Prospect Info: HFOil Top 20 Oilers Prospects 2018 (Poll #14)

[McMozesmadness]

Congratulations to poll #13 winner:

Dmitri Samorukov

HFOil Top 20 Oilers Prospects 2018
1) Evan Bouchard - RD - London Knights - OHL - 74%
2) Kailer Yamamoto - RW - Spokane Chiefs - WHL - 93%
3) Ethan Bear - RD - Bakersfield Condors - AHL - 49%
4) Tyler Benson - LW - Vancouver Giants - WHL - 36%
5) Ryan McLeod - C - Mississauga Steelheads - OHL - 37%
6) Kirill Maksimov - RW - Niagara IceDogs - OHL - 48%
7) Caleb Jones - LD - Bakersfield Condors - AHL - 35%
8) Stuart Skinner - G - Swift Current Broncos - WHL - 30%
9) Cooper Marody - C - Michigan Wolverines - NCAA - 42%
10) Ostap Safin - RW - Saint John Sea Dogs - QMJHL - 25%
11) William Lagesson - LD - Djurgarden IF - SHL - 31%
12) Filip Berglund - RD - Skelleftea AIK - SHL - 37%
13) Dmitri Samorukov - LD - Guelph Storm - OHL - 41%

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[McMozesmadness]

Wells for me.

I have a feeling I'll be voting for him for the remainder of the polls...

 

[Hockey Nightmare]

I think Persson's getting underrated because he was an understated signing.

 

[The Nuge]

I think Persson's getting underrated because he was an understated signing.

I agree. He had a hugely impressive year. I have him top 10, but I also have Rodrigue ahead of him, so I haven’t yet been able to vote for him

 

[McDNicks17]

Wells for me.

I have a feeling I'll be voting for him for the remainder of the polls...

I'll be joining you on the Wells train soon.

 

[Stud Muffin]

I think Persson's getting underrated because he was an understated signing.

Nah, I think it has more to do with his age.

 

[McMozesmadness]

I think Persson's getting underrated because he was an understated signing.

Personally, I need one more year from him. Prove that last year was legit and I think he'll rocket up the depth chart.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

went with Rodrigue..best NA draft eligible goalie according to most scouts
tough to beat resume at that young of an age

 

[nexttothemoon]

Persson went from being the #1 scoring dman in the Swedish Division 1 league (3rd tier league in Sweden) 2 years ago to being the #2 scoring dman in the SHL last year.

It's an impressive jump no doubt... but put me in the camp who wants to wait and see if he has a decent follow up to that performance in the SHL. His team was solid (2nd highest scoring team in the SHL) so he no doubt benefitted offensively by playing there as well (but obviously helped the team offensively as well... catch 22).

He's also 24 which means he has 4-6 years on some of the other Oilers prospects listed here so he should be performing better than most younger players here.



Other picks that I think might be somewhat underrated by now are one of the goalies... Wells/Starrett/Rodrigue.. but which ONE? Goalies are so hard to project and someone who looks solid now could be junk in 3 or 4 years when they should be getting closer to NHL level.

I'd probably lean towards Starrett right now because we can at least see what he is... a decent goalie at the ECHL level which is at least some pro experience albeit low level obviously.

I still have Rasanen as the best of who is left though... because he's a solid 2 way centre and I think he legitimately has a good shot at being a bottom 6 option for this team after he develops further and leaves college.

 

[MoneyGuy]

I think Persson's getting underrated because he was an understated signing.

I’m on board now that Sami is gone.

 

[780il]

Rodrigue. Like I said before, he has some crazy potential.

 

[Jumptheshark]

went with Rodrigue..best NA draft eligible goalie according to most scouts
tough to beat resume at that young of an age

Was not a deep draft for goalies

 

[ProspectsSTC]

You guys are sleeping on Hawkey

 

[48g90a138pts]

Poll closed 1 min ago...lol

I was going to vote Rasanen again so it wouldn't have made a difference.