jimmy Snuggerud - RW		45.
12. Brandt Clarke - D		29. Matthew Savoie - C		46.
13. Pavel Mintyukov - D		30. Luke Evangelista - LW		47.
14. Shane Wright - C		31. Denton Mateychuk - D		48.
15. Cutter Gauthier - LW		32. Matthew Wood - RW		49.
16. Logan Stankoven - C		33. Dmitri Simashev - D		50.
17. David Reinbacher - D		34. Joakim Kemell - RW

To add:
Fabian Lysell - RW
Axel Sandin-Pellikka - D
Sam Honzek - C
Lukas Cormier - D
Rutger McGroarty - RW
Seamus Casey - D
Danila Yurov - RW
Shakir Mukhamadullin - D
William Wallinder - D
Sean Farrell - LW
Dmitri Buchelnikov - LW
Noah Ostlund - C
Jordan Dumais - RW
Bobby Brink - RW
Nathan Gaucher - C
Jonathan Lekkerimaki - LW
Connor Zary - C
Aatu Raty - C
Lian Bischel - D
Chaz Lucius - C
Owen Beck - C




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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[Lavar Ball]

Thanks for adding Lambert. I voted him (maybe a bit early TBH) but I also like Faber, Evans or Danielson/Yager here

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Vancouver is on the board!

 

[Mrb1p]

Jagger Firkus again

 

[irishsetter13]

Tristan Luneau should be around here. QMJHL Defensemen of the Year last year. Was projected to be a 1st round pick before a injury he struggled to recover from his pre draft year. Looked incredible last year with 83 points in 65 games​

 

[Vector Cereal]

Small point but I think Mazur should be in there over Buchelnikov. I think on our Wings board rankings Mazur was clear ahead of him in voting. (Apologies if this has been covered already)

 

[I am Bettman]

Tristan Luneau should be around here. QMJHL Defensemen of the Year last year. Was projected to be a 1st round pick before a injury he struggled to recover from his pre draft year. Looked incredible last year with 83 points in 65 games​

Only had ten more points than Brunet, and Brunet is not even going to come close to making this list. Brunet is a year older, but I still don’t think Luneau should be on the list for a while.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Would people really take Luneau over Coronato, Danielson and Faber???

 

[irishsetter13]

Only had ten more points than Brunet, and Brunet is not even going to come close to making this list. Brunet is a year older, but I still don’t think Luneau should be on the list for a while.

Hockey isnt just points. Luneau was easily a better offensive and defensive player than Brunet. And is a year younger.

Just look at their Playoff stat lines in the QMJHL. Small sample size but these players arent even in the same realm.

Luneau 2-5-17 and a +9 in 13 GP.
Brunet 0-3-3 and a -6 in 5 GP.

Would people really take Luneau over Coronato, Danielson and Faber???

I would take Luneau over Faber. I think Faber is definitely an NHLer but I see him as a 2nd Line Defenseman at most. I just dont think he has the scoring potential to be a top line defender. I think Luneau still has that potential at this point.

I was never impressed with Danielson and thought he was a reach by the Red Wings. But to each there own.

Coronato should definitely be in the conversation and I dont think I would be opposed to him going before Luneau, but I believe they are in the same tier.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Joshua Roy

 

[majormajor]

Would people really take Luneau over Coronato, Danielson and Faber???

Over Faber is a tough one, but yes. I think Luneau is a top pair upside guy. He's only off the radar because he was recovering from injury in his draft year. He's not missing anything.

Yes over Danielson and easy yes over Coronato.

I voted Ryker Evans, FWIW, but I'm very happy if Luneau is on the board here.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Seamus Casey, but since he's not listed I'll go Lambert. Close between him and Faber.

 

[I am Bettman]

Hockey isnt just points. Luneau was easily a better offensive and defensive player than Brunet. And is a year younger.

Just look at their Playoff stat lines in the QMJHL. Small sample size but these players arent even in the same realm.

Luneau 2-5-17 and a +9 in 13 GP.
Brunet 0-3-3 and a -6 in 5 GP.



