Prospect Info: HFCaps: Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Final Voting Results

[tenken00]

I just realized that I didn't put up the final results for the HF Caps prospect voting including adding the 20th and final prospect Bear Hughes.


HFCaps: Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Final Voting Results

#1 Connor McMichael London Knights / OHL

C | 6' 0" | 183 lb | Age: 19
Draft: 2019 WSH, 1st rd, 25th pk (25th overall)
42 Votes - 73.7%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #1
2019 Ranking - #3

#2 Hendrix Lapierre Chicoutimi Sagueneens / QMJHL

C | 6' 0" | 179 lb | Age: 18
Draft: 2020 WSH, 1st rd, 22nd pk (22nd overall)
28 Votes - 54.9%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #2
2019 Ranking - N/A

#3 Martin Fehervary Hershey Bears / AHL

LD | 6' 2" | 200 lb | Age: 21
Draft: 2018 WSH, 2nd rd, 15th pk (46th overall)
47 Votes - 73.4%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #3
2019 Ranking - #4

#4 Alexander Alexeyev Hershey Bears / AHL (Salavat Yulaev Ufa / KHL)

LD | 6' 4" | 210 lb | Age: 20
Draft: 2018 WSH, 1st rd, 31st pk (31st overall)
37 Votes - 82.2%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #4
2019 Ranking - #2

#5 Aliaksei Protas Prince Albert Raiders / WHL (Dinamo Minsk / KHL)

C | 6' 6" | 210 lb | Age: 19
Draft: 2019 WSH, 3rd rd, 29th pk (91st overall)
37 Votes - 86.0%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #5
2019 Ranking - #13

#6 Vitek Vanecek Hershey Bears / AHL

G | 6' 2" | 187 lb | Age: 24
Draft: 2014 WSH, 2nd rd, 9th pk (39th overall)
25 Votes - 61.0%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #6
2019 Ranking - #7

#7 Bobby Nardella Djurgardens IF / SHL

LD | 5' 9" | 180 lb | Age: 24
Draft: Undrafted
13 Votes - 30.2%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #7
2019 Ranking - Unranked

#8 Damien Riat Hershey Bears / AHL (Genève-Servette HC / NL Switzerland)

W/C | 6' 0" | 180 lb | Age: 23
Draft: 2016 WSH, 4th rd, 26th pk (117th overall)
15 Votes - 35.7%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #8
2019 Ranking- #20

#9 Bogdan Trineyev Dynamo Moscow / KHL

RW | 6' 3" | 198 lb | Age: 18
Draft: 2020 WSH, 4th rd, 24th pk (117th overall)
21 Votes - 55.3%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #9
2019 Ranking - N/A

#10 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby Hershey Bears / AHL (Västerviks IK / HockeyAllsvenskan)

LW | 6' 1" | 194 lb | Age: 22
Draft: 2016 WSH, 5th rd, 26th pk (147th overall)
13 Votes - 32.5%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #10
2019 Ranking - #8

#11 Beck Malenstyn Hershey Bears / AHL

LW | 6' 3" | 200 lb | Age: 22
Draft: 2016 WSH, 5th rd, 24th pk (145th overall)
7 Votes - 25.0%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #11
12 Votes (Runoff) - 52.2%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 #11 Runoff!
2019 Ranking - #11

#12 Brett Leason Hershey Bears / AHL

RW | 6' 5" | 210 lb | Age: 21
Draft: 2019 WSH, 2nd rd, 25th pk (56th overall)
11 Votes - 39.3%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #12
2019 Ranking - #5

#13 Lucas Johansen Hershey Bears / AHL

LD | 6' 2" | 190 lb | Age: 22
Draft: 2016 WSH, 1st rd, 28th pk (28th overall)
8 Votes - 36.4%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #13
2019 Ranking - #6

#14 Hugo Has Guelph Storm / OHL (HC Benatky nad Jizerou / Czech2)

RD | 6' 4" | 192 lb | Age: 19
Draft: 2019 WSH, 5th rd, 29th pk (153rd overall)
9 Votes - 39.1%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #14
2019 Ranking - #19

#15 Brian Pinho Hershey Bears / AHL

C | 6' 1" | 193 lb | Age: 25
Draft: 2013 WSH, 6th rd, 23rd pk (174th overall)
7 Votes - 28.0%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #15
2019 Ranking - Unranked

#16 Garrett Pilon Hershey Bears / AHL

C | 6' 0" | 192 lb | Age: 22
Draft: 2016 WSH, 3rd rd, 26th pk (87th overall)
10 Votes - 45.5%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #16
2019 Ranking - #14

#17 Oskar Magnusson Malmo Redhawks / SHL

W/C | 5' 10" | 166 lb | Age: 18
Draft: 2020 WSH, 7th rd, 25th pk (211th overall)
8 Votes - 36.4%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #17
2019 Ranking - N/A

#18 Shane Gersich Hershey Bears / AHL

LW | 6' 0" | 180 lb | Age: 24
Draft: 2014 WSH, 5th rd, 14th pk (134th overall)
7 Votes - 36.8%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #18
2019 Ranking - #12

#19 Mitchell Gibson Harvard University / NCAA

G | 6' 1" | 188 lb | Age: 21
Draft: 2018 WSH, 4th rd, 31st pk (124th overall)
12 Votes - 50.0%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #19
2019 Ranking - Unranked

#20 Bear Hughes Spokane Chiefs / WHL

C | 6' 1" | 171 lb | Age: 19
Draft: 2020 WSH, 5th rd, 24th pk (148th overall)
14 Votes - 60.9%
Prospect Info: - Capitals Top Prospects 2020 Post-Draft #20 - FINAL -
2019 Ranking - Unranked

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[CapitalsCupReality]

Nice work.