I would take Luneau over Faber. I think Faber is definitely an NHLer but I see him as a 2nd Line Defenseman at most. I just dont think he has the scoring potential to be a top line defender. I think Luneau still has that potential at this point.

I was never impressed with Danielson and thought he was a reach by the Red Wings. But to each there own.

Coronato should definitely be in the conversation and I dont think I would be opposed to him going before Luneau, but I believe they are in the same tier.

I agree, I just think that Luneau should go later on in the poll.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Coronato has the (slightly)better NCAA career point per game than Knies playing on a worse team. Same draft. Yet Knies went 13 spots ago. Must be those nebulous intangibles at it again.

 

[Eegs]

Add Bystedt

 

[Connor McConnor]

Danielson here, Faber and Coronato next.


90% of the to add is not better than Xavier Bourgault and Bourque already has 4 votes. He had a very good 1st pro year despite not putting up massive counting stats (same as Bourque)

 

[TopShelfWaterBottle]

Loons

 

[Xirik]

Mukhamadullin is the only Defenseman that should be voted on.


*glares at poll*

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Coronato has the (slightly)better NCAA career point per game than Knies playing on a worse team. Same draft. Yet Knies went 13 spots ago. Must be those nebulous intangibles at it again.

I mean, there's nothing intangible about the size and strength advantage that Knies has.

 

[majormajor]

Coronato has the (slightly)better NCAA career point per game than Knies playing on a worse team. Same draft. Yet Knies went 13 spots ago. Must be those nebulous intangibles at it again.

People are continually pretending to not understand how size and strength works in prospect evaluation.

Like Chris Kreider had a BU teammate with his same age and production named Steven Whitney. He was 5'7, and went undrafted. By HF logic he should have been worth the same as a prospect.

Danielson here, Faber and Coronato next.


90% of the to add is not better than Xavier Bourgault and Bourque already has 4 votes. He had a very good 1st pro year despite not putting up massive counting stats (same as Bourque)

It doesn't matter, Bourgault and Bourque shouldn't make the top 50, or 60.

 

[Connor McConnor]

People are continually pretending to not understand how size and strength works in prospect evaluation.

Like Chris Kreider had a BU teammate with his same age and production named Steven Whitney. He was 5'7, and went undrafted. By HF logic he should have been worth the same as a prospect.



It doesn't matter, Bourgault and Bourque shouldn't make the top 50, or 60.

You voted for Ryker Evans here.. I tend to think your analysis is bad so whatever you say buddy!

 

[biturbo19]

Would people really take Luneau over Coronato, Danielson and Faber???

Faber is a tricky one. For some reason, he almost feels like a graduated prospect already, even though he's really not at all. His NHL-level play late in the year and into the playoffs makes him feel like such a "safe" bet here. His range of projection has a super high "floor" and there's also still quite a bit of "ceiling" to potentially reach. But i'm not sure it's as high as others.



For me, i'd go with Danielson or Oliver Moore here. High scoring Q defencemen are still a bit hit or miss.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

You voted for Ryker Evans here.. I tend to think your analysis is bad so whatever you say buddy!

Lol. Evans could be Seattle’s best prospect, and yes I’m aware they drafted Shane Wright. AHL prospects never do well in these rankings.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Going with Faber but debated between him and Coronato.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Hockey isnt just points. Luneau was easily a better offensive and defensive player than Brunet. And is a year younger.

Just look at their Playoff stat lines in the QMJHL. Small sample size but these players arent even in the same realm.

Luneau 2-5-17 and a +9 in 13 GP.
Brunet 0-3-3 and a -6 in 5 GP.



I would take Luneau over Faber. I think Faber is definitely an NHLer but I see him as a 2nd Line Defenseman at most. I just dont think he has the scoring potential to be a top line defender. I think Luneau still has that potential at this point.

I was never impressed with Danielson and thought he was a reach by the Red Wings. But to each there own.

Coronato should definitely be in the conversation and I dont think I would be opposed to him going before Luneau, but I believe they are in the same tier.

Faber was Minny's 3rd best defenceman (on a good d corp) as a rookie in his stint. That seems like a very high floor for any prospect left on the list.