 

[LesDiablesRouges]

It's worrying how far - not even close to the list - Sutter and Clark are and have fallen. For second & third round draft picks in just '18, it's tough to see any NHL futures for them, unless they really hit another gear in their development this year - if there's a season - and next.

Thoughts? @Langway @hb11xchamps

 

[hb12xchamps]

Sutter and Clark had their early preseason injuries which really set the tone for the rest of the season. They were already far behind everyone else in terms of fitness and game action. When they got healthy they rotated in as 4th liners, and Clark sometimes bumped up a line or two if he had to. Out of the two, Clark seems like the better prospect to me. Sutter is big and slow and mainly played center. Clark was a decent skater but needs to add a good amount of muscle to his body to accommodate his more physical style. Other than that, it was tough to get a really good read on them with their limited game action due to injuries and the pandemic

 

[Ridley Simon]

I think the Leason pick looks to be a bust as well. I’d forgotten he was a 2nd rounder. The Protas pick certainly lessens the pain of it all, but still.....I think it’s going to be a wasted 2nd rounder.

hopefully I am wrong

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

@hb11xchamps do you think it's more of a testament to Nardella or more of an indictment regarding the status of our pipeline that he shot up to #7 this year?

Any early predictions for risers and fallers from this list for next season? I'll go first:

Riser: Martin Hugo Has. Hopefully with a solid season and a strong showing in the WJC we're talking about him as a value pick in the 5th round. Him being a RHD will also push him up the lists in a bit given how barren that position is in the pipeline. HM:
Faller: Shane Gersich. His high-water mark will be the few games he played during the Cup run.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I think the Leason pick looks to be a bust as well. I’d forgotten he was a 2nd rounder. The Protas pick certainly lessens the pain of it all, but still.....I think it’s going to be a wasted 2nd rounder.

hopefully I am wrong

Leason was an overager who wasn't eligible to return to juniors so he had to jump directly to Hershey where he admittedly struggled to adjust to the pro game. Agreed that he didn't have the best season but he's only a year removed from being widely panned as one of if not the steal of the draft so I'm not ready to call him a bust yet. He is a guy though whose development could be really hurt by Covid.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

MHH would be such a sweet find if he makes it. Towering size.

 

[Langway]

As a '99 Leason could have returned to the WHL last season for his overage season. Looking back that may have been the better strategy given that he still had a lot of room to fill out and areas to improve upon. Loads of ice-time could have helped his skating/stamina to a greater extent along with just confidence generally in dummying that league again. Then again, you don't really see players on that level returning as overagers. Former teammate Noah Gregor comes to mind but he hadn't dominated to that extent prior to his overage season and wasn't as high of a pick. I can't recall too many high picks that return as OAers, particularly if signed by their drafting team.

He's a project and hopefully he's used the time off to continue to progress physically. The main issue for him and the likes of Clark and Sutter is managing enough quality ice-time to go around for them. Some of it will have to be earned but it can be tough for players like this to rotate in and out of the AHL lineup without at times having the luxury of an established role. Hard to gain and establish confidence at that level while trying to figure it out but that's the grind.

 

[hb12xchamps]

@hb11xchamps do you think it's more of a testament to Nardella or more of an indictment regarding the status of our pipeline that he shot up to #7 this year?

Any early predictions for risers and fallers from this list for next season?

I’d say it’s more of Nardella having a breakout year, but I’m sure our pipeline does come into play. There really isn’t an offensively gifted Dman like Nardella in our pipeline currently, which helped him rise in the rankings as well IMO. I would say it’s definitely deserved. There were plenty of bodies in Hershey and it took forever for Nardella to be given a chance (#freeNardella was a thing for a bit), but once he was given his chance he flourished and never came out of the lineup.

Riser for me: Hunter Shepard. Technically not Washington’s property yet. I’m banking on him having a solid season in Hershey/SC and earning an NHL ELC. He was just reassigned to SC for their training camp as the ECHL tries to get underway.

Faller: Riat. He hasn’t been to NA in years. If there’s an AHL season it will be an interesting one for him. Need him to have a solid rookie campaign. He had a steep rise in the rankings this go around from #20 to #8

 

[Rayquaza64]

is it bad that i think lapierre has a good chance at falling down in the rankings next year

 

[Capagonia]

Can’t believe some of the players taken over Joe Snivley here.

 

[Hivemind]

Can’t believe some of the players taken over Joe Snivley here.

Snively is 24 years old and 5'9" with one pro season in which he did okay, but nothing particularly noteworthy. What NHL future do you see for him?

He's a nice story for a hometown kid, but he's not a particularly promising NHL prospect.

 

[Calicaps]

Put this list in the pinned prospect thread